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 Posted 30th January 2010 22:07 IP   
Kidlington 2 - Shrivenham 1
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andy timbrell
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Posted 31st January 2010 13:46 IP
Best performance for along time. The movement off the ball, players wanting the ball, better team cohesion, a little more lady luck & it would have been a different result, but hey, thats football.. The sending off changed the game, Johnny was unlucky with that, ball took a funny bounce just as he was about to clear it, & then clattered into matey. Still we had our chances with 10 men, a draw would have been a fair result. Cant wait for Tuesday;s game
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Simon KFC
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Posted 31st January 2010 22:09 IP
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Best performance for along time. The movement off the ball, players wanting the ball, better team cohesion, a little more lady luck & it would have been a different result, but hey, thats football.. The sending off changed the game, Johnny was unlucky with that, ball took a funny bounce just as he was about to clear it, & then clattered into matey. Still we had our chances with 10 men, a draw would have been a fair result. Cant wait for Tuesday;s game
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Must say you played really well against us, great credit to you all. We were a little jaded after our mid-week exersions, however we did just enough to take the 3 points. I agree the game certainly allowed us to find more space after the sending off.
As for not deserving his second yellow - Tut, tut it was total wipe out time the lad knew exactly what he was doing, Chris Weedon would have been in on goal.
Still good luck to you for the rest of the season, with that side and the couple of other signings you have just made I should think you will now give most sides a run for their money.
COYG
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Shrivy Lad
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Posted 1st February 2010 12:25 IP
From The Kiddy Website.....
Match reports
FTL FUTBOL Hellenic League Premier Division
Saturday 30th January 2010
Kidlington 2 Shrivenham 0
After a slow start to this one and going a goal behind against a very spirited Shrivenham, Kidlington turned it around in the second half. The pitch was very tacky on top after the frost had thawed and Kidlington’s usual passing game was stifled, however the young guns dealt with it and to their great credit came out on top.
Certainly the visitors had the best of the early exchanges with their forwards Rory Sproul and Ben Carter keeping the Kidlington defence on its toes. In these early moments of the match Kiddy’s Mark Flanagan was injured in a tackle and this saw him lose part of his effectiveness and he was later substituted.
As it was Kidlington calved out the first real site of goal. Mark Baker and Kieran Sanders exchanged passes with Baker having a pop which fizzed over the bar.
A couple of minutes later Baker again saw the white’s of Shrivi keeper eyes and hit a powerful shot in, but Luke Alford was equal to it and caught it well.
Shrivenham then had a golden chance to take the lead. Kidlington’s defenders misjudged a ball over the top. Carter was quickly onto it and as he was pursued went wide of Kiddy Keeper Rob Hamling. Hamling then dived at his feet and smothered the ball to avert the danger.
Kidlington came far more into the match as it went on. Luke Holden saw and effort palmed behind for a corner, then Sanders weaved some magic before shooting, however he didn’t get enough purchase on his shot and the ball was fielded easily by Alford.
Shrivenham snatched the lead in the 28th minute. Ben Carter found some space wide right inside the Kiddy box, he cut inside and fired a low toward the near post, Hamling got down to it but the ball ricocheted off him and into the side netting for 1 – 0.
Not long after this Flanagan had to be taken off with Ross Gray coming on to replace him.
H.T. 0 – 1.
Shrivenham started this second half just as the first with some early pressure. Sproule broke free down the middle of the park and as Hamling came out he shot powerfully, but wide of the mark.
After this Kiddy’s tricky right winger Sanders who looked to have been at half kilter was also substituted, Adam Lovegrove coming on to replace him.
Holden soon had a decent chance after a cross from the right, he did the hard work by controlling the ball, but then volleyed the ball onto the club house roof!
In the 54th minute Lewis Coyle also had to be substituted, Jack Johnson was the player coming on, on this occasion. Within a minute of this change Rob Hamling had to be at his very best to thwart the tricky Andy Brien. Brien burst through and shot and Hamling saved well.
Shrivenham caught Kidlington out again with a good interchange of passes in their next passage of play. This time Shane Davies drifted in from the left, but as he neared goal he shot well wide of the mark.
From about the hour make Kidlington then started to take the game by the scruff of the neck. Baker saw a speculative overhead attempt saved by Alford, before Luke Holden made it 1 – 1. Chris Weedon crossed into the box Lovegrove got up well and headed the ball at goal, Alford made a good one handed stop but the ball rebounded out and Holden was there to poke it home.
Weedon then saw a goal bound shot deflected wide, before Alford was called into action again to prevent Lovegrove from finding the net with a rasping drive.
In the 71st minute Weedon broke free in the middle of the park. He was racing for goal when Shaun Carter scythed him down. Match referee John Livingston had no hesitation in producing a card, in this instance a yellow, as he had already been booked for a similar incident he was off!
The pressure eventually told in the 77th minute. Another sweet cross into the box, this time by Johnson saw Lovegrove again head for goal. Alford did well and got a hand to it, but the ball hit a post and this time Mark Baker was there to fire it home.
Shrive, to their great credit kept going spurred on by their skipper Mark Peters. They very nearly sneaked an equalizer on the break when substitute Blain Fitzgerald got himself one on one with Hamling. As Fitzgerald tried to shimmy him Hamling guessed right to make a great save.
In the 82nd minute Holden very nearly made it 3 for Kiddy. He dinked a ball over the defenders and a back Peddling Alford just managed to push the ball over the bar.
Alford them made a late save from Baker before the referee brought the match to and end.
All in all this won’t go down as one of Kidlington’s better performances this season. However, if you are not at your best and can still craft a win that’s surely a sign of a good team. The Oxford United match probably took more out of them that we realised, but a win is a win. The major problem at the moment seems to be the mounting injury list. Already out are Jimmy Deabill, Tom & Darren McNamara, James Philpott and Ben Willoughby, it looked today that Mark Flanagan took a nasty one and Kieran Sanders and Lewis Coyle also both took knocks. Let’s hope they can all heal quickly as we now have games coming thick and fast.
There is a forgotten, no almost a forbidden word, which means more to me than any other.
That word is ENGLAND
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