The 4s secured another 3 points on Saturday with a hard-fought victory over Brooklands. Despite another much-changed side, with debuts for James W and Matt W alongside the return of Mark C and Andy S, the core of the team remained intact. We settled quickly into the game and were soon 1-0 up thanks to a well-worked goal from Matt C. Brooklands responded with a breakaway goal 10 minutes later and continued to pose a scoring threat, keeping our defenders on their toes. The fact that much of this threat came from Kirky passing the ball straight to their forwards was a point of lively discussion during the post-match debrief. Thankfully, Pete L spared any blushes with a deflected goal to restore our lead at 2-1 going into half-time. The first half also saw the much-heralded return of Stammers to the pitch, swiftly followed by a return to the subs' bench to get his breath back.

The 2nd half was much the same as the first. James W was a constant menace on the right, and once Kirky had stopped giving the ball away, our efforts were rewarded with a sublime goal set up by Cooky and put away with aplomb by Matt C to make it 3-1. Brooklands underlined their scoring threat with a late goal to leave a fairly tense final 10 minutes, though we saw out the win to cap a good day at the office.

MOTM: James W- great debut performance from James

DOTD: Kirky-too busy thinking about moving house