Men 2XI
Matches
Sat 26 Sep 2015
Milton Keynes Hockey Club
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Milton Keynes Hockey Club
Men 2XI
D Breuilly (20'), G Dowland (10')
Aylesbury 5-2 MK Men's 2s

Aylesbury 5-2 MK Men's 2s

Mark Sibson28 Sep 2015 - 17:20
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Mistakes prove costly for MK

This weekend saw the Mens 2nd XI head to Aylesbury for their final friendly before the league began, everyone knew this was going to be another step up in difficulty from their last match. It was also an opportunity to lay down a marker against a team they would be facing in the league in just a few short weeks time.

Unfortunately Milton Keynes got off to the worst possible start conceding two goals within the first five minutes due to lapses in concentration from the back and a couple of clinical finishes from the Aylesbury forwards. Milton Keynes did well to rally after this shock to the system and started to put together a number of good passing moves leading to several attempts on goal and multiple short corners. After failing to convert these opportunities into goals Milton keynes conceded a third goal before a well worked long corner from Martin Kavanaugh that found Dave Breuilly at the far post for an easy deflection.

Half time Aylesbury 3, Milton keynes 1.

Milton Keynes began the second half playing the better hockey of the two teams much as they had toward the end of the first. Eventually the pressure applied led to another short corner and after another deflection attempt from the dream team of Kav and Breuilly was saved, Gavin Dowland was there to sweep in the rebound.

As both teams tired Aylesbury were able to capitalise on some more shoddy defensive work by Milton Keynes and fired home two more quick goals to finally shut out the game.

Whilst this was a performance that contained some positive play there is still much to be worked on.

One thing's for certain, you won't want to miss the next time these two teams play each other.

(Also Jack got a Yellow)

Match details

Match date

Sat 26 Sep 2015

Kickoff

13:30

Meet time

11:40

Instructions

AHC 1s v MK2s - 1.30 pb at Halton.
RAF Halton Camp
Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire
HP22 5PG
Team overview
Further reading