Season: 2021-22. Game: 45.
Date & KO: Sunday 26 September 2021, 10:30am.
Fixture: Moreton Hall Ferals v Occold.
Venue: Hardwick Heath Pitch 1.
Competition: Premier Logos Bury & District Sunday League Division One.
Half Time Score: Moreton Hall Ferals 1-1 Occold.
Full Time Score: Moreton Hall Ferals 3-2 Occold.
Moreton Hall Ferals extend their 100% league start to the 2021-22 season to 4 games with a 3-2 home win over Occold.
But it was Occold who had the first notable opportunity after just 40 seconds, though covering goalkeeper Charlie Larter was well positioned to beat away a powerful strike towards his top right-hand corner.
Ferals though did have more of the chances which started with Kieran Twinn's dancing footwork forcing the defender to concede a corner close to goal, from which Casey Underwood looped his header narrowly over from Jake Peasgood's set piece in the fifth minute.
The home side then went close four minutes later as Callum Dove found space to shoot inside the box, only to hit just wide into the side netting, whilst Joe Greenslade-Cross' low powerful free-kick from out on the right wing required 'keeper Charlie Cook to get down well to his near post to beat it away, 0-0 still after just 12 minutes.
Jake Peasgood however almost picked out Kieran Twinn with a dangerous cutback which went just over the diving head of the forward in space from close range in the 16th minute.
But the former did find Twinn with a good corner five minutes later as the latter's stooping header at the bottom right-hand corner was well held by Cook.
At the other end, Jeremy Bones forced two decent saves out of Ferals deputising 'keeper Charlie Larter - this first forcing a good low diving save from the keeper, before the second saw strong hands from the club captain to hold the dipping strike just underneath his crossbar just shy of the half-hour mark.
Ferals arguably were unfortunate to not open the scoring after having the more of the chances, nearly doing just that in the 32nd minute as Kieran Twinn held up the ball well before cutting inside to shoot only to fire narrowly wide of the bottom right-hand corner.
Two minutes later, Ferals' Harry Whiting-Noakes then threaded Callum doge through inside the box but the attacker's low shot was well blocked by the sliding defender.
Occold meanwhile hit Ferals on the break against the run of play as Reece Palfrey found space on the right-hand side in the box to finish cooly into the bottom near corner, 0-1 ten minutes before the break.
Unfazed by going a goal behind, Joe Greenslade-Cross had two efforts denied straight after. After the advantage was played following a foul on Harry Whiting-Noakes by Ryan Howe, Greenslade-Cross drove into the box where his first shot was blocked, whilst his second from a tight angle was turned away by a smart low save by Cook on his line.
Occold to their credit did make some good chances and nearly doubled their lead on 38 minutes as Chris Brown shot just wide of the bottom right-hand corner from distance.
Ferals on the other hand, almost made some excellent team play count, starting with a clever throw out by Larter to find Jake Peasgood who played a smart one-two with Callum Dove only to fire just over the crossbar from inside the box.
Kieran Twinn then fired just wide of the bottom corner from 30-yards three minutes before the break, before Ferals did restore parity a minute later.
Some good team play saw Greenslade-Cross lay the ball off to Jack Whiting-Noakes, who in turn returned it to the former in space just inside the box who chipped a great inviting ball over the defence finding Twinn free from close range, who finished it off in style with an exquisite first time volley into the bottom right-hand corner, 1-1.
And early into the second half an excellent solo goal from Jake Peasgood put Ferals in front, the forward drove forward exploited space down the right-hand side in the area before rifling the ball past Cook into the bottom middle corner, 2-1 after 48 minutes.
Eight minutes later, Ferals almost added to their lead when George Crowe's low dangerous ball across the face of goal just needed a boot on it to turn home from point blank range, but just evaded Twinn.
The chances kept coming though for Ferals as Callum Dove found space just outside the box, but fired his shot narrowly over the crossbar on 69 minutes, whilst Callum Dongray glanced his header just wide of the far post, from a curling in-swinging Peasgood corner five minutes later.
But with 14 minutes left on the clock, Ferals added their third goal courtesy of some more good play as Kieran Twinn threaded Callum Dove through with a clever defence splitting pass as Dove went onto finish cooly into the bottom left-hand corner.
Ferals went agonisingly close to extending their lead further just moments later as Kieran Twinn just couldn't get on the end of fellow goalscorer Jake Peasgood's dangerous ball across the face of goal from a yard out, before Dan Allen shot just wide into the side netting.
Occold though weren't quite out of the game yet, as the visitors reduced their hosts' lead to 3-2 ten minutes from time as Luke Keen's dangerous ball across the face of goal was tapped home by Ryan Howe from centimetres out.
A crucial goal-line clearance though denied Ferals a fourth goal in the 85th minute as Greenslade-Cross' corner found Casey Underwood lurking from a yard out but his goalwards poke was denied by the defender.
With the final chance of the morning soon after, Jake Peasgood almost put the result beyond any doubt as he fired a powerful shot just over the crossbar and onto the back stanchion.
Ferals make it four straight league wins ahead of an Open Cup visit to Thurston next weekend. Occold meanwhile host Smiler in Division One.
Ferals:-
1 Charlie Larter
88 George Crowe
20 Callum Dongray
6 Casey Underwood
19 Jack Whiting-Noakes (60' Allen)
7 Fred Stewart-Hogg
8 Harry Whiting-Noakes
9 Jake Peasgood
14 Joe Greenslade-Cross
10 Kieran Twinn
11 Callum Dove (c)
Subs:
12 Dan Allen
50 Adrian Crowe (unused)
27 Ben Newdick (unused)
Occold:-
1 Charlie Cook (c)
8 Connor Bennett
7 Jeremy Bones
12 Christopher Brown
9 Lee Clements
3 George Green
2 Ryan Howe
5 George Johnson
6 Luke Keen
4 Reece Palfrey
10 Joseph Western
Subs:
11 Benjamin Catton
14 Ross Waddell
15 Adam Clements (unused)
Booked: Howe (36'), H.Whiting-Noakes (88').
Goals: Twinn (43'), Peasgood (48'), Dove (77'); Palfrey (35'), Howe (80').
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