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Ashby Ivanhoe FC

Archers of Ashby

The day was very overcast and cold, and due to earlier games finishing late, the kick off was delayed by about 20 minutes. This unfortunately meant that the second half was played in very poor light.

The game started with both teams having an equal share of the play, but it was Dunkirk who found the net first with about 15 minutes of the game gone. The ball found one of their players free in the middle of the Ivanhoe box, and he struck a low shot in to the left hand corner beating a stranded Dave Kenning. Within 5 minutes, Nick Glynn managed to beat the Dunkirk offside trap to find himself with only their keeper to beat. Unfortunately, he only managed to direct his shot straight at their keeper. 10 minutes later, Nick Glynn once again beat the offside trap and found himself yet again with only their keeper to beat.........unfortunately, it was proving not to be his day and once again he hit his shot straight at the Dunkirk keeper. The rest of the half was played out relatively evenly, and the teams reached half time with Dunkirk in the lead by one goal.

The second half started much as the first one ended. Ivanhoe started to push for an equaliser, which started to leave them exposed at the back. Defensively, Ivanhoe were very solid, but 15 minutes in to the second half Tony Donaghay had to go off with a strained hamstring. Darren styles moved to right back, Iain Ross moved to left back and John Lennon came on to play at left midfield. Both sides were pushing hard for the second goal of the game, and it was to be Ivanhoe who had the first clear chance. Lee Edwards worked himself free of the Dunkirk defence and found himself with only the Dunkirk keeper to beat, but as in the first half he only managed to hit his shot directly at the keeper. Dunkirk responded by playing a long ball forward which found one of there forwards who shot at goal. Dave Kenning made an excellent save, but the rebound fell to another Dunkirk player who shot from a tight angle to score Dunkirk's second of the game.

Ivanhoe couldn't find a way back in to the game, and the match ended 2-0 to Dunkirk.