1st Team v Sun Postal Sports

No. 35   26th February 2013.     Spartan South Midlands League - Division 1
Sun Postal Sports    1 (Glenn O’Malley 44 )
Kings Langley           3 (Nathan Pooley 2, Adam Hallissey 10, Jimmy Armstrong 58)
Shrugging off the unavailability of five players from the previous match, Kings showed the depth of their first team squad as they blitzed into a two goal lead in the first ten minutes at Sun. Nathan Pooley’s in-swinging corner powered into the roof of the net just below the far angle, although Sun were vociferous in complaints that keeper Quigley had been impeded. The defence was all at sea again eight minutes later as long throw expert Gary Wallace delivered a ball to the near post. Incredibly, the ball was allowed to bounce and Adam Hallissey couldn’t believe his luck as he put a point blank header into the net. As so often happens with an early 2-0 scoreline, Kings failed to push home the advantage and allowed their early superiority to be diluted. Sun competed, without finding a cutting edge, but with their first, and last, serious attack of the half, worked the ball crossfield to allow Glenn O’Malley to break from the left and beat Ross Hampton. Kings needed a quick fix as the half opened and looked to have got it when Jimmy Armstrong broke for a one on one with Quigley, but was foiled by a good save. Sun fashioned chances at the other end, poor finishing giving Kings a let off, but with the game in the doldrums, Jack Johnson was felled on the right and from the resultant free kick, the ball fell to Jimmy Armstrong. His shot was not a clean one, but eluded a forest of legs to roll over the line by the far post. Kamil Rosiak, lurking by the post, was judged by the assistant to be offside, but the referee ruled that he hadn’t touched it and awarded the goal. Sun felt hard done by on the night, but if Kings rode their luck, they still had more than enough to deserve the three points. Line Up :- (4-2-3-1)