The sun was shinning on a crisp morning as Hessle entertained Mill Lane Wizards in group 1 of the Hull Boys Sunday Football League.
Mill Lane started strongly in the first match with Ben Haysom prominent in Midfield and within minutes the ball broke to Arran Naldrett on the edge of the box and he drilled a low shot into the bottom corner to give the Wizards a deserved lead. Mill Lane continued to dominate and it was no surprise after some good work from Lloyd Bean, Harry Sadler made it 2 : 0 from close range.
Hessle found the Mill Lane side difficult tocontrol and a pass from Zac Wise found Harry Sadler in some space and hedrilled a shot in the bottom corner to make the half time score 3 : 0.
Patrick Roscoe, Adam Prince and Oliver Whitfield came on in the second half as Mill Lane continued to put pressure on the Hessle defence. Soon
after the interval a determined run from Zac Wise found Oliver Whitfield in space and he duly slotted the ball home to make it 4 : 0. Having just
come on the field, some tenacious tackling from Patrick Roscoe provided Harry Sadler with a 5th goal and this soon became 6 as Zac Wise again
made the running for Oliver Whitfield to score his second.
A spirited Hessle never gave up but sound defending from Charlie Miller, Ryan Elm & Adam Priince and some confident keeping from Tyler Nassau kept the Wizards goal in tact. Mill Lane rounded the game off in style with a third from Oliver Whitfield making the final score 7 : 0
The second game saw Jack Thurston come on in goal as Mill Lane dominated the early possession but some good attacking football did not provide the breakthrough. Hessle started to grow in confidence and the game became end to end as both sides looked for the vital 1st Goal. As
halftime approached Magic Man Lloyd Bean, beat one player cut inside and drilled his shot past an impressive Hessle keeper to make the halftime
score 1 : 0.
Hessle responded in the second half and only some inspired goalkeeping from Jack Thurston kept Mill Lane in front. First he pulled off a double
save, diving bravely at the Hessle striker’s feet then moments later dived full length to tip a pile driver around the post. From the resulting corner he was again on his toes tipping the ball over the bar.
The Wizards spurned some gilt edged chances of their own but the match finished 1 : 0 to the Wizards.
Man of the Match chosen by all the parents went to Jack Thurston for some inspired goal keeping.
