1st Team v Chesham United Res

No. 40   Saturday 29th March 2014.     Spartan South Midlands League – Division 1
Chesham United Reserves              0
Kings Langley                                  3 (Toomey 12, 15, Insley 57)
Kings started their fourth game in a week with little sign of tiredness and Alex Campana scraped the crossbar with a dipping shot, before Connor Toomey  put them ahead with a bizarre goal after twelve minutes. He lost control of a through pass, prodded a foot to the loose ball and saw it deflected off a defender goalwards. Keeper Jack Hopwood’s intended clearance turned into an air kick and the ball trickled over the line. There was nothing fortunate about his second goal three minutes later however, as he controlled a long Lee Burgoyne through ball, turned, eluded his marker and found the corner of the net. The referee then turned the tone of the match by issuing a plethora of cards for innocuous offences and the half ended with his performance the centre of attention. Fortunately, the break calmed things down and when Lee Burgoyne’s corner was headed back across goal by Craig Preston, Paul Insley’s powerful header effectively sealed the win. The introduction of some pacy substitutes brought United more possession than they had previously enjoyed and Ant Ladyman dealt well with a snap shot from Tashan Dwyer, while at the other end Hopwood held Gary Connolly’s long shot at the second attempt. The home keeper drew applause for tipping a Tom Carter drive round the base of the post before time was called on another competent performance by Kings and another clean sheet.