Kennington Tournament 24th April 2010

The Blues had their first competitive football for a while at the Kennington Tournament, where Radley, Marston Saints, and the other Cumnor Minors were also competing.

The team fluctuated a little before the start of the match, as players dropped in and out, but the starting lineup was: Guy, Charlie, Isaac, Hugo, Joel, Ben, Edward and Kier.

The blues stuck to their task in the first match, and although they rarely challenged the Marston Saints goal they came away with a creditable 0-0 draw.

In the second match against the other Cumnor Minors side, Guy and Charlie decided that we needed to play a more attacking game and the Blues were able to play some of the game in the Cumnor half, although Adam was rarely challenged. At the end it looked like Cumnor might have nicked it, when a corner appeared to be converted by Harry, but only a blind man on a galloping horse would have missed the "hand of Harry", and the goal was correctly disallowed. Final result 0-0.

In the third game, the Blues took on mighty Radley who had beaten the other Cumnor side in their first match, and turned out the eventual winners. However the Blues were never over-awed and the match only remained 0-0 because the Blues spurned two great opportunities.

The 4th and 5th match were both lost by a single goal each, as the team decided that positions weren't really necessary.

However the Blues were back on form in the 6th game with another good 0-0 draw and a little more discipline.

In the last match of the day, the Blues got their just reward for some great football, and Charlie seized on a goalkeeping error to win the match 1-0 against Kennington.

Final result: W 1 D 4 L 2

A very creditable result.