Welcome aboard the home of Hype Train Football Club. Here, you can read the match reports from the Train's outings across Saturday League action throughout the 2024/25 season, with the team competing in the East Berkshire Football League (EBFL). All aboard.
Match Report: Hype Train FC
Date: Saturday 1st February 2025
Competition: Ascot & Fielden Charity Cup (Last 16)
Opposition: Old Windsor FC Reserves
Location: Old Windsor Recreation Ground, Robin Willis Way, Windsor, SL4 2PX
Final Score: Old Windsor FC Reserves 4-1 Hype Train FC
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Match Report:
The Train's encounter against Old Windsor FC Reserves was our 18th fixture of the 2024/25 season in the East Berkshire Football League, with the team competing in the Ascot & Fielden Charity Cup. This was our third encounter against Old Windsor this season, all in cup competition.
The team found themselves 1-0 down after 8 minutes when a ball over the top of our defensive line, on a thick and muddy pitch, held up perfectly for a Windsor attack to slot home a one-on-one to give the hosts a lead. On the stroke of the 15th minute mark the game moved to 2-0 when a pair of Windsor attackers linked up after the hosts won a header in midfield, which lead to a strike that was deflected to the back post after a hand by Robert Austin, and in.
The Train did wake up and our best period of play happened in the final 25 minutes of the first-half, with Shay Edwards missing two key chances to bring a goal back, though on the half-hour mark there was a breakthrough. Interplay on the left between Mitchell Saunders and Phil Newport led to the ball finding the feet of Jon Watkins at the edge of the penalty area on the left of the penalty area, with Watkins curling a lovely effort into the far post!
Windsor ran away in the game in the second-half when a through ball managed to bobble over several Hype players, allowing the Windsor skipper a simple finish on his left when one-on-one, whilst a smash at goal from 4-yards-out after Josh Robertson headed away a long throw, drew some distance between the teams. Chasing a goal ourselves, Windsor expertly headed a Newport header off the line in added time, in what was a deserved win for Windsor, and a day for us to move on from after some injuries and knocks.
Next up, The Train host Taplow United Swans in the semi-finals of the Slough Town Junior Cup on Saturday 8th February 2025.
Hype Train FC: Matchday Squad
Manager: Robert Austin
Starting 11:
GK: Robert Austin
DEF: Anwar Mmanga (Gorman 58')
DEF: Josh Robertson
DEF: Ashley Rockall (Mmanga 83')
DEF: Leo Pereira (O. Abdulwahab 75')
MID: Connor Anderson
MID: Mitchell Saunders
MID: Mark Bush (Watkins 23')
MID: Phil Newport
MID: Obeydah Abdulwahab (Cudjoe 18')
FOR: Shay Edwards
Substitutes:
SUB: Emmanuel Cudjoe
SUB: Jon Watkins
SUB: Conall Gorman
Goals & Assists:
Goal 1: Watkins (goal), Newport (assist)
Want to know more about The Hype Train?
The Hype Train is an entertainment website founded in 2015, specialising in general football and Fantasy sports reporting, starting with Fantasy Premier League (FPL), before expanding to MLS Fantasy coverage in 2018.
We pride ourselves in providing beautiful graphics, statistics, in-depth analytical reporting and free weekly insight for hopeful players attempting to climb rankings tables. We are also occasional media reviewers, with a keen interest to review games, live sport, and professional wrestling.
In 2019, Hype Train Football Club was formed, becoming the first Fantasy Football website to take to the field. HTFC is a socially active team across social and web channels, providing regular match highlights, match reports, comprehensive player statistics and unique player profiles. We won both Goal of the Season Awards in the Berkshire and County FA regions, with Callum Parr-Jones winning the Berks & Bucks FA award, whilst Martin King won the PlaySport UK award.
In 2021, we formed the Reading Sunday Social League (RSSL), a competitive Sunday League involving 8 teams in its debut season. During the 2021/22 season, we won our first-ever trophy, lifting the East Berkshire Football League's Presidents Cup!
The Hype Train were nominated and shortlisted for the 'Best Football Blog' in 2016 by the Football Bloggers Association at their annual Football Blogging Awards (The FBA's), and were again shortlisted as a finalist in 2019 in the 'Best Fantasy Football Blog' category.
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