Wembley A 5 v 1 Kensington Dragons U11s The under 11s travelled to Wembley A away, an undefeated Premier League side, in the fourth round of the Middlesex Cup. The Wembley team were extremely skilful, well organised and physically fit and intimidating. They started the better of the two teams, hitting the framework of the…
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Kensington Dragons U14A 4 v 2 Willesden Constantine It appeared the team had not recovered from last Sunday’s physical encounter against the same opposition as we went behind in the 3rd minute as a cleared corner fell to a WC midfielder outside our penalty area who hit a screamer of a volley straight into the…
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Kensington Dragons 3 v 0 Broadfields United The chance to continue the Dragons good form would come against a struggling Broadfields side that had nothing to prove and everything to play for. It was on this basis that Dragons needed to be prepared for a difficult game knowing that only a good performance would provide…
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The U11’s beat Old Actonions 4-1 at St Marks in the Middx Cup to proceed to the next round against AFC Wembley on Sunday. It was a relief to play the match. With Bessingby Park Rangers from the previous round fighting a rear-guard action to push the Dragons aside on a technicality it had taken…
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The U12’s lost 0-6 against Kodak at St Marks. It was a confusing start with Kodak wearing brand-spanking-new kit, identical to the Dragons. With the referee lost in transit the Dragons coach bravely stepped forward to officiate. There was nothing to separate the teams before Kodak unleashed their secret weapon – giving the Dragons a…
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The U15 Eagles lost 1-4 to Bedfont Eagles at Linford Christie in the Middx Cup. The Dragons had done marvellously to come so far in the Cup and at half time their journey was still in full swing at 1-1. The ruthless Bedfont then rather chillingly scored to win. The cup run had been fun…
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The U16’s beat Parkfield 5-2 away on a diminutive pitch crammed next to other diminutive pitches. In truth the game was fairly scrappy for much of the time with players having to queue up to stand on the patch of grass. Parkfield had previously beaten the Dragons; coming from 0-2 down to win 4-2 at…
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Willesden Constantine 4 v 2 Kensington Dragons U14A On a large, stodgy, long grassed pitch the Dragons met a physical Willesden C. team and were afforded little protection from the ref who let a number of shall we say over zealous challenges go by. The Dragons started slowly and found themselves behind after 10 mins…
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Kensington Dragons U15A 9 v 1 Rugby Portobello Trust The team today won 9-1 in a match that saw 4 players of the opponent team sent off with red cards. After the Dragons scored 1-0, in rapid succession a Portobello’s player was sent off on a (probably unintentional) foul, a penalty kick was assigned on…
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Kensington Dragons Reserves 1 v Fire United Christian Reserves Kensington Dragons Reserves faced the last team in the league table at home on Saturday afternoon. Another game against a team which had been beaten by Dragons before appeared to be easy. It was a difficult experience especially when the opponents brought almost a whole new…
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