Snow Business

We awoke to a white Sunday morning but, by the time we were listening to the sound of leather-on-leather in pre-match warm-up, the thaw was well underway.

We were playing at home to Kempston but, due to a pitch availability issue, we in fact played at their ground. We easily beat them in the away fixture, but their team was clearly fired up and they enjoyed the first attack.

We soon found some attacking form ourselves - Luke making several threatening runs. The first goal, though, was a rare headed effort from Elijah. 1 - 0 up after about 8 minutes.

However, Kempston very nearly cancelled this out immediately. Their shot struck the post before rebounding into Harry's grasp.

Greg was also looking very dangerous, and Luke found a cross for another Elijah header - this time just over the bar. Elijah, in turn, provided a pass for Fred whose shot ran across the face of goal.

However, we were not dominating and a single-goal lead is always fragile. Perhaps we needed to take our chances better.

Greg took a shot from the wing and as it passed in front of goal, Fred looked like he ought to be able to get a final foot on it. However, he strangely pulled out of the move, to the dismay of the crowd. Then, strangely, the ref pointed to the centre circle. Realisation dawned - the ball had crossed the line and passed through a hole in the side netting. 2 - 0, finally !

Cameron - taking a midfield role - was very active and played a key role in goal #3. The end of that move involved a Fred cross into Elijah who made a simple tap-in.

It was almost four on the stroke of half-time - Fred headed onto the post and Cameron hesitated as he thought the ball would fall into the net. Kempston were able to get it away to hold the deficit the three goals.

However, it was not long into the second period that goal #4 arrived - Luke getting a deserved goal originating from an early corner.

Elijah's hat-trick came as he combined well with Greg and it looked like Brickhill could run away with the game. Kempston wasted a golden chance as their strikers hesitated on the line and on the counterattack, Ewan got a strong shot in to make it 6 - 0.

Kempston did finally score and then entered a period of good possession, but failed to add a second. In fact, Fred added his name to the scoresheet with a minute or so to go.

A good performance from the team, which included a number of positional changes. A good start to our run-in where we really need to take maximum points from all the remaining games if we are to challenge for promotion.

BRICKHILL WANDERERS 7 - 1 KEMPSTON COLTS
Elijah (8min, 27, 34), Greg (25), Luke (31), Ewan (38), Fred (59)