Fairford Youth Away

A very dissapointing game where we were second best in the tackles for large parts of the game, we had the worst possible start as from our kick off we lost the ball missed two tackles and conceded a soft shot to go one behind after 8 seconds!!! Time and time again we got into good situations but the final ball or shot was weak, towards the end of the half Declan scored an eqauliser from a goalmouth scramble. Moments later we hit the post when in a good position and a couple of other shots were saved by the goalkeeper. Half time 1 - 1
The second half started in similar fashion as the first, we conceded a silly free kick just on the corner of the area and from the resulting shot Aaron made a good save but could only push it onto Kieran and the ball fell to the Fariford striker who tapped it into an empty net. The last 15 minutes was spent camped in Fairfords half Daniel did a great job on his own at the back as Bradley was pushed up to get the equaliser. We hit the woodwork a further two times and had numerous great chances including a volley from a yard out that somehow went over but for the last ditch tackles and great saves from the Fairford keeper the score would have been a lot different. Final Score 2 - 1

We need to pick ourselves up and respond with a big win away to Abbeymeads next week. Although the league looks a lot tighter we must not forget that Fairford, Calne and Cirencester all have to play each other in the run in we just need to keep winning and watch who buckles under the pressure.