On a lovely February day both teams took to the field eager to get going again after the short break.

 

Dyce BC were unable to send out a full strength team since Ross Irvine was unwell, Kieran Geddes who previously did an excellent job standing in as a keeper volunteered to stand in.

 

The game started at a good pace with both teams keen to get the upper hand, fortunately it was Dyce who created a number of chances but couldn`t make them count with some good defending and goalkeeping from Cove

 

A great chance came after 10 minutes when a ball from Ryan was played wide to Calum who then played the ball forward to Bradley whose shot was touches past the post by the Cove keeper.

 

The breakthrough came after 14 minutes when some good play from midfield saw the ball end up at Bradley`s feet, his shot towards goal was turned in by an unlucky Cove defender

 

To be fair Cove bounced back from that and ended the first period with a bit of pressure against the Dyce defence.

 

1^st period -    Dyce BC 1  v   Cove BC 0

 

The second period saw Dyce start the same way as the first with much of the early pressure but it was 6 minutes in before this paid off. Kieran played the ball out to Ben who passed the ball forward towards Calum who challenged a Cove player, won the ball and shot first time towards the goal resulting in the ball going under the diving keeper and into the net.

 

Just like the first period Cove bounced back and created a great chance themselves which forced Kieran into a save with his feet at close range.

 

Cove kept up the pressure and with a move down the middle of the park Dyce found their defence caught out too far up field which left their keeper with a one on one, the Cove player fired the ball low into the net giving our keeper no chance.

 

A few minutes into this period Dyce started to string some great passes together and this paid off when from the right side Ben played the ball over to the left side met by Dylan who controlled it and took on a defender beating him before passing the ball to Bradley who played a one / two with Calum, Bradley then took a shot which beat the Cove keeper. Some great work by the team for this goal.

 

Shortly before the end of this period a similar move saw Dylan on the left play the ball with a good pass to Calum, he passed to Bradley who was unmarked, he controlled the ball before shooting across the keeper and into the net.

The end of this period saw some great play with some good tackling by the Dyce players to win the ball from Cove players, Matthew, Ben and Angus were getting the chance to play further up the field but as usual could be relied to cover back when required. 

 

2^nd period -  Dyce BC 4  v   Cove BC 1

 

The last period saw some good play right from the start with all players keen to assert themselves and add to the score. Ben and Angus continued doing good job at the back.

 

It was from a Cove corner their work paid off playing the ball out to Liam on the left wing, he played the ball to Ryan who squared the ball to Dylan whose shot required a great save from the Cove keeper, Liam followed in with the rebound but his shot was just wide of the left post.

 

After 10 minutes some good work by Dyce from defence had the ball sent through the midfield before being passed to Ryan on the right wing, he moved the ball forward before firing in a cross/shot which the keeper was unable to hold and turned into his own net.

 

2 minutes later a Dyce throw in from the left found Dylan in some space to shoot but his effort hit the post.

 

With 5 minutes left Dyce were looking good despite some good work from the Cove players who were not giving up easily. The last goal for Dyce came from a move which saw Dylan play the ball out to Ryan on the right who fired a great shot towards goal beating the keeper despite his efforts. 

 

At 6 -1 it would have been easy to think Dyce had the game wrapped up but as has happened previously a lapse in concentration saw Cove score twice within the last few minutes, once from a free-kick and once from open play. Credit to them since they never gave up and showed the Dyce boys you need to keep playing to the final whistle.

 

Well done to both teams and parents for playing and watching the game in the right spirit  

 

  

Final score    -   Dyce BC 6  v  Cove BC 3

 

Scorers :

 

Bradley – 3

Ryan - 2

Calum -1

 

Team – Kieran Geddes, Liam Grant, Matthew Girling, Calum Cochrane, Bradley Manson, Dylan Smith, Ryan Booth, Ben Soutar and Angus Burrows