Kings Langley recorded their first victory in four attempts over local rivals Beaconsfield Town,
with a polished performance that was to ensure a comfortable win and a move back to the
edge of the play-offs. With club captain Gary Connolly still feeling the effects of an ankle injury,
Steve Conroy named an unchanged side after a late fitness test on Junior Osborne, with
regulars Dean Hitchcock and Josh Coldicott-Stevens continuing on the bench. A sunny springlike day provided a welcome background as Kings made a quickfire start which produced
dividends in the third minute as a Jacob Cook flicked through ball enabled Mitchell Weiss to
time his break, outstrip two defenders and beat Nick Hamann with an angled drive into the far
corner of the net. Rene Howe had the ball in the net from a similar move two minutes later, but
this time there was an offside flag and then a driving run by Stevie Ward was halted
unceremoniously just outside the left side of the box. The free kick from Mitchell Weiss had
plenty of pace on it and Jorell Johnson popped up at the near post to steer the ball home for,
surprisingly, his first goal of the season. A Rene Howe shot at the end of another purposeful
break was inches wide and it wasn’t until the half hour mark that the Rams threatened with a
Charlie Losasso shot deflected just over the bar. Kings slowed the game down with periods of
keep-ball, which frustrated the visitors and some parts of the crowd, but it was an effective
tactic when followed by a sudden break. Nevertheless, Beaconsfield felt encouraged to try to
get back into the game and Brendan Matthew hit the post on the cusp of the interval.
Andronicos Georgiou forced Hamann into a fingertip touch round the post and Rams’
substitute Marvin Morgan thought he’d pulled one back with a header in the seventieth minute
but the flag was up. Kings always looked comfortable, with the central defensive pairing of
Jorell Johnson and Callum Adebiyi being particularly effective and the exuberance of the
ubiquitous Dylan Switters was rewarded when Hamann planted a clearance into his path,
enabling him to run on and take the ball round the keeper for the decisive third. Mitchell Weiss
capped an effective afternoon with a header off his own line and the game closed with visiting
frustrations boiling over as Morgan was given a second yellow for one challenge too many on
goalkeeper Alex Tokarczyk.