Rushall Olympic 4-0 Bishop’s Stortford Match Report
9/4/24
Vanarama National League North
Hamish Arnold
Both teams finished with 10 players as Rushall Olympic beat Bishop’s Stortford 4-0 on Tuesday night in Vanarama National League North. The three points moves the Pics up to 17th, three points above the relegation zone, while the Blues are rooted to the bottom 20 points. Lordon Akolbire and Ronan Maher saw red, both for two yellow cards.
The hosts went ahead inside the first minute, from a left wing corner that was taken short, the cross was cleared as far as Owen Farmer who fired into the top right corner from 20 yards. Maher shot wide with a low shot from the left side of the box, before Aaron Greene hooked a left wing cross from Farmer clear. Owen Oseni won the header from a right wing corner, but Jack Giddens claimed the high ball, before a lofted through ball from a throw in on the left was played through for Oseni, his first shot was saved by Giddens but the striker found the net from the rebound. Farmer rifled the ball over the bar from long range, and Maher miscued wide from a low shot from the left side of the box, after a smart turn in midfield to get away from two Stortford players. Giddens made a great save to deny a close range effort at the near post from a left wing free kick, and the Blues skipper claimed the corner cross as well on the stroke of half-time.
HT 2-0
After Akolbire’s first half booking, his second bookable offence produced another, 10 minutes after the break for a clumsy foul on the edge of the area, and the visitors were reduced to 10. Farmer fired the free kick over the bar, but the Pics found a third goal seven minutes later, with Oseni netting his second, with a low finish across goal from a left wing through ball, Harry Beadle intercepted a left wing cross for a corner, Aiden Harvey headed it clear and Maher fired wide through a crowd from the edge of the box. Gio McGregor picked out Fraser Alexander with a left wing cut back, but he sliced his first-time shot past the near post. Kane Crichlow dragged the ball wide with a low shot from the left side of the box, before substitute Joey Butlin netted his first goal for Rushall, from a left wing cross he curled into the right side netting with Stortford unable to clear. Maher saw red for his second red in injury time at the end of the game, but the Blues failed to make anything from the free kick.
FT 4-0
TEAMS
Rushall Olympic XI
1 Jacob Weaver
2 Kristian Green (c) (Charles 74’)
4 Alexander Fletcher (Tee 83’)
5 Jordaan Brown
6 Rico Browne
8 Alex Moore
9 Owen Oseni (Goal 29’ 62’)
11 Ronan Maher (Yellow card 55’ 90+4’) (Red card 90+4’)
15 Mitchell Clarke
17 Owen Farmer (Goal 1’) (Butlin 71’)
18 Kory Roberts
Subs
3 Jaden Charles
7 Samuel McLintock
10 Conor Tee
12 Louis Hall
14 Joey Butlin (Goal 89’) (Yellow card 89’)
Bishop’s Stortford XI
1 Jack Giddens
3 Lordon Akolbire (Yellow card 39’ 55’) (Red card 55’)
6 Harry Beadle
7 Gio McGregor (Kassarate 57’)
8 Kane Crichlow
10 Darren Foxley (Yellow card 50’)
14 Jack Thomas (Lusardi 79’)
15 Ryan Charles (Cosgrave 71’)
16 Aiden Harvey
17 Aaron Greene
20 Fraser Alexander
Subs
4 Amadou Kassarate
9 Codey Cosgrave
12 Adam Messaoudin
18 George Lusardi
Attendance 453
