Cumnor Click

Cumnor had a lot to live unto to surpass our recent win at Harwell but on a gloomy cold afternoon, the boys played some of the best football we've seen. With key players Rory, Michael, Kyle and skipper Joseph out with injury, an adjustment was required and we lined up with Doddie, Will, Fyn and Harry S at the back, Adam and Nathan in centre mid, Finlay and Alex wide and Ben playing just behind Tom.

From the start there was a confidence and composure to our play with the boys relishing the glorious playing surface and enjoying meeting a Harwell team who wanted to play football. For the purist it was a great spectacle packed full of quicksilver passing, intelligent movement and intricate combinations. We were especially creative playing down the flanks working neat little angles. Harry D's decision making and distribution was spot on and Will and Fyn defended tirelessly and played beautifully throughout.

The first-half brought a flurry of chances with Ben playing the pivot nicely and working well with Adam and Nathan. The scoring opened after some great wing play from Alex who lashed in a cross for Finlay to challenge before the ball fell to Nathan. 1-0. A few minutes later Harry S clipped in a beauty which Ben met with a tremendous volley from the edge of the box. The keeper made a quite brilliant save but Tom was there to follow up. 2-0. Tom had a couple of chances after more creative build up work. Against the run of play, Cumnor fell to a counter attack goal after the dangerous Harwell 8 (Matt) raced through and finished superbly. 2-1.

We kept the same formation to start the second-half and soon extended our lead after Tom hit a wonderful early shot past the excellent Harwell keeper. 3-1 By now, Cumnor were playing with supreme confidence with Will and Fyn seemingly unbeatable at the back, the full-backs pushing on and Adam and Nathan working relentlessly in the midfield. More excellent attacking work saw Finlay ghost into a lovely position to hit home our fourth. With Charlie and Toby now heavily involved Cumnor kept pressing and finally got a fifth from the excellent Nathan.

A brilliant win and a great match. The opposition and the ref were full of praise for the way we played. With Ducklington on the horizon if we play like this we will beat them. Well done all.

Player of the Week: could have gone to anyone but in the end we went for Doddie because his confidence, technical prowess, calmness and willingness to get the ball to feet and play football give us a great attacking option from left-back. He also tackled strongly and linked wonderfully with Will, Finlay and Nathan.