1st Team v St Margaretsbury

No. 54    Saturday 18th April 2015.     Spartan South Midlands League – Premier Division
Kings Langley                5 (Hutchins 17, C Toomey 45, Cox 46, L Ladyman 52, Weiss 74)    
St Margaretsbury           0     
Champions Kings Langley enjoyed a stress free afternoon as they celebrated their tile win with a comfortable victory over St Margaretsbury. After Charlie Crowley saved at the feet of Mark Summers in the opening minutes, Kings went ahead when Nick Jackson and Mitchell Weiss combined to find Danny Hutchins wide left. Simon Dent seemed to be late in reacting to his shot and the wing back celebrated his twentieth of the season. The rest of the half lacked any drama until the home side put the contest to bed with two goals in the two minutes either side of the interval. Connor Toomey lashed home a shot after seizing on the rebound of a blocked Weiss effort and then Ollie Cox was played in by a delicate Weiss forward header to give Dent no chance with his volley. A relaxed Kings were now showing their full repertoire of skills and made it four when a Danny Hutchins free kick into the box was met by the forehead of skipper Luke Ladyman to deliver a textbook conversion. Fifteen minutes from time, Mitchell Weiss was rewarded for an unselfish afternoon’s work when Jack Pattison began a move that saw promising Steve Ward provide a through ball for the striker to run on to and take the ball round the beleaguered Dent for his twenty-ninth of the season. Home support was treated to the rare sight of alternate keeper Ant Ladyman brought into the action up front, due to an injury to Nick Jackson, but there was to be no headline grabber here and at the conclusion of the match the spectacular League trophy was presented to Kings Langley. Attention now turns to the prestige battle between first and second at London Colney, the achievement of breaking the one hundred points barrier and the League Cup final against today’s opposition on May 2nd.