BGL u12 Portishead Town 3 v 2 Westbury Park Foxes

18 Month Unbeaten run ends!

Despite the torrential rain over the weekend, the Portishead pitches had dried out enough to get todays game on.

Portishead have pushed the Foxes hard over the last 2 seasons, and were worthy runners up last year, beating everyone else in the league, so we knew that we were in for a tough fixture.

With a strong Foxes line up, hopes were high after last weeks impressive performance, but quality opposition, and the notoriously small pitch were to be the Foxes undoing.

A minutes silence was observed before the game got underway.

Starting strongly the Foxes were quirky into the attack, forcing a string of early corners, but it was clear that Portishead's passing game, and quick strong centre forward would put the Foxes under pressure, especially on the break.

Betty got a taste of this early on as the offside was sprung and Betty found herself one on one with the Portishead striker, but was quick to leave the box to make the interception.

The home team found more success playing early diagonal balls, whilst the Foxes found the pitch constraints hampering the wide play and through balls to be over hit.

The game swung from end to end, before the Foxes were caught in possession and a through ball this time found the striker with time to fire into the top corner.

It's a long time since the Foxes have been behind in a game, and were glad to get to half time, as composure and shape were lost as the girls tried to deal with going behind.

The second half started brightly, as the Foxes went on the offensive, again taking play to the opposition, but soon disaster struck as, from a Foxes corner Portishead broke and beat 2 defenders to rifle home a second.

The Foxes roared back though and soon halved the deficit with Sim on hand to poach a goal when Portishead failed to clear.
Just was it looked like we would get right back, again a quick break undid the good work, and Portishead restored the 2 goal cushion. Straight from the kick off the Foxes went right though the home team and Sim doubled her tally.

Again the Foxes poured forwards in search of the equaliser, with Portishead tiring, but eventually we ran out of time as the ref blew the final whistle.

Sometimes you can learn more in a defeat than in a win, and that was the case today. Our overall passing, ball retention and defending as a unit can all be worked on, but the character shown by all the girls cannot be faulted, and will stand us in good stead going forwards.

Captain of the week: Lulu

Girl of the Game: Lulu