Wednesday 11^th August 2010
Diss Reserves
Pre-Season Friendly

Newton Flotman 1 Diss Town Reserves 1  

 Match Report by Tony Collins

Diss Reserves completed their pre-season games with a 1-1 draw away at Anglian Combination Division Three team Newton Flotman. Both teams played some good passing football although some wayward finishing at both ends meant that neither goalkeeper made many saves.

Kirk Bardsley drew a good 2^nd minute save to a Peter Hooks cross but Newton Flotman took the lead following a long ball through the middle in the 11^th minute. Bardsley and Matty Hill missed good chances before Jesse Payne-Wilkins equalised against his former club in the 37^th minute after being found wide on the left by Karl Ansley. George Watts-Sturrock forced a close range save after moving on to a Payne-Wilkins header just before half time.

The second half was even but most shots went high. Bardsley headed over four minutes from time at the best chance.

Diss team: Carl Bronson, Matty Hill, Wayne Collins, Chris Gibbons, Rafel Szalek, Karl Ansley, Peter Hooks, Dale Wilson, Jesse Payne-Wilkins, George Watts-Sturrock, Kirk Bardsley.

Diss subs: Tom Bryant (for Dale Wilson at half time).

Diss Reserves start their league matches with a visit from Whitton United Reserves to Brewers Green Lane this Saturday (kick off 3pm). Diss have two Ridgeons League Division One matches this weekend – away at Whitton United on Saturday (kick off 3pm) and at home against Team Bury on Tuesday (kick off 7.45pm).

Diss Under-18s played well for half an hour against Histon Under-18s last Thursday but then failed to cut out crosses and conceded three goals inside four minutes. Histon added two goals inside three minutes mid-way through the second half.

The remaining Diss Under-18 pre-season matches are on Thursday 19^th August away at Gorleston (kick off 7.30pm) and on Wednesday 25^th August away at Dereham Under-18s (kick off 7.30pm).

Various sponsorship opportunities exist at Diss Town F C. Please ring the club on 01379 651223 on weekday evenings for further details.

The Diss Town Football Club house facilities at Brewers Green Lane are available for use by other local sporting clubs. For details and discussion on your requirements either visit the club on a weekday evening or ring 01379 651223. There is a pool table and dart board for those wishing to enter local leagues for those two sports.