29.06 - 11 a side Friendly at Kingston Colts - Win 5-3

Overall a pleasing result for our 1st friendly with the invitation players playing well for their 1st outing.

Please get to ground at 6.00pm for around a 6.15pm kick off

The ground is at the junction between the A415 and A420.
The road between Oxford and Swindon on the A420 and Standlake and Abingdon on the A415

When at the junction if coming from Oxford take a left at the roundabout towards Abingdon, Southmoor and Millets Farm. Go over the mini roundabout towards Abingdon and Millets Farm.

When over roundabout the road bears to the left you should see Rectory Road to the right and about 100 yards further on there looks like there is a turn to the Cricket and Football ground which should be the same place!

Players are Mehmet, Matthew B, George D, Adam, George M, Grant, Flynn, Maybe Harry Flynns friend, Matthew C, Harry, Louie, Wills.

Tom and Cameron unavailable. Please wear Cumnor kit or dark shorts and socks.

13.06 - Carterton Tournament - SEMI FINALISTS

After a good round of tournaments we qualified in some style for the semi finals.

Carterton Colts B 4-0
Carterton 0-0
Tower Hill Stars 0-0
Oxford City Colts 1-0
Garden City A - 1-0
Ardington B 1-0

At the semi final we met Garden City B and went down 2-0 with Adam being carried off after the 2nd goal.
Garden City lost in the final to Ardington A 2-0

Well played Adam, George D, Grant, Harry, Matthew, Flynn, George M.

We also met two very good potential players from Carterton who we hope join us next season. Lets hope they choose us, Memhet (I hope I have spelt his name correctly - wouldnt be the 1st Ive got wrong) looks a bit like Lionel Messi (plays like him too) and Matthew the Managers son from Carterton - FINGERS CROSSED!!!!!

As soon as we get confirmation and their cards we will order next years kit.

THANK YOU ALL YOU ALWAYS DO YOUR BEST! see you next season

05.06 Radley Tournament - RUNNERS UP

2nd Tournament in 2 Weeks and another 2nd Place

We all thoroughly enjoyed the afternoon BUT we failed to WIN in out HATRICK year - three years in a row, BUT we got to the final and what a final.

BUT WE WERE ALL WINNERS PARENTS AND CHILDREN

What a great tournament and we did not lose a game.

Our results as follows:-
Drayton Wasps 1-0
Eastleigh Whites 1-1 - RINGERS FROM EASTLEIGH
City Colts Dragons 0-0 RINGERS FROM MILTON KEYNES
Blewbury 2-0
Oxford City Colts 0-0
Radley A 1-1 - After Flynn was butchered on the pitch in the oppositions penalty area and sat the rest of the game out. Also Lee was warned by the Ref and Ian uncharacteristically was warned by the same gentleman as well for questioning the colour of his stick and why he only had a toy poodle and not a normal guide.......
Radley B 2-1 - After being 1 down we came back to a draw after a cross from Matthew and a goal from Old Man.Then our RINGER Harry from an unnamed other club scored a cracking goal to go 2-1.

Final against the RINGERS from Eastleigh we were 0-0 after normal time of 5 minutes each way then we went down to 4 outfield players v 4. We had a few chances to win the game but did not manage to get the goal. In extra time Elvis performed a diving header on the goal line to keep out a good shot from the RINGERS that was travelling at some pace. The whole ground clapped for ages. Shortly after we conceded!

I cannot praise our team performance more highly WHAT A TEAM!

Stars were - ADAM - GEORGE D - FLYNN - GRANT - HARRY - MATTHEW - LOUIE PLAYED until 3.30pm but missed the larger part of the excitement but played his part - AND THE MASKED, MAD, MAROUDER, RINGER CALLED HARRY FROM ANOTHER CLUB!!!!!!!

FANTASTIC UNDER 10 FOOTBALL AT ITS BEST!!!!!!!!!!!!

23.05 Charlbury Tournament - RUNNERS UP

Well done to the team overcame the heat and teams from;
Ardington 1-0
Charlbury 1-0
Chesterton 2-0
Ducklington 0-0

There were 3 leagues and both Ducklington and Cumnor went through to the Semi Finals as they both had exactly the same results.

Semi Final
Charlton and District 1-0

Final
Ducklington 1-2

An excellent tounament and we were 2nd to a good Ducklington team, thanks to the players

Adam
George M - 2 Goals - An excellent penalty!
Grant
George D
Harry - 3 Goals
Flynn - 1 Goal
Matthew

03.05 Presentation Night

Dear all thanks for supporting the night!

Coaches Player - George (Shooting Boots) for an outstanding defensive contribution

Players Player - Flynn in his 1st season for his drive, determination and dynamic personality

Parents Player - Grant (Elvis) in his 1st season has moved from forward to defense and has improved dramatically throughout the season with strength, determination and drive

Most Improved Player - Cam whos speed and strength seems to increase with every match

Golden boot - Wills and  Harry for 15 goals each throughout the season an outstanding contribution to the teams success.

Moments of the season - Tom for playing left back using only his right foot when injured and Adam for his fantastic half way line goal.

Other mentions to our team and congratulations to -

George (Old Man Walcott) for an improvement on being most improved player last season.
Matthew for having the patience of a Saint and from time to time having a sublime touch when on form

Our Thanks to Charlie who leaves us this year due to study commitments who will be missed particularly by his fellow school friends, we hope he continues his football when his work eases

THANKS TO ALL THE PLAYERS FROM MARK, IAN AND ALL THE PARENTS, WE HAVE ENJOYED THE SEASON. WE HAVE PLAYED WITH PRIDE AND WITH SPORTSMANSHIP THAT SHOULD NEVER LEAVE ANY OF US THROUGHOUT OUR LIVES!

27.03 Cumnor Minors v Deddington Town Colt Cheetahs (Win 4-2)

The last game of the season and we could not play it on the normal pitch as it was waterlogged.

WE FINISH IN 3RD PLACE OBSCURITY, WE ALL HAVE HAD A LOVELY SEASON AND LOOK FORWARD TO NEXT YEAR AT 11 A SIDE!

After making the small pitch as wide as possible we played on that. Both pitches we have are regulation size one the largest possible dimensions the other the smallest possible dimensions.

The management took some light hearted stick from the "Jerry", the Deddington coach. Probably had something to do with the slating we previously gave his pitch. People in glass houses, Pot and kettle come to mind. The one game we play on the postage stamp was this one!

Anyway after last week we returned to normal and the pitch may have suited us better than them. The starting GIANTS were

Adam - In goal good saves one David James moment!
Old Man - Left back one parent said his speed particularly in the seccond game mirrored Theo Walcott
Shooting Boots - Chopper had a very good secure game as usual some nice touches up front in the 2nd game
Cam - Ran like the wind and gave us that extra bit of pace that we were missing last week in defense.
Wills - Was all over the place and his football was good to! Did a good job on their best player and had an enjoyable coming together with their 8th player, their corner flag who won the ball from him on a corner.
Bomber - Somewhat theatrical at times but made challenges and battled like only he can. A TERRY FRYING performance. (Terryfiying I think).
Flynn - Battled and scored tough as boots of old
Matthew - Gave it his all and helped us with 8 players this week well done.

1-0 6 mins good goal from Wills
2-0 18 mins Cam follow in from Harrys challenge on the goal keeper that was headed and Cam flicked in. However, he only realised he had scored after the kick off?
3-0 21 mins A bit of a goal scramble did Harrys boot get to it or did the keeper parry in - we give it to Bomber because if he had not been there it would not have happened wether he scored or not.
3-1 35 mins Bit of a David James or was that the next goal?
4-1 36 mins a speculative charge down by Flynn he then scored from an acute angle, Are all Flynns goals speculative, must be more like skill.
4-2 Late on a goal after some pressing and good passing but not enough closing down.

Overall not the best passing performance but a good battling one, well done a credit to all and I mean that for both teams!

Friendly around 9-0 ish to us. Man of the match Wills sponsored by the Royal Mail maker of small stamps!

Overall we wish Deddington Town Colts Cheaters sorry Cheetahs well. A good 2nd position finish in the league WELL DONE a nice team with a good manager and parents. ( I hope that helps mend some of the comments I made about their field, sorry pitch).

THANKS TO ALL THE BOYS WHO HAVE MADE THIS SEASON THE MOST ENJOYABLE FOR BOTH IAN AND MARK  WE ARE PROUD OF ALL YOUR EFFORT AND YOUR PLAY- WELL DONE, V GOOD, HIP HIP ETC.......

PS Next time I leave the ground I really must put the tailgate up as all our kit and belongings were spread across the road into cumnor!!!! If anybody sees a pink jump suit with light blue bells on, around the roads in Cumnor, let me know I might know the owner!

27.03 Cumnor Minors v Deddington Town Colts Cheaters 10.30 KO

At home, we need a ref etc ....... help etc.......... some players...... see you their!

20.03 Cumnor Minors v Launton Boys (Loss 2-4)

A short match report as we have not a lot to say!

Starting Adam, Old Man, Shooting boots, Tom, Harry, Wills and Flynn.

Started ok, some nice interplay and passing for the 1st goal followed by a fairly easy tap in by Will on 8 mins. Over the whole game we did not see enough of this passing that made the 1st opportunity possible.
They broke and we didnt clear when we had the opportunity HT 1-1.

Matthew and Charlie on at HT

Flynn scored another speculative goal again - So that means they cant be speculative! and we were 2-1 at 21 mins.We did not close down fast enough and were punished by a goal 2-2 at 26 mins

We then had a comming together in the other teams penalty area which resulted in Harry and Flynn being carried off. We were then muscled out of the game going 3-2 down at 33 mins and 4-2 down on 40 mins. FT 2-4.

We really must make our challenges in future and not be scared of a challenge, George M played well at the back, Harry, Flynn and Wills battled well. But when Harry and Flynn departed we looked short on challenges and were rewarded with a loss.

Well done to Launton who we understand played one of their best games of the season.They certainly battled and over the whole match deserved the victory.

Man of the match for his battling performance against players at least 8 times his size was Flynn. Sponsored by Rennie "Melts away the misery of bad indigestion"

Dont be downhearted there always is another game!!!!!!

20.03 Home v Launton Boys 11am KO

The penultimate league game of the season!

13.03 Charlton v Cumnor Minors (Win 2-0)

After laying down the gauntlet to see which parent could get to the pitch 1st from the Vine, Richard picked Ian at the post in his souped up Volvo estate a relic from Touring car racing past!
"A great battling performance"

The sun shined the boys played well what more could anybody want on a Saturday morning? The coaches from Charlton were very welcoming and the pitch which we know slopes, was in very good condition. The tea was also very tasty.

Starting line up, Bomber, Flynn, Cam, Elvis, Old man and Chopper alias shooting boots with Adam in goal.

We played positionally well from the start which always is a good thing. You can then let the quality of your football dictate the result. Our 1st goal after 8 minutes was scored after some excellent interplay and passing between, Chopper, Flynn and finished by Bomber. We puts lots of pressure on their team and had a few good shots but Charlton always looked like they could break and score. HT 1-0

Wills for Flynn, and the pressure continued and we were rewarded with 2nd goal. Harry who broke their play down on the half way line took the ball through their defense and shot. Their goalkeeper parried and Cam finished off. FT 2-0

We brought on Charlie and then later Tom and kept our momentum going but near the end Charlton started to apply some pressure and we saw the last couple of minutes out after a couple of Charlton shots.

Overall very good closing down, very good passing, very good calling for the ball, very good defending, very good positional play and to top that Adam was not that bad either with some good saves and stops! An excellent team performance. Charlton have only conceded 10 goals in 15 games prior to this an excellent record from a good side who are a credit to their parents and managers. Also excellent goalkeeping there was a fine save from Bomber who threw a hard long one into the top corner which was saved following 2 handball incidents.

Friendly around 6-0 to Cumnor!

Cams man of the match sponsored by the "Ben Nevis Mountain Rescue Team" who operate first aid on the Charlton pitch was Bomber

All in all a good Saturday morning!

13.03 Away v Charlton and District 10.30 KO

06.03 Cumnor Minors v Carterton (Win 2-1)

After 3 months of waiting for a home game, finally the tea shop gets some much needed funds!

As for the match, well without our beloved leader on the touchline praying for spirital guidance how would we cope?

Team lined up as:- Adam,George,Elvis,Bomber,Will, Matthew and Flynn.

The answer to the question above was OKish!!!!!! With total dominance of the match from the off and with shots aplenty from Will, Matt, Harry and Flynn surely it would only be amatter of time before we took the lead, BUT NO half time it was 0-0.

Changes were made Cam for Flynn, Tom for Harry and Charlie for George.

The second started very well as Cam finished from close range after a pass from Will 1-0, things should now settle down and more goals hopefully will come, how wrong I was and total confusion in the defence let Carterton in for a equaliser.

More changes George for Grant, Harry for Will and Flynn for Matt, the boys now had to dig in and try and grind out a result, of which they did. A cross from Harry was tucked in by Flynn with 5 minutes remaining,they then managed to hang on for the victory.

Not the most convincing of victories but a win is a win, with every boy contrbuting in some way or form during the match we all should be pleased with ourselves. WELL DONE LADS KEEP IT UP FOR THE NEXT 3 GAMES.

Man of the Match was Grant solid as a rock at the back, playing with great confidence,well done Elvis.

Friendly Match W 6-1.various scorers

Thanks to Carterton for the match played in the right spirit,all the best to them for the future.

cheers MARK

06.03 Home v Carterton KO 10.30 KO

Dear all as long as pitch has recovered from its serious bout of gout then we will not have to reverse the fixture. Please players arrive at 10.00am latest.

27.02 Cumnor Minors v Banbury Youth (Rev Fix) (Loss 2-4)

Due to a pitch that is draining as fast as Cumnor play from the first whistle, the game had to be reversed! After a long journey we arrived at a suprisingly good Ironstones pitch.

What can we say but we started so slowly and hardly made a telling challenge over the first five minutes. Several coach and horses kept drifting around in front of our defence, who remained static and strangely stood a long way from the opposition. Banbury had time to feed and water the horses before passing to their players before scoring and the out of position Cumnor defense spotting they were there!

Several times this year we have started this way and we continue to be punished!

                              (Photo kindly reproduced from Mark and Lynnes photo album)
After the first 2 goals we started improving slowly scraping the sleepy dust from our eyes, but after the 3rd goal it appeared we woke up and started to steady the super tanker! Towards the end of the first half we started playing football. The second half was all Cumnor with some majestic tackling by Wills and Bomber Harry in midfield. Some of Bombers hard tackles got a bit near the mark due to timing, but we would not discourage the effort and attack he put into the game. Banbury had one attack and they scored on the break when it was 3-2.

Game statistics

Starting - Adam, Cam, Shooting Boots, Charlie, Elvis, Bomber and Wills - Old man George sick.

0-1- 30 Seconds Defensive closing down

0-2 - 2 minutes Defensive closing down

0-3 - 10 minutes goal

1-3 - 19 minutes cross by Wills Harry flicked in

HT 1-3

Subs On - Matthew and Flynn for Cam and Charlie - Tom agreed to replace Adam in goal who was injured.

2-3 - 33 minutes super strike by Matthew

2-4 - 38 minutes Cumnor pressing, break by Banbury goal!

Friendly playing 9 a side around 6-1 to Cumnor.

Adam tried to take on every player on the pitch after his knock on the head, we can only assume that the medicine that Lynne gave him was not actually Calpol but some of Marks steriods found at the bottom corner of her hand bag.

Cams man of the match sponsored by (Jekyll and Hyde) was Grant for his tireless defending!

I personally would have given it to Old man George who did not take part in our slow start!!!!!!!

What can I say!!!!!! Thats football and well done to Banbury who we expect will finish champions!

27.02 Home v Banbury Youth 10.45 KO

Kick off 10.45 Referee required

13.02 Brackley Town v Cumnor Minors (Win 3-6)

A strange scoreline that reflects the effort that the seven Brackley players put in. Nobody would know this side were at the bottom of league and deserve to be in a much better position after this performance.They gave us a good run for our money and played some good quality football. The players this week were concentrating from the off, but Backley took the lead three times only to be pegged back each time by a dogged Cumnor. HT 3-2 to Brakelea! The second half we looked stronger, muscled them out and closed them down earning a deserved result, but only because of the quality and effort that the whole team put in. A very good performance in the end that hopefully has helped the teams resolve in difficult circumstances.

Our starting stars were, Adam, Shooting boots, Old Man, Flynn, Tom with Harry and Matthew leading the line!

1-0 3 mins Bakely scored from a quick break
1-1 6 mins Flynn headed in an excellent cross from Matthew
2-1 12 mins Old man failed to get his legs in gear and a shot was deflected by shooting boots
2-2 14 mins Harrys turn and shot within the penalty area
3-2 16 mins Sprackley scored again!

HT Changes Tom, Flynn Matthew off for Cameron, Wills and Elvis

3-3 22 mins All players stopped after a cross from Wills was handballed in the penalty area, the whistle did not go but Harry played on and scored a tap in! Harry always plays on EVEN when the goalkeeper has had the ball for five minutes in both hands!!!!!!!!!!
3-4 Will turned and shot from outside the box and it went in the bottom corner
3-5 Harry took a hard long shot, the goalkeeper saved but could not hold, lightning Cam broke the back of the net from 2 foot!
3-6 Repeat of goal 5, Harrys hard shot, Cams speed, 2 foot, broken net!

Cams man of the match sponsored by Andrex after going down behind 3 times was Wills who in the second half was everywhere!

Special mentions to Harry for work and shots, Cam for his pace and strength in midfield, Flynn for his total effort that he always gives, Elvis for his power and silky voice singing 'love me tender'which mesmorised the Leyback midfield!

Well done to all a great team performance and an enjoyable match! Friendly 4-0 ish! Well Done BRACKLEY!

13.02 Away v Brackley Town - KO 10.30 AM TBA

The forecast on Tuesday for Friday Night is -2 degrees warming to 4 degrees on Saturday cloudy

06.02 Deddington Town Colts Lions v Cumnor Minors (Win 3-1)

On a warm and sunny morning (compared to the snow and ice) the squad turned up less George D who was sick and Charlie.

We met a lovely bunch of parents, coaches and children for what was always going to be an enjoyable match due to their hospitality.

Starting was Adam, Tom, Cam, Flynn, Grant, Mathew and Wills, playing an experimental formation at the back without George M, George D or Charlie.

We started slowly and seemed to have lost the polish we had over the last few games. The team looked out of position the closing down and marking was sloppy. It looked like a team thrown together for a Sunday afternoon in the park. One of the managers of the Cumnor team was the loudest he had been all season and was seen on his knees at one point praying for deliverance! or had he lost...........his voice?

We reaped our just reward when Deddington who were much the better side scored after 10 minutes. The good looking Cumnor coaches then made a change and brought on George M in defence and almost immediately we looked a better balanced side.

The forwards seemed to have more confidence and Flynn was rewarded with a speculative goal after a good run and chasing, after 13 minutes (well deserved for Flynn). Following this we seemed to take a further step up in improvement and following a corner from Tom, Wills finished well.

2-1 at half time and Harry came on. Our game improved constantly during the second half and following a penalty being awarded Harry slotted it home professionally on the floor in the corner (3-1).

After this we pressed and were never going to lose with Lions defending deep inside their half.

Friendly match around 10-0 to Cumnor, the team played out of position and did everything that was asked of them that they did not do in the 1st match!

Cams man of the match generously sponsored by "Cossack hair styling for men" as featured on Mr Doyes bouffant barnet was Shooting boots for steadying a wayward ship, who also scored a hat trick in the friendly.

Well done to all including Lions we wish them well!

06.02 Away v Deddington Town Colts Lions KO 10.30

30.01 - Ducklington v Cumnor Minors (Draw 0-0) (Loss 3-0 AET) Qtr Fin Cup

DAYLIGHT ROBBERY!!!!!!!

We must not let a DREADFUL referee take away the performance that Cumnor put on at a cold and icy Ducklington pitch. Ducklington managers were friendly with also Ex Ardington parents being very friendly!

What can we say but a marvellous team performance, our first game back after the long break!

We matched Ducklington from start to finish and there was little to seperate the two teams after normal time.

The starting line up of Adam, George D, George M, Cam, Grant, Harry and Wills started well with a couple of half chances in the 1st 10 minutes. Ducklington came back with a squandered half chance and all was level at half time.

In the second half changes were made, Matthew came on for Grant and played centre forward with both Harry and Wills supporting. It was hoped that Harry and Wills could have some long shots with Matthew making a general nuisance of himself up front could poach a goal. However, the excellent pressure from the Ducklington defence meant chances were hard to find. Further changes were made with Flynn for Wills and Charlie for George D. At the other end it was similar Ducklington found few opportuunities to break our strong defence, although Adam made some very solid saves in the tricky conditions.

Ducklington did have one shot that Adam parried and it came back to him off the post, shouts of goal were made from the Ducklington parents, from my angle it looked like it could have been either way, but from the referees position he simply could not have given it? However Adam looked like butter would not melt in his mouth and Im sure would have convinced any referee it was not a goal RADA would be proud!

At the end of normal time 0-0.

Tom came on then during playing the first part of extra time the SHOUTING point occured, a Ducklington player kicked the ball directly at Charlie who was two feet away. he was standing sideways on and it hit his arm!

PENALTY - One coach did not react as he could not believe what was happening the other was ready to remove the referees small intestine! The Ducklington coach said it was not a penalty but it ultimately decided the game!

After this we chased the game leaving gaping holes at the back and got caught twice.

'Cams Man of the match' could have been lots of us, but it was given to the mud man who played in goal for Cumnor!

Friendly about 3-2 to Cumnor, Thanks to all at Ducklington and the boys for the match we hope they get through in the semi v Bicester Town or Chasewell for the cup final. WELL DONE!