League: Sunday League

Sunday leagues

El Caliente vs Duno FC

We welcome Duno into the top flight this season after they tore things up in league one for most of the second half of the last campaign, and they started their top flight life against an El Caliente team who had struggled for numbers going into this opening game.

When Calvin Alexander gave the top flight new boys the lead in the first minute it looked like they could be on for a comfortable night, and Liam Watson doubled their lead 10 minutes later. Caliente hit back and two goals in 4 minutes from Fidelis Eberebge had us level at Desmond 4 minutes before the break. Watson got his second on the stroke of half time to restore Duno’s lead, and they went into the interval 3-2 in front.

Alexander got the first goal of the second half to give Duno a two goal lead again, but Ryan McAndrew ensured they didn’t run away with it at that point as he grabbed two goals to make it 4-4 with 9 minutes to play. Duno quickly went back in front as Watson got his third, and as Caliente began to run out of legs, further goals from Luke Newsham and Watson finished things off to give Duno a winning start in a tough opening game.

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Insole vs Kinky Slipper

A last minute juggle around ended up seeing the top two from last season going at it on the opening night with Kinky Slipper keen to avenge their loss to Insole on the final night last season last week in a game that wrapped up Insole’s second straight title win (happy now?).

While last week’s game saw quite an open first half with plenty of goals at either end, this week’s was a far more cautious affair, with just a solitary Wes Harney goal the difference between the sides as Kinky went into the break 1-0 up.

When Joe Lailey doubled that lead 7 minutes into the second half, Kinky looked good for getting their season off to a winning start, but Jack Atkinson pulled one back for Insole a minute later. Kinky looked to have regained control when Jordan Hutchinson made it 3-1 with 15 minutes to go, but Atkinson’s second 6 minutes from time set us up for a big finish. Jordan Cunningham grabbed the final goal of the game three minutes from the end to give Insole a share of the spoils as this ongoing rivalry looks set to continue for another season.

 

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Wellspring FC vs Polish Army

Polish Army doubled up their dose of weekly Ballers action by adding the Sunday league to their current Wednesday subscription, and took on a Wellspring team on their opening night who they will have played previously on that midweek night.

It was the Wellspring boys who took a firm grip on this one in the early stages, as Mike Devitt grabbed a couple of goals in the opening 11 minutes to give them a two goal lead. That was three 7 minutes from the break as Lewis Arden got on the score sheet, and it seemed like it might have been game over before the interval.

It looked likely for a lot of the second half that the game might just drift out to a comfortable Wellspring win, but goals from Kamil 4 minutes from time and Marcin two minutes later meant we were set for a grandstand finish. There was one more goal before the end of the game, but it confirmed the win for Wellspring as Mike Cocks scored in the final minute.

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The McMuffin Men vs Kinky Slipper

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FC AOTS vs Exeter Gently

It’s been proving an ever more difficult task for Exeter Gently to field a side this season, and we’ll be hoping that the prospect of some more positive results in a lower division might bring some of their old players back into the fold. That being said, this wasn’t going to be an easy start against an AOTS team who only finished third behind two very good teams in this division last season.

As possibly expected, it was AOTS who got off to the better start, Adam Duty scoring two and Eoghan Scott a third in the opening 10 minutes. Chris Igo did pull one back for Exeter half way through the period, but an own goal (hi Phil) and Scott’s second made it 5-1 at the break.

Things didn’t get much better for Exeter after the break, as two early goals from Adam Atherton killed off any hopes of a second half revival. Duty added two more, Tom Dennerly and Ben Jamieson one apiece, to see AOTS get off to a comfortable start to what they hope will be a season of promotion.

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