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In the end the players could not be split with Matt Tag, Matt Traynor and Ped Morris all winning 4 awards.  Specially congratulations must be paid to Tag who won the same number of awards as Traynor and Morrris despite only playing half the number of games as they did.

Behind the three front runners Dom Stevens, Chris Waller, Jake Gordon and James Ryan all weighed in with two awards each and a whole host of players finished with one.

No fewer than 14 other players also got thier name on the score sheet this season showing a strong contribution from all over the pitch.

The lead was extended shortly latter when good work from the forwards put pressure on the defence and Lee Davies break in to the box to slot home the second. 10 minutes later it was three when Dom Stevens powered home a header from a Lee Davies corner and Fairford Leys were cruising.

As the half wore on Long Marston came in to the came but some great challenges from Mark and some important blocks from Matt and Shaun restricted thier chances. When Long Marstn did manage to get through the back three Jake was in fine form making some confident catches and fine saves.

Ali replaced George at half time and immediatly showed some class touches and played some fine through balls that really should have led to further goals. Long Marston had a better second half than first as Fairford Leys toiled up hill in the scorching weather but they rarely managed to get through the defence and when they did Jake again made some fine saves denying a one on one effort with his foot and latter making a finger tip save at full stretch to tip a shot on to the post. 

Further changes were made as Luke Hughes replaced Lee Davies and Paul Hughes replaced James Ryan with the team reverting to a flat back 4 to compensate for the fact that Long Marston were now deploying three of four men up front. Fairford Leys forwards played extremly well in the second half and looked excellent going forward. A sweeping move started on hal fway saw great interplay between Chris and Dom which resulted in Dom heating the bar with a fine header when the move deserved a goal.

Long Marston threw everything forward in the last ten minutes but Shaun and Mark were solid and Matt won header after header as well as a couple of last ditch challenges in the box to keep the clean sheet safe.

Every single player did really well on a hot day to keep the work effort up and really we should have won by more, although to be fair Long Marston should have had one but an awful finish from thier number four when he was free in the box meant they finished with none but Fairford Leys deserved the win and the clean sheet.

There was so many candiates for man of the match, with Chris and Dom doing really well up front, Ped had his best game in living memory,  Youngy, James and Lee all showed briliant passing in midfield and Matt, Shaun, Mark and Jake all had great games at the back. In the end Shaun could not single out one player to recieve the man of the match award, so it was shared.

Starting XI: Jake, Matt, Shaun, Mark, Ped, George (Ali), James (Paul Hughes), Youngy, Lee (Luke Hughes) Dom, Chris

Goals: Craig Young, Lee Davies, Dom Stevens

Wendover took the lead against the run of play when Matt took a risk in letting their centre forward run through and appealing for offside. Unfortunatly behind him Chad had dropped 10 yards deeper and 2 men were actually left onside for a simple tap in. Fairford Leys were soon level when Tag floated a diagonal ball in to the box which met slid in to meet on six yards but the keeper cam out to meet him ad spread his body well to save, but the ball fell directly to Chris who played in Dom for a simple finish.

Wendover again took the lead when the defense pushed out to play offside on a through ball only to see Tag drop from the midfield to try and intercept the ball and play three men onside. To be fair he did win the ball but instead of clearing it for a corner tried to play his way out of danger lost possesion and handed Wendover back the lead. However Fairford Leys were again level within seconds of the kick off when a superb ball from Dom found Kieran cutting in to the right hand side of the box and he dispatched a great shot in to the roof of the net. This prompted a tactical change from Wendover with them bringing on a new sub at right back with only 20 minutes played, showing a lot of respect for the threat Kieran was showing. Half time 2-2.

Wendover again took the lead just minutes after half time when Ped saw a ball form a corner very late and only managed to divert it off is arm in to his own goal from 3 yards out. But once again Fairford Leys came from behind with James Ryan who was quiet up to this point, cutting in from the left and from a fairly acute angle finding a great finish in to the top of the net.

In a game that was littered with injuries for Wendover players thier center back got injured with 30 minutes to go, and having already made thre substitutions they were forced to finish the game with 10 men. What a great tactical change this proved to be and Wendover scored three goals in 5 minutes to put the game beyond the home team. All the goals were gifted to the opposition by mistakes from Paul and Matt the most comical of which being when a through ball hit matt square on the arse before hitting both his heels and flicking forward to play the striker in on goal.

3-3 with 30 minutes to go, and the opposition are reduced to 10 men what a chance! But we threw it away,perhaps by relaxing and expecting to go on and win the game, who knows? It now looks like the season is fizzling to an end and players are already looking at options for next season.

Starting XI: John, Chad, Shaun (Jordan), Matt, Tag, Youngy, Kieran, Ped (Paul Smees), James (Paul Hughes), Dom, Chris

Goals: Dom Stevens, James Ryan

Man of the match: John Virral

Wingrave took the lead in the first half when Matt tackled a player who was through on goal just inside the area only to see the ball roll straight in to the path of an oncoming unmarked striker who made no mistake in firing the ball past John. Fairford Leys almost equalised immediatly when Matts free kick following an offside decision just on half way released James in to the box but his shot was rather tame and straight at the keeper. James made up for it 5 minutes later following a through ball from Tag when he showed great strehgth to hold off a defender before lifting the ball over the guys head and volleying it home a al Gascoigne against Scotland in Euro 96.

Fairford Leys performed well in the second half but were destined for defeat when Wingraves number 5 connected with a corner to send a powerful header past John from 4 yards out with only minutes to go. Just after the goal Wingraves first goal scorer was racially abused by his own goal keeper casuing him to run 60 yards and punch his own keeper in the face. The keeper retaliated with a roundhouse kick and team mates had to seperate the two players. As the dust settled Fairford Leys players were astonished to see the ref take no action against either player! If this was not violent conduct or ungentemanly conduct or something then what exactly do you have to do to get a red card? In credit to our players no-one surrounded the ref asking for cards to be shown but perhaps this was because everyone was so sure the ref would have no choice bt to send them off. Despite spending the last 3 or 4 minutes camped in Wingraves half no equaliser could be found and the game ended in dissapointment.

 However Matt Mark and Shaun played really well  as a back three, John made some outstanding saves, particularly in the first half to keep the game close. Kieran and Tag totally frustrated the oppostion players by preventing the time and room to play . Hughes did really well in his supporting the striker role and had several chances to score himself and James was outstanding in his lone role upfront and thoroughly deserved his goal.

Starting XI: (3,5,1,1) John, Matt, Shaun, Mark, Jordan, Kieran, Mark, Tag, Craig, Paul, James

Goals: James Ryan

Man of the match: Tag

This result means the boys finish in second place and can now look forward to Division 4 next season.  Well done to all, a great first season!

Ped then score a goal to seeming to make it 2-1 but ref Oli Jones dissallowed the goal after the lino flagged to say it had gone out of play before Ped scored. Rich then had to go off injured and Luke moved from up front, where he had been poor, to left wing and suddenly began to play. He closed down the keeper, nicked the ball of him and slotted home to make it 2-1 and that was how it finished.

Starting XI: John, Shaun, Mark, Rich (Paul H), Jordan, Ped, Tag, Lee D, Mikey, Chris, Luke

Goals: Luke

Man of Match: Ped, although Shaun deserves a mention too!

05 April 08 - Wendover vs FAIRFORD LEYS
12 April 08 - FAIRFORD LEYS vs Hale Leys
19 April 08 - Oving vs FAIRFORD LEYS
24 April 08 - Mandeville FC vs FAIRFORD LEYS

Starting XI: John, Seb, Mark M, Shaun, Mark O, Lee Y, Chad, Ped, Kieran, Dom (Paul 85 mins), Chris

Man of the match: Tag

Goals: Chris Waller x2, Dom Stevens