Broncos match report -
Saturday 3rd December 2005

CPR Broncos 3 vs Bracknell Blades 1

A first half hat-trick by Keegan was enough to secure the points for the Broncos as they continued their impressive form in the league.

The first goal came on 5 mins when a shot from Andrew was saved by the keeper from which James followed in for the rebound only for the keeper to somehow block again of which Keegan pounced and managed to bundle over the line from close range. The early goal settled the Broncos and they started playing some attractive football.

With Bracknell getting more into the game, they started to look more threatening going forward. On a couple of occasions the use of a long throw was used to pin the Broncos back in their penalty area of which only some good defending from Richard and Alex kept the Blades at bay. On 17 mins however Keegan was on hand again to score his second as he reaped the rewards for persistence by pouncing on a loose ball which the Blades keeper was unable to hold. The Broncos again started piling on the pressure with some great work in midfield by James, Andrew and Josh who were battling well for everything. A succession of three well taken corners followed of which the Blades were grateful to clear their lines each time with some good runs being made into the box by the Broncos. On 20 mins though Josh won a tackle in midfield and passed inside to James who knocked a lovely ball through to Keegan who lost his marker, turned and slotted neatly past the keeper for what was his best goal of the game.

The pressure continued with Josh having a shot from the edge of the box go just wide on 22 mins and a fine move followed shortly after when Andrew won a ball in midfield, pushed forward and played the ball up to Keegan who flicked the ball onto Andrew who had continued his run and produced a great save from the Blades keeper.

With half time approaching the Blades kept going and knocked a long ball forward over the top of the Broncos defense for their forward to chase of which Jake was alert to race out of his penalty area and clear to safety.

The half time whistle blew on what was an impressive first half performance.
Ciaron replaced Josh at half time and competed well in what was a totally different second half. The Blades came out of the traps fast and Jake had to make another impressive save in the first minute. With the Blades beginning to look more dangerous going forward some desperate tackling by the Broncos on 7 mins resulted in a penalty. The penalty was taken sweetly which Jake made a terrific effort to save but was unfortunate not to keep it out. With the Blades now back in the game some careless play by the Broncos gave them another effort a minute later which went just wide.

The game ebbed and flowed after that with the Broncos just managing to keep a grip on the game. With a couple of minutes to go our best effort of the half was created with Keegan crossing for Andrew who put just wide.

The full time whistle blew on a well fought match which had some good individual performances but couldn’t compare to the overall team performance of the previous week.

Well done lads !

Goal scorers: - Keegan (3)

Player of the Week: - Jake (A couple of really crucial saves at critical times)