Round 11 Scotch vs Sacred Heart Saturday July 5th 2008 A Grade Scotch 2 - 1 Sacred Heart For a long time this fixture has always been a bit of a 'Derby' match for both teams, ever since the tight tussles back in A2's. And again, as with every contest, the score was close and the game was very willing. To be honest we had the majority of the game, especially in the first half, and were desperately unlucky not to have several goals to compliment the early possession that we had. However we found ourselves 1-0 down after a cross that was deflected from a defensive header, with the ball falling to the strikers foot several yards from the line, who slotted it home. 5 minutes later Johnny stepped up to put away his 2nd penalty for the year to make it 1-1 following a handball in the box. Sacred Heart were physical and hard working as ever, and played over their midfield with long balls from the defence for the majority of the game. We got our second with a nice flowing move from Gazza's throwout that ended up finding Matty who is in a rich vein of scoring form, and he cooly slotted home across the keeper. Overall it was a solid performance considering we had several forced changes to the lineup this week and due to injuries during the game also. The defense was solid as normal, our midfield was dominating, and we created ample chances up front to score plenty more. With Uni White doing some great work and holding on to beat Merc's 1-0, we are now 2pts from top. (Ref's votes) 3 votes: Matty 2 votes: Johnny 1 vote: Geordie B Grade Scotch 1 -2 Sacred Heart As with the A's, it was a very close match on the whole, and a match that if we took even a third of our chances we had in the 1st half the game would have been over by half time. However it was 1-1 at the break, and to Sacred Hearts credit the fought well in the second half and played the better soccer leading up to the final whistle. A very disappointing result again for us, especially considering we had so many definite chances. 3 votes: Quinny 2 votes: Toby 1 vote: Chan