U15s go down fighting

Crawley Green 0 Icknield 1

Crawley Green's U15s went down fighting in a closely contested League Cup final held at Dunstable Town's ground.

Crawley started brightly, putting the Icknield defence under pressure but an early lapse in concentration cost them dear. Waiting for an offside flag which never came, an Icknield forward ran clear of the lads in maroon and coolly slotted the ball past keeper Bain after 7 minutes.

The next 33 minutes proved much of the same with Crawley competing well in midfield without looking threatening in attack, and only a superb save by man-of-the-match Bain kept the score at 1-0 at the interval.

Crawley upped the tempo in the second half and went close to equalising when a Garrett free kick slammed against the crossbar with the goalkeeper stranded.

The Icknield keeper saves well low down as Crawley look for a loose ball.

Urged on by the combative Flecknell, Crawley again had slightly the better of the possession but Icknield always looked the more likely to score and Bain proved his worth with three more terrific saves.

The maroons go close . . . but not close enough!

The youngsters did themselves proud with Garrett looking solid at the back and Flecknell and Fletcher having good games but the
1-0 scoreline was probably a just reflection on the game as Icknield ran out worthy winners.

Once more the Crawley boys test the keeper

Our gallant U15s receive their runners-up medals.