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no joy for jets

Jets reserves 1 Leverstock Green reserves 2
20th August 2008

This home game against Leverstock Green was always going to be a tough one, but once over the Jets felt a little aggrieved by some dubious off side decisions given against them.

It was early in the game that a Jets attack found a long ball from the centre lifted over a group of players with a Jets player breaking from that group, but once clear and in a goal scoring position, up went the flag and into the net went the ball, so it was back to the drawing board.

Against the run of play in the 38th minute Leverstock made a run on the left and a long high lob was to find the Jets keeper off his line and unable to cope with the incoming high ball over his head and the score of 0-1 was to stand through to the break despite both sides making chances that were to come to nothing.

The second half was to start with Leverstock seeking to increase their advantage with some attacking football which was to put the Jets on the back foot for a while, but they responded and it was they who soon took the game to Leverstock. Against the run of play once again in the 57th minute a Leverstock got inside the Jets six yard box and a simple touch was to find the ball squeeze into the corner of the Jets net and Leverstock’s lead was extended to 0-2.

The 68th minute saw a red card shown to a Leverstock player when a Jets player was grounded on the left as he broke loose into the edge of the area. With Leverstock now reduced in numbers the Jets made use of this and were able to make increased runs into the Leverstock half. In the 80th minute a cross from the left was collected by Adam Lowton who obtained the Jets consolation goal and changed the score to 1-2.

The Jets now made attack after attack, but it proved to be too little too late as the watch was against them and the final whistle sounded with the Jets feeling a little disappointed that they did not bring a point from this meeting.

from ball boy to goal net

Harpenden Town reserves 0 Jets reserves 3
16th August 2008

Young Owen Deamer, Jets former ball boy, who was more used to collecting the match balls in after the game, scored on his reserve team debut to help Jets reserves to a 3-0 away win at Harpenden Town. Goals from Jets most prolific ever goal scorer IAN HOLDOM and an OG forced by fellow Deamer "puppy" Lewis Putman, completed the scoring on Jets opening league fixture of the season.