RESERVES HELD BUT FUTURE BRIGHT

Town Reserves were held to a one all draw at home by Daten F.C, but this followed six changes from the previous game due to the current injury situation.

With the 1st team game being called off late on Saturday morning, Rod Looker resisted the temptation to draft in several 1st team players, instead turning to the youth team and handing senior debuts to two 17 year old's Alan Edwards at right back and Declan Garavan as a second half substitute. Also included for the first time were new signing from Barnton F.C 17 year old Ryan Malone all of whom showed the future is bright.

Former first team regular and reserves skipper Danny Cummins, who is now serving in the British Navy so has been unavailable so far this term, also made his first reserve start of the season, and it was his tremendous strike which gave Town the lead.

However as we all know decisions change games and this game proved no different with Daten equalising midway through the second half following what the referee saw as a handball from Barry Angell from an attempted cross from the right. At best it was never handball, at worst there was nothing Barry could do about it, but Daten capitalised when Jeff Bell rose to meet the free kick to make it 1-1.

Despite this decision, the referee did have a good game overall but these couple of decisions as always seem to prove costly for Town as Daten, after the opening exchanges, never looked like breaching the makeshift home defence and had it not been for the free kick, wouldn’t have.

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Posted at 12:14 on Tuesday 16th November 2010 - Viewed 347 times