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1st Team v Sun Postal Sports
Darren Eliot19 Apr 2014 - 15:00
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No. 46 Saturday 19th April 2014. Spartan South Midlands League – Division 1
Kings Langley 0
Sun Postal Sports 1 (Armstrong 66)
The top of the table clash attracted a bumper Easter crowd that was the season’s highest, but they were not treated to an exhibition of football. Sun fielded eight ex-Kings in their starting line-up and although both sides have passed the hundred League goals mark, they’ve both conceded less than a goal per game and it was the defences that held sway for the majority of the match. A tigerishly contested midfield allowed little time on the ball, thus limiting creativity and hurried first touches meant the ball spent an inordinate amount of time in the air. A dour first half saw Kings have three chances when a Nick Jackson low cross was missed, Mitchell Weiss could have done better with a clear sight of goal and a Dean Hitchcock shot was narrowly wide. Sun had a Jimmy Armstrong break averted, but started the second half with Dan Tomkins finding the net but ruled out for offside and then a Scott Bonner header grazing the bar. It was then Kings turn to up the pressure and when Weiss put Jackson through, the outcoming Ross Hampton pulled off a good save at his feet. The striker then rolled the rebound of a blocked Connor Toomey shot agonizingly past the post and a Weiss shot was well dealt with. However, Sun’s next response was telling. A free kick from a 50-50 clash saw the ball hit the post in a melee and fall to Armstrong, who lashed it home. Steve Bourke’s flying save tipped a Steve Noonan shot round the post, but Kings ensured a frantic closure as they threw everything forward. In the last minute Kings were convinced they had a penalty when Callum Adebiyi was felled, but a decision that could have gone either way was in the negative as far as the referee was concerned. There was still time for a goal-line clearance with Hampton beaten at last, but Kings were left to review a match that had gone on similar lines to the away fixture. Opposition that made more of less chances.
Kings Langley 0
Sun Postal Sports 1 (Armstrong 66)
The top of the table clash attracted a bumper Easter crowd that was the season’s highest, but they were not treated to an exhibition of football. Sun fielded eight ex-Kings in their starting line-up and although both sides have passed the hundred League goals mark, they’ve both conceded less than a goal per game and it was the defences that held sway for the majority of the match. A tigerishly contested midfield allowed little time on the ball, thus limiting creativity and hurried first touches meant the ball spent an inordinate amount of time in the air. A dour first half saw Kings have three chances when a Nick Jackson low cross was missed, Mitchell Weiss could have done better with a clear sight of goal and a Dean Hitchcock shot was narrowly wide. Sun had a Jimmy Armstrong break averted, but started the second half with Dan Tomkins finding the net but ruled out for offside and then a Scott Bonner header grazing the bar. It was then Kings turn to up the pressure and when Weiss put Jackson through, the outcoming Ross Hampton pulled off a good save at his feet. The striker then rolled the rebound of a blocked Connor Toomey shot agonizingly past the post and a Weiss shot was well dealt with. However, Sun’s next response was telling. A free kick from a 50-50 clash saw the ball hit the post in a melee and fall to Armstrong, who lashed it home. Steve Bourke’s flying save tipped a Steve Noonan shot round the post, but Kings ensured a frantic closure as they threw everything forward. In the last minute Kings were convinced they had a penalty when Callum Adebiyi was felled, but a decision that could have gone either way was in the negative as far as the referee was concerned. There was still time for a goal-line clearance with Hampton beaten at last, but Kings were left to review a match that had gone on similar lines to the away fixture. Opposition that made more of less chances.
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