Bedford Park, Southport
Scorers: Trecharichi (1), Dalton (1)
Their sixth win in a row saw Ventura FC move ahead of Banks to fourth in the table, albeit with a stuttering performance against bottom club St Teresa's, who have yet to register any points so far this season. Despite fielding a stronger side than in the previous fixture, St Teresa's were content for large periods of the game to defend deep & in numbers, making it difficult at times for Ventura to break them down. Without question though the Man of the Match award must go to the Teresa's keeper who kept his side in the game with a series of crucial saves throughout, denying Dalton, Hand & Trecharichi when goals seemed a certainty.
After a comfortable but slightly laboured start by Ventura they then forced a series of corners, one of which Mike Hand headed towards goal only for the keeper to tip the ball onto the post & out for yet another corner. Indeed the first goal for Ventura came from a corner as Trecharichi found himself some space around the six yard box to finish with a rare headed goal. A couple of chances then fell the way of Dalton, who unusually for him was unable to apply the finishing touch. Half-time arrived then with Slocombe being virtually a spectator throughout, his only duties being to retrieve the ball after some wayward shooting from Teresa's.
The second half resumed with a similarly laboured pattern of play from Ventura, their usual urgency & passing game never really coming to the fore. From the kick off Conkling did a trademark solo run which on this occasion led to another corner. Jason also entered as a half-time substitute for Leigh & Teresa's for their part defended well but again offered very little in attack. Their keeper however was being kept busy & made two superbs saves against both Dalton & Trecharichi when one v one. Trecharichi was finding himself frequently in advanced positions & on another day could possibly have bagged a hat-trick, despite being deployed at full-back.
To add to Ventura's frustrations the referee was poor & all too often was willing to stop play by awarding free kicks for frivilous challenges or non-existent fouls. To make matters worse he then booked Hand for abusive language despite the fact that it was a comment of praise directed toward a team-mate & then failed to take action against a Teresa's player who committed the same offence in an axchange with Dalton. He also then failed to take action when Allison Frank was subjected to a shove from a Teresa's player after he had taken excpetion to a tackle.
To ease their worries Dalton finally got his now customary goal for Ventura to make it 2-0 & from there Ventura eased the game out with both Lea & Nolan entering the fray. It is now six wins in six games for Ventura FC & their rise up the table has been impressive to say the least. Their target now is to continue the winning streak & make it seven from seven next sunday against an unknown quantity in Dunes FC.
(Congratulations meanwhile to Jamie Dalton on his 2nd MOTM award in a row after his two goals in the win against Cafe D'Art)
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