City and Golds triumph on Trophy Sunday

We had two matches in the FA Trophy on Sunday. Cambridge City hosted Kings Langley of Pitching In Southern Division One Central. The visitors had lost their last two in League and Cup after an unbeaten start to the season, whilst City are still playing in St Ives whilst awaiting the completion of their new home, and have perhaps unsurprisingly had a mixed start to the season.They gave a debut to new signing Samrai Gebrai, who you might remember from his time with Potters Bar Town, and after a goalless first half City took the lead ten minutes after the restart, Jack Thompson with his first of the season. That turned out to be the only goal of the game, City through to the Second Qualifying Round. 

Two hundred and two were in attendance. 

Littlehampton Town welcomed Sporting Bengal United, South East v North. The Golds had been rather short of football so far, having played only one league match- a narrow defeat- and three knockout matches, the last of those a victory in the previous round of the Trophy, a shootout win over Rayners Lane after a two-two draw on August 27th. This was their fifth consecutive home match- they haven’t yet played away from the Sportsfield- and it started superbly, Alex Laing putting them ahead in the very first minute. Laing added a second- his fifth of the season- on fifteen minutes, and although Joe Gregory quickly pulled a goal back for the visitors it was three-one at the break, Rob O’Toole scoring in first half added time.  Nine minutes from time the visitors set up an exciting finale, Brandy Makuendi reducing the arrears to three-two, but it wasn’t to be for the East Londoners, as the Golds march on. 

One hundred and sixty five watched on.