A frustrating 5-1 defeat

Last week the ladies 2nds had an extremely promising win against Swindon 2s winning 5-2 which meant that we were going into this weeks match as a far more confident side.

The match started with a fast tempo and Marlborough quickly realised that this was going to be a tough match. Marlborough played with a slightly different formation this week and unfortunately were missing our keeper and so Lou Gostling bravely faced the task of kitting up and playing right at the back with Mimi Watts, Charlie Bowman and Anna Gent playing in the centre in front of her.

Marlborough had a few chances but the forwards Meg Aujla, Verity Langfield and Nyah Brooks were unlucky not to convert. The Sailsbury side then got one fairly quick goal after a fast break by one of their quick forwards (who ended up getting 4/5 of the oppositions goals) and so left Marlborough 1-0 down. Marlborough fought back with Jen Moffat and Ciara Blackstock working very hard to push the ball up towards our D to give the forwards opportunities. Verity Langfield was able to convert a great strike making it 1-1. This boosted us and enabled us to believe that we were in another potentially winning match. However, despite having the majority of the possession, a couple of mistakes left big gaps open on the pitch and Sailsbury were able to find the spaces and therefore get two quick goals in concession of each other, leaving the score as 3-1 at the end of the 1st half.

Half time came and with a positive team chat from our captain Lou Gostling we went into the second half with the hope that we would get a few more chances. This week it was not the case and so unfortunately the Sailsbury side converted two more and so the final result was 5-1. There have been many weeks that perhaps someone has said the cliché phase ‘the score did not reflect the play’. Even this week many of the opposition were saying this and it was the unlucky break aways which cost us this week.

Mimi Watts showed her skill and pace throughout the game was awarded the well-deserved player of the match for her incredible work rate.