KENNINGTON BRING CUMNOR BACK DOWN TO EARTH

Rain greeted Cumnor as they arrived to play Kennington. The new away strips were going to be ruined. We told Martin not to use white in the strips- but the boys looked good.

Cumnor had the best possible start. Fraser won the ball in midfield. He passed to Biggy. Biggy raced up the left hand side and shrugged of a few tackles. He then slipped the ball to Freddie who flicked the ball into the net. It was 1-0 to Cumnor. Kennington pushed forward. A shot came firing towards Robbie and he made a fantastic instinctive safe. Cumnor were against the slope and the wind. Henry was a colossus at the back. He covered every ball. Alex had to be at his best. Alex showed great awareness at the back.

Kennington made another attack and Mark came from nowhere to stop the attack. Shaun was pushing up on the right hand side. His natural attacking tendency was pushing him forward and he was linking well with Ryan and Freddie. Luke and Harri were stopping Kennington in their tracks. Luke, Harri and Fraser were always looking to pass the ball.

A Kennington attack opened up the Cumnor defence. Kennington scored with a lofted shot. It was 1-1.

Cumnor attacked again. Luke won the ball in midfield. He passed to Freddie. Freddie held off the defender and slipped the ball into the middle and Ryan raced in to make it 2-1. Cumnor were looking good. With seconds to go, Kennington equalised. It was 2-2.

The second half started with Cumnor on top. A goal had to come. Great passing was opening up the defence but we could not finish. Kennington attacked. The ball came racing into the penalty box. After a deflection, the ball accidentally hit Alex's hand. As everyone was about to play on the referee blew for a penalty. A soft penalty. The Kennington player fired the penalty into the top right corner. Tim flew across to push the ball for a corner. What a save. The referee decided to retake the penalty because of a minor infringement. The penalty was retaken and it was 3-2 to Kennington. The referee was happy with that penalty. I am sure that the penalty would not have to be retaken until they scored but you never know.

Before the game restarted, the referee had a discussion with Martin. After some time, he seemed to be giving Martin some instructions on how to get to the tuck shop. What a helpful chap!

Kennington took charge after this and were looking dangerous. Cumnor still wanted to play football. Tim had to be very sharp to make some important stops. Robbie and Ollie worked hard to get Cumnor moving. As a last throw of the dice, Dave threw on Sam. Cumnor won a corner in the last minutes. Harri fired in a perfect corner. Biggy, Freddie and Luke just missed getting a crucial touch.

The referee blew the final whistle. It was 3-2 to Kennington.

Final Score:

Kennington 3 Cumnor Minors 2


MAN OF THE MATCH: HENRY GORDON.

Some of the football that Cumnor played was a joy to watch. Good passing and great awareness. Without doubt, Dave is instilling the Arsenal way of playing and we can only get better. Overall Kennington deserved the victory and will always be a very difficult team to beat. The referee had a poor game.