Eldon Celtic were on a long unbeaten run. They arrived in a confident mood.
Cumnor started well. Within minutes Luke had made it 1-0. A through ball from Shaun found Luke. He calmly slipped the ball into the net. Freddie and Bradley were stretching the Eldon defence. Fraser was finding a lot of joy up the right hand side. He made a great run after a pass from Joe. He made it to the byeline but the ball was blocked for a corner. Fraser took the corner and it was cleared . Declan collected the ball and set up Joe. He beat a couple of players and hit a great shot but the goalie saved well. Alex was growing in confidence and made a couple of important tackles. A couple more chances came their way but they were no taken.
Eldon were starting to pass the ball and causing lots of problems on the wings. Some nice one-twos were splitting the Cumnor defence.
A rare lapse of concentration saw the Eldon attacker sitting on the 6 yard box with no-one marking. The ball landed at his feet and he gave Robbie no chance. It was 1-1. Eldon Celtic grew in confidence and Cumnor were the happier to hear the half time whistle.
A half time team talk rejuvenated Cumnor. Wrighty and Robbie wanted more talking.
Cumnor attacked from the start. Bradley had a header just past the post. Robbie came on in midfield to stop the Eldon midfield playing.
It worked. Cumnor got a corner on the left. Fraser passed to Declan. He took a short corner to Declan. He fired in a great cross. It was met by Luke. He flicked it to Freddie. He calmly fired it into the net. It was 2-1.
Eldon immediately attacked. They were using the left side and Jordi had to make some great tackles. Eldon used the wing and a ball was smashed into the box but Wrighty cleared. Kieren was having one of his busier days and made a great header to clear the ball.
A free kick from 20 yards was punched away by Tim. He then made another great save with a splitting cross into the box.
The tension was high on the sidelines. With 4 minutes to go Freddie left the defence and calmly slipped the ball past the impressive Eldon Celtic goalie.
3-1. The game was over.
Unfortunately no-one told Eldon Celtic.They went on the offensive. A great move up the left saw a lovely cross into the box. It was met by the Eldon Celtic forward. It was 3-2.
Bradley received a knock. Adam came on for the last couple of minutes.
The last minutes seemed like an eternity.
At last the referee blew for full time.
What a game!
CUMNOR MINORS 3 ELDON CELTIC 2
Well done Cumnor. A great game. End to end football which had everybody's attention. Another great display. The boys never stopped running. A credit to Cumnor.
Next week we have Bloxham away in the cup. Another tough game against Bloxham.
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