Market Drayton men's second team have a tough end to the first half of the season, playing all the teams in the top places. This week it was Stafford 4 who were four places ahead of them . Drayton had the rare luxury of four substitutes so there were gonna be fresh legs on the pitch all the time, and Stafford only having the bare 11.
The opening 15 minutes was end to end stuff with Market Drayton going close on several occasions, showing no more accuracy than the opposition. After 16 minutes, Charlie Weaver tapped home after some scrappy play in the opposition D, but this seemed to settle the nerves and the home side became more dominant. Excellent stick skills from the youngsters was good to see; Harry Watts taking the ball out of the air with great Skill. Elliot Weaver distributing the ball well from behind the front line and Isaac Brammer letting no one shove him around. Charlie Weaver, John Rayson Harry Freeman and Jake Jones started to dominate the midfield putting a lot of pressure on the opposition, creating some very wild passes from the away team. The lead was eventually doubled after 67 minutes when John Rayson dribbled the ball half the length of the pitch but his final shot was going wide and an amazing full length dive from Ben Freeman Steered the ball into the net and 2-0 was the final score. A great result for the home team.
