08th Oct
DC Steamers 4 Shinfield Borough Rangers 0
Nick Smith added to more goals to his tally as DC swept the Rangers
aside in a very good first half performance. Nick opened the scoring with
a lovely turn and volley from an acute angle before Steve Bell added a
second with a trademark lob of the advancing keeper. Paul Allen scored
his second of the season when he ran on to a pulled back pass from Nick
Smith and slotted it into the far corner past a crowd of defenders. The
second half saw Seb Rivers entered the fray in place of Mickey Sheehan.
Nick then completed the scoring when he headed in unchallenged from 2 yards
out. Chris Taylor then replaced Richard Jordan at right midfield and Jensen
Langford gave himself a run out for the final ten minutes in place of Ray
Townsend. DC remain unbeaten in the opening three league games scoring
13 and conceding 3 goals. The starting lineup was as follows: Tony Dempster;
Howard Cooke, Wayne Makepeace, Ray Townsend, Paul Allen, Steve Danby; Richard
Jordan, Mark Jarman, Nick Smith, Mickey Sheehan, Steve Bell. Subs:
Seb Rivers for Mickey Sheehan, Chris Taylor for Richard Jordan, Jensen
Langford for Ray Townsend Subs not used: Duncan Glen
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15th Oct
DC Steamers 1 Fourth Shift (Europe) 5
Steve Danby scored the Steamers consolation goal in a game that was
won at half time. Both teams were riding high in the division although
it was the visitors that to the lead after an underhit backpass from Paul
Allen failed to reach Tony in goal. The striker pounced and finished off.
A similar situation occurred for their second goal this time with Steve
Danby being the unfortunate player involved. Ray Townsend and Paul Allen
were substituted midway through the first half after picking up groin
and hamstring injuries respectively and were replaced by Rory O'Neill and
Stuart Brown. The Steamers battled on but were unable to stop Fourth Shift
adding to their tally, increasing the score to 5-0 at half time. The second
half saw Seb Rivers slot into a midfield role replacing Nick Smith who
added himself to the injury list after taking a knock int he first half.
The second half display from DC was greatly improved. Stuart Brown saw
the first of his thunderous free kicks soften the defensive wall whilst
the second went straight through it requiring the keeper to pull off a
save. Steve Danby then intercepted a cross field ball and raced into the
area, chipping the ball over the advancing keeper into the empty net. Unfortunately
the Steamers could not add to their tally and the final whistle went with
DC receiving their fist defeat of the season. The starting lineup was as
follows: Tony Dempster; Howard Cooke, Duncan Glen, Ray Townsend, Paul Allen,
Steve Danby; Richard Jordan, Mark Jarman, Nick Smith, Mickey Sheehan, Steve
Bell. Subs: Seb Rivers for Nick Smith, Stuart Brown for Ray Townsend,
Rory O'Neill for Paul Allen Subs not used: Chris Taylor, Jason Knight
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22nd Oct
DC Steamers 0 Ruscombe 8
DC fell to their heaviest defeat in years today as they crumbled 8-0
to a rampant Ruscombe side. With Ray Townsend picking up an injury last
week, DC welcomed Wayne Makepeace back into the team and the absence of
Duncan Glen and Jason Knight meant Chris Taylor made his first start of
the season at right back. Steamers held Ruscombe off with some good football
up until 3 minutes from halftime when the opposition managed to open the
scoring. The Steamers heads dropped and two minutes later they found themselves
3-0 down after two more goals were scored in quick succession. It did not
get much better in the second half as Ruscombe scored a fourth and Howard
limped off after pulling his hamstring. Jenson replaced Howard, pushing
Stuart into defence and Nick back into midfield but this player shuffle
could not stop Ruscombe adding to their tally. DC continued to battle on
but failed to attack the Ruscombe goal. Tony Dempster made some fine saves
to prevent Ruscombe reaching double figures and pulled off a great save
to deny Mark Jarman scoring an own goal a striker would be proud of.
Other highlights of the game was Nick Smith getting involved in a scuffle
with a player half his size and the Ruscombe player falling awkwardly dislocating
his shoulder.
The starting lineup was as follows: Tony Dempster; Howard Cooke, Chris
Taylor, Wayne Makepeace, Steve Danby; Stuart Brown, Richard Jordan, Mark
Jarman, Steve Bell, Mickey Sheehan; Nick Smith. Subs: Jensen Langford
for Howard Cooke, Rory O'Neill for Mickey Sheehan Subs not used: Seb
Rivers, Paul Allen
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29th Oct
Bracknell Police 5 DC Steamers 2
The general view amongst the players after this latest defeat was 'How did
we not win'. With Tony Dempster failing to turn up, Nick Smith deputised in goal
and did his best in the hard conditions. The pitch was soft and the wind was
blustery and these conditions did not help either team. It was DC was got off to
the better start and created chances almost immediately. Chris Taylor hit an
effort straight into the keeper whilst Richard Jordan saw a couple of good
efforts go wide. DC with the wind in their favour in the first half could not
use it to their advantage and eventuallt it was the home side who took the lead
against the run of play. A long ball into the penalty area was headed goalwards.
Nick looked as though he had it although it held up in the wind and dropped
under the bar. The second half was going to be difficult playing against the
wind although the Steamers equalised when the keeper mis-judged a cross ball and
Chris Taylor opened his account for the season at the far post. Ten minutes
later though, the Police, regained the lead only for Paul Allen to equalise
immediately. Straight from the kick off, Chris found Wayne in space, his pass
let Jordy down the wing. From Jordy's cross, Paul was on hand to notch up his
third goal of the season. From then on, it went downhill. The Police took the
lead again after the referee failed to see that Steve Bell was chopped down and
the player then proceeded to slot the ball past Nick. Two more goals within
close succession sealed the Police win. The starting lineup was as
follows: Nick Smith; Howard Cooke, Duncan Glen, Stuart Brown, Steve Danby; Richard Jordan, Mark
Jarman, Wayne Makepeace, Paul Allen, Steve Bell, Chris Taylor Subs:
Mickey Sheehan for Stuart Brown Top
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