The 4s played some great hockey on the way to a convincing 3-0 win away at Bury on Saturday. After quickly settling into the game, we immediately put pressure on the Bury goal and were unlucky not to score following a succession of short corners. A breakaway from Bury led to a 'questionable' penalty stroke being awarded, but thankfully Ben R stepped up with a great save to keep the score at 0-0. The returning Matt C made amends for missing last week's game with a well-taken PC goal. Following this, we took control of the game, and a cracking reverse-stick finish from Tom S left us 2-0 up at half-time.

The second half was much the same as the first, with Josh H rampaging up and down the right wing and Tom and Alex a constant menace in front of the Bury goal. Del's hamstring, which is suspect at the best of times, decided that it needed another holiday and gave up the ghost, leaving us with no subs. To add insult to injury, the Bury umpire, realising that Charlie C was serving a ban and thus unable to be sent off, sent Brocky off instead because Del was chirping away on the sideline. After the hockey game finally resumed, Gareth put the game to bed with a tidy finish to make it 3-0.

MOTM: Josh H – a solid performance and great work rate from Josh.

DOTD: Del – hamstrings made of cheese and somehow managed to get Brocky carded from the sidelines. A remarkable contribution.