Written by: Mathew Rickwood
Longlevens come away with the 3 points.
With both teams sitting comfortably in the table not much was expected from this game, but how wrong can you be. For the neutrals it certainly delivered.
Hallen started on the front foot and their first goal of the game came within three minutes. A well worked free kick into the box allows Harrison Fairman to have a shot at goal and Luke Bence is there to re-direct into the opposite corner past Drew Brei in the Longlevens goal.
Longlevens hadn’t really started the game yet with 14 minutes on the clock. The home side had a chance to extend their lead with a lovely through ball by Hallen captain Corey Thomas-Barker, run onto by Harrison Fairman but he forces Drew Brei into a good save.
The away side started to grow into the game shortly after and their reward was an equaliser in the 27th minute. A long throw in by captain Ollie Long and a chest down by Brad Martin and some intricate play allows Brad Martin to play a through ball which allows Dafydd Hyett so slot home.
A corner by Longlevens was their route to take the lead on 34 minutes. It was swung in from the far side and somehow manages to find it’s way to Brad Martin at the back post who can’t miss by heading into an empty goal.
A quick fire double from the away side on 36 minutes. A long ball over the top of the Hallen defence and Hallen goalkeeper Harry Thomas-Barker comes out of his goal and miss controls, which allows Theo Bevan to run into the 18-yard box unchallenged to score into an open goal.
The 40-minute mark came and the was the fourth goal for Longlevens. Jack Beardsell runs through the Hallen defence and puts in a low cross for Dafydd Hyett who has a simple tap in.
The second half had no action to speak of whatsoever. That was until the 86th minute when Longelevens scored their fifth goal. Dafydd Hyett runs down the right and crosses for Gino Valcinti who calmly slots the ball past Harry Thomas-Barker.
Hallen line-up:
Thomas-Barker, Holden, Frost, Bence, Blundell, Greenwood (Spence), White, Thomas-Barker (c), Fairman (Cousins) Camper (Tare), Busby (Bolshaw) Unused: Goldspink.
Longlevens line-up:
Brei, Beardsell, Byard, Long, Wells, Holmes (Knight), Sherchan (Hundt), Driscoll, (Williams), Martin (Valcinti), Bevan (Graham), Hyett
Attendance: 40
Written by: Mathew Rickwood @mattrickwoo1
