Despite yet another wet weekend the Firsts battled through in difficult conditions and the U18 Boys came out from behind their sofas – where they had been hiding since the previous weekend’s wobble – to record the most entertaining of tremendous wins:
The Firsts beat Indian Gymkhana 4-1 at home in extremely challenging conditions. A rapid start by the Dragons led to them scoring in the first few minutes to put IG on the back foot in an otherwise scrappy first half. The second half started in the same manner with another Dragons goal and from there on in their performance improved – as did the score line! A good win for the Firsts.
The Blues home game to Eastcote British Legion was postponed.
The Old Dragonians lost 1-6 Grove Park Rangers away. The Old D’s poor run of form continued with potentially their worst performance of the season. But the Old Ds approach this coming week with a sense of urgency to put things right as they go into their Cup game on Sunday. A make or break for their season.
The U18 Boys beat Regents Park 4-2 at home in the Premier Division in the most entertaining of matches. The Dragons have had a penchant for wobbling of late and were given every opportunity to follow suit in an extraordinary match. The Dragons pulled ahead to 4-1 when, 20 minutes from the end, a naughty Regents Park player was told to take a rest after confronting the Dragons goalie. In a cruel twist, a strict interpretation of the FA rules led to TWO Dragons players also being forced to take a rest – including their goalie. The Dragons were left with 9 players, and no recognised goalie, against 10 fired up RP players – including their goalie. If ever there was an excuse to wobble this was it. To compound the potential misery Regents Park scored a quick goal and were then awarded a penalty against the Dragons’ stand in goalie. There were squeals of joy when the shot hit the crossbar. The Dragons dug deep, stayed focused and held Regents Park at bay, whilst almost scoring two more goals, to record an eventual tremendous win.
The U13 Boys Red, U13 Boys White, U14 Boys, U15 Boys and U16 Boys all had their games postponed due to unplayable pitches.
The U12 Boys home game to London Athletic was abandoned at 1-2 in the closing minutes due to a LA parent not displaying the behaviour that one would reasonably expect.
The U11 Boys drew 1-1 with an undefeated Wealdstone at home. This was an excellent, well fought match which the Dragons almost won – against a team that had won every match so far this season. So close but in the end a draw was a fair result.
The U10 Boys trained in preparation for entering the League.
The U12 Girls, the U14 Girls League Cup Quarter Final to Regents Park, and the U15 Girls League Cup Quarter Final to Aspire FC were all postponed due to unplayable pitches.