Christ The King Final

View from the Dugout
It seems a long 7me ago since I wrote my last piece for
the when programme before our 6-0 first defeat of the
season at home against Wem Town. That game seems to
be a good star7ng point, may I say that’s the performance
of the players that day was unacceptable. We can forgive
mistakes and also poor performances because no one
does them on purpose. One thing we cannot forgive is
players not giving everything on the pitch and carrying
out our instruc7ons. Whilst I'm not saying that applies to
every player it applies to some.
To turn up at Old Wulfrunians the following week and
play the way we did, securing a 2-0 away win against our rivals was nothing but chalk and cheese
compared to our last performance. It just shows what the squad and players can do, we were
pleased with the desire and work rate shown in the game. We knew it would be a tough game to go
into and I thought we thoroughly deserved the 2-0 win on the day as they didn’t really have a good
chance or dominate the game at any 7me.
The return fixture at Wem with the thoughts of our last game against them, we were determined to
give a be@er account of ourselves. We were forced into changes again due to injuries and player of
availability. We started the game well going a goal in front early with a Sam Giles penalty and should
have gone up to two nil up five minutes later.
Wem came back into the game and had the be@er of the first half and deserved to go in a half-7me
one up. The second half as a different story, we once again came out sharper showing a real intent,
but we couldn’t find the net which we paid for soon aBerwards. Following an a@ack, we lost the ball
close to the Wem area and they scored from a counter a@ack. The lads managed to get back into the
game with a well worked Sco@ Broadway header aBer fine work wide on the leB from Ant Nicholls
and Sev. Despite going three upfront we couldn’t find an equaliser before the end of the game.
Overall, we gave a much be@er account of ourselves and ba@le to the end another day we may have
got a result.
Wednesday, we played our second round J.W. Hunt Cup game against Atherstone Town of the Total
Mo7on Midlands Football League Division One. Atherstone play at the same level as our WMRL
Premier clubs and having already beaten two WMRL teams 4-0 away from home this season in Cup
compe77ons we knew that it would be an extremely difficult fixture. But given the distance to travel,
injuries within the squad and also player availability we were always going to be on the back foot.
A 6-1 loss was a fait result, they are a really good side, who move the ball quickly and at pace.
Finally, on behalf of the players and the management team I would like to thank all spectators that
have must have travelled nearly 200 miles for our last two away games. To travel almost into Wales
and then well into Warwickshire it’s a huge ask. We cannot thank you enough and salute you for
your uncondi7onal support.
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