Men's 2nd XI vs Bexleyheath & Belvedere M2

A horrible 4pm away game in Bexleyheath awaited us this week.  

Another fast start was demanded in the pre-game team talk which had worked well for us in the last three games. Three wins in a row and chasing a fourth in our penultimate game before the Xmas break.

The fast start was duly delivered, the press and intensity of everything Ville did had Bexleyheath worried from the off.

Hoops got the scoreboard rolling for us after just 5 minutes with a well taken effort.

5 minutes later we doubled our lead when Hoops played a through ball through to Sidders who merged the keeper and made it 2-0.

The third came in the 20th minute, Sidders received the ball on the right and drove to the baseline and slipped the ball to Perks who tucked it home to make it 3-0.

Ville continued to press for more and made it 4-0 before half time when Simon rifled home with a reverse stick effort giving the keeper no chance.

The first half came to a close, Ville had totally dominated the opposition from start to finish. The desire and passion shown by every single person was amazing, the build up and link up play was some of the best hockey we have played all season. Despite this, the message was clear, the levels do not drop and we go and beat them in the 2nd half now.

Within 10 minutes Ville extended their lead further, Simon, on the left wing fired a ball across the D and found JK who managed to slot it home (this time 🤣) to make it 5-0.

Half way through the 2nd half, we finally managed to take advantage of one of our short corners. Perks struck it from the top, the defender on the line manged to stop it but Matt Bates to somehow squeeze it in to make it 6-0.

Was still time for one more, with one reverse stick effort already to his name, Simon managed to score another one which was arguably even better to round it off with a 7-0 win.

Once again every single person played their part. After today's win we move up to 2nd and a home fixture against our nearest rivals, Canterbury, next week before a few weeks break.

MOTM - Max, who recently turned 50 and in only his 2nd game back, had a stonking game at centre-back. Nothing was getting past him and his distribution was spot on.

DOD - JK - we all know why