Match report: Blackfield & Langley 3 v Cowes Sports 0, 18 August 2009

13, February, 2010 By admin

Newly promoted Blackfield were far too strong in attack for the Yachtsmen on Tuesday evening. Their front two pairing of Fouhad Hamadou and Ousmane Drame were a constant threat to the Cowes defence, who deserve credit for keeping the margin of victory down to three.

Cowes were handicapped as early as the tenth minute, when they lost Tom Dye to injury and almost immediately they were lucky to stay level as the home side hit the post.

After thirty-five minutes of pressure, Cowes went behind, Michael Burden coolly flighting the ball out of Chris Norris’s reach from the edge of the box.

Up front, Cowes created precious few chances of their own, Max Draper going closest with a header from a rare corner.

The home side continued to create chances after the break, but were unable to capitalise, but Draper had a couple of chances at the other end, heading wide from another corner and, after breaking through the middle, his toe-poked effort past the keeper went agonisingly wide of the post.

Hamadou was far more clinical when he broke through on the hour, shooting past Norris and just inside the far post to double Blackfield’s advantage.

Gareth Bricknell and Scott Sampson were both booked, when a skirmish developed after the former appeared to be head-butted off the ball. The Blackfield man escaped without a caution.

Eventually, Cowes began to make some inroads on the Blackfield defence, with Joe Butcher prominent on the left wing, but to no avail and the home side wrapped up the points in injury time, Ousmane Drame outpacing the weary Cowes back line and lashing in number three from eighteen yards.

Match report by Pete Jeffrey