Disappointing result in latest fixture

It was a murky evening when we took to the field again last night in the first game of the new league against one of the sides reorganised into the middle division with us. We lined up with Rich in goal and he, as ever, put in a cracking performance including a late foray upfield as we sought an equaliser with time running out. The back line was unfamiliar as Matt C and his brother Dave taking defensive duties over in the absence of the big fella and Dom. Pete, Phil and Kev took the midefield leaving new Matt and myself upfront and initially things looked good.

We were comfortable in dealing with limited threat from their attack whilst we were creating chances at will and it wasn't long before we took the lead. The ball came out to the left finding me in plenty of space and I was able to nutmeg the defender to release Kev bursting forward up front. He didn't have to check stride in sliding the ball home and it looked likely we'd have a straightforward game to see us off to a successful start to the season.

Things changed rapidly though as the shape of the team went awry and we began to leave too much space and it was no surprise that we turned round at 1 - 1 at half time. This became 2- 1 behind within a few minutes of the restart and we looked unlikely to score with little threat up front. Again we changed shape and this led to an equaliser as I received the ball from Phil and took the ball round the defender to the left and shot home into the far corner. The poor guy got barracked by the crowd for being beaten by 'his dad!'

Unfortunately that was not the end as a shot from distance sped across our area and fortuitously found a free attacker at the far post, certainly a lucky 'pass' but one which left him the simple task of tapping in for the winner. We had a late chance from the throw which Rich went up for but my header from a flick on was saved on the line and we finished pointless.