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London well beaten by Racers

James Webb, 16 November 2005 10:04

AW London 0  Kingsdown Racers  4

AW London's disappointing bad run of results continued as they were beaten by two goals in each half by Kingsdown Racers. 

London started off the game with a very defensive formation in a bid to stop an early goal. Kingsdown put pressure on London from the word go and instead of being able to supplement their offensive moves with defensive players joining in higher up the field, they just didn't get the chance.  As soon as the ball got into the Racers half London's strikers Young and Rolfe just had no chance of keeping possession and the ball was back in London's half.

London changed to a 4-4-2 in the 2nd half Ridgewell moved into the centre of midfield, leaving Croissant and Hill at centre half.  Payne and Lucas moved wide.  The move had an immediate impact and London looked comfortable going forward. Ridgewell and Payne both came close with headers and Young was agonisingly close to getting on the end of Rolfe's excellent cross goal pass.

Despite conceding another two goals in the second half, there were far more positives in the play. London must use this as a base performance and aim to raise it more and more each week if they are to stay in division one.

Tony Rolfe was named man of the match following a hard working performance.

TEAM vs KINGSDOWN: R.Enoch, Foran, D.Webb, Hill, Ridgwell, Croissant, S.Lucas (Ponter 60 mins) Payne (J.Webb - 70mins), Baker, Rolfe, Young. SUB NOT USED: P.Lucas. MoM: Rolfe Booked: Ridgewell, Baker