WALSHAM LE WILLOWS 3 WOODBRIDGE TOWN 5
	Thursday 16th April 2009
	Woodbridge Town Under 18s ensured the destiny of the Central Division Championship will go to their last game at Debenham after an impressive away victory at Walsham Le Willows on Thursday.
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For the 3rd successive game in this hectic fixture schedule, there were 11 changes to the starting eleven & the fresh legs paid dividends as Woodbridge came flying out of the blocks with 2 goals inside the opening 8 minutes. JACK LAWRENCE was the scorer of both early goals converting Jack Severy’s cross, following a flowing passing move & then latching onto Matt Rutterford’s through ball to score. Lawrence was only denied a hat-trick goal inside 25 minutes courtesy of a debatable foul awarded against him. There were other half chances for Lawrence, Severy & Jordan Seaman, but towards half-time Walsham began to assert some pressure of their own & only a terrific goal-line clearance from David Kempson ensured Woodbridge reached the interval 2-0 ahead. The lead was halved within 5 minutes of the restart when a Walsham free-kick evaded the grasp of Nathan Allison & nestled in the top corner. However, Woodbridge responded immediately as Matt Rutterford forced the keeper into a flying save & Ross Hutchings rattled the crossbar from 30 yards before Severy dispossessed the Walsham right back & delivered a precise cross to the near post, which was headed in by JACK LAWRENCE, to complete his hat-trick. Leading goal-scorer, JORDAN SEAMAN, increased his tally of league goals to 16 (from 11 games), courtesy of 2 headed goals as Danny Tatum & Hutchings delivered inviting crosses. With 10 minutes remaining & with the game seemingly dead Walsham pulled a goal back with a neat finish at the far post & then grabbed a 3rd goal, after seizing on a stray pass & finding the net from 20 yards. Team: Nathan Allison, Ryan Stafford, Adam Sturman, Ross Hutchings, David Kempson, James Fulker (Henry Cage 71), Matt Rutterford (Ashley Holmes 71), Danny Tatum, Jordan Seaman, Jack Lawrence & Jack Severy (James Churchill 71) Manager, Sean Thacker, was delighted with the performance & looked forward to an exciting week; “It was spelt out clearly to the players not only the need to play at a good tempo, but also the importance of working hard when Walsham had the ball, which is an area where have fallen short recently. The response & the attitude of the players was outstanding & with the exception of the last 10 minutes of both halves, this was a performance which ticked just about every box”. “We go to Debenham on the back of 3 good way wins since they beat us a fortnight ago During these games we’ve scored 21 goals so despite the fact that only a victory can earn us the championship although even a win would still mean Debenham could pip us by recording a large victory over Hadleigh in their final game), we will approach the game in confident mood & in good goal-scoring form.” “Unfortunately, a number of the lads will be unable to play at Debenham on Monday as they have a school cup semi-final the same afternoon, but regardless of the outcome, we can then look forward to our Ridgeons Youth Cup semi-final versus Braintree on Thursday.