Both the 1st team and reserves earned draws on Saturday in two hard fought matches.
The 1st team headed up to Lancaster for a hard game against 4th in the league Slyne with Hest.
The conditions were very difficult on a heavy wet pitch but lads got off to a good start and should of been ahead within 15 minutes. It was then pretty even and went in with no score at the break. Then after ten minutes in there was some great work by new young striker Jack Berry and after beating 3 men and a great pass, it ended up at the feet of Jack Horan who from close range fired home to take the lead.
But then Slyne turned it up a bit and they were pressurising the Eagley defence, until we could not clear a loose ball and it was fired in for their equaliser.
It was then a real scrap which could of gone either way, when Jack Berry produced some more great work where we should of taken a winner but sadly didn’t. Coupled with some great saves from the Eagley keeper Tom Macdonld the score finished 1-1 and another well earned point against a high flying Slyne team. The only sour point was stalwart defender Simon Neary received his marching orders for two yellow cards so will have to sit a game out soon, just when the defence are really starting to show some mettle with the team now picking up 4 points in two games.
Meanwhile the reserves led by Scott Derbyshire were at home against Leyland where again some good pressure paid off seeing Jimmy Smith finding the net to take the lead, and that’s how it stayed until half time. Then more good play from the Eagles and Cliff Collings made it 2 nil. But they couldn’t hold on to the lead and Leyland got one back, and then in the last 5 minutes managed to get another to share the points.