The beast from the east affected the football calendar considerably over the course of February and March, with numerous cancellations/postponements to games. Here is a roundup of three weekends for the club.
Highlights:
- The 4th and 5th XI storm into the LFFA Junior Cup final! They’ll face each other on the 7th April at HSBC
- Stephen Bean scores 4 as the 3rd XI enjoy a great result in Gameweek 23 (nod to Adem scoring 4 in the 5th XI
- The 4th XI keeps up the chase as they take 4 points from 6 in a doubleheader vs. City of London Res
- The Vets win their final game of the season, with Kev Cliffe scoring a ridiculous goal.
Gameweek 22 – 24th February
1st XI [0] – [3] Norsemen
2nd XI [0] – [5] Old Owens Reserves (AFA Cup)
3rd XI [0] – [8] West Wickham 4s
5th XI [4] – [3] Old Salesians Reserves
Scorers: Danyal Ali (2), Manny Nwosu, Javier Garcia Perez
Gameweek 23 – 10th March
2nd XI [3] – [4] Old Lyonians Reserves
Scorers: Adam Pennycook, Robbie Temple, Marc Pennycook
3rd XI [5] – [1] Civil Service 4s
Scorers: Stephen Bean (4), Abdi Ibrahim
4th XI [5] – [1] Weirside Rangers 3s (LFFA Cup)
Scorer: David Handley (2), Sasa Joveljic (2), Nathan Munroe
Gameweek 24 – 24th & 25th March
1st XI [0] – [2] Civil Service
2nd XI [0] – [4] Crouch End Vampires Reserves
3rd XI [2] – [6] Alleyn Old Boys 5s
Scorers: Simon Cromie (2)
4th XI [1] – [1] City of London Reserves (DH)
Scorer: Nathan Lucas
4th XI [3] – [0] City of London Reserves (DH)
Scorers: Shamarni Mcfarlane, Sasa Joveljic, Nathan Munroe
5th XI [8] – [3] HSBC 6s (LFFA Cup)
Scorers: Adem Ali (4), Danyal Ali (2), Jacob Fenwick, Josh Nail
Vets XI [3] – [1] HSBC Vets (LFFA Vets)
Scorers: Nick Metcalfe, Dorian Bunker, Kevin Cliffe