2nd
Half-time 1-3,
Squad: Sam Teasdale, Oli Coles, Matt Khamkaew Stephen, Jacob Hadland, Harry Goodwin, Haydon
We started well and Harvey had a shot that just missed the target. We were passing the ball well and creating opportunities. Crowmarsh came back into the game for a small period and we conceded a goal when the ball got through to one of Crowmarsh’s players in the penalty area, which he flicked over our defence to another player
However our heads didn’t go down and we continued to play well and create chances; Harvey then crossed from the left, after an interchange of passes with Matt and Harry, and Theo got on the end of it and put the ball in the net with a clean finish. After a good interchange of
We missed the ball when trying to clear it in our penalty area and Crowmarsh had a shot, to which Sam made a great save. After another good through ball Harvey ran on to it and scored. We made some lovely moves down both flanks with Jacob, Archie, Matt, Theo and Haydon down the right and Oli, Harry, Matt, Theo and Harvey down the left. Half-time 1-3.
We fairly dominated the second half and Harvey got his hat trick with a powerful shot.
Crowmarsh went on
13th
Half-time 1-2,
Squad: Sam Teasdale, Matt Khamkaew Stephen, Oli Coles, Edward Cale, Archie Cardis, Haydon
We played Headington Youth, the unbeaten team at the top of
At half-time we talked about winning this game with the chances we’d created and that the wind would be in our favour in the second half and putting the ball between their defence and keeper for Harvey to run onto. In the second
Archie, Theo and Harry, playing in midfield, helped out the defence. Headington made some chances mostly due to our mistakes, but we held out. Final score 2-3
It was particularly good to see other players coming across to tackle when one of our players was beaten. That is a hallmark of good teamwork
27th January – Faringdon Town vs Watlington Town.
Half-time 8-1, Full Time 11-2.
Squad: Sam Teasdale, Oli Coles, Jacob Hadland, Matt Khamkaew Stephen, Theo Ankacrona, Harry Goodwin, Harvey Godwin, Archie Cardis
This meant that we were able to pin Watlington in their own half and quite often in their own penalty area. We had a couple of chances, but couldn’t get our shots on target, but inevitably we did score with a
Harvey then got another cutting in from the left. Theo got the next. Harvey scored his hat trick and Harry scored his first goal for the club shooting from the
The second half was much more difficult playing into the wind and it took us a while to get used to the ball
We had the same ref. for our last two matches and he said his man of those matches was Oli because he never gave up no matter what the situation or score.
We remain 3rd in the league because the two teams above us, Bardwell Youth and Headington Youth, both won.
10th February – Florence Park vs Faringdon Town.
Half-time 0-1,
Squad: Sam Teasdale, Oli Coles, Edward Cale, Jacob Hadland, Matt Khamkaew Stephen, Theo Ankacrona, Haydon
We began our match against Florence Park well and it was quite equal in the early stages. We started to get on top and scored around halfway through the first half with a beauty of a goal. Harvey put in a great cross from
We remained on top for the rest of the half and Sam was calm and confident in goal coming out to collect through balls. Half-time 0-1.
We remained on top at the beginning of the second half. We were able to play them off-side a number of times although on a couple of occasions we played them onside by one of our defenders hanging back.
Against the run of
We played well as a team and deserved to win. We could have scored more goals.
The final table:
P W D L Points
Bardwell 6 6 0 0 18
Faringdon Town 6 4 0 2 12
Summertown 6 3 1 2 10
Headington Youth 6 3 1 2 10
Florence Park 6 1 1 4 4
Crowmarsh Tigers 6 1 1 4 4
Watlington Town 6 1 0 5 3
The players should be very proud of this achievement.