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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British Airways 2 v Kensington Dragons 3 After having a deserved week of rest Dragons looked to finish the year in good form and a difficult task against last years champs would be the first of three. Sporting the new away strip the players must not have recognised each other as they started slowly and…
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Kensington Dragons U15A 2 v 0 Forest United Youth After a narrow defeat in our last outing the young Dragons were looking to make up for it and they started very brightly as we took full control of the match. A snap shot early in the game from striker Tim was good enough to test…
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Kensington Dragons U15 Eagles 0 v 1 Wealdstone Back to earth, wake up call, rude awakening call it what you like, but as we trudged home after an hour or so of tough, vain sluggery, the truth was plain to see: we were beaten by a team whose single shot belied the constant pressure…
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