Thurrock-February and March 2011 results

With us leading in Blue Square South, things are looking very good at the moment, the road to promotion is definitely depends on us. We need to ensure that there is no slip-up for the coming games. Due the Gloucester match cancelled and will be play in February, we will be playing five games for this month. Here is the results that you have been waiting..

vs Bath 2-0
First game of the month was against this mid-table team, we actually don’t have much creativity in this match but we were very clinical in front of goal. Right midfielder Wayne Graves gave us the lead after a perfect through ball by Paul Hakim. David King doubled our lead in the 38 minutes with a close range goal. They tried to come back into the game but our defence hold them well.

vs Gloucester 2-1
They are currently fighting against relegation but they certainly show a lot of determination in this game. Jack Jeffrey scored to give us a lead in the first half. Though they were a goal down, but they still create many chances and was finally rewarded with a goal in the 87 minutes. I was disappointed to concede a goal so late in the game. However in the football world, anything can happen before the final whistle is blown. My defender Lewis Walker headed in a goal deep into injury time to mark his first goal and a win for the club

vs Sutton Utd 2-2
Another struggling club that we will be facing this month, my team seems to face problem quite frequently against relegation threaten club. We took a two goal in the first half, both goals scored by Jack Jeffrey. However they came out fighting in the second half and let them clawed back from two goals down to level the score. I was angry with my goalkeeper Scott Tynan for making a mistake to cost the team two points.

vs Staines 1-0
We did not perform well in this match, but i think we were very lucky here. Jack Jeffrey made use of a mistake by the opposition to score a goal in the penalty area to give us a win. He had maintain his good form and scored his fourth goal in four games.

vs Newport 0-2
We lost to them during our first meeting in October and this time round we couldn’t take revenge on them. We were better than them in all areas for this match but somehow their striker was in great form and scored two goals out of three shots. Seems like luck ran out with us today.

There you go, three victories and one draw out of five games played, i am satisfied with the results that we had gained so far. Chelmsford did not have a good month and we had extended our lead to twelve points.

There will be four games waiting for us in March, the opposition is not very strong except for Eastbourne Boro. I will be a happy man if my team managed to win three of them. But they showed that they want the promotion badly and they performed magnificently to actually win all of the matches. Here is the results..

vs Eastleigh 1-0
We totally dominate this game against this mid-table team but can only produce one goal through Paul Hakim. They were being peg back in their half majority of the time and can only produce two shots throughout the whole game. However we only have one goal to show our dominance.

vs Grays 2-1
First meeting against our rivals resulted in a defeat in our home ground. This time round i warned my players not to disappoint our fans. But Grays took the lead in the 11 minutes with a well place shot. David King scored in close range to make things level in the first half. Three minutes after the break, Simon Heslop scored a well taken goal after a fine assist by Paul Hakim. The score remains as it is till full time whistle. It was a good comeback by the team and i am sure the fans will be going home happy.

vs Eastbourne Boro 1-0
It was not an easy game against this team who is challenging for a play-off place.They actually put up a decent performance but just couldn’t find a way in. Though we were second best in this game but in the 18 minutes Matt Paine put in a nice cross for Paul Hakim to score the only goal of the game. They kept attacking at our goal and put in some rough tackles towards our players, resulting a man sent off in the 73 minutes. From that on they were powerless to threaten our goal and we had our third win for the month.

vs Havant & Waterlooville 3-1
Last game of the month was against 8th place team, it was an exciting first half performance between the two teams. All the goals were scored in the first 45 minutes, Jack Jeffrey gave us the lead in the 13 minutes and Matt Bodkin doubled it eight minutes later. They pulled a goal in the 45 minutes but immediately Josh Falkingham scored to give us the two goal cushion two minutes later. It was a contrast second half performance by both teams and the score stayed as it is until the final whistle.

I was awarded my fourth manager of the month award after getting all four victories in March. My team also reached a play-off spot after thirty five games. Immediately after the Havant game, i took a look on the table and was surprised to find that we are leading Chelmsford by eighteen points.

Only seven games left to play and with such a comfortable position at the top, i can’t imagine that we will be losing the title. The Blue Square South title and the promotion is firmly in our hands and i believe i need only two or three victories to conclude our great season. Next post will be the conclusion of the 2010/2011 season, please come back and find out whether my Thurrock team be able to wrap up the title and promote to the Blue Square Premier.