Yorvik Blades (York) 22.09.07

Second game of the season is another away game in York, this time to face the fearsome sounding Yorvik Blades. In reality, Yorvik Blades have always been a team that we have never quite beaten despite being evenly matched or, sometimes even, clearly better.

By half-time we're 1-0 down. However, following a fearsome head-of-department type telling off from Gary Stevens we make an incredible fight back.

Shortly into the second half wakefield pulled back the all important equaliser through James Walker, however the real action emerged about 5 minutes later when it was decided to bring on James Clark off the bench with only 30 minutes of play remaining would this make a differnce.

First of all he picks the ball up wide left jigs infield and pops a shot out which is saved by the keeper and parried across the face of the goal leaving Tom Winstanley the easiest of tap ins, 2-1.

Then again chasing down onto a ball down the left side of the box finds himself with an unbeknown amount of time and uses the time effectively to deliver an inch perfect cross to Tom Winstanley on the edge of the six yard box 3-1, 5 minutes later following a goal mouth scramble the ball finds itself at James Clarks feet who cooly slots home from 3 yards 4-1.

10 minutes to go and the ball is won by James Clark just inside the opponents half he lofts a ball high in the air over the defence Tom Winstanley brings the ball down with a deft touch and finishes from approximately 20 yds into the bottom near corner 5-1.

In the dying minutes we take our foot off the gas and allow Jorvik to steal a goal back but it is of little importance the damage has been done and we take 3 points on their turf job well done.

To top it off James Clark is nominated as Man of the Match having played a mere 30 minutes of the second half.

Yorvik Blades 2-5 Wakefield Baptist Church.