CUMNOR GET THRASHED BY SUPERIOR TEAM

The glory of having a good season for Cumnor Minors disappeared after a masterclass from the parents. In a tense but entertaining game, the parents showed the boys that experience does matter. The parents came out worthy winners. Even with victory, some of the parents could not escape criticism:

Fred Wright ---How many times did Fred shout"it's my ball" for only to completely miss it. Too many to mention. And he still plays on a Saturday!!!!!!!

Wayne Morton----Wayne has bored many people with his tales of scoring great goals for Abingdon United. They must have been playing with very big goals as the only people worried about his shots was Kev's dad whose car was hit on multiple occasions.

Colin Shields--reinforced his position as the enforcer of the side. Made his mark by taking out Cumnor's players' player of the season with a strong tackle. Any complaints from the boys were met with possible arrest warrants.

Sean Hoskin-- never left an area 10 yards square on the right hand side of the pitch. He must believe that you play in that position and you are not allowed to deviate from that position. I think he should stick to cycling---in other words you won't be selected for the next game.

Glenn Ford---Very much a Gareth Bale style player. Controlled the right hand side of the field. Unlucky not to score but he could not shoot straight.

Colin Jacques----Poor in goal but scored our first goal. Overall he was not very good. Why is Robbie a good player?

Neil Grantham--I have missed most great football moments: England winning the World Cup, Man United winning the Champions league in 2009. But, seeing Neil rise to glance a great header against the bar was amazing. What was more amazing was that he forgot that he wore glasses. The ball hit the bar but his glasses hit the net-what a goal!

Dave Field-----There is a big problem with any player when he decides that dress code is more important than anything else. Wearing some lovely shoes is not a recipe for success. Next year, if selected, he will wear some suitable footwear.

Kev Betteridge-If only Kev played for West Ham they would not be relegated. His vision is second to none. Scott Parker-I would rather have Kev. What I mean, is that West Ham next year will only have enough money for Kev.

Suzanne Williams--player of the game. She made a mockery of the Cumnor attack. Controlled the defence with great skill. Only blemish was to miss a penalty.

Fred's Brother---very static. Never moved that much. Could have scored but didn't.

John Thorne--What can we say! On Wednesday night, he played Bar football, where he is tied to a bar with the rest of the team. Obviously, no-one told John that he could move today. Slow, very slow and totally rubbish were words used to describe John--and that was from Callum.

Callum--great performance and could of scored but Bradley saved well. Better than his dad.

Ollie Morton-A great performance. Did physically attack some of the opposition.

A great season. Next year, we will win everything. We have the best team in the league and some new great players will be coming to Cumnor.

Next game is against the Oxford Mail Rep side on the 26th May at The Closes. KO 7.00

PRESENTATION DAY

PLAYERS' PLAYER OF THE SEASON: KIEREN WILLIAMS

PARENTS' PLAYER OF THE SEASON: JOE HOSKIN

MOST IMPROVED PLAYER OF THE YEAR: ROBBIE JACQUES

COACHES' PLAYER OF THE YEAR: FREDDIE PINKERTON

GOLDEN BOOT: FREDDIE PINKERTON

CUMNOR FINISH ON HIGH

CUMNOR MINORS 4 MARSTON SAINTS 2

SHAUN MORTON

FREDDIE PINKERTON

JORDI VEALE

LUKE THORNE

TOP SCORERS 2010--2011

FREDDIE 21

BRADLEY 16

JOE 9

WRIGHTY 7

DEC 6

LUKE 6

FRASER 5

SHAUN 4

LUKE W 2

ALEX 1

JORDI 1

KIEREN 1

ROBBIE 1

CUMNOR SECURE SECOND PLACE

Quarry were our opponents in the second last game of the season. Victory would give us second place. The sun was shining and Cumnor got of to the best possible start with a goal in the first minute. A through ball from Fraser found Shaun. He turned but was brought down. It was a penalty. Wrighty took the penalty and gave the goalie no chance. It was 1-0.

It was soon 2 -0 as a great move involving Joe and Freddie saw Declan released. He slipped the ball past the goalie.

Luke broke up a Quarry attack. He passed the ball to Kieren. He fired the ball forward. Bradley won the ball and passed to Joe. Joe made it 3 with a great strike.

A great shot from Bradley hit the bar and then the goal line. It was then cleared.

A loose ball skimmed across the goal line. It was saved just as Jordi came racing in to score.

Robbie made an important stop to keep the score at 3-0.

In the second half, Quarry looked more dangerous. Tim made a great save but was injured in the process.

Alex made a great through ball to Fraser but he could not finish.

Wrighty made it 4 with a great free-kick. Quarry made it 4-1 with a great strike.

The best goal was a glancing header from Joe.

It finished at 5-0.

CUMNOR MINORS 5 QUARRY 1

One more game to go. It looks like we will be just 3 points behind Wantage. It all comes back to the loss against Wantage at The Closes.

Next week we play Marston.

CUMNOR MINORS UNDER 14 LINK UP WITH ABINGDON UNITED

Next season will be our last as Cumnor Minors. In the season 2012-3013, Cumnor Minors will become Abingdon United Youth side. This will continue for the 2013-2014 and the 2014-2015 seasons.

CUMNOR GET BACK TO WINNING WAYS.

The B&B Cup Finalists, Cumnor, were hosting the Oxfordshire Cup winners, Bloxham, on a sunny morning at the Closes.

Cumnor, with one eye on next season, changed their formation. The first 15 minutes saw Cumnor adjusting to the different positions. In this period, Bloxham had the upper hand. Robbie had to be quick of his line to clear a couple of through balls. Alex made a great tackle to stop another attack. It came as no surprise when Bloxham took the lead after a corner caught the Cumnor defence out. Robbie had no chance.

Cumnor started to find their feet. Luke cleared another attack. He passed the ball to Shaun who found Fraser. He passed to Freddie. He slipped past a couple of players and slipped the ball into the net. It was 1-1. Minutes later it was 2-1 to Cumnor as a lovely ball from Fraser was squeezed in by Freddie.

Wrighty and Declan were linking up well on the left side. One move nearly set up Joe to make it 3-1 but the goalie saved well.

With minutes to go, Bloxham made it 2-2 with an opportunist strike.

Half time was 2-2.

The second half saw Cumnor take control. Bradley, who was playing well, pressurised the goalie. The ball fell to him and he calmly lobbed the ball over the goalie. It was 3-2.

At the other end, Kieren made a great last minute tackle.

Wrighty made it 4 with a great strike from 30 yards. What a goal!

Tim had to be very sharp to clear another Bloxham attack.

The goal of the match was a wonderful strike from Fraser. Declan slipped the ball to Fraser and he hit it first time into the top corner.

Freddie made it 6 with a calmly taken goal.

CUMNOR MINORS 6 BLOXHAM 2

A great game of football. Second place in the league and B&B finalists is not a bad season for other teams. Cumnor have such high standards that winning next year is the only option.

We have a great squad but this season we struggled because we only had 12 players for the last part of the season. Therefore we will strengthen the squad during the summer.