Cumnor On A Cup Run

It's all kicking off, in a good way.

The boys put in another exceptional performance to beat a dogged Easington and book a place in the next round of the cup. With a full squad to chose from, we set up as we did against Deddington... and the system worked again.

Cumnor built steady from the start with the defence holding a high line and ensuring most of the play was in the Easington half. Ben made a great break towards the goal and found Fyn, who spun beautifully on the spot and found the net. 1-0. However, the plan had to change earlier than the coaches hoped with Toby taking a nasty knock to be replaced by James S. More Cumnor pressure saw a corner which Matt bravely met with his head but couldn't convert. The ball spun wide left to Josh who nicely found Ed to set up Will for a fantastic edge of the box strike. 2-0.

Cumnor were motoring with the defence looking untroubled and Matt and Adam chasing everything down. Fyn was making a nuisance of himself and James S was stroking the ball about nicely. Adam latched on to a loose ball out wide and hit a clever looping shot into the goal. 3-0. With Cumnor well on top now, Ed was applying muscle in midfield. James picked up a stray pass and moved forward. With options both side, he decided to shoot. Somehow, the ball slipped through the keeper and into the net. 4-0.

In the second-half, we rang the changes with Henry M and James S joining the action and Henry S leaving his goal behind for a well-deserved run. He was unlucky not to score and rattled the bar with one effort. But goals did come, two more. Our fifth showed some great anticipation by Josh to race onto Joe's pass and our sixth and final goal saw James E smash home Rory's saved shot. 6-0.

Fantastic result, lovely to see six different scorers on the sheet and we were delighted to give all the boys plenty of football. Let's stay focussed and put what we've learnt about ourselves during the last two weeks into practice against Ducklington.

Player of the Week: another difficult decision but Josh stood out for his confidence, positional play and desire to get forward.

Remember: anticipate where the ball might go and get there first