Canmore crush Banff........

Report from Alan McQueen....

The BVL resumed on Wednesday 27th, with Banff Springs playing
visitors Canmore FC in Banff.

Both teams had full squads, and the Springs
signalled early on in the game their intent to make it a very physical
affair, challenging hard for every loose ball, and not allowing the Canmore
team to settle into a pattern. This made for a very hard fought game on a
warm evening, Canmore used their large squad to good effect, with a flow of
fresh players rotating in and out of the game.

The Springs were content to use their more experienced players for longer spells. On 29 minutes Brandon
( ? ) a new signing for Canmore, flicked on a Lawrence White corner,
Andre ( ? ) showing great alertness in the 6 yard box, stole the loose ball,
and prodded it home for a 1 - 0 score to Canmore. The visitors kept a good
tempo going, and the Canmore defence led by Graeme Williams and Dave
Curson, ably supported by Steve Steele and Evan Peters, stood firm against a
robust physical assault from the Springs attack, led by the aggressive 6,4,
Blair ( ? ), who was a real test for the Canmore rear guard.

After one too
many hefty challenges all over the field by the Springs players, the referee
awarded Canmore a free kick, 25 yards from goal, in a central position,
Cohen Heruex, who was a thorn in the side of the Springs defence for the
entire game, managed to disrupt the home teams defensive wall, and Lawrence
White guided his shot into the bottom left hand of the goal, 2-0 to the
visitors.

Once more the Canmore team had to withstand a
period of very physical play from the Springs team, with Benoit Hebert
making an outstanding save from a very well struck free kick by Tony (? )
from 22 yards outside the Canmore penalty box, quickly followed by the half
time whistle.

The second half resumed with Canmore gaining a lot more
control of the game, with a firm uncompromising defence, Dennis ( ? )
filling in very well for the missing regular right back George Bayne, new
team members 22 year old Adam Dorfman, 15 year old Ryan McQueen, Todd Jones,
& Brandon ( ? ) showing great pace in all their work, Daniel Ince was having
a much more solid game on the left hand side then he had managed in recent
weeks, and showy Colin Mebs flitted in and out of the midfield, with a hard
working Jordan ( ? ) showing a never say die attitude, these young guns
forced the much more experienced Banff Springs team to chase shadows for the
remainder of the game, and they started to show the effects after 60
minutes, the fast running teenager Ryan McQueen found space on the left, and
crossed to the always direct Russian Ivan Babikov, who rammed home a half
chance from 10 yards out, 3- 0 to the young Canmore Utd side, after the
springs keeper had made one of several good saves, 3 from Brandon ( ? ) who
was showing great style at this stage of the game, again young Ryan McQueen
found himself good space on the right, and put in a telling cross that
forced a goalmouth scramble, which resulted in a handball, and a penalty for
Canmore, birthday boy, Adrian Hayney could not be persuaded to take the
kick, so 19 year old Jordan Leal stepped up and blasted in the 4th goal,
the springs keeper dived to his left and got a hand to it, but it was too
powerfully, 4-0 to Canmore, now the game opened up with the visitors really
upping their work rate, every body showing their superior fitness, the
springs players were looking like a badly beaten pugilist, wanting the
referee to stop, what was becoming a mauling from Canmores youthfull team,
Mr 110 percent, Cohen Hereux forced his way onto a thru ball on the right,
powered his way into the box, and piledrived a shot against the crossbar,
the ball fell loose to the alert Nick Papincoloau, who headed the ball into
an empty net from 2 yards, 5-0 to the defending champions, what looked to be
a good goal for Colin Mebs was ruled out for a bad offside call, but the
match was well and truly over by then, and the referee blew full time to
spare the now toothless Banff Springs side any further humiliation.