Mixed Hockey 

Season: 2008/09

Date	Score	Report
12th Oct 2008	3-3 Blakburn Northern Friendly	With most members of the team hungover, we made the trip to Blackburn to face a side assembled by our summer ladies and mixed goal keeper, Ali.  The first half saw ‘horny udders’ (Lymms brand spanking new tour name) have a lot of possession and the better of the chances. Dave Phillips opened the scoring, after a bit of pinball in the oppositions D, he slotted the ball in from close range; doubling his season’s plus last season’s goal tally. The Second goal came when Andy Hunt ghosted around the last defender, and then slapped the ball high into the net past the advancing goalkeeper. Dave Phillips thought he had his second when he put the ball in from a tight angle, but it was disallowed for an earlier foot. Lisa Hartley and Andy Hunt could of have added to the goal tally but missed their one on one chances. Blackburn got back into the game scoring just before half time, 2:1 H/T The second half saw Lymm fade, with the hangovers taking real shape. The game became more open with both teams lacking shape. This suited Blackburn, they evened things up after a good run down the right and into the D along the back line from where the ball was cut back for a shot, the shot was saved but our captain Phill S E Griffiths bungled the ball pasted past Tony Huddart in goal. Mr Griffiths was again at fault for their 3rd giving the ball away cheaply allowing their midfielder to drive into the D and slot the ball into the bottom left corner of the goal. This left Lymm behind for the first time in the game but with the game becoming more open we knew we would have a chance to equalise.  After Lymm pressure and a few short corners, one of which Jayne Buck hit well but was let down by her post man, we scored thanks to Lisa Hartley. Late on Lymm had a great chance to win the game. Some neat passing from Dave Antonelli and Lisa Hartley left Andy Hunt with a chance but the defender closed him down before he could get his shot away, 3-3 final score. Lymm should have put the game to bed at half time and were unlucky not to be three or four, one up at this point. Lymm paid for this in the second half with some sloppy play.    Dave Phillips 1st goal of the season   MoM: Tony Huddart DoD: Katy Arber Scorers: Dave Phillips OP, Andy Hunt OP, Lisa Hartley OP. Cards: None Umpire: Richard Buck
15th Feb.09	Won 4-2 V Maccesfield	English Mixed Cup Round 1 Macclesfield 2 : 4 Lymm Scrores: Huddart x3 Buck

Season: 2007/08

COMBINED MIXED MATCH REPORTS FOR MIXED CUP SEASON 2007/08

STATS English Mixed Trophy and English Mixed Plate Played 3 won 2* lost 1 *1 Walkover Goals for: 5 Against:  18   Top scorer: Ross Arrowsmith x2 Scorers: Dave Antonelli Lisa Hartley Ste Wong   MoM: Ross Arrowsmith x1. Umpire: Chris Hunt x2    Round 1 Mixed Trophy: Liverpool Sefton away   Liverpool Sefton 15 v 2 Lymm   The Sefton team was made up of players from the higher reaches of North league so this was always going to be a tough game. Lymm started with 4 outfield men and 6 girlies in a typical Lymm 4-4-2 formation. After one-way traffic for the first 15mins we found ourselves 6-0 down with an embarrassing score line well within sight. This lead to Andy Hunt being forced to drop back to an unusual position of sweeper. Lymm finished the Half 10 goals behind! In the second half Lymm dealt with Sefton’s pressure much better and even found time to have some pressure of their own. After some good work from Lisa Hartley and Jayne Buck was left with a goal scoring opportunity which was well saved by the ‘keeper only to leave a tap-in for Ste Wong. Late on in the game Ross Arrowsmith was allowed time and space to get forward into the 'D', were he drilled the ball nicely into the bottom corner. Lymm lost the half 5-2 which was a good achievement.   Scorers: Ross Arrowsmith Ste Wong Umpire: Chris Hunt MoM: Ross Arrowsmith Round 1 Mixed Plate: Barbarians home   P v P (Lymm Walkover)   A much awaited game (due to the many tussles between the teams in numerous summer tours) was postponed. Some people suggested they were scared. This left Lymm with a walkover to the 2nd round. Round 2 Mixed: Burton Home   Lymm 3 v 3 Burton *Lymm lost 4-2 on penalties.   Burton were an unknown side from the Midlands Premier. After Lymm tried to drink all the ale in village on the Saturday night, we turned up at the pitch to see Burton already there, practising slick routines with two goal keepers, another 15-2 was on the cards! Lymm started well and took the lead though Ross Arrowsmith and a bit of luck, an unfortunate Burton defender deflected a well-struck penalty corner into the goal. Lymm continued to have a lot of possession and were later rewarded when midfield Phill Griffiths made a strong run into the ‘D’ to square the pasted the advancing keeper, for Lisa Hartley to slot the ball into the empty goal. Lisa Harley and Andy Hunt both squandered decent chances to extend Lymms lead. Burton got back into the game scoring before half time, 2-1 to Lymm at the break. Lymm continued to play well and created chances. Early in the half Dave Antonelli scored with a neat shot from the top of the ‘D’ after a good run.  Lymm started to relax with a 3-1 lead but probably too much, as Burton fought back to score 2 hard earned goals late on.  The score tied at 3-3 extra time was needed. Lymm looked weary as the late night started to catch up, but still found that last bit of energy see the game through without conceding a goal. At the other end Andy Hunt had a great chance to finish the game after beating the last defender found himself one on one with the keeper at a narrow angle, but he failed to lift the ball passed the keeper or see unmarked Phill Griffiths on the pen spot. Penalties it was. Penalties were as follows; Burton (scored)          Dave Antonelli             (scored)                  Burton (scored)          Ross Arrowsmith          (missed)                Burton (Missed)          Lisa Hartley                (scored)                  Burton (scored)          Andy Hunt                  (missed)                               Burton (scored)          Phil Griffiths                (DNT) Lymm played well in a game, which was competitive.  Overall Lymm created the better chances and are unlucky not to go through to the last 32. Scorers: Dave Antonelli Ross Arrowsmith Lisa Hartley Umpire: Chris Hunt