PRE-SEASON FRIENDLY
TUESDAY 14TH JULY 2009
VERWOOD TOWN 1 CHRISTCHURCH 2 (Played at Holt)

A last minute goal in the first half gave Christchurch a half time lead in this first friendly of the season. A very much changed side for Verwood displayed excellent touches on the ball and even Steve Moore (said to be a stone lighter -probably a gall stone) looked sharp.

The second half changes to the Christchurch side gave an indication of Graham Kemp's concern. A presence in the form of a cardiologist said it all.

Up stepped Luke Homer with 20 minutes gone of the second half and a vicious left foot curler flew past a static keeper. 1-1.

New signing Kris Anderton and Sam Jones were then under pressure as Christchurch whipped the pace. Dan Fawcett made a couple of cracking saves and then produced the save of the game with full stretch dive to divert a penalty away from the area.

Ben Truan, leading the line, worked hard but we didn't apply the pressure we should so giving a more comfortable time for the Christchurch defence.

10 minutes to go, a good move down the Christchurch right opened up our defence and a couple of shots were beaten out before the ball squeezed past Fawcett to finish up in the corner of the net.

We didn't have the penetration to level the score so the first friendly of our season finished 1-2 with Luke Homer scoring the first of the season.