Haines completes Boscombe battering

Back in the day I used to run a website called Boscombe on the Web, which was a webzine dedicated to AFC Bournemouth - and I used the “Boscombe battered” headline on more than a few occasions, therefore it is refreshing to writing the headline in a more positive manner this Monday morning - as it was Locomotive that enjoyed the spoils at Wingfields on Sunday, it a fantastic win over fellow league side Boscombe Celtic.

Phew, that was a long senence.  Anyway, the Wingfields venue holds quite a few fond memories for the Loco boys.  I myself can remember playing there in days of Rob Frank and Sean Barker, and some bloke (who was totally arse) called Gary Piper scored a well flukey goal that went down in Loco folklore.  Then we played JP Morgan in a cup game, where was played fantastic football, and won by about 6 goals.  So what would today hold?

Well, it was a good day for the team in Red and Black.  The team comprised of Kris in goal, a defence of Neil Dall, Mat Robinson, and Dean Grice.  In midfield was Andy Smith, Ali Carmichael, Kirk Eaton, Sam Davis, and Keith Jackson, leaving Jonny Haines up front with James Clease.  Matt Webb was a willing (and late) substitute, as was Paul Cashmore.

Ferndown Loco didn’t take long to get out of the blocks, and we witness a plethora of goals in the opening stages of the game.  James Clease, Kirk Eaton, and Keith Jackson all got in on the act within the first twenty minutes - with some superb build up play helping to manufacture three fantastic goals.

The first came from Keith Jackson, who, after a good bit of Loco pressure, managed to find himelf in the box with the ball, turn, and then fire the ball into the corner of the net to make it 1-0 - an assured finish.

Next, on 12 minutes, it was Kirk’s turn.  In a similar position to Keith, the loaded midfielder who is single handedly responsible for what the UK is currently calling the “Credit Crunch”,  managed to get a bit of space and poke home  shot into the left side of the net to make it two.

And we weren’t finished there - Ferndown had some good midfield play which put the frighteners up Boscombe so much so that they conceded a corner.  The corner was taken by Jonny, clear, but then distributed back to him by Sam - and Jonny then put in what can only be called a sublime cross, and it was met by a leaping James Clease, who scissor kicked the ball home into the top left hand corner of the goal from about 20 yards!  Only a genius can do that.. and that genius my friends, is James Clease.

So at 3-0 we’re thinking “life is good”!  Not so…. The last ten minutes saw Loco take their foot right off the gas, and we let Celtic score quite a weak goal.  A terrible goal to concede.

Half-time: Boscombe Celtic 1- 3 Ferndown Locomotive

The second half started as the first half finished - Loco were poor. We were giving the ball away, rushing things too much, our pases completed percentage must hve been about zero, and we were only helping to stir a bit of confidence with the Boscombe contingent.

On 56 minutes, we conceded a second - a sublime strike from distance which Kris could do nothing about.  An amazing finish from a midfielder who seemed shocked himelf that he had hit the target from that range!

The confidence in the Boscombe side was high, so it took a bit of mettle from the Loco boys in order to get this result sorted, and it was Jonny Haines who did that - with a couple of well taken goals, the most memorable of which saw him round the keeper and slot home from an acute angle after a superb through ball from Paul Cashmore.  Well done Jonny.

With the three-goal cushion restored, Loco began to relax a bit, but we relaxed in a way where we were comfortable with our touch, and we were not scared to pass it and hold the ball up.

The final whistle went on 93 minutes, and although it was a well deserved victory from us, it also was slightly worrying given our dodgy spell either side of the half.  That said, when we did play well, we were awesome, and that was a testament to the dedication of each and every player that was out on the pitch.  Well done Loco.

Final Score: Boscombe Celtic 2- Ferndown Locomotive