CHICHESTER CITY COLTS 0 Horsham 2

George Borer, Stuart Chester, Joss Knowles, Dan Petchey, Mackie Law, Daryl Jeeves, David O’Callaghan, George Hall, Marcus Collier, Lewis Goldsmith, Matt Clarke Subs – Zack Gray, Ryan Wotton, Tom Blown

Goalscorers – Hall, Clarke

Despite having shouted themselves hoarse supporting the senior team at yesterday's FA Cup thriller, Matt Bulley's U14 side visited Chichester City Colts in the league and maintained their 100% record with a 2-0 win.

Right from the off, Horsham took control of the game but despite having the bulk of the play it wasn’t until the twelfth minute that they were able to breach the Colts' defence. A long ball from the defence hung up in the wind and was headed by Lewis Goldsmith into the path of George Hall who calmly slotted the ball home into the top right corner. Nine minutes later, a cross from the right was headed goalwards by Hall only for the Chichester 'keeper to pull off a tremendous save to deny him a second goal. With Horsham continuing to dominate, Ryan Wotton came on for Matt Clarke and, with 4 minutes left in the half, David O’Callaghan went off after taking a heavy knock, being replaced by Zach Gray. At the end of the half, Horsham’s defensive line of Mackie Law, Joss Knowles, Stuart Chester and Dan Petchey had stood firm and Borer had yet to make a save.

The second half saw a further change with Marcus Collier being replaced by Tom Blown. The young Hornets continued to dominate play but with very little reward, except for forcing Chichester to play with 10 men behind the ball and rarely looking like making a break. O’Callaghan and Collier came back on in the 50th minute replacing Law and Jeeves and, 10 minutes later, a cross by Petchey flashed across the Colts goal untouched. Within a minute, a solo run by O’Callaghan forced the Colts 'keeper to make another fine save to keep the home side in the game. Horsham had a late scare when a rare Chichester corner held up in the wind and nearly found it’s way into the top corner but, with time running out, Horsham’s second goal came when a half shot by O’Callaghan turned into a perfect pass to Matt Clarke who turned the ball into the left side of the net and Horsham saw out the remaining 5 minutes to retain their unbeaten record and keep their place at the top of the league.

NEXT MATCH: v Crawley Town Devils (h) Sunday 18th November