Men’s 1s: 1-4 loss vs Bury St Edmunds 1 (Away)
(Wilson)
Men’s 2s: 0-5 loss vs UEA 2 (Home)
We came.
We saw.
We lost 5-0.
We may be going down, but we’ll go down laughing.
Newmarket Men’s 2s suffered a defeat surely consigning them to relegation in the 3pm pushback against UEA 2s. The game started poorly for Town with an early short corner resulting in the home side going behind, before a Hrebeniak own goal doubled UEA’s advantage. Although Newmarket did manage to create a handful of chances throughout the match, notably from short corners, the away side’s quality showed and towards the end of the second half the strikers filled their boots – two goals on the break topped off with a classy/fluky/accidental (delete as appropriate) finish by a UEA midfielder through his own legs finally sunk Town and condemned them to a 12th defeat of the season and, surely, relegation. However, as always, a good time was had by all and we’ll only come back stronger.
DOTD jointly went to Ollie ‘hide & seek’ Trent and Louis ‘bigfoot’ Hrebeniak for his Messi-esque cool-as-you-like backheel into his own net.
MOTM went to 2s debutante Mike Landshoff for a terrific performance at right back – although, as he wasn’t around to pay the associated fine, Andy ‘daylight robbery’ Baker defaulted this prestigious award to Simon Donald for his glorious and richly deserving tally of one vote.
Men’s 3s: 2-0 win vs Norwich Dragons 6 (Away)
(Andreou, Benedikz)
Ladies’ 1s: 1-0 win vs City of Peterborough 2 (Away)
(G. Evans)
Ladies’ 2s: 1-6 loss vs Ely City 1 (Home)
(Excell)
Ladies’ 3s: 0-1 loss vs Royston 2 (Home)
Saturday saw the Ladies 3rd XI take on Royston 2s at home. The game started rather abruptly for Newmarket as Royston scored. Newmarket rallied and fought on to hold Royston to their 1-0 lead. Half time change of tactics saw Newmarket create better opportunities for holding possession and driving up pitch, but for the most part it was a game in which Newmarket were defending. The team worked well together and defended well to hold Royston to the their 1-0 tally.
Man of the match went deserved to centre back Rachel Pegg and midfielder Jane Dryland.
Next week sees the ladies away to St Neots.
Ladies’ 4s: 0-13 loss vs Cambridge Nomads 2 (Away)