A smash and grab victory for Derwent 3rds with three second-half goals saw them land an impressive victory at the JLD on Friday. Stunning counter-attack football saw Derwent 3rds gain the early initiative in what is likely to be a fight between these two for a place in the plate in Group 4.
A goalless first half was not the sort that will be remembered from this year’s competition. Jack Fisher and Lewis Wilkie managed to hit the target, only to be denied by saves that were, in truth, simple for Derwent ‘keeper Bruce, although more often than not attacks from both sides petered out into nothing. Derwent in particular were wasteful with possession, although this was matched by the continued good work by their centre-back pairing of Jose Carbajo and Aris Moro.
However after a first-half that offered little, Derwent 3rds sprang into life, finally giving their strong vocal support from the touchline something to celebrate. The scoring was finally opened in the second half by Jon Garness.
As James pushed for an equaliser, just minutes later Garness doubled his scoring tally and his sides lead. Coming in from the left-hand side, Garness fired an unstoppable shot past Owen in the James goal, to mad celebrations from the Derwent faithful.
The celebrations were not about to stop either, John Gow tangled with Lewis Wilkie at the near post on a corner and the ball ended up in the net. Gow looked to have got the last touch and will claim the goal that again saw the underdogs supporters invade the pitch to celebrate, led by 1sts goalscorer David Kirk. That goal sealed Derwent’s victory and enhanced the chances of a 3rds team reaching the quarter-finals of the plate.
Derwent captain Nana Sarpong said: ”We went into the game knowing we could come out with a point and the boys clearly wanted more than that and showed that with the performance.” His excitement turned to optimism, “We have Halifax 1sts next, with the same mentality we could come out with a point!” With Halifax the favourites to top the group, another performance of this quality would be more than welcomed by the Derwent supporters who, no doubt, will be out in force again come 3pm Monday.
Thats how you do it.
Thats how Ghana got the African Cup final last two year.
Same tactics and mentality.
God Bless Ghana and God Bless DErwent!
Derwent Till I die.
and obviously,Ghanaian till i die
I don’t really see how a 3-0 victory was smash and grab. Derwent 3’s had as many chances as James 2’s and were pushing for a fourth goal at the end. Another example of shoddy journalism and why Nouse is the home of the fantasy cup.
Also I doubt it was Toby Owen’s sliderule pass that set through Jon Garness considering he was in goal for James 2’s.
@Smash and grab?
God, you really are just attempting to troll here, aren’t you? For me, a victory that was gained through a fair amount of counter-attacking and with all the goals in the second half could be called “Smash and grab”, in that Derwent managed to nip in and score 3 times after a reportedly unimpressive first half by both sides and as the underdog? Maybe the article doesn’t give Derwent as much credit as you feel it should but it hardly looks as if it warrants a description of how they overwhelmingly outpowered James. I think the analysis here is pretty fair. And correct me if I’m wrong but haven’t Nouse also given the assist to Owen? Goodness me, what a mistake to make considering it rivals Vision’s “shoddy journalism”, if it’s a mistake then fair play but it’s hardly fair to tarnish one paper for a mistake and not the other? I’m not a huge fan of either paper and although Nouse’s College Cup section on their website does look really quite good, I don’t think the Vision bashing seen on recent College Cup articles is really fair to those contributing.
@ Will Coleman
From your comment I can infer that you didn’t actually watch the match (“reportedly unimpressive first half”) so I don’t really see how you can take a stance upon whether the article reflects the match.
Smash and grab implies that the game was dominated by James while Derwent soaked up pressure before scoring a late winner. However, that was clearly not the case. The first half may have been lacklustre as reported but neither side dominated. Whereas, the second was controlled by Derwent. The third goal was scored with 15 or so minutes left, and after that Derwent continued to press and arguably looked the more likely for a fourth. In no way was this a “smash and grab” result – it undermines Derwents performance which was undoubtedly the most impressive of the weeks football relative to their rank in the tournament (the only team to beat a higher ranked team).
As you may have noticed the Owen mistake I mentioned after my comments on the nature of Vision’s journalism. My problem is less with small mistakes like that, but more with the articles in general – see the James 1’s vs. Vanbrugh 1’s. That said, it wouldn’t have taken Sherlock Holmes to notice the Owen mistake; a simple proof read by the writer should have been enough considering Owen is mentioned as James’ keeper in the very next paragraph. (Also contrary to your claim, Nouse did not make the same mistake.)
@Smash and grab?
Apologies, you’re correct on the assist comments. I’ll make sure it’s rectified in the article. Thanks.
@Smash and Grab?
Woah, my proof reading on that was as suspect as the writer! I think Smash and Grab is a term that’s up for debate. I’d say it’s acceptable in this instance as it doesn’t make a point of directly saying that James were better than Derwent, particularly in the context on the article as a whole which I feel gives credit to Derwent rather than undermine them, although maybe it shouldn’t have been used as an opening line.