Whitstable Town FC

Whitstable Town Reserves 1 v 1 Herne Bay Reserves

Whitstable Town Reserves 1  v  1 Herne Bay Reserves: Injuries to players from both sides cast a cloud over what was otherwise an entertaining game, both requiring hospital treatment.   Neither injury caused by foul play, the Herne Bay’s Rob Lawrence was kept in hospital overnight after it was confirmed he suffered a broken arm and two breaks to his hand, Whitstable’s Dean Morley is recovering from a head wound.   After a long and trying pre-season with cancelled games, motorway crashes and players moving in and out of the club it was good to finally settle in to a game at The Belmont. We fielded a young side for this fixture and the team settled well playing some good controlled football in the early stages. This culminated with Town taking the lead in the 20th minute with a good move down the right hand side ended with a cross by Bertie Braidwood being met with a diving header by Ben Brown. The game was then held up for 30 minutes due with a ambulance being called to treat a Herne Bay player for a broken arm. This break disrupted our game somewhat and after halftime we struggled to find the same fluency. From a frre kick given away on the edge of our own box, Herne Bay equalised with a well taken free kick into the bottom corner. The rest of the game finished fairly even with a number of substitutions and a clash of heads resulted in Deam Morley being taken to hospital for stitches in a head wound. Overall a draw was probably a fair result Team ; McVicar (Essam), Duffy, Morley (Burt), Baines, Adcock, Lingham, Holliday (Whisker), Smith, Belcher (Emekwue), Braidwood (Cummins), Brown (Hodgson)

 

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