Another brilliant, sunny and nearly warm (the woolly hat was off!) morning. The fixture we were supposed to play against Heartsease had to be cancelled so the Lighthouse (from Sheringham) fixture was brought forward from 8 March to give the team a competitive game followed by a friendly against ENYP.
Lighthouse had six players available so we matched them with six of ours; Evie in goal, a lone, last man in defence - Frankie, Fynn right and Luke left, Max in midfield and Archie G up front. Heigham started of in a very shaky fashion, although we had most of the play at the Lighthouse half and the team passed the ball around well - Lighthouse were able to break through leaving the last man exposed on several occasions.
Eventually Lighthouse got clear though after Frankie slipped and the Heigham wingers were elsewhere and took the lead before half time. This despite one of their players being clearly not of this league (possibly an under 8?).
Felix came on for the second half on the left and Luke moved to the right. Some better moves were made and the wingers and midfield covered the defence better than the first half.
Heigham managed an equaliser from Archie G due to constant pressure, although the build up was not pretty. A second from Archie G came and put us in the lead. Our third came from a decent strike from Felix on the left to edge us into a win, 3 - 1 - although not one of our best performances! The result keeps Heigham Park third in the Christian league with a couple of games in hand.
For the second game, Gabriel donned the goalies gloves, Evie came into a defensive partnership with Mark, Frankie moved to midfield, Luke and Fynn were back on the left and right and Archie G was again, up front.
Heigham soon had the measure of this side and were attacking from the off. Some clever play with great thought and accuracy ensued, but the ball would not go in the net - mainly as ENYP were defending with most of their team (see below).
The breakthrough came from Luke's determination down the left side, followed soon after by his second - nifty back-heel in front of goal. From here the Heigham side found their stride with the players controlling the game.
Frankie's link up work in midfield paid off eventually as he was able send a great shot in from distance.
The pressure stayed on and Fynn's determination on the right brought the fourth from the Heigham side just before halftime, although a winded Archie G was replaced by Luke who was in turn replaced by an eager Felix.
Max came back on after the chocolate Hobnobs were finished, playing up front, and the chances kept coming until his shot stayed below the bar and took it to 5 - 0.
The final goal came from Felix to seal the play at 6 - 0, a deserved result this time with some nice open play and ball possession. Shame there wasn't a third match as the players were now in their stride.
Well done everyone, a nice clean sheet for Gabriel who delivered some great drop kicks up the pitch and for the defence of Mark and Evie who kept the attacks at bay.
The next league games will be tougher than these with fixtures against Brooke and Stoke Holy Cross U10s.
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