123: Sun 2 February 2020, 2pm, Culford Sports Centre, Suffolk Girls and Women's League Women's Division, Bury Town Women v Chantry Grasshoppers Ladies
Bury Town Women make it back to back wins a comfortable 5-0 victory over 12th placed Chantry Grasshoppers Ladies to move into third into the table.
Bury dominated proceedings pretty much from the get go, although the first real chance didn't come until the twelvth minute as the hosts curled a shot over the top corner from inside the box. Bury however did break the deadlock on 15 minutes, Julie Brind getting to the ball on the right byline inside the box to square across to Kirsty Pollard to finish off low into the middle of the net from close range, 1-0 Bury. The promotion chasing Blues then added a second goal three minutes later as Stacey Roper's corner saw Locker's header fall to Hemming on the edge of the box to poke the ball to Brind who lifted a great first time finish dipping over the keeper and into the roof of the net, 2-0 Bury.
Brind however thought she had Bury's added a third and her second in the 22nd second minute, finishing low into the bottom corner after being set through on goal but was deemed offside. Duemmel however went close to adding to Bury's lead a minute later, shooting low and just wide of the bottom corner, whilst Sophie Hemming hit a great low strike just wide into the near side netting from outside the box on 27 minutes.
Debutant Katie Walker then went close to scoring her first goal for the senior side nine minutes before the interval, the young under-18 striker was fed well by Brind, following good passing play from Bury, only to shoot an inch wide of the bottom far corner from inside the box. The impressive striker was then denied by the woodwork two minutes later, this time the low strike from just outside the area came back into play off the bottom face of the far post, prior to a swerving Bury cross being cleared just ahead of far post before Hemming shot wide from range on 39 minutes.
Walker though did deservedly add to the scoresheet 3 minutes before the break, Stacey Roper's great through ball released Walker through one-on-one in the area to cooly nudge the ball past the keeper into the bottom corner, 3-0 Bury at the interval.
HALF TIME: Bury Town Women 3-0 Chantry Grasshoppers Ladies
Bury began the second half with a flurry of decent chances, three of which going narrowly wide with another one or two going straight at the keeper as the hosts searched for a quickfire fourth goal, added to by Mia Banbury's shot which went just wide from the edge of the box the box on 50 minutes, whilst Roper's 40-yarder forced the keeper to reach up well and take the catch seconds later.
Young striker Katie Walker's next involvement saw the goalscorer cut into the box well to cut back, after great buildup play, to Brind though the shot was curled straight at the keeper on 52 minutes. Hemming then beat her defender well a minute later but could only shoot just wide of the far post once more before Walker again beat her marker on the edge of the box only to see her shot punched by the keeper straight to Brind whose follow up shot went wide of the gaping near post into the side netting from close range soon after.
Bury were then handed a fourth goal after a mistake from the Chantry keeper with 59 minutes played, the goal-kick went straight to Mia Banbury on the edge of the box who was the first to get on the end of her touch on inside the box to finish well past the onrushing keeper low into the middle of the net, 4-0 Bury. Norma Locker meanwhile had a great chance to add a fifth Bury goal 2 minutes later, after cutting in well from the wing to the edge of the box the shot went just the wrong side of the bottom far corner, before Mia Banbury was denied an excellent goal by the crossbar in the 63rd minute, hitting a fierce strike inside the area off the underside of the crossbar as the ball bounced down and back into play.
Locker then had a good strike at goal parried away from outside the box a minute later, whilst Roper hit a low freekick out on the wing into the near side netting with 25 minutes remaining. Great play from Bury once more saw the hosts go close once more, Katie Walker's fantastic run down the left wing saw the forward cutback well to Hemming running in whose well hit half-volley went just wide of the top far corner on 68 minutes. It was then high fives for Bury in the 73rd minute as Hemming scored a peach of a free-kick, curling a great 35-yarder over the wall before dipping into the bottom left corner, 5-0 Bury.
Bury skipper Pratt went close to adding a sixth however four minutes later, shooting just over the bar from inside the box, followed by Locker firing a great strike just wide of the top corner from the edge of the area with 10 minutes left. Duemmel almost added a well worked sixth goal 2 minutes later, after being released through on the right hand side in the area, the Bury player nudged the ball passed the onrushing keeper but again the ball went an inch past the far post with Brind lurking, before the latter shot just wide of the far post on 85 minutes. With just three minutes remaining Bury had the last real chance of the game, Roper doing well to retain possession well for Bury in the box as the shot from close range was saved as far as Pratt on the edge of the area, whose well hit strike was well caught by the keeper as Bury as a result move up a place in the league table ahead of next week's visit to Brantham.
FULL TIME: Bury Town Women 5-0 Chantry Grasshoppers Ladies
Bury Town Women:-
1 Kristen Hutchings
2 Lyndsey Duemuel
4 Mia Banbury
5 Lisa Pratt (capt)
7 Kirsty Pollard
8 Stacey Roper
9 Julie Brind
11 Olivia Hodges
14 Norma Locker
15 Claire Ellis
17 Sophie Hemming
Subs
10 Katie Walker
16 Elise Drury-Garrett
3 Zoe Klimche (unused)
Booked: Pratt (29').
Sin binned: Pratt (29').
Goals: Pollard (15'), Brind (18'), Walker (42'), Banbury (59'), Hemming (73').
Video and report ©️ Drew Kendall, 2020.
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