Season: 2021-22. Game: 26.
Date & KO: Sunday 22 August 2021, 10:30am.
Fixture: Bardwell Sports v Moreton Hall Ferals
Competition: Pre-Season Friendly
Venue: QUEEN ELIZABETH II FIELD (Bardwell),
Divisions: Premier Logos Bury & District Sunday football League Division Two v Premier Logos Bury & District Sunday football League Division One
MATCH REPORT | Sunday's write up as @MHFCFerals concluded pre-season with a 7-0 win at Bardwell.https://t.co/yU7rqIhdJn pic.twitter.com/aICOtyKExh
— Drew Kendall (@DKendallMedia) August 25, 2021
Moreton Hall Ferals conclude pre-season with a good away win at Bardwell Sports.
After a closely matched first half, in which Ferals only scored once, the Division One Champions hit Bardwell for six, with Callum Dove netting four of the visitors seven goals scored during the morning.
It took just 30 seconds for Ferals to test the Bardwell defence, as Callum Dove's low shot on the edge of the box was well blocked by the defender, whilst Jake Peasgood's glancing header, from Fred Stewart-Hogg's flick on, towards the top middle part of the net forced the goalkeeper into a great save, tipping it over his crossbar in the fourth minute.
Within a minute however on 14 minutes, Callum Dove hit two decent shots just wide of the target, having driven through past the defender into the box before shooting an inch wide of the bottom far corner in quick succession.
Six minutes later however, Fred Stewart-Hogg almost broke the deadlock, had he not had handled Lewis Kemp's dangerous low ball across the six yard box to the sliding midfielder before poking home from point blank range.
But the away side did break the deadlock on 22 minutes as Callum Dongray started the move by picking out Jake Peasgood with a great long ball out on the right wing, the winger then whipped in a dangerous low ball into Callum Dove free from 2 yards out, who after seeing his first shot smothered at point blank range by the goalkeeper was on hand to net the rebound home into the bottom right-hand corner, 1-0 Ferals.
Five minutes later, some great play from the away side almost fruited in a second goal, great link up play between Lewis Kemp and Callum Dove saw the former get onto the return free dangerously on the left byline, though his low ball across the face of goal just evades Dove.
Up the other end though, Ade Crowe in goal for the visitors was forced into a strong catch to deny a shot on target.
Thirteen minutes before the break, Fred Stewart-Hogg went narrowly close to doubling his side's lead as the midfielder flicked Dan Allen's, inviting ball in from 25-yards out narrowly wide of the far post.
Ade Crowe however thwarted the home side with another strong stop on 35 minutes, Bardwell quickly broke through dangerously down the left-hand side only to see their shot tipped over the crossbar well by Crowe, before the home side then fired a dangerous strike from just outside the box an inch over the bar.
Two minutes later, Crowe denied Bardwell once more, saving the low shot well from point blank range having dangerously weaved inside into the box.
But the last chance of the half though fell to the Ferals in the 38th minute as a dangerous header flicked on towards the top far corner from a Kemp corner needed clearing of the line by a well placed defender.
The second half though turned out to be a more clinical affair from the Ferals as they added six goals in the second forty-five minutes and like the first half, Ferals had the first chance of the half just 30 seconds after kick off.
Jake Peasgood's low right wing cross found goalscorer Callum Dove a yard out at the near post, where the attacker's shot was deflected an inch wide for a corner.
Dove meanwhile was denied from close range by a good low save by the Bardwell goalkeeper on 47 minutes, whilst up the other end the hosts shot an inch wide of the bottom corner from 30-yards out a minute later.
Chances continues to flow though as Stewart-Hogg saw a low shot from close range deflected narrowly wide for a corner four minutes later, before Harry Whiting-Noakes fired his shot an inch over the top right-hand corner just moments later.
It was soon 3-0 to Ferals though courtesy of two goals within five minutes, the second Ferals goal of the afternoon came from the penalty spot as Jake Peasgood placed his spot-kick out off the reach of the goalkeeper into the right-hand corner after Dove was fouled from behind on 54 minutes.
But between the two goals, Ferals then had two great chances to extend their lead, as Jake Peasgood's low cross saw both Callum Dove and Lewis Kemp see their shots from close range blocked soon after the goal, before Dove then saw another low shot well blocked three minutes later from Dongray's clever through-ball.
Dove and Dongray though were involved in Ferals' third goal of the game as the latter's free header back across was helped on by Stewart-Hogg across the goal-line to Dove who glanced his header home into the left-hand corner, 3-0 Ferals.
Dove then almost had a hat-trick shortly after the hour mark, as forward's poke towards goal was smothered by the goalkeeper before the rebound then bounced off Dove and just wide for a goal-kick.
The latter was then denied by a good save by the goalkeeper once more on 63 minutes, with Dove's latest strike sneaking under the retreating defender towards goal only to be well saved by the shot-stopper, whilst Stewart-Hogg then went close, headong just over from a Ferals corner soon after.
Seconds after Bardwell fired a good strike just wide, Callum Dove picked up his hat-trick and Ferals' fourth goal of the game as the forward cooly finished off Lewis Kemp's threaded ball past the defence to finish past the goalkeeper at his near bottom left-hand corner on 67 minutes.
Arguably the score was getting a tad harsh on Bardwell as Ferals hit five just two minutes later with Dove helping himself to his fourth goal, after Ben Newdick's low cross picked out the goalscorer free from close range to finish first time into the bottom left-hand corner.
Straight from kick-off however it was rapidly made 6-0 with a ruthless finish from Callum Dongray, who drove forward before rifling home from 35-yards into the bottom left-hand corner.
Ferals' Trialist then tested the goalkeeper with a good low strike from 40-yards, but the Bardwell stopper was equal to it on 72 minutes.
Following a solid performance in goal Ferals manager Ade Crowe then took a well earned rest as the goalkeeper was replaced by George Crowe inbetween the sticks with 16 minutes left on the clock.
Callum Dongray though almost doubled his own goal tally for the game on 76 minutes as the defender's powerful 20-yard volley swerved towards the top corner as it went just wide for a corner off the inside top right-hand post. The resulting set-piece meanwhile saw the Ferals' Trialist loop his free header just over from close range.
Jake Peasgood however saw his side footed shot go wide via the bottom face of the left-hand post soon after, before Dongray then fired another 20-yard good strike just over the bar.
Ferals then wrapped up the scoring with twelve minutes left with a great finish from Fred Stewart-Hogg, curling home into the bottom right-hand corner after being teed up by Lewis Kemp, 7-0 after 78 minutes.
The action wasn't over though, as Whiting-Noakes dipped a great dipping 35-yarder that needed tipping up into the air by the goalkeeper three minutes later, whilst Dongray fired an inch wide of the bottom corner from 25-yards on 84 minutes.
A great drop-kick down field from George Crowe created what would've been a well worked team goal four minutes from time, as his ball picked out Lewis Kemp free inside the box who then squared it across the face of goal in towards Fred Stewart-Hogg who just couldn't get the touch it needed.
But a good save from the home goalkeeper denied Ben Newdick from adding his name to the score sheet in the penultimate minute, as the stopper was well positioned to punch away Newdick's curling strike from the edge of the box.
Ferals begin their Division One title defence away at Hardwick on Sunday (29th August).
Ferals:-
1 Adrian Crowe (74' G.Crowe)
2 Lewis Kemp
20 Callum Dongray
88/1 George Crowe (70' Allen)
4 Dan Allen (HT' Palmer)
6 (Trialist)
33 Harry Whiting-Noakes
7 Fred Stewart-Hogg
28 Ben Newdick
9 Jake Peasgood
11 Callum Dove
Sub:
22 George Palmer
Goals: Dove (22', 59', 67, 69'), Peasgood (54'pen), Dongray (70'), Stewart-Hogg (78').
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