Fairford Leys FC

Fairford Leys did so well in this game until Wendover were reduced to 10 man and then it all went wrong!

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