League Cup Final

After last week winning the league 2 title Lambourn travelled to the County Ground for the League cup final in good spirits. The boys were told to go out and just enjoy the day and that is exactly what they did winning many friends and plaudits in the process. It was an early start for everyone as we boarded the 63 seater coach from Lambourn Sports Club for the 9:30 kick off but all the boys were wide awake and very excited.
The game itself started well for Lambourn and for the first 15 minutes there was very little between the sides in fact although huge underdogs it was Lambourn that had probably been the better team when Rangers scored a fabulous goal against the run of play with there first real attack after a clearance from Daniel Bayliss fell straight to Charlie Lawrence who blasted it home from outside the area. Lambourn continued to pose a threat and should have equalised on at least two occasions before half time when Luke Plumb was denied twice by the Rangers goalkeeper.
Half time 0 - 1

The second half started with rangers getting more of the ball and not long after the break Rangers made it 2 - 0 after the striker Tyson was left with far to much room on the edge of the area. Rangers then hit another two goals very quickly as Lambourn went to sleep for a 10 minute period if it had not been for last ditch tackles from Bradley Skeats and some good saves from Aaron Smillie then Rangers would have scored a couple more which would have been very harsh on Lambourn. With 5 minutes to go Lambourn found a new lease of life with Harley Brizell and Kieran Ratcliffe making good runs down the wings on a very narrow pitch and after a couple of attacks Lambourn finally got the goal that there first half performance deserved when from a Howard Hughes cross the ball fell to Declan Rackham after a goalmouth scramble and he prodded home. All credit to Lambourn who never let there heads drop and continued to press right up to the final whistle against the best side at U9 in the North Wilts.
Full time 1 - 4

Well done to the under 9 team none of us at the start of the season would have dreamt of how good a season we have had. Our first goal was to get promoted our second was to win the league and the cup final was just a bonus. We have scored 91 goals this season conceding just 22 and only losing twice a great effort and hopefully we can come back stronger next year and give Swindon Rangers a bit of a tougher time than they have had this season.

Calne Away

Fantastic game of football between two very good sides, Lambourn raced into an early 3 - 0 lead through two well taken Luke Plumb goals and a superb team goal scored by Harley Brizell after every player was involved during the build up. Calne score a good goal before half time to make it 3 -1 at the break.

The second half Calne had Lambourn under the cosh for long periods and got one back with 10 minutes to go after a superb solo goal. Then with less than 5 minutes to go Calne equalized after the same player scored another superb goal. With 2 minutes to go Lambourn pressed for the winner and Kieran Ratcliffe duly stepped up and scored a fantastic chip from 20 yards and with seconds remaining Lambourn poured forward and won a penalty in the last minute with Declan Rackham stroking it home.

Special mention for Bradley Skeats and Daniel Bayliss in defence who along with Aaron Smillie were all awesome today with tackle after tackle and two magnificent saves from Aaron which kept the Calne onslaught at bay.

Final Score Calne 3 - 5 Lambourn

Champions and what a way to win it at our closest rivals.

Shaw Away

Shaw 0 - 3 Lambourn

Lambourn started well with Luke , Declan and Kieran all going close early on, after a number of corners it was only a matter of time before Lambourn opened the scoring and they did after Declan scored a well taken goal from an acute angle. Luke thought he had added another shortly after but it was ruled out harshly for handball but soon after he did score with a thunderbolt of a shot from the edge of the area. Aaron was a spectator for most of the first half with Brad and Daniel stopping any threat from the Shaw forwards. Kieran nearly scored a third with a great first time volley which hit the post after a good cross from Harley and soon after Declan made it three with another good finish.

The second half saw Luke replaced by Ciahran up front and Howard on for Kieran, Lambourn continued to press for more goals but the Shaw defence stood firm. Kacey came on for Daniel and the changes allowed Shaw to get more of the ball which gave Aaron a chance to make a good save from a rare Shaw attack.

Final score 3 - 0 and another professional job done we now have two cup finals left , the league decider next week against Calne and then the final against Swindon Rangers all to play for.