The Rams had one of the toughest tests this week, going to Chalfont Sharks who are one of the strong teams in the league, with only a bare seven players and then at the last minute having to play with only six .
The boys took up the challenge without any hesitation and started the game by putting Chalfont under pressure from the off by tackling and chasing every ball. Some great crosses from James and Tom nearly gave us an early goal, if it wasn't for the under pressure chalfont defence just clearing their goal line. On the rare occasion Chalfont got through our solid defence, we had Ben on fantastic form pulling off some excellent saves.
Then the break came when James played the ball to Lewis who drove the ball into the box. A deflection took the ball past the Chalfont keeper.
After half time and a well earned rest, the boys kept battling with Arran not just winning the ball but passing the ball onto Tom whose shot just went past the post. Chalfont started to use the extra player more and, but for Sean's tough tackling and and skills, could have equalized. Chalfont pressured more and scored from a well taken corner. Chalfont had to wait till near the end before they got their winning goals.
The lads heads did not go down and they battled to the end. Man of the match went to every single one of the team for a brave effort, even the Chalfont supporters praised the Rams efforts knowing that if we had a full team the win would have been ours.
motm: Arran, Ben, James, Lewis, Sean, Tom
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Unlucky lads! We look forward to getting our own back when they come to our ground for the return fixture!
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