Spartan South Midlands Football League
2006-2007 Season
Division One

Kentish Town  2    Sun Postal Sports  0

Friday, 16 February 2007

Town finally got back to winning ways with a very impressive display against mid table Sun Postal Sports in a 'home' fixture brought forward to the Friday evening and switched to Sun Postal's fine facilities in the suburbs of Watford due to the ongoing groundshare problems with Hendon Football Club.

Town were almost caught cold early on when a defensive lapse let in a forward and only a superb saving tackle from Aaron Hutchins saved Town from going a goal behind.

Town began to assert some penetrative pressure after their early fright and made a number of raids into the Sun Postal half of the field with Dave Dawson, Tom McMullen and livewire Safraz Pivano all instrumental, McMullen was playing in the centre forward position due to the continued absence of Lee Scott and took to the task like a duck to water.

Town were unlucky not to take the lead when a well flighted Pivano free kick from the corner flag just failed to find a head and Daniel Young then let fly with an acrobatic effort that went inches over the bar.

The first period ended even however Town got the bit between their teeth almost immediately after the restart and took the lead on 55 minutes through the superb Shaka Cole, his first strike of the campaign, when getting on the end of a loose ball following a melee.

Town then proceeded to go further ahead on 62 minutes when Daniel Young was left unmarked inside the penalty area to calmly steer the ball past a helpless keeper.

The game began to get a little physical with some meaty challenges being dished out by both sides, shortly after Town's second goal debutante Gary Rowlands upended an attacker in the penalty area and Referee Mr O'Neil had no option but to point to the penalty spot. The kick was not particularly well struck and James Noonan was able to get down low to his left to make an excellent stop at the foot of the post.

The penalty miss frustrated Sun Postal and their heads dropped at this point giving Town extra incentive to see out the remaining fifteen minutes of the proceedings without too much difficulty. Substitute Chris Zanre entered the fray for Thomas Kanaris for the final ten minutes.

Town are on their travels again on Saturday, this time to thirteenth in the table Buckingham Athletic, kick off 3.00, and a further three points are fully expected to keep them in the promotion hunt.

 

Town Team: Noonan, R Quattromini, Rowland, Hutchins, Kanaris, Cole, Young, Pivano, T McMullen, Dawson, Looney.

Sub: Zanre