A wet week lead to a wet weekend with most matches cancelled and those that were not maybe should have been. The only bright light was the successful start of the Girls’ Section on Friday evenings from 5.30-7pm on the main pitch at the Westway – all girls aged from 9-15 are welcome to join…
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YAC Ealing 7 - 2 Kensington Dragons U14 Eagles So it was the biggest game of the season. The pitch was a quagmire and we lost 7-2. But when the embarrassed opposition manager shakes your hand and apologises for the conduct of his players while praising yours, you know you¹ve got something spot on. As…
DetailsKensington Dragons Reserves 2 v 5 St Lawrence Reserves The limited squad this week was improved upon with 2 additions from the First Team due to their fixture being postponed. The positivity on arrival at the ground was quickly dented finding that the St Lawrence first team’s game had also fallen to the weather, and…
DetailsWe press on. It is that time of year that favours the resilient: The Firsts beat Lancaster 3-1 Away. The week off did nothing to help the team’s rhythm where the tempo and quality in the opening exchanges were lower than expected. This was matched by limp attempts off the ball to regain possession with…
DetailsGibbons Wreckers 6 v 3 Kensington Dragons U11s A full squad of U11’s faced the established Gibbons Wreckers leading to an exciting first half ending 3 – 2 to GW and an outstanding performance by the KD U11’s who with a bit more finessing and fine tuning would have found the net 3 or 4…
DetailsBrentham Colts 4 v 3 Kensington Dragons U13s A warmish Autumn morning greeted the U13s on their trip to Brentham, on a tight pitch and an opposition containing 3 players who size would have not have been out of place in a first team fixture. Brentham opened the scoring following a goal mouth scramble as…
DetailsAFC Southall 1 v 3 Kensington Dragons Reserves After the management shook things up, the Reserves were able to cling on to some positivity after a poor run of 3 straight defeats. With numerous players in new positions they started sloppily with an array of misplaced passes. However the defence, also with a new look,…
DetailsLancaster 1 v Kensington Dragons 3 The week off did nothing to help the team’s rhythm on the pitch or so it appeared in the opening exchanges in the game where the tempo and quality were lower than expected. This was matched by limp attempts off the ball to regain possession and the inevitable happened…
DetailsVariable weather saw various Dragons on various pitches on this Remembrance Sunday: The U11’s lost to unbeaten London Athletic at St Marks in a better performance than the score line would suggest. A full squad, sporting their new look football kit, roared into action and after ten minutes were winning 2-0 with a Premier League…
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Pinstars FC 3 v 7 Kensington Dragons U14 Eagles We dug deep, pulled together, never let our heads drop, and though the odds, at times, were against it – we finally made it to Pinner. But if the patient opposition were hoping our lack of pre-match preparation would give them the edge, they were sorely disappointed. In…
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