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Kartiers 2nd XI 2 v Wigginton Grasshoppers 2nd XI 2 

Kartiers went into this game after a late pitch inspection on the Bowling Green, ruled 
the match was fine to go ahead. Thus meaning the 2nd XI could play on the field of dreams 
for only the 2nd time in two and half months. 

The home team had the now customary weekly selection problems as Hewitt C, Gatenby 
(Injured) Fisk, Towle (Work) and Coulthard (Gunner) all missed the match. 
This in turn saw the return of Richardson, Ward, Wolsic and Wright. 

The Beavers started in positive fashion and retained the ball with ease in the early 
exchanged. Brown, Wolsic and Grundy (T) all saw plenty of the ball early on, and the 
host duly took an early lead when Wolsic cleverly created space for Mleczek. Mleckzek 
then beat his marker before firing home from an acute angle to take his tally for the 
season to 13 goals. 

The lead was then doubled as Wolsic and Mleczek again combined well, before the later 
found Grundy. He composed himself before firing across the keeper into the far left hand 
corner for his first goal since early October. Tessyman, Mleczek, and Wolsic all had 
chances to increase the lead but minutes before the interval Wigginton reduced the arrears 
after a mix up in the Kartiers ranks. 

The Second half saw the introduction of Wright and he looked bright as he combined well 
ealey and Wolsic, however the beavers were creating but missing a host of chances. These 
misses proved to be costly as with moments to go the Kartiers as a team switched off and 
Wigginton grabbed a priceless equliser. Young Keeper Calvert who had been outstanding all
 day had no chance as the ball was rifled into the net. 

Singh suffered a hand injury during the game and following an x-ray it was revealed that he
 badly broke a finger and will have to see a specialist. 

Assistant Manager Martin O’Neil commented after the game. “The lads are devastated that we 
let the lead slip, but we have to take away the positives. Our overall play in the last 
couple of weeks has been much more encouraging and you can see the confidence growing in
 the players. Calvert and Wolsic were fantastic and both Tom Grundy, Greg Mleczek were back 
to the form they showed at the start of the season”