1st Team v Codicote

No. 49   Saturday 26th April 2014.     Spartan South Midlands League – Division 1
Codicote                                          0
Kings Langley                                 4 (Weiss 41,46, Campana 72, Insley 83)
On the day that Sun cemented the Division 1 title, Kings continued their battle for the second promotion spot with a win at Codicote. Nerves were evident in the first half however, as they started brightly with a Danny Hutchins 25 yarder hitting the bar, but Codicote came back to see Steve Bourke recover to save at the feet of Josh Bronti, waste a point blank chance from a corner, and then have Bronti miss a header he should have buried. But Kings weathered the storm, created chances of their own and produced the defining moment just before half time. As another attack seemed to break down, the persistence and power of Mitchell Weiss robbed the centre back and suddenly he was through on goal. Work was still to be done, but he picked his spot and steered it calmly past Billy Barnes and Kings’ belief flowed back. The second half was a minute old when Gary Connolly surged out of defence, fed Connor Toomey on the left, and his measured cross allowed Weiss to turn and beat the keeper again. The striker had the ball in the net again shortly after, as did Alex Campana, but both were ruled out and as the home side’s confidence ebbed, their attacks floundered on the defensive wall of Craig Preston and Jack Pattison, although frontman Leeroy Williams was still giving Callum Adebiyi the occasional problems. Billy Barnes was now called increasingly into action, denying Alex Campana when through and turning a Connolly drive round the post, but he was powerless when Campana latched onto a Paul Insley instinctive header to beat him from fifteen yards and again when Mitchell Weiss’ perfect short through ball gave the industrious Insley a fitting reward. So Kings go into the final week well positioned and still with all to play for.