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Darren Eliot7 Mar 2015 - 17:00
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No. 42 Saturday 7th March 2015. Spartan South Midlands League – Premier Division
Kings Langley 1 (Campana 4)
Colney Heath 1 (Parkinson 58)
Kings continued their experiment of free admission and saw a significant increase in attendance, but unfortunately they were unable to match the shimmering heights of Tuesday night’s display. They started well enough, scoring within the first four minutes for the third successive game, as Alex Campana received the ball wide left and twisted and turned across the defence to create an angle for a shot that beat Tom Blackman. Stuart Deaton went close with a header, but the home side failed to convert early superiority into a killer lead and gradually the Magpies grew into the game as Charlie Crowley was forced into a last minute save at the foot of the post from a free kick and Ryan Wade volleyed over the bar. Mitchell Weiss had a glancing header shave the woodwork, but the half ended with little to choose between the teams. Daryl Atkins should have made an early impact from the bench, but his touch let him down when through and Kings paid the penalty for a performance that was becoming increasingly disjointed when a long throw was touched on to David Parkinson at the far post and the experienced striker made no mistake. When Atkins threatened again, Blackman pulled off a flying save, but it was obvious that the home side was having an off day, with passes going astray against an uncompromising defence and the creativity that had inspired eight consecutive wins going into hiding before the larger than average crowd. Indeed, the introduction of the pacy Courtney Lawrence could have taken all three points, two late runs and powerful shots bringing the best out of the airborne Charlie Crowley, who was probably his side’s man of the match. Kings will be disappointed, but will no doubt continue to reach for the standards that they have set this season and go to Bedford on Tuesday night with a place in the League Cup final at stake.
Kings Langley 1 (Campana 4)
Colney Heath 1 (Parkinson 58)
Kings continued their experiment of free admission and saw a significant increase in attendance, but unfortunately they were unable to match the shimmering heights of Tuesday night’s display. They started well enough, scoring within the first four minutes for the third successive game, as Alex Campana received the ball wide left and twisted and turned across the defence to create an angle for a shot that beat Tom Blackman. Stuart Deaton went close with a header, but the home side failed to convert early superiority into a killer lead and gradually the Magpies grew into the game as Charlie Crowley was forced into a last minute save at the foot of the post from a free kick and Ryan Wade volleyed over the bar. Mitchell Weiss had a glancing header shave the woodwork, but the half ended with little to choose between the teams. Daryl Atkins should have made an early impact from the bench, but his touch let him down when through and Kings paid the penalty for a performance that was becoming increasingly disjointed when a long throw was touched on to David Parkinson at the far post and the experienced striker made no mistake. When Atkins threatened again, Blackman pulled off a flying save, but it was obvious that the home side was having an off day, with passes going astray against an uncompromising defence and the creativity that had inspired eight consecutive wins going into hiding before the larger than average crowd. Indeed, the introduction of the pacy Courtney Lawrence could have taken all three points, two late runs and powerful shots bringing the best out of the airborne Charlie Crowley, who was probably his side’s man of the match. Kings will be disappointed, but will no doubt continue to reach for the standards that they have set this season and go to Bedford on Tuesday night with a place in the League Cup final at stake.
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