Cumnor Finally Do The Double

Yes, it's finally happened. Two Cumnor teams went out to face Eynsham and two victories secured.

Match One
With Awseome Ollie and Magic Muller sharing stick duties, Cumnor took their radical new formation into the Eynsham tie. Radical means Rory boulstering central midfield and Will playing up front. This dynamic new shape, built on super solid Toby sweeping at the back, gives us more attacking options in within minutes from the start, Cumnor were in the hunt for goals. Some smart distribution from Toby found Fyn who cut in and lashed a sharp shot wide. Minutes later, Ben found Will whose speculative effort went through the keeper's hands and into the net. 1-0. The rest of the first half saw more Cumnor pressure and we should have gone into the break 3 up. But after recent squeaky encounters, we weren't complaining.

In the second-half, Eynsham came flying out of the traps and for 10 minutes had Cumnor on the back foot. Adam made a cracking box tackle and broke free to set Ben up. Cumnor were battling to get into the game and a quick throw in by the ever alert Rory put Will in who raced in to score a sweetly taken second. 2-0.

Suddenly, Cumnor found their zest. Toby was playing a blinder at the back and Rory and Ben were dovetailing nicely. Will zipped down the left and just managed to whip a cross in for Ben to score. 3-0. Minutes later, Cumnor produced the moment of the match, possibly the season. Ben picked the ball up in midfield, saw Fyn in space and played a lovely pass down the channel. Fyn skinned his defender and hit an inch perfect cross for Will to finish 4-0.

With Joe on for Adam it was left for Will to find the net again with his fourth and Cumnor's fifth. Great team effort and a lovely win. 5-0.


Match Two
What a goal fest... and what a turnaround after recent disappointments. With Ed in goal, skipper Joe in defence, Matt, Ollie, Adam and Rory in midfield and Henry M up front, Cumnor fancied their chances from the off. Smart running by Matt saw Rory go close before Adam deservedly opened the scoring 1-0. Soon, it was Muller time. Now Henry is famed for his all action approach but the big man played some delightful little touches and made an excellent target man, grabbing our second. 2-0.

Pricey was having a field day in midfield and bossing the action, allowing Adam to charge straight at the Eynsham ranks. Seconds later, Adam grabbed his second. 3-0. Then came a moment of pure individual brilliance as sub Toby hurdled a scything tackle, beat half the Eynsham team and found the corner of the net. 4-0.

In the second-half, Will went into goal allowing Cumnor to field a monster front two with Ed and Muller together. And it wasn't long before they combined to set up Henry's second and Cumnor's fifth goal. There was no stopping us now - well there was because Ollie hit a lovely free kick only to have it knocked away from goal by Fyn! But the goals kept coming with Ed grabbing a sixth before setting up Matt for a very nicely taken seventh.

Two matches, two wins. The U10s are truly up and running.

Player of the Week: Will grabbed four, Ben held the midfield, Joe was strong as ever, Ollie played beautifully in goal and midfield and Henry showed some lovely deft touches in the box. But, deserving the accolades this week for a lovely solo goal and a quite brilliant defensive display, Toby.