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  • Hallen fall at semi-final stage

    Hallen fall at semi-final stage

    Written by: Matthew Rickwood

    No Wembley date for Hallen 

    Well, here we are. The second leg of the FA Vase, with Hallen chasing a 0-3 deficit and Stoneham sitting comfortably.  

    In the first leg Stoneham cruised to victory scoring three goals in the first half. However, Hallen showed a better performance in the second half to make it a more even contest.  Hallen can turn this around with the goal tally they have created so far in the cup with seventeen. Whereas Stoneham is on an incredible run lasting thirty games in league and cup. 

    The first five minutes was a very even game with both teams struggling to get a hold of the game. 

    As the first ten minutes approached Hallen had shown they had settled the best forcing Stoneham to defend some long balls and early crosses. 

    The game showed no sign of breaking into life as the half approached it’s twenty-minute mark, all the action we had was a corner to speak of, which came to nothing. The first goal on the twenty-minute mark from the home team, a good one two between Alex Welch and Tyrrell Sampson resulted in a fired finish from about 12 yards out from the captain.

    The half looked to be ending with the one goal, but Stoneham found the net for a second time on forty-two minutes through their captain Alex Welch for his second of the game. A through ball breaks the offside trap and the skipper ran through unchallenged to slot in past Harry Thomas-Barker in the Hallen goal. 

    A minute later the away side showed their first bit of attacking intent with captain Cory Thomas- Barker forcing Callum Lee into a decent save. 

    The second half started as the first half with lack of intent from either side to force an attack.  

    The first action came from a free kick from the right of the box by Lewis Nagle brilliantly saved by Harry Thomas-Barker. The home side started to turn up the pressure mid-way through the half as they searched for a third goal. 

    The third goal came for Stoneham in the sixty-seventh minute from a quick free kick which the Hallen defence were sleeping and Tyrrell Sampson fired into the goal from a tight angle. 

    However, Hallen did find their first goal of the game and tie with a long throw-in flicked on by Dylan Tate and quick feet in the box resulting in a shot by Sam Deuchars which nestled neatly into the corner of the goal which sparked wild celebrations from the away following. 

     

     

    Stoneham line up: 

    Lee, Nagle (Dyer), Miller, Wells (Annetts), Welch (C), Sampson (Cluett), Jenkins (Orvis), Martins, Laycock (Fee), Kerton, Thomson. 

    Hallen line up: 

    H Thomas-Barker, Holden (Greenwood), Iles (Tate), Blundell, Bence, Camper (Courtier), Jones, C Thomas- Barker (C), Fairman, Busby (Ford) Deuchars.

    Written by: Matthew Rickwood – @mattrickwoo1

     

  • Fairman Fires Hat-Trick as Hallen Cruise Past Slimbridge

    Fairman Fires Hat-Trick as Hallen Cruise Past Slimbridge

    Harrison Fairman was simply irresistible on Saturday afternoon as he helped himself to a stunning hat-trick in Hallen’s emphatic victory over Slimbridge.

    The striker opened the scoring in style on 42 minutes after Jack Busby produced a moment of quality, sliding a perfectly timed pass down the left-hand side. Fairman showed electric pace to burst beyond the Slimbridge defence before coolly slotting the ball through the goalkeeper’s legs to give Hallen a deserved lead.

    Not long after the restart, Hallen struck again – and once more it was Fairman on the scoresheet. Luke Jones was the architect this time, delivering another excellent ball down the left flank. Fairman did the rest, finishing confidently into the bottom right corner to double both his tally and Hallen’s advantage.

    The hat-trick was sealed in the 68th minute with a goal worthy of putting the game to bed. Hallen’s top scorer combined brilliantly with skipper Thomas Barker, whose perfectly weighted pass allowed Fairman to lift the ball over the advancing goalkeeper from just inside the box, completing his second hat-trick of the season in emphatic fashion.

    A clinical performance from Fairman and a dominant team display ensured Hallen left no doubt about the outcome, with the striker once again proving why he remains the focal point of their attacking threat.