F.A.Premier Reserve League - South
                 Clarence Park, St.Albans,
            Tuesday 14th November 2000 k.o.7.30pm.

              		SPURS   V    IPSWICH TOWN
                 (White/Blue)        (Blue/White)
                        4-4-2        4-4-2

                         2(0)        0(0)

                 Ian Walker     1     Mike Salmon
	       Ian Hillier(C)   2     Gary Croft
             Alton Thelwell     3     Amir Karic
               Ciaran Toner     4     Justin Miller
               Gary Doherty     5     John Scales
            Anthony Gardner     6     Manuel Thetis
               David McEwan     7     Martin Reuser
               Simon Davies     8     Ashley Nicholls
            Chris Armstrong     9     Richard Logan
             Willem Korsten    10     Neil Midgley
        Matthew Etherington    11     Sean Friars

                 Neale Fenn    12     Nabil Abidallah
                 (10)85Mins           (8)46Mins
                Gavin Kelly    13     Tomi Neimi
                                      (1)15Mins.
                 Mark Gower    14     Darren Ambrose
                 (7)75Mins.
          Mauricio Consorti    15     William Snowdon
                                      (4)73Mins.
                Jon Jonsson    16     Darren Bent

Goals - Korsten 65, Hillier 81

Ref. - S. Habgood

We returned to St.Albans on a cold evening with the temperature dropping causing a layer of mist to form during the second half and giving a frosty layer to the ground. I joined Bruce and Elanie Lewis and Paul Smith in a small crowd of around two hundred. We were joined for the second half by Andy Patterson and Andy Porter came over to say hello.

Spurs lined up with Doherty and Gardner flanked by Hillier on the right and Thelwell on the left. Toner and Davies played in the centre of midfield with McEwan on the right and Etherington on the left. Korsten started behind Armo in attack. We kicked off down the slope and created most of the chances in a fairly even first half. Matty lost out to the keeper when put through by Korsten early on. Korsten,Gardner and Armstrong had attempts that flew wide, a Doherty overhead kick sparked off a flurry of shots at the visitors goal without reward, and McEwan put over a couple of good centres before he tangled with the keeper which led to Salmon being replaced.

Ipswich got into the game more towards the end of the half when Walker had the first real save to make from a couple of good efforts as well as having a Logan goal ruled out for offside.

The second started with Spurs a little bit more on top having changed their formation, Korsten dropping back into midfield with McEwan moving infield and Hillier pushing up leaving three at the back, we went ahead in the 65th minute from a Korsten corner. As the ball swung in from the left McEwan distracted the keeper and the ball went inside the far post, a goal out of nothing in a game which looked an even contest.

Ipswich pushed forward in response getting behind Hillier and forcing errors from Gardner resulting in Walker having to make a couple of routine saves. Mark Gower came on for McEwan and Hughton pushed Korsten up front again. At the other end Toner, McEwan, Hillier and Korsten all had efforts wide of the target before Armstrong won possession wide on the left in the 81st minute. His centre was missed by Korsten but met at the far post by Hillier who blasted it in between keeper and post.

Then came the save of the night from Resuer who hit a snap shot that was dipping over Walker, who stretched backwards and pushed the ball onto the bar. Fenn came on for the last five minutes as we played out time. There was still time for a flare-up betwen Hillier and Friars which if it had been a first team match would have seen the end of both players, but the ref just had a few words with them before restarting the game.

We now have two away games against Forest and Arsenal before the next home game on the 5th December when we play West Ham. The Arsenal game on the 27th November will be played at Boreham wood's ground if any of you want to go.

Ray