What Happened There?

367 shots on target, 360 saves by Super Sam the Kingston goalie, one bar, one post, 2wide and 2 goals. I don't think Cumnor will ever experience a match like that again. In the first half of match one, we ripped Kingston apart playing with terrific pace and posession. Adam was like a man on fire and put his newly learnt block tackling technique to good use. But despite all those efforts, ALL THOSE EFFORTS, we couldn't breakthrough.

Typically, we started slowly in the second-half and suddenly, Cumnor were one down. Never mind, Cumnor were still in the fight with Rory shutting dangerous Tommy out of the game. Then, a rebound and a quick pounce and Will brought us level. But hang on, Cumnor wanted to throw this game away and gifted Kingston and second. The last 10 minutes were fast, furious and totally frantic. Bang, crash, wallop... it was all one way traffic before Will grabbed an equalizer. Could we do it, would we? Well, despite a brave and committed display, we couldn't. Kingston celebrated like they won and it was hard to begrudge them their moment of semi-triumph. For Cumnor? Well, it was just one of those days.

In match two, a twisty/turny run from Matt saw James E pounce with the first strike of the game. 1-0. Matt was flying down the wing, James S and Ollie composed in the middle and Ben & Will looked like an effective defensive partnership of the future! Rory had little to do in goal and Toby seemed recovered from the earlier blow to the peanuts. Matt again, found the killer ball and James E slid it in. Will rounded the half off with a neat little header.

The second half saw more of the same but with Fyn and Adam on at the back. Rory let a goal in and then made a brilliant save. Ben came on and scored a quick goal before Will's audacious little chip was nudged over the line by Ollie's head. 5-1: job done.

Player of the Week: lot's of slick play with special mentions to Ben (who always plays well at Kingston), Matt on the wing, but for bouncing back with guts and guile, Adam.