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LIAM DAWSON
AARON LONGDEN
RAFAEL LOURENCO
WILLIAM TOUNKO
SAM HUSZAR
SHAUN WHELAN
JOE WEJ
GREG DYL
LEWIS WILMAN
STEVE ARNOLD
HAMILTON REsCOVA

SUBS
RYAN CARROLL
TOM CUDDIHY
DANIEL SCHOLES

ANOTHER LEAGUE GAME AND ANOTHER THREE POINTS WAS THE AIM FOR THE RSH ACADEMY, TO ADD TOO WHAT HAS BEEN A TERRIFIC START TO THE SEASON ON ALL LEVELS. THE ATTITUDE, APPLICATION AND COMMITMENT WHERE AT THE LEVELS EXPECTED FROM THE COACHING STAFF.

THE OPPOSITION IN SHAPE OF THE FOOTBALL COLLEGE, PART OF BURY FC, PROVED TO BE A PHYSICAL BARRIER IN THE EARLY STAGES OF THE GAME. HEARTS STOOD UP TO THIS CHALLENGE WELL AND SHOULD HAVE TAKEN THEN LEAD WHEN STEVE ARNOLD POUNCED ONTO A LOOSE BALL AT THE BACK POST AFTER SOME EXCELLENT FOOTBALL DOWN THE LEFT HAND SIDE, HOWEVER HIS DRIVE CANNONED OFF THE POST TO SAFETY.

SEVERAL FREE KICKS AWARDED TO HEARTS DURING THE FIRST 20 MINUTES AS THE GAME BECAME MORE PHYSICAL, HOWEVER HEARTS DIDN’T REALLY TEST THE OPPOSITION KEEEPER. THEY DID HOWEVER TAKE THE LEAD THROUGH HAMELTON RESCOVA AS THE BALL FELL TO HIM IN THE BOX TO STRIKE HOME THROUGH A CROWD AFTER AROUND 25 MINS

WITHIN MINUTES THOUGH HEARTS WERE CAUGHT KNAPPING FROM A THROW IN DOWN THE RIGHT HAND SIDE AND THE WIDE PLAYER FOUND THE STRIKER WHO BEAT THE BACK FOUR AND SLOTTED HOME TO MAKE IT 1-1. THIS WAS THE FIRST GOAL THEY HAD CONCEDED THIS SEASON AND THEY WILL BE REALLY DISAPPOINTED IN THE WAY THEY CONCEDED WITHIN MINUTES OF TAKING THE LEAD DOWN TO SWITCHING OFF.

AFTER A PHYSICAL BATTLE IN THE FIRST HALF THERE WAS NO DOUBT THE BETTER TEAM IN THE SECOND WAS RSH, MENTALLY AND PHYSICALLY., THEY STARTED THE SECOND HALF ON TOP .

AARON LONGDEN WON THE BALL IN DEFENCE TO BREAK DOWN AN ATTACK PLAYING WIDE TO SAM HUSZAR WHO DELIVERED A GREAT CROSS ONLY FOR HAMELTON RESCOVA TO STRIKE WIDE OF THE LEFT POST.

AT THIS POINT THE GAME TURNED NASTY WITH A FEW UNSAVOURY INCIDENTS INSTIGATED BY THE FOOTBALL COLLEGE.

AGAIN HEARTS WEATHERED THE STORM AND SUBSTITUTE RYAN CARROLL WAS INTRODUCED WITH RAFAEL LOURENCO MOVING TO CENTRE HALF TO PARTNER AARON LONGDEN .

RSH STEPPED ANOTHER LEVEL AT THIS POINT AND AS HAMELTON RESCOVA WAS RUNNING THROUGH ON GOALHE WAS BROUGHT DOWN WINNING A PENALTY, WHICH SHAUN WHELAN DISPATCHED TO PUT HEARTS AHEAD WITH AROUND 15 MINUTES REMAINING.

FIVE MINUTES AFTER HEARTS DOUBLED THERE ADVANTAGE AS GREG DYL PLAYED A PERFECT FLOATING BALL INTO HAMELTON RESCOVA WHO SCORED AGAIN TO MAKE IT 3-1.

HOWEVER HEARTS SWITCHED OFF AND THE FOOTBALL COLLEGE WITH AN INSTANT SCORED TO MAKE IT 3-2 WHICH LED TO A NERVY END TO THE GAME.

HEARTS MANAGED TO SEE THE GAME OUT AND MADE IT THREE WINS FROM THREE IN THE LEAGUE AND CONTINUED THEIR UNBEATEN START TO THE SEASON.

MOM HAMELTON RESCOVA.

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