First Half
Brockham Badgers produced another emphatic win and established
themselves as league leaders. A lightning start to the game by
Brockham saw Turner whip in a cross for Tiley to flick the ball past
the keeper and onto the post.
Players fought for territorial control and at times the football was
played in tight clusters. A breakthrough happened on 7 minutes when
Warne collected a stray ball in midfield and raced goal-wards. In
full flow he is always difficult to stop and his powerful shot left
the Steyning keeper completely flat footed. 1-0.
At midpoint through the first half The Badgers opened up the visitors
defence with some delightful dribbling by Dogansoy, who then crossed
for poacher extraordinaire Turner to trap and knock in number two. 2-0.
Brockham now started to dictate most of the playing pattern, as the
league's most potent strike force coupled by one of the meanest
defences began to dominate. The vocal and highly organized Lane was
sweeping away any threat at the back, and the rest of the defence, in
Killick, Baker and Vaughan were proving to be watertight.
Brockham's attack were strong, fluid and more menacing, with Teague,
Donegan and Dogansoy producing worthwhile attempts. For long periods
Steyning remained pinned in their own half as the home team turned on
the thumb screws and more goals seemed just a question of time. Into
the last three minutes and Killick thumped a wonderfully accurate
ball up the center of the park for Tiley to chase. Tiley shook off
his marker and fired past a hapless goalie to make 3-0.
Half time 3-0.
Second Half
Brockham went at Steyning immediately from the kick off and spent the
next five minutes gradually breaking down the battling away side.
On 7 minutes Steyning resistance finally gave way when Warne slid a
through ball to Heather on the left wing, who in turn crossed. The
ball bounced to Donegan away on the right hand side, who controlled
skillfully and belted an unstoppable cross-goal shot into the net. 4-0.
The Badgers keeper Wheeler remained unemployed for most of the game
but he had to keep on his toes as the visitors never gave up trying
to find their consolation goal. This was an energetic game and a few
overzealous tackles were beginning to creep in, although things never
really got out of hand.
On 16 minutes Brockham extended their lead: a poor Steyning goal kick
reached only as far as the expectant Brockham forwards Teague and
Donegan. Their neat interplay gave Turner his chance to knock in the
fifth of the game. 5-0.
The hosts kept up the momentum and continued to pile on the pressure
with Thomas providing plenty of running. It culminated in a mad
penalty area scramble in front of the Styning goal, with the ball
bouncing here, there and everywhere. It was eventually cleared but
only for Brockham to press more and more. With only 3 minutes left
Donegan attacked and found Heather in an intelligent position inside
the Styning box. Heather made the most of his opportunity to shoot
home the penultimate goal of the day. 6-0.
And still the Badgers were hungry for more! Another weak goal kick
from the away team went only as far as Teague, who was first to ball
and delivered his shot into the corner of the net for the final word
of the game. 7-0.
Full time 7-0.
Man of the match: Dominic Lane
Squad: Joe Baker, Kemal Dogansoy, Jamie Donegan, Jordan Heather,
Daniel Killick, Dominic Lane, Joe Teague, Wilbur Tiley, Will Thomas,
Ollie Turner, Jacob Vaughan, George Warne, Oakley Wheeler.
Report by Tony Watson
