BBFC vs Elephant & Castle

After last week’s nail-biting victory over Wickhambrook, we knew that we had promotion and the league title in our own hands. Perhaps what we wrongly thought was that we had already won it. Well we were brought down with a bump after our disappointing mid-week game against a strong Elephant & Castle side and were second best for much of the game. Their movement and short passing game was tough to deal with from the outset while our legs were tired from the efforts of Saturday. While The Trunk players were assured on the ball, we found ourselves unable to get a foot on the ball and instead were all guilty of smashing balls hopelessly down field to clear our lines.

With our lack of possession, E&C slowly turned the screw and it took some good defensive blocks from the back four and Driver to keep us level. After a rare break forward, Charlie managed to beat the opposition keeper to a flick-on only to see the ball rebound off the upright. The Mighty Boy were eventually 1-0 behind though as a E&C forward broke the offside trap and finished in the corner. Phil was working tirelessly up front for us and his strength and persistence paid off when he was barged over on the right touchline. Phil took the freekick himself into a dangerous area, allowing Charlie to poke home the equaliser just ahead of Graham.

Half-time was welcome respite and after drawing level, we had hoped to go on and dominate the second half. Unfortunately it wasn’t to be though as Elephant & Castle continued to have more possession and territory, making the Black Boy players work hard to close them down. They eventually got ahead again while we tired and at this point the game looked beyond us as we were leaving ourselves vulnerable to the counter as we looked to push for an equaliser. Shanks was introduced from the bench and both he and Chris went close with speculative long range drives.

A third for E&C looked inevitable though and it promptly arrived to kill off the game and any hope of a comeback. We all felt dejected at full time but have to acknowledge that E&C are an unpredictable team and today we were deservedly beaten by them. All we can do now is put points on the board from our last game wait on other results.

Foghorn Leighthorn
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