Ladies 1 v Leek 2 Match Report

Ladies 1 v Leek 2

Having played Leek plenty of times before across the ladies section we knew what this week would bring, struggling again with the bare 11 and some less than fully healthy players, armed with Amy Palmer on the side line, we limbered up and into battle. Leek were as expected, a fairly physical side bringing some old school argy, bargy & some young sets of skill. Burton throughout the game were the calmer of the two sides keeping level headed and focusing on the game at hand, with some attacking and defending from both teams and game play across the entire pitch, Burton saw most of the short corners in the first half, one of which saw Isla O'Farrell land one in the net from the right hand post and through the keepers legs on her 18th Birthday, Micky Shaw conveted from a right slip ball into the backboard, between these two goals, Leek converted a short corner of their own.

Half time 2-1,Come the 2nd half, Burton had to get smart and save their leg energy against Leeks 13 players, some players taking that a little bit further than others and enjoying a nice 2min rest on the side with both Micky Shaw & Lexie Elliott getting the same time resulting in 9 players on the pitch, the team soon dropped into positions needed though to fill gaps and hold Leek at bay with their overload of numbers. Burton still saw plenty of attacking play in the 2nd half with a some attempts on goal, however it was Leek that saw most of the short corners in the 2nd half and with Megan Bignell making some great saves, after she stick saved an airborne ball from the right a leek player volleyed the save into the net from the far post, burton had one last attacking push but with the whilst blown, final score was 2-2.

A top effort all around from the ladies for a solid 70mins.

Player of the match going to Isla