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The got back to winning
ways by beating Grammarians 2 - 5 away.
On a windy day two sides played a great game of football
under
difficult conditions. Thrapston benefited from winning the
toss by
playing with the wind in the first half. Grammarian’s
defence was put
under early pressure by the runs of Chris Meadway and Ali
Jones early on
and were lucky not to concede when Meadway finished off a
good move only
to be adjudged offside. The early pressure eventually told
when Ali
Jones pounced on a rebound from Chris Meadways shot to bury
it home.
Thrapston continued to go forward and should have added to
their lead
but the Grammarians defence held on and against the run of
play
equalised after a mix up in the Thrapston defence. The play
ebbed and
flowed with both sides threatening until just before half
time when20
Robert Blades scored after a Steven Wildman corner bounced
in the box
and Robert cracked the ball off the underside of the crossbar
and into
the back of the net.
The second half continued as the first but Thrapston's passing
came into
its own and the defence seemed to cope better against the
wind. Some
great passing moves from Steven Wildman, Robert Blades, David
Cunningham
and Ali Jones linking the midfield with the lone striker Chris
Meadway
again put Grammarians on the back foot and they conceded when
Chris
Meadway was put through by Ali Jones and despite cries of
offside Chris
buried the ball past the despairing keeper. Grammarians came
back at
Thrapston who were still the better side, but the Thrapston
defence held
firm with Sam Gough, Michael White and Harvey Hopcroft at
the heart. The
pressure paid off as Grammarians scored when a long-range
shot gave
keeper Sammy Cobley no chance. Thrapston continued to press
and Chris
Meadway pounced on a defensive error and cracked a scorcher
passed the
Grammarians keeper. Thrapston soaked up some pressure as Grammarians
pushed forward but they were caught as Jack Nicholson laid
the ball on
for Chris Meadway who rounded off his hat-trick with another
cracker.20
The result assured Thrapston continued to play their passing
game and the
final whistle was greeted with much applause by the travelling
fans.
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