The Slazenger club's dissapointment continued apace with a 5-1 reversal for Slazenger thirds at the hands of Adel fourths. Lacking four key regulars, Slazenger turned to their younger players. encouragingly, stand in skipper Michael Turner put in a man of the match winning performance and scored the second-half-goal. Slazenger trailed 2-0 at half-time and conceded three more after the break as goalkeeper Thomas Peniston recieved little by way of support from his defence. Slazenger … [Read more...] about Report: 29-09-2001 – Mens 3rd’s (1) vs (5) Adel 4th’s
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Report: 29-09-2001 – Mens 5th’s (0) vs (6) Leeds Met Uni
Slazenger fifths failed to provide the right kind of defence to deny visitors Leeds Metropolitan University a 6-0 victory. But Leeds were denied double figures by the inspirational goalkeeping of man of the match Keith Hellam. Slazenger did, however, string together a few promising attacks but were unfortunate to find the visiting goalkeeping in the same kind of form as their marksmen. … [Read more...] about Report: 29-09-2001 – Mens 5th’s (0) vs (6) Leeds Met Uni
Report: 22-09-2001 – Mens 3rd’s (1) vs (6) Adel 3rd’s
Slazenger thirds warmed up for their league opener against Adel thirds with a 6-1 reversal at the hands of Adel thirds on Saturday. The difference in standard was evident but Slazenger worked hard to stay in the game. Thomas Penistone had another fine match in goal, ably-assisted by sweeper Tony Sidwell. Gavin Kaye scored Slazenger's goal. Saturday's home fixture with Adel is scheduled for a 3pm start. … [Read more...] about Report: 22-09-2001 – Mens 3rd’s (1) vs (6) Adel 3rd’s
Report: 22-09-2001 – Mens 4th’s (0) vs (2) Adel 4th’s
Slazenger fourths failed to capitalise on the good hockey played and allowed Adel fourth to take the friendly spoils 2-0. The home goalkeeper denied Slazenger skipper Jonathan Halliday and yound centre-forward Richard Hutchins to keep the game goalless up to half time. Midfield ace Alan Killy, kept Slazenger going but Adel managed to twice over power the defence to take an unassailable two-goal lead. Man of the match went to Ricky Wilby. … [Read more...] about Report: 22-09-2001 – Mens 4th’s (0) vs (2) Adel 4th’s
Report: 22-09-2001 – Mens 2nd’s (0) vs (5) Adel 2nd’s
If chances were goals then Slazenger seconds should have had acricket score against Adel seconds, but in the end it was down to finishing and the hosts had the edge in this department to win 5-0. Adel are two leagues above Slazenger and were just too clinical in front of goal, scoring all five goals from breaks against the general run of play. Slazenger can, however take some consolation from the performance and the sound individual displays of Bob Wood, Paul Wiper and man of the match … [Read more...] about Report: 22-09-2001 – Mens 2nd’s (0) vs (5) Adel 2nd’s
