Season One: December
As already established, the festive period would be a crucial time for the Hawks. Five, potentially 6, games would stand in our way over the next month and if we could fight our way through these games there was no doubt we would find ourselves in a strong position. Normally the schedule over this time s grueling and will challenge the players physically, more than anything, especially the big game on Boxing Day against local side Gosport Borough.
Results
F.A. Trophy South 3rd Qualifying Round Replay
Havant and Waterlooville 2 – 0 Whitehawk
Alan Connell, 7’
Rashid Yussuf, 63’
Vanarama Conference South
Havant and Waterlooville 3 – 2 Eastbourne Boro
Nic Ciardini, 2’, 74’
Tom Williamson, 7’
Bradley Bubb, 62’
Darren Lok, 75’
F.A. Trophy South 1st Round
Havant and Waterlooville 5 – 0 Hemel Hempstead
Perry Ryan, 1’
Alan Connell, 20’, 85’
Bradley Bubb, 29’
Rashid Yussuf, 72’
Vanarama Conference South
Hemel Hempstead 3 – 2
Havant and Waterlooville
Luke Allen, 4’
Alan Connell, 10’
Brian Stock, 29’ (pen)
David King, 31’
Ben Mackey, 51’
Ed Asafu-Adjaye, 78’
Vanarama Conference South
Havant and Waterlooville 5 – 1 Gosport Borough
Alan Connell, 8’, 24’
Bradley Bubb, 16’, 56’
Kim Jae-Heon, 27’
Scott Donnelly, 84’
Vanarama Conference South
Bishop’s Stortford 2 – 4
Havant and Waterlooville
Scott Donnelly, 54’
Nic Ciardini, 59’
Mikel Suarez, 66’
Alan Connell, 71’
George Sykes, 74’
Bradley Bubb, 81’
League Table
*sigh* Sorry guys, but I forgot to take a screenshot of the league table for this month, as I was really into the save at this point and flying through it. It doesn’t matter though, as it is fairly obvious that we would have still been top of the league.
Player of the Month
Alan Connell receives the award for ‘Player of the Month’ in December, his second POTM award of the season. The 31 year old forward scored in nearly every game this month, bagging a total of 7 goals. Connell was most definitely playing at the top of his game over the course of December, proving his credentials for the role alongside Bradley Bubb, up front. Him and JJ Hooper have both been competing for a regular position all season long, with both having been given plenty of opportunities and both having scored plenty of goals too, however this may just sway the decision towards Connell.
Overview
All in all, it was a good month for Havant & W, as again we turned in some rather impressive displays and our results were generally pleasing as well. We finally managed to beat Whitehawk, after a loss and a draw against them previously, and emphatically won in the next round of the cup afterwards too. Our local derby was a huge success, as we demolished Gosport and we followed that up with another victory against Bishop’s Stortford, cementing our position at the top of the league. The only downside was the league loss against Hemel Hempstead, especially since they were the team we had taken apart just a week earlier in the cup. Still, I can’t criticize the effort all of the players put in once more, and hope that this lasts for a long, long time.
In Other News…
• Nick Sherwood has been arrested for assault on the Eastbourne Boro chairman, after his application for the vacant managerial role, was rejected.
• A crazy Chelsea fan, nicknamed ‘Toxic’, was also arrested after he went on a mass killing spree in reaction to his team conceding a free-kick in their most recent game.
• No1VillaFan has admitted he had ‘lots of fun’ with Arsene Wenger’s wife and mother.
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