Essex boys edge out Norwich

Sunday 28th October - London Cup

London Cup, Essex, end of the central line - three things not usually
associated with 9.45 on a Sunday morning, and rightly so……a handful of the
Canaries dismissed all three instructions and arrived on their own schedule,
cue Revill who only fancied an hour of football this week. You might have
expected the early kick-off to throw the 'pm' specialists - but not this time
- hangovers hadn't had a chance to sink in and the mood was extremely upbeat,
particularly with news of Roeder's imminent arrival at Carrow Road.

The yellows assembled as a unit of 10 for kick off against a youthful
Glenthorne United side accustomed to playing on a lovely Power League surface
– the best seen this season by some distance. They started brightest, some
neat passing through the middle and wide right created a couple of scrambles
in the box, the Canaries improvising to get the ball clear. Before the match
had really got going Glenthorne striker went racing into the box and Slats was
on hand to bring him to his knees – ref probably right to award the pen, 1-0
down. A slight drizzle now added a bit of zip to the pitch and the yellows got
their passing game going with a couple of bright bursts from Perrett and Every
in particular. However when Norwich possession broke down on the right
Glenthorne showed their ability to hit on the break and all of a sudden it was
2-0, the 10 men were chasing the game.

Revill arrived shortly after the restart and the resurgence began. Ricky
Rutting and Tett worked well to shift the ball out wide and Stubbs and Perrett
offered decent outlets for Davies to link up the play and Every to run into
space. The Canaries looked the more threatening as the half went on – winning
corners and getting the two big lads at the back (Higgins still injured I
should add) to apply the pressure in the box. The breakthrough came from the
right – a great whipped ball from Perrett was controlled and struck all in one
movement from Every, 2-1 and the half-time whistle went.

The half-time talk was made a little easier for Andy by the 10 mins of
champagne football played leading into the break. The message was to exploit
Every's pace, use the width and continue the simple passing game – Perrett was
given a strict 10 yrd passing limit. Kick off seemed to startle the home side
as the yellows poured on more pressure with a flowing move down the right
leading to a corner. A melee in the box followed with Every on hand to poke
the ball into the net and level the scores. 2-2.

Throughout the second period the Canaries played some of their best football
of the season led from the back – Slater, Taylor and Big-G quashing the threat
from the skilful Glenthorne front men. It was probably against the run that a
pacey move up the left of the pitch resulted in their man going down on zero
contact. Peno given and converted gave the home side the lead again, but quite
unjust.

The yellows were resilient and created a number of opportunities to the
whistle – Every unlucky with the final kick of the game not to get a bit more
on a 1-on-1 with the keeper. 3-2 it finished, the London Cup run came to an
end, but a good performance and a good game of football enjoyed by players and
fans alike.

MotM: Greg Tett
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