Aylsham 3 Heigham 1.
A good weekend for Aylsham – with the U13s winning 4 -2 against Dereham and at the same time winning the league with two matches to play, we also have Aylsham Thunder  U14s winning 3 – 1 against Costessy and now joint top of division 2 , well done to both sides.
Todays Line Up –
                            Josh
           Ruben  – James Clark – Louis.
                         Jack – Bryn
           Henry – George – Adam – Ibs
                         Sonny
Subs Cole & James Barr.
Goals Scored – Sonny 1 – Ibs  2
Assists            Sonny 1 George 1 Ibs 1
Man of the Match – Ibs.
Todays game was the quarter final of the cup with the winners to play at home against Norman.
Straight from the kick off it was all Aylsham showing our intent against a very strong Heigham side and there was even more at stake as we need to play Heigham twice in the league so progressing to the semi finals and having the bragging rights before the 2 league games a great day all round.
I think we unsettled Heigham early on in the game but as the game progressed they started to pass the ball around and having the lions share of possession, always a threat from free kicks and corners and at one stage hitting the post..
However Josh and his defence kept them at arms length giving todays visitors no clear cut chances, great display by Josh – Ruben – James Clark – Louis  – Jack Gray and Bryn really settling down well , love Rubens tackles an old fashioned right back giving no quarter.
Against the run of play we had a long ball out of our defence chased down by Bryn who slid it down the line to Ibs who took the ball to the by line before crossing for Sonny to clinically hit the ball with the outside of his foot into the far corner, well executed goal.
 The visitors continued to press but kept at a distance with our midfield quartet working over time in the middle of the park closing down and supporting Sonny when required, the second goal again from a high lofted ball which Sonny chased down causing confusion in the visitors defence which allowed Ibs to ghost in and stroke the ball into the empty net
Half Time – 2 – 0 to the good.
In the second half Cole came on from Henry and within 5 minutes from the start we won a corner with George crossing with the wind against the ball not knowing that we were to witness goal of the season, the cross came in and Ibs hit the ball on the volley from a very tight angle finding the back of the net , all over for Heigham as we continued to press and could easily have won more convincingly couldn’t we Sonny.
Man of the match was given to Ibs for his overall performance and for 2 well taken goals including goal of the season, our decision was confirm by the Heigham manager who also chose Ibs, but let not forget  Josh who settled in well at the beginning of the season but is definitely improving showing his passion and disappointed following a controversial goal given to the visitors. . The back 3 for a battling performance against a very big side today with James Clark policing and reading the game , a great performance by all 3. Jack Gray came very close to taking the man of the match trophy home with a solid performance and Bryn is always in the mix every game for man of the match. As a unit Henry – Cole – Georg – Adam and Ibs are very strong working unit in midfield , Adams performances have hit a much higher level of late and were not the same side without captain George Betts
Overall a Great Team performance, made our weekend thank you all.

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