FOSSE SPIRIT
WINS THROUGH…EVENTUALLY!
A slightly later than normal kick off for
Fosse saw them ending a run of 6 home games in a row. After
a scrappy start on a well churned pitch, Fosse eventually
found their feet and were unlucky not to take the lead on
15 minutes when James Knight’s point blank shot was
well saved by the Lutterworth keeper. Fosse seemed to be
enjoying themselves as on 33 minutes, James Farley’s
cheeky but elegant ‘megs’ on a Lutterworth defender
led to gasps of delight from the Fosse faithful.
Unfortunately though, despite a brilliant goal line clearance
by K.Carter the visitors blasted the opener past an unsighted
Erez to make it 1-0 on 35 minutes.
HT 0-1
After the break Fosse were constantly frustrated by being
caught offside and on 55 minutes manager Rob Hillsdon changed
things around by replacing J.Farley with Ryan Dawkins. Lutterworth
made it 2-0 with 25 minutes left and Fosse looked dead and
buried, then, with 9 minutes left top goal scorer Ryan Bayliss
pulled one back to make Fosse think they were in with a
chance. An unbelievable strike by Dean Morgan made it 2-2
with 5 minutes left – game on! Knighty went down like
he had been shot but it was only cramp and was replace on
89 by Jay Herbert.
FT 2-2
After the quick turnaround Fosse looked the hungriest for
a win and 7 minutes into extra time Bayliss beat the offside
trap to make it 3-2. The fans were in dreamland! Tom ‘Shrek’
Hoegger replaced Kristian Carter at the end of the first
period. 5 minutes into the second half Ian ‘Chicko’
Hickling made a vital goal line clearance to keep Fosse
in it; Chicko also had an absolute belter brilliantly saved
by the Lutterworth keeper on 112 minutes. Serdar made the
save of his life with two minutes left so 3-2 was how it
finished. Fosse played their little socks off and deserved
to go through in the end to play division 5 Thrussington
in yet another home cup tie.
FT (AET) 3-2
Next up for the Fosse is a rare away game in the league
against Guthlaxton OB. |
