EBFL Division One Team Report (15/03/2025): Bracknell Aces vs. Hype Train FC

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Match Report: Hype Train FC

Date: Saturday 15th March 2025

Competition: EBFL Division One (Game 14)

Opposition: Bracknell Aces FC

Location: Ringmead Playing Fields, Bracknell, RG12 8UF

Final Score: Bracknell Aces 4-0 Hype Train FC

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Match Report:

The Train's encounter against Bracknell Aces was our 24th fixture of the 2024/25 season in the East Berkshire Football League, with the team competing in EBFL's Division One. This was the reversal of the league encounter in February, with The Train running out 7-4 winners on home soil at Waingels College.

In a close fought first-half, both teams were probing with several chances, with the best chances for the train coming from several dangerous corners from Lucas Coe that just nearly a touch from a player in red. Bracknell though did seize the advantage of the game just before half-time when a switch of play from left to right eventually saw the ball cut back to their Forward at the edge of the box - the Aces player shot low and the ball rolled over Robert Austin's foot in goal and into the net for a 1-0 lead at the break.

In the second-half, The Train ran out of steam as Aces doubled their lead after a clearance from Eme Boateng fell invitingly for an Aces winger to lash home from close range, before the referee unbelievably gave a penalty to the hosts when Manny Cudjoe chested the ball, with the resulting spot kick buried to the bottom right of the goal.

With 15 minutes left to play, the Aces finalised the scoring when a dangerous corner looped all the way in off the back post - a top delivery that left us with no chance.

The referee's game went from bad to worse when he sent off an Aces midfielder in the dying minutes of the game for a stray foot hitting the crown jewels of Obeydah Abdulwahab on the centre circle - though the collision wasn't done deliberately and wasn't nasty or vicious enough to deem a red card.

Well done to Bracknell Aces on the victory, fully deserved on the day!

Next up, The Train host HKRG United in EBFL Division One at Waingels College in Reading on Saturday 22nd March 2025.

Hype Train FC: Matchday Squad

Manager: Robert Austin

Starting 11:

GK: Robert Austin

DEF: Anwar Mmanga

DEF: Emmanuel Boateng

DEF: Leo Pereira

DEF: Emmanuel Cudjoe

MID: Conall Gorman (Burles-Nash 70')

MID: Lucas Coe (I. Abdulwahab 64')

MID: Nadim Gharabli

MID: Mitchell Saunders

MID: Obeydah Abdulwahab

FOR: Geo Awuah (Freemantle 59')

Substitutes:

SUB: Christian Freemantle

SUB: Ilyas Abdulwahab

SUB: Brad Burles-Nash

nt 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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