Abbey Cup Run Ends
ABBEY’S CUP HOPES DASHED IN THE
MIDLANDS
300 fans travelled
to the Ricoh Arena, home of Coventry City to watch possibly the biggest game of
Barking Abbey’s season, the reds put on a display most Premier League and
Championship sides would be proud of against their Midlands opponents but it wasn’t
enough to progress to the Quarter-finals of the UK schools championships which
is very much our own version of The FA Cup.
Two goals
inside seven second half minutes left the reds with a huge mountain to climb but
after playing some real good football once the pressure was off, they grabbed a
goal with nine minutes to go which set up a grand finale but they just couldn’t
find that second goal that would’ve taken the tie into extra time and the
possibility of a penalty shootout.
Gateway
Sixth Form College started the game on the front foot and within the first
minute Macaulay Roberts whipped in a free kick from the right which flew past
everything and everyone including the right hand post. In the 20th
minute, Gateway midfielder Kane Kissert headed against the reds bar after good
work from Danny Jones. Down the other end the reds finally registered their
first real attempt on goal as Sean Clark headed against the bar and no more than
a minute later John Aiwone went on an amazing run down the left, cut in on his
right foot before sending his shot past the near post.
As the half
came to a close Jones saw his 25 yard strike go wide. The second half started
the same way it ended with the visitors in control and dominating possession.
The team from Leicester finally took the lead in the 62nd minute
after Jacob Batth flicked on a long ball into the path of Jones who hit a
thunderous strike from 20 yards out which flew into goalkeeper Joel Fontaine’s top
corner. Less than 10 minutes later Gateway doubled their lead in a rather
unfortunate fashion after some good work down the right from Macaulay Roberts;
his shot rebounded off Tommy Fletcher and straight into the path of Kissert who
finished from 12 yards. Gateway almost added a third in the 78th
minute when Kissert’s cross was flicked on from Roberts but his effort struck
the top of the crossbar.
The reds finally
got their reward for settling down and playing some good football in the 81st
minute when a long throw from the right was headed into the box by John Aiwone and
met by striker Eljay Worrell who struck a powerful drive into the roof of the
net. Abbey pushed forward in search of an equalizer and almost came close to
grabbing levelling when Gabriel Oniretti managed to wriggle free in the box but
headed over after some delightful footwork from fullback Daniel Constance.
Defeat
bought an end to the reds run in the cup for another season and ended a seven
match unbeaten run in all competitions.
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