Barkingside got their Thurlow Nunn Eastern Senior League
campaign off to a great start after a Joe Oates brace helped them to victory
over Newbury Forest at Cricklefield’s.
The hosts, who suffered relegation from the Essex Senior
League Premier last season, were taking on a side who they had beaten 4-1 in pre-season,
so they knew they could beat their opponents, but Forest and Side knew this
would be a different contest seeing as it was their first league games, or so
you thought anyway.
The hosts created the first opening, a half chance which
Oates almost found himself in but was thwarted, before an Archie Hammond effort
was blocked and then a Francesco Balestrini curled effort at goal was claimed
by visiting keeper Jordan Stansbury.
There was almost an embarrassing moment for Side keeper
Charlie Howson who saw a clearance blasted against Forest forward Okugbeni before
flying back past the keeper and going just wide, whilst down the other end Dan
Jones got into a good shooting position but dragged his effort well wide.
Stansbury then somehow kept out a Oates effort before Oates
again saw an effort go straight at Stansbury as the hosts were threatening to
grab a lead late on in the half, and then Side forward Olajide Yusuff burst down
the right but after cutting it back into the area saw an effort blocked.
Yusuff then got in down the right again but could only drill
an effort into the side netting, and it meant the half ended goalless and
although Side had created the better openings, the game was hardly a classic.
Half Time Barkingside 0 Newbury Forest 0
The visitors attacked almost immediately from the restart
but it ended with a Kieran Huddart volley going so wide it ended up off for a
throw on, and then six minutes into the half the hosts showed how to finish when
they took the lead as Oates pounced to finish via Stansbury’s hand, and the
hosts had the lead.
Forest then attacked down the right through Lubona Wyatt but
saw his cross well cleared, before Tyrell Holder then curled an effort at the hosts
goal but Howson claimed fairly comfortably, and then came a crucial second for
the hosts as Oates saw an effort parried out by Stansbury but saw Jones quickest
to react to fire the loose ball home with 63 minutes on the clock.
Forest tried to respond to this latest setback but saw an
effort blocked before another chance was ballooned over, and then the hosts
added a third and clinching goal when Oates grabbed his second of the game by beating
a defender before slotting under Stansbury.
Side were now enjoying themselves and sent an effort just
wide of the far post, and then things got worse for the visitors when they gifted
Side a fourth as keeper Stansbury gave the ball straight to substitute Muyiwa
Osenie who slotted into the open goal with fifteen minutes left.
The visitors tried their best to at least get on the
scoresheet late on, seeing a Matt Connelly effort well saved by Howson, before
Anthony McDonald fired an effort over the hosts bar. It proved to be the final act and meant Side
ran out fairly convincing winners in the end, whilst for the visitors it was
back to the drawing board.
Full Time Barkingside 4 Newbury Forest 0
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