Into
Round 4 of Group B and we had a top of the table
clash to look forward to as leaders Lozenetz City
faced their closest rivals in Crouch End Rangers.
Often these matches can prove feisty, close and
even contests that are won or lost by small margins.
This was not to be in this case as Lozenetz City
sent out a message to their Group B challengers
that they were top dog. In Manchester last week,
Lozenetz City started slowly eeking out narrow
victories and increasing the margin of their wins
as the games progressed. History was repeating
itself here as they hit Crouch End Rangers for
six. The goals were showed around as Atanas Minev,
Bojidar Gorchev(2), Ivan Stoyanov, Alexander Kyulev
and Tsoni Petrov all found the back of the net.
The result ensured their Cup qualification and
left Crouch End Rangers needing to pick themselves
up for their final group game. The defeat meant
they slipped from 2nd to 4th in the Group B standings.
Bosco
then conceded their three walkover points to Wilhelmus
B with the latter moving level on 6 points with
Crouch End Rangers and Kings Old Boys.
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Kings
Old Boys had the opportunity to jump out of the
chasing pack in their next match with victory
against RFM. RFM though were looking for a win
themselves which would mean they shared a 4-way
mid-table position on 6 points and make things
really interesting going into the last round of
games. We were treated to a 7 goal bonanza in
this tie and when the goals fly in like this you're
never sure how the game is going to end. When
the referee's final whistle drew proceedings to
a close it was Kings Old Boys who ended up on
the right side of the scoreline claiming a crucial
4-3 win.
Kings
Old Boys hero was Paul Veasey who scored Group
B's first hat-trick and in fact the first hat-trick
of the day. Add in a Martyn Kent strike and you
had the ammunition to outgun a Gary Walsh double
and Lee Clark goal for RFM. RFM would need to
pull a result out the bag in their 5th game but
Kings Old Boys fate was now in their own hands
as they sat in a very healthy position to join
the Bulgarians in reaching the final four.
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