Atiko Team (Spa)

2

V

1

Lacey Green FC (Eng)

Kings Old Boys (Eng)

1

V

1

Shortest In The Shower (Eng)

Aint Got A Clue (Eng)

4

V

2

Lacey Green FC (Eng)

Atiko Team (Spa)

2

V

2

Shortest In The Shower (Eng)

Kings Old Boys (Eng)

2

V

1

Aint Got A Clue (Eng)

 

Game 6 threw Atiko Team and Lacey Green together with the Spanish side looking to make it three wins out of three and the English team looking to avoid a third successive defeat. It was a tidy opening for Lacey Green and the teams were looking quite evenly matched. At the interval the teams could not be separated and they turned around level at 0-0.

 

Lacey Green were then to lose one of their players to injury and maybe this was a decisive factor in determining the outcome of this game. In the second half Atiko Team scored twice through Ramon and Santi to outgun a strike from Lacey Green's Tony Shadbolt. The final score of 2-1 meant Atiko Team had opened up a 3 point lead at the top.

 

For Lacey Green it was another defeat but they were far from outclassed. All defeats were narrow losses and on another day with a bit more luck they could have fared much better.

 
 
 

With Atiko Team moving on to 9 points, Shortest In The Shower needed a victory to keep pace at the top of the table. In their way stood Kings Old Boys who were fresh from their first win of the day and tails were up. A win here for Kings Old Boys would put them level with Shortest In The Shower and make it a two-horse race for the second Cup qualification place.

 

Kings Old Boys got off to the perfect start as Martyn Kent gave them a lead in this fixture. Shortest In The Shower were then to show their ability and show just why they had a 100% record thus far. Jordan Guthrie kept up his goal per game scoring record and popped up with the equalizer. It was a valuable goal and a goal that earned a point. They consolidated second place.

 

Kings Old Boys were safely in 3rd place and would need a victory and hope for other results to go their way in order to make the Cup.

 
 
 

Aint Got A Clue and Lacey Green FC were both in search of their first points of the day when they came face to face. A win for either here would mean Plate qualification whereas defeat would consign the losers to the Wooden Spoon.

 

An even first half saw the teams level at 1-1 thanks to Nick Tyson (Aint Got A Clue) and Tony Shadbolt (Lacey Green FC). In their previous game Lacey Green had been level at half-time, lost a player to injury and then lost the game. They say lightning doesn't strike twice but it did here.

 

Lacey Green were down to four fit players and the extra man for Aint Got A Clue certainly told. From 1-1, they raced clear to 4-2 with a double for Mark Lane and further strike for Stuart Clarke. Stephen Evans found the net for Lacey Green's second. The result condemned Lacey Green to 5th place, Aint Got A Clue moved up to 4th.

 
 
 

All games were crucial now as Group D drew closer to its conclusion. None more so than Game 9 as Atiko Team and Shortest In The Shower came head-to-head. The teams in first and second places were playing to decide who would win Group D. Atiko Team had a 2 point cushion at the top so a draw would be good enough for them.

 

Shortest In The Shower knew that only a win would be good enough to claim the group D title. They also had to keep one eye looking over their shoulders as defeat combined with a Kings Old Boys win in the next fixture could see them slip out of the Cup qualification places altogether. It would therefore have been a great relief for them to open up a 2-0 lead as Jordan Guthrie (4 goals in 4 games) and Daryl Newey put them in command.

 

If Atiko Team wanted to maintain their 100% record they would need to produce something special in the second half. It begun well when Raul reduced arrears to 2-1. The comeback was well and truly on when Ramon made it 2-2. That's the way it finished and both teams could make a case for being happy with the result as Atiko Team had won Group D and Shortest In The Shower had guaranteed Cup football in the afternoon knock-out phase.

 
 
 

One team that would have been less happy with the above result was Kings Old Boys as it meant they were 4 points off 2nd place with only three points to play for. Game 10 was far from academic though as 3rd place was at stake. Kings Old Boys only needed a draw to secure it, Aint Got A Clue needed a win. Whilst both teams were assured of their place in the Plate a 3rd place finish would, in theory, secure an easier Plate Quarter-Final. There was of course the (not so) small matter of pride to play for too.

 

It was Paul Veasey who opened the scoring in this game and it was a goal that was to set his side on the way to victory. Aint Got A Clue for their part, with a win under their belts, were much improved from their opening two games. They were beginning to find their feet in this tournament and, as if to confirm that notion, got on the scoresheet through Stuart Clarke.

 

Paul Veasey was Kings Old Boys goalscoring hero though and his second of the game wrapped up all three points in a 2-1 win and 3rd place was theirs.

 
 
Team
Pld
Won
Drawn
Lost
For
Agst
Pts

Atiko Team (Spa)

4

3

1

0

11

5

10

Shortest In The Shower (Eng)

4

2

2

0

10

4

8

Kings Old Boys (Eng)

4

2

1

1

6

4

7

Aint Got A Clue (Eng)

4

1

0

3

6

14

3

Lacey Green FC (Eng)

4

0

0

2

4

10

0

 
 
 
Group Phase
 
 
Wooden Spoon
 
Plate Knock-out
 
Cup Knock-out
 
 

 
 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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