The Bulldogs were down to the bare bones of a squad today as their bad luck with injuries continued but take nothing away from Hessle Sporting who are a superb young footballing side. They demonstrated why they are unbeaten so far this season and playing like they did do today it will take some exceptional team to beat them.
Bulldogs started quite well and held their own for the first ten minutes. Tommy Fletcher making his debut in the Bulldogs goal made a couple of fine saves in the early stages and controlled his area well. After ten minutes Hessle went in front with the striker finishing off a lovely passing move. The visitors pass and movement with the ball was superb to watch and its from teams like this that the Bulldogs players can learn from. Shortly after they went two up and Bulldogs started to struggle in midfield with the players second to the ball on too many occasions. A superb strike from outside the box made it three for Hessle and another shortly before half time put them into a comfortable position going into the break.
Half-time 0-4
Bulldogs came out a bit more determined in the second half and played much better with Jordan Day and Declan Corlyon trying their best to gain control for Bulldogs. They battled more for the ball after the break but as they raised their game so did the visitors who scored another two goals in the first ten minutes. Bulldogs kept going though and got themselves on the scoresheet when Tom Christie fired home a lovely through ball from Lewis Cunningham. Hessle kept up the tempo and scored another two goals in the last ten minutes but Nathan Dodsworth pulled another back for Bulldogs right on full time. Bulldogs have to keep learning, tighten things up and put more positive challenges to help them improve as there are no easy games in this league. Jordan Day was awarded man of the match for Bulldogs for an outstanding performance.
Full-time:- 2-8
Bulldogs line-up:- Fletcher, Pape, Woods, A.Christie, Dodsworth, Rushby, Corlyon, Clark, Day, Preston, Newby, Cunningham, Wheeldon, T.Christie, Williamson
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