Away to Stratton A League Cup Second Round

Lambourn came out of the blocks quickly and were over running Stratton in all areas, Luke Plumb was put clean through in as early as the first minute but the Stratton goalkeeper made a great save. After a period of sustained pressure Lambourn finally took a deserved lead from Kieran Ratcliffe who hit an unstoppale shot from the edge of the area. It took Stratton until 15 minutes in before mounting there first meaningfull attack but stout defending by Bradley Skeats and Daniel Bayliss kept them at bay and some good saves from Aaron Smillie who was a spectator for long periods. Another attack from Lambourn broke down and the ball fell to Keiran who shifted the ball and lobbed the keeper from well outside the area. Declan Rackham was breaking the play up in the middle of the park and some great runs from Harley Brizell continued to put the pressure on Stratton. Half time Stratton A 0 - 2 Lambourn
The second half saw Stratton come out with a bit more fight and they then started to get on top Howard Hughes came on for Kieran to try and shore up the midfield. Matthew Francis came on for Luke who had run himself into the ground up front instead of settling for 2 nil Lambourn continued to press forward for a third but on one of these attacks the ball broke and Stratton had 3 on 2 and Aaron could do nothing as the Stratton forward finsihed well. Matthew had a great chance to make it 3 late on and was then replaced by Luke who came back on and Harley made way for Howard. The referee found 9 minutes of injury time but Bradley in defence was determined no one was going to get through and then finally the whistle went for a great win against a team in the league above us.Full time Stratton A 1 - 2 Lambourn