Letchworth V 2 - 4 Hertford VI

Six away wins in a row, and probably our most impressive, doing exactly what was needed to outplay the team we were up against. Ewen Macpherson came in as late replacement for Rian, Jon Durbin for Steve, but with Keith picking up an early injury we were essentially down to a bare eleven (though Keith nobly returned for a few minutes either side of half time to allow Dunx to recover from a nasty blow on the ankle). Defence played deep and generally had the bodies in the way to hold off Letchworth's trademark battering ram down the middle, but the forwards won it, George, Chris and Dunx sweeping forward time after time, with Ewen and Dave in close support, moving the ball quickly in all directions with impressive precision. We won the short corners and we converted them, one clean strike from Dave, one short range follow up and one training ground deflection by Dunx. The 4th was a lovely move beginning with a string of short passes up the left sideline before George raced away to beat the keeper.

The use of width was exemplary, with the ball regularly going wide early and coming back in as space opened up for Dave and Jon in the middle. Dunx and George regularly got down into the corners and against a steady but slow defence we were always threatening. George and Chris both made regular appearances back in our own D as our commitment hit new levels.

After edging a close 1st half, with Letchworth also most threatening from a strong short corner routine, we tool firm control in the last 25 minutes, the only blemish coming when we stopped and waited for a whistle, leaving Letchworth to tap in a cross for a consolation goal.

Hard to call a man of the match, but Letchworth unanimously chose Ewen in the bar after the game.

George Lynn tops the scorers chart with 9, Dave chasing hard on 7. The win takes us back into the top half of the table, 4 games to go, let's try to stay there.