Harvest II Come back from dead to beat Gunners Watch in great Final

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Harvest II and Gunners Watch had battled through over 50 teams to reach the Final.  
The result is too close to call was my pre match quote.  
Gunners anticipated new signing Ben Mortlock being available to play, as
it turned out he was unavailable.  Ben has represented British
Universities at futsal.  Harvest has the Smith brothers who on their
day can turn any match
were another pre match quotes that turned to be prophetic.  
A match to saviour
another quote those watching would endorse.   
It was skilful; it was technical and it tested player’s mental
capabilities.

 

The opening 5 minutes reminded me off last season’s
final when Wanders opened up an early 2-0 lead to put the game out of College
2001
reach. That  match was dead after 5 minutes.
 
Was this going to be déjà vied?

Could Harvest II recover, the early
signs were not good?  The ball into Bobby Lewisham’s feet was paying rich dividends
for Gunners Watch. His strength allied to skill was proving too much,
Harvest had no one capable of stopping him turning and shooting.  With
support coming to Lewsham at all angles the game was looking a miss match.  Danny Powers had all defensive situations
covered.

When it looked as though it could not get
worse it did, 0-3 0-4, Harvest needed inspiration from on or off the
pitch.  Leigh Graves on another day might have stopped or got his hand to
a couple of the goals, but was not solely to blame; Harvest was
individuals not a team.

A chink of light for Harvest late in the half
when the score was reduced to 1-4, 2-4 but Gunners struck again 5-2.  The whistle signalled half time.

Gunners was
in  apposition I have found myself in at
half time recently with FC Grimsby, comfortably in front, why change anything,
if it’s not broke don’t mend it.  On the
other hand the opposition has to do something, and sometimes it comes off.

Gaz Leeming
started to control the second period, Harvest keeping the ball and getting
their own Bobby Lewsham (Ryan Smith) into dangerous positions.  5-3 and Harvest had at least the comfort of
scoring 3 goals. 5-4 and the team was starting to believe, O’Hare was making
chances, Danny Langford was escaping defensive duties to move forward, 5-5 all
and it was Gunners who was looking unsteady. 
The game was on a knife edge.  Keepers
Ryan Milson and Leigh Graves were making sensational saves to keep their teams
in the game.

Against the
odds Harvest remarkably went 6-5 in front with 2 minutes left on the clock’;
could Gunners recover the situation. Great build up play left Lewsham with a
far post tap, for a moment in time you would not have been able to get a bet on
him not equalising; remarkably Leigh Graves dived across his goal- save –
corner – a magic save.  Harvest II was 2008 Grimsby Futsal up
winners.

A great
game, a credit to both teams.

Gunners Watch:

Ryan Milson, Danny Power, drew McFaddyen, Gavin Schoefield, Mathew Payne, Robert Lewsham.

Harvest II:

Leigh Graves, Ryan smith, Ben Smith, Gareth Leeming, Danny O’Hare, Danial Langford. 


 


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