CUMNOR MAKE NEXT ROUND OF CUP.

Summertown Pirates were the visitors to The Closes on a lovely Sunday morning. Cup football always brings great excitement.
Cumnor had a full squad with only Harri absent. He must have been behaving really badly to be dragged along to watch West Ham. Even a trip to the Kassam sounds more exciting than West Ham v Bolton. Hopefully when Harri is old enough he will be able to support a decent team.
Cumnor took the game to Summertown but were finding it difficult to break down a very strong defence. Mark and Ollie were allowed a lot of freedom to push forwards and a goal seemed imminent. Ryan fired a lovely shot just past the post.
Suddenly the goals started. Biggy scored with a great lob and a shot into the corner. Fraser made a great run and made it 3-0. Luke found Freddie who passed a couple of players and fired it into the back of the net. Alex and Sam suddenly found themselves under pressure and had to make some decisive tackles. With another attack , Summertown scored a fine goal.
With minutes to go, Ben won the ball in midfield and found Fraser. Fraser raced forward and with only the goalie to beat, unselfishly, slipped the ball to Shaun who scored from a tight angle. It was 5-1 at half-time.
Tim made some important saves at the start of the second half. Sam was having a great game with some clever passing. Mark and Alex were finding themselves busier in the second half. Ryan again nearly scored with another fine shot. Luke was making sure that any Summertown attacks were short lived.
Biggy and Freddie made it 7-0 with 2 fine goals. Fraser then scored with a fine individual effort. Robbie then scored with a 20 yard sizzler. Biggy scored with a penalty and Fraser finished the day with 2 great goals. With minutes to go, Luke received the ball 2 yards from the goal. As everybody were about to acclaim a great goal, Luke hit the bar. Johny Wilkinson would have been proud of him.
The game finished 12-1.

Cumnor Minors 12 Summertown Pirates 1

Man of the Match: Sam Foster-a great display.

Radley are our opponents next week. It should be a great game. With Didcot losing to Ardington yesterday, the League is again wide open.