Hi All

Due to commitments i didn’t write this weeks blog that honor went to Tom Rackind. I pleased with his efforts and might make it a regular item that the boys write the game review and i will add any tactical analysis. I thought everyone played really well and Patrick stepped in to play a vital sweeper/keeper role. Anyway thanks Tom and hope you all enjoy.

We went into the game needing a win to put us through into the semi- finals; and we managed to gain our first win of 2014!

We started the game strongly and looked capable of scoring on many occasions. Midway through the first half a kick from their out of position keeper fell straight to Mario, who clinically took advantage of the error. 1-0. Hendon responded well (at least one of them did) and managed to smash the ball past Patrick, who had a really good game in goal. 1-1.

In the second half we were kicking with the wind and we managed to keep up the flair we have lacked in the second half recently. We all saw it coming, and after a great move of attacking play and perfectly pinged passes Kevin managed to sweetly hit one home. 2-1. Again, we slightly lost focus after our goal and turned off for a minute which was perfect for Hendon. After some really unlucky defending Hendon managed to just keep the ball in and slot it past Patrick. 2-2. That was the drive we needed to really put us in front. We pushed and pushed until Archie managed to belt the ball in from outside the box. 3-2!

In the final minutes we decided to defend what we had. Louis and Sam dropped back into a more defensive role and the back line took no chances and defended neatly. It was a deserved win for us and Patrick got man of the match for stepping up and covering very well in goal.