by Ashley Dady
The next round of the Birmingham Cup saw Whitnash Town
come to Peugeot's ground. With Peugeot at full strength
with a squad of 15 players to select from one change was
made from last weeks starting eleven with Matthew Limb
starting instead of Richie Bunting.
With
the sun in the PSA players eyes during the 1st half the
back four coped very well in difficult conditions, with
most of the play starting from goalkeeper Adam Harris
through the full backs Gavin & Carl.
With
Peugeot playing some of their best football this season
it was surprising it took until 20 minutes into the
match before they took the lead. Some one touch passing
down the left saw Tom Redman getting in his cross to
Glen Harrison, who set up Josh Hensher to drive his shot
passed the stranded Whitnash keeper. This was followed
by a succession of attempts on the Whitnash goal only
for their keeper to keep the score 1 - 0 up until the
half time break.
Half time : Hibs 0 PSA 4
A
change at half time saw Richie Bunting coming on for
Matthew Limb with almost immediate impact. Richie and
Gavin McBride combined down the right hand side and a
driven cross saw Glen Harrison inches away from making
it 2 - 0. Peugeot were now starting to dominate with the
Peugeot back four playing like "Chelsea's" back four,
not giving the opposition a moment on the ball. This
gave Peugeot the time to get forward and keep Whitnash
under pressure.
Peugeot's 2nd came after another build up starting from
a quick throw out from Adam released Gavin who knocked a
good ball inside to Rob Hayes, who put Richie away down
the right wing, A good cross saw Glen "Teddy Sherringham"
Harrison skip around his marker and place his shot into
the bottom right hand corner of the net to make the
score 2 - 0 to Peugeot.
Whitnash pushed forward looking for a way back into the
cup tie, but with the back four of Peugeot looking solid
it was a difficult task for Whitnash. To complete the
scoring, Peugeot saw good pressure from Chris Corkery
and his shot was cleared to Richie Bunting 25 yards from
goal. He controlled it on his chest before releasing an
exquisite chip over everyone into the top corner of the
net to complete an excellent all round performance from
Peugeot.
Final Score : Hibs 1 PSA 9
Man of the match - Ashley Dady