Tuesday 13th July 2010
2010-2011 Pre-season Friendly Match

  
 

 

Mildenhall Town 3 Diss Town 0

 

Match Report - Tony Collins

Two defensive mistakes contributed to a defeat for Diss against higher league opposition despite some fine first half passing football. Diss started the match with eleven players who have remained with the club from last season. They seemed to benefit from the continuity that this gave them. The second half was a more disjointed affair as both teams, as happens in these pre-season games, made many changes.

The move of the match saw Luke Catchpole have a 13th minute shot superbly saved by John Pope after he was released by Mark Shadrack. The move started with a 50 yard cross field pass from Jason Hunt to Peter Hooks wide on the right. He laid the ball off to Shadrack.

Matty Webster had a good first half, making diving saves and blocking well. He was beaten in the 22nd minute when the ball was given away and a cross was turned in from close range by Alan Ross.

James McKaig made it 2-0 when he shot in from 10 yards out in the 48th minute when the ball was pulled back from the goal lime. Stuart Garner was denied by a good save after a well worked free kick mid-way through the second half. The scoring was completed two minutes from time when Tom Youngs was able to move on to a poor back pass and slide the ball past Scott Cruickshank.

Diss starting team: Matty Webster, Mark Shadrack, Stuart Garner, Simon Jackson, Brendan Foley, Jason Hunt, Peter hooks, Luke Catchpole, Andy Moody, Jordan Rocastle, Sam Bryant.

Diss subs at half time: Scott Cruickshank (for Webster), Simon Mann (for Rocastle), Tom Cross (for Hunt), Chris Gibbons (for Foley) and Steve Wright (for Moody).

Other Diss subs: Ben Gillies (for Catchpole 73 mins) and Ross Shaen-Carter (for Bryant 73 mins).