U'15 against QEGS

Our season continues to be plagued by injury, but it was good to have Ben Rothery back in action up front. QEGs played good football in the first half but Hulme created their fair share of chances, especially from set pieces. Most notably, Ben Rothery’s thundering header from a corner was just cleared off the line. The breakthrough came after QEGs cleared a Hulme corner downfield which was seized upon by their centre forward whose pace took him away from the two remaining defenders and whose composure saw him beat goalkeeper Chris Claydon. It was all to play for after half time as Hulme had their tails up and mounted the pressure. Ten minutes into the second half, Sam Clark fired a shot just over the bar which could have brought us back level and changed the course of the game. However, QEGs dealt us a sucker punch with a soft second goal, followed by a much more worthy third from an excellent free kick. Hulme fought back with character thanks to Captain Sam Clark who fired home spectacularly. Alex Jackson then hit the post as Hulme tried to get back into contention but two more QEGs goals sealed their victory. Although they were well deserving of the win, the final result of 5-1 rather flattered QEGs. Lewis Taylor’s gritty performance was narrowly eclipsed by Sam Flanaghan who was Man of the Match for his effective man marking and trademark tackling.