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Calabar, Manley strike early blows
published: Thursday | November 2, 2006 <DIV class=KonaBody>
Kwesi Mugisa, Staff Reporter
Wolmer's Mikhail Hewitt looks to shield the ball away from Calabar's Shane Bygrave in ISSA/Pepsi/JN Manning Cup action at the Stadium East field yesterday. Calabar won 2-0. - Junior Dowie/Staff <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 700; COLOR: orange! important; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">Photographer</SPAN>
DEFENDING CHAMPIONS Calabar and last year's beaten finalist, Norman Manley, are in good position to advance from the ISSA/Pepsi/JN Manning Cup Group Two, following 2-0 respective wins over Wolmer's and Waterford at the Stadium East field yesterday.
Despite closing the half the stronger team, it was a temporary lapse in concentration which saw the titleholders surge ahead in first half added time through an <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: orange! important; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">alert</SPAN> Cleyon Brown.
Brown, who had been absent from the team due to <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: orange! important; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">injury</SPAN>, snuck his way past defenders to pick up a poor attempted clearance and burst into the box to toe past stranded Wolmer's custodian Jamie Roberts.
Roberts would not finish the game in goal for the Heroes' Circle team as in the 72nd minute a nasty collision with Calabar front man Kenneil Hyde saw both players having to leave the pitch.
The new man between the sticks, Stephen Samms, was put on the spot less than 10 minutes after being on the pitch as he faced a 71st minute penalty.
Samms did well to keep the initial shot out but his back line, as if it had already given up on the play, reacted too slowly to the follow-up attempt.
The cross, which then resulted from Samms parry, saw Conroy Cunning rise high to head home Calabar's second in the 72nd minute.
Bad afternoon
"It was just an overall bad afternoon for us, it just all went wrong after we conceded that goal almost at the end of the first half," said a disappointe
Calabar, Manley strike early blows
published: Thursday | November 2, 2006 <DIV class=KonaBody>
Kwesi Mugisa, Staff Reporter
Wolmer's Mikhail Hewitt looks to shield the ball away from Calabar's Shane Bygrave in ISSA/Pepsi/JN Manning Cup action at the Stadium East field yesterday. Calabar won 2-0. - Junior Dowie/Staff <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 700; COLOR: orange! important; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">Photographer</SPAN>
DEFENDING CHAMPIONS Calabar and last year's beaten finalist, Norman Manley, are in good position to advance from the ISSA/Pepsi/JN Manning Cup Group Two, following 2-0 respective wins over Wolmer's and Waterford at the Stadium East field yesterday.
Despite closing the half the stronger team, it was a temporary lapse in concentration which saw the titleholders surge ahead in first half added time through an <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: orange! important; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">alert</SPAN> Cleyon Brown.
Brown, who had been absent from the team due to <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: orange! important; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">injury</SPAN>, snuck his way past defenders to pick up a poor attempted clearance and burst into the box to toe past stranded Wolmer's custodian Jamie Roberts.
Roberts would not finish the game in goal for the Heroes' Circle team as in the 72nd minute a nasty collision with Calabar front man Kenneil Hyde saw both players having to leave the pitch.
The new man between the sticks, Stephen Samms, was put on the spot less than 10 minutes after being on the pitch as he faced a 71st minute penalty.
Samms did well to keep the initial shot out but his back line, as if it had already given up on the play, reacted too slowly to the follow-up attempt.
The cross, which then resulted from Samms parry, saw Conroy Cunning rise high to head home Calabar's second in the 72nd minute.
Bad afternoon
"It was just an overall bad afternoon for us, it just all went wrong after we conceded that goal almost at the end of the first half," said a disappointe