The Leopards travelled over to the island as they faced Sheerness East.

Vincent and Hayden were unavailable but Ryan returned between the sticks.

Just like last week the Leopards conceded a sloppy early goal as a long diagonal ball was not dealt with by the defence and the forward got there first and bundled past Ryan.

The home side were on the front foot and Ryan had to be on his toes to hold a couple of speculative efforts.

The Leopards then started to move the ball well through the midfield three of Zach Williams, Joseph and Ollie. And started to control the game.

Max then had a sight of goal as he bundled through a challenge on the edge of the box but couldn’t get his powerful effort on target.

Max then turned provider as Callum found him in the right channel, his cross fell to Luke six yards out but the ball just wouldn’t sit for him as his effort was straight at the keeper.

Into the Second Half and following a rousing half time team talk, the visitors were back on terms. Good work by Jacko inside the box, and he slid the ball inside to Zach Mitchell who made no mistake as he slid the ball under the keeper.

The Leopards were now controlling possession and were close to taking the lead as Max found himself clear on goal and his effort went narrowly wide of the far post.

They had another chance following good work on the right, a superb cross from Callum was begging a be tapped home, but Max couldn’t quite get his left foot round the ball as his effort went wide.

The home side still looked a threat on the break, but Elliot, Teddy & Josh were defending heroically, spilling blood for the cause.

The Leopards had one last golden chance to grab the points, as Callum played Zach Mitchell through on goal but the keeper blocked his effort.

Parents Player of the Match: Zach Mitchell;
Coaches Player of the Match: Josh.

Coaches Thoughts
A game on the balance of play and chances we should certainly have won, and on another day we would have scored 5 or 6. But it wasn’t to be and unfortunately a sloppy start meant we had to settle for a share of the points today.
Again we showed that when we get the ball down and play, we can create chances and if we continue to do that, we will score goals and win games. Just need to do that more consistently in games.
Plenty of positives again today and things to build on.

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