{"id":665,"date":"2012-11-07T00:51:21","date_gmt":"2012-11-07T00:51:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.braidhurst.hostoi.com\/?p=665"},"modified":"2012-11-25T23:17:45","modified_gmt":"2012-11-25T23:17:45","slug":"braidhurst-hs-vs-st-margarets-hs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/Braidhurst\/2012\/11\/07\/braidhurst-hs-vs-st-margarets-hs\/","title":{"rendered":"Braidhurst HS Vs St Margarets HS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">BRAIDHURST HS v St MARGARETS HS<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>With the first game of the school year arriving and so many boys wanting to play for the school, the pupils selected to play in the first game knew this was their chance to shine on the pitch and off it.\u00a0 The weather conditions were not conducive to flowing football but the Braidy boys were keen to get started and attempt to stamp their mark on the game early doors.\u00a0 From KO Braidhurst dominated the possession and make inroads into the St Margaret\u2019s defence but the ball in the final 3<sup>rd<\/sup> just wasn\u2019t quite up to scratch to give the forwards a chance to score.\u00a0 The first half was a very controlled performance from the Braidhurst team as they stroked the ball around the pitch to try to find a space to attack.\u00a0 St Margaret\u2019s continually had an answer and often tried to catch Braidhurst on the counter attack, calm defending from the back four and GK ensured that St Margaret\u2019s were unable to score.\u00a0 As the half time whistle approached the first round of substitutes were made.\u00a0 Braidhurst continued to dominate possession but knew that St Margaret\u2019s were very capable of building a quick counter attack.<\/p>\n<p>At the beginning of the second half there were numerous changes to the starting 11.\u00a0 These changes soon made an impact and after good team play by James Miller scored to make it 1-0 Braidhurst.\u00a0 St Margaret\u2019s were keen to get back in the game and straight from the KO threatened as some of the Braidy boys began to slacken, however they pulled together as a team to ensure that the score remained<\/p>\n<p>Ten minutes later Kyle Cunningham popped up to score and increase the lead to 2-0.\u00a0 Braidhurst were very much in the driving position as we approached the end of the game and had started to put more pressure on our opponents.\u00a0 Kyle Cunningham scored again to add to his previous goal, making the score 3-0 and putting the game out of sight.\u00a0 Braidhurst were not content with 3 and continued to push for more.\u00a0 In the 53<sup>rd<\/sup> minute, James miller scored again to make it 4-0.\u00a0 In the last minute of the game, Reece Geddes fancied his chanced from a distance and after a deflection beat the GK to make it 5-0.\u00a0 Well done to all the boys who played, their behaviour, effort and attitude were a credit to the school both on and off the pitch.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Goal Scorers<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Kyle Cunningham: (2)<\/p>\n<p>James Miller: (2)<\/p>\n<p>Reece Geddes: (1)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Man of the Match:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Adam Greer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BRAIDHURST HS v St MARGARETS HS With the first game of the school year arriving and so many boys wanting to play for the school, the pupils selected to play in the first game knew this was their chance to shine on the pitch and off it.\u00a0 The weather conditions were not conducive to flowing &hellip; 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