Monday, 8 October 2007

Cumnor U7's vs Eynsham U7's




Two good victories to start the season off:

Cumnor U7s had a good start to its friendly fixtures for the 2007/08 season. There was a full turn out of players for our inaugural game against Eynsham at The Closes and all those who played enjoyed the games and seemed keen to do it again!

Cumnor U7s 8 – 0 Eynsham U7’s:
Cumnor got off to a great start in the first game, passing the ball very nicely from the kick-off and spending much of the first half in the Eynsham half of the pitch. Early goals by Will and Ben put Cumnor on the front foot and these were followed up with 4 more goals by half time, Fyn scoring two, Ollie and Will adding the others. At half time Adam was relieved in Goal by Will and the formation of the team was changed somewhat.

The second half was a much tighter affair, however with Adam and James linking up well in midfield Cumnor still created more chances. Cumnor added two more goals during this period, with Ollie adding to his first half strike and Rory getting his first goal of the season.

Cumnor U7s 3 – 2 Eynsham U7’s:
The second match was much closer, however Cumnor still emerged victorious. Ben M started in goal in his very first session for the club and made a number of sharp saves. Toby was a good threat up front and linked up well with Binky and Laurie. This threat led to Cumnor getting a penalty, which was very well saved by the Eynsham keeper. However, from the resulting corner Toby scored to put Cumnor in the lead. 1-0 at half time.

Adam replaced Ben in goal for the second half and made a couple of good saves (one of which he knew very little about), however Eynsham battled back into the game to make it 1-1. Will then replaced Toby due to injury and he had an immediate impact, putting Cumnor back in front. Eynsham responded again to make it 2-2, before Henry made on final charge, shrugging off two heavy challenges and poking the ball past the Eynsham keeper to give Cumnor the win. Throughout the match Cumnor defended very well, and this was epitomised by Joe who kept the dangerous No. 9 of Eynsham in check with great tackles. For this Joe was named Player of the Week.


See you all at Kingston.

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