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MENS 3RD XI - 19/12/2020 VS NORWICH DRAGONS 4 (A) 
 
TEAM: Mens 3rd XI 
DATE: 19/12/2020 
FIXTURE: Mens 3rd XI VS 19/12/2020 
HEADLINE: Double digit delight 
LEAGUE: EAST DIVISION 4 NORTH EAST 
VENUE: Dragons Den 
RESULT: City 11 - 1 Dragons 
 
REPORT: 
City started at a frantic pace and tended to struggle with a slippy but otherwise excellent pitch in the opening phases. Whilst there were periods of delightful interplay City seemed to lack their customary clinical decision making in and around the D. Having said that City did score 6 goals in the first half through a mixture of inventive penalty corners, simple taps ins, a perfect example of a fast one two and one outrageous deflection into the roof of the net. 
 
The half time team talk focused on celebrating the 6 goals but also re-emphasised our aim to make good decisions and look to pass and move wherever possible. 
 
City continued to dominate in the second half with their slick passing mixed with fine stick skills providing a constant threat to the Dragons’ goal. What was particularly pleasing was how the younger players combined deliciously with the more experienced players to support each other in every area of the pitch. For the record City scored a further 5 goals in the second half with Dragons scoring a somewhat fortuitous consolation goal. 
 
City’s goal scorers were Ethan Rushton, Freddie Paterson, Robert McCall, man of the match Rio Iaccarino, Adie Land, Ed Taylor, Monty Platt, Henry Baker and a hat trick from Matthew “Peter Pan” Brine. 
 
A great end to the first half of the season - enjoy the Christmas break, stay fit and most of all stay safe. Top effort to be top of the league...let’s make sure we stay there in 2021. Thank you all. 

MENS 5TH XI - 19/12/2020 VS NORWICH DRAGONS 5 (H) 
 
TEAM: Mens 5th XI 
DATE: 19/12/2020 
FIXTURE: Mens 5th XI VS 19/12/2020 
HEADLINE: Struggle before Christmas 
LEAGUE: EAST DIVISION 5 NORTH EAST 
VENUE: TRF 
RESULT: 0-4 
 
REPORT: 
On Saturday the Norwich 5th team went up against a rival Dragons team. The match was competitive from very start as Norwich had all the ball and some good attacking play down the left to go close within the first 10 minutes. Dragons grew their way into the game and scored a goal with some quick attacking play down their right. Norwich came back with more strong attacking hockey backed by some solid defensive play. The rest of the half was filled with cagey play as Norwich went close a number of times through short corners but dragons kept persisting with some quick play down the right and also went close. However some impressive keeping kept the score at 1-0 till the end of the half.  
The half time team talk aimed to reinforce our formation as the midfield had become slightly muddled with the constant substitutions from the large squad. The team remained upbeat as we entered the second half, confident that we could come back from the small deficit. 
 
However in the second half the hockey played was far from our best. The opposition pressed forward quickly with some good play and we seemed to be unable to stop them. They scored two quick goals with some good hockey though the middle. The game then opened up with some space out wide but we seemed to be pinned back by the dragons team and unable to move the ball wide. Dragons then scored another nice goal from the edge of the area to make the score 4-0. For the rest of the game we had plenty of possession but were unable to make anything of it as the game ended 4-0 to Dragons. 
 

MENS 6TH XI - 19/12/2020 VS IPSWICH 3 (A) 
 
TEAM: Mens 6th XI 
DATE: 19/12/2020 
FIXTURE: Mens 6th XI VS 19/12/2020 
HEADLINE: Well beaten 
LEAGUE: EAST DIVISION 5 NORTH EAST 
VENUE:Ipswich  
RESULT:lost 7-0 
 
REPORT: we knew this would be a tough game and so it turned out . We were well beaten by a very good Ipswich team . Peter Smith had a good game in goal and saved several attempts by Ipswich which would have made the score look worse. Ali Clabburn was man of the match for his tireless running through out the game.