Those Were The Days; 6th August 2005

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THOSE WERE THE DAYS
6th August 2005

Pre-Season Friendly

HRBFC 1 (Quarm,pen,75’) St Albans City 2 (Hakim, 61’, Martin, 66’)

HRBFC;-
Matt Lovett; Graham Harper, Steve Sodji, Matt Elverson, Gavin Dayes, Dean Wells, Marcello Fernandes, Elliott Godfrey, Luke Fontana, Francis Quarm, Scott Weight.
Subs Used; Andy Morley, Michael Taylor, Tommy Williams, Jon Henry-Hayden.

St Albans City;-
Paul Bastock; Anthony Allman, Scott Cousins, Chris Seeby, Patrick Ada, Carl Kavanagh, Mark Graham, Dean Cracknell, Paul Hakim, Lee Clarke, Younas Lewis.
Sub Used; Simon Martin
Unused Sub; Ricky Perks (Gk)

Lovett was the busier keeper at the start, but, then Hampton settled down. Godfrey fired over the bar after twelve minutes, then in the 20th minute it all went pear-shaped. Fontana was brought down near the corner flag and a mass brawl erupted. Referee Alison Chapman red-carded Harper and Scott Cousins from the opposition. The remainder of the half was largely forgettable. In the second half the game came back to life. City took the lead on 61 minutes, a long clearance from Bastock was collected by Paul Hakim, who, traded passes with Simon Martin before firing past Lovett. Five minutes later Hakim had a header come back off the bar, but, Martin, following in, tapped it in. In the 75th minute Paul Ada committed a foul in the penalty area allowing Hampton new boy, Quarm, to pull a goal back. Five minutes later it was deja-vu time as Ada committed the exact same offence to concede a second penalty. Unfortunately, something happened with the time-warp as Quarm, taking the penalty, managed to deposit the ball into the back of the stand.

The Old Historian