Men's 3s
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Sat 26 Oct 2019  ·  7SW
Royston Hockey Club
Men's 3s
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St Albans 7
Royston M3 v St. Albans M7

Royston M3 v St. Albans M7

Patrick Jordan28 Oct 2019 - 14:55
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0-1 Loss

These two sides know each other well and over recent seasons their matches have rarely showed much between them. And so it proved once more. Royston had to cope with the absence of their main midfielders, so the challenge was there to find other strengths. Those who deputised into midfield performed admirably.

The game started brightly for Royston, but quite quickly St. Albans started to assert themselves. This was, in part, due to a more defensive formation adopted to mitigate midfield absences, and partly the greater youth of the St. Albans side. Royston soaked up the pressure well, but St. Albans scored when a speculative ball into the D at pace was tipped in at the far post.

After the break Royston played with continued belief and passion and between open play and short corners created multiple opportunities. Sadly, none were converted and St. Albans hung on well to their one goal advantage to emerge as winners.

Both sides showed good respect and Royston can look forward to the return fixture with good expectation of a more favourable result.

Match details

Match date

Sat 26 Oct 2019

Kickoff

10:00

Meet time

09:30

Instructions

Meet at Cambridge pitch.

Competition

7SW

League position

3
St Albans 7
5
Royston 3
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