As this match may have been the last of the season (due to next weeks match being in doubt), it was vital that Cassiobury won, to gain fourth place in the league. This was not an unfair expectation as in the last three meetings; Cassiobury had won every game.

Headstone played this match in their normal manner, i.e. playing physical football and moaning at every decision that did not go their way. That said in the first twenty minutes they had a lot to moan at, as Cassiobury were on top and came close on several occasions, just failing to put the ball away. Headstone did not give up and soon pulled ahead with a goal, which came from a Cassiobury defensive error. This was again added to by headstone some five minutes later, yet again through Cassiobury errors. But Cassiobury did not give up and soon pulled a goal back, with a brother Robson double act, after Jonny Robson took a corner and Ben Robson headed home. Headstone added to their total just before half time with another breakaway goal. 3 – 1 to Headstone at half time. 

The second half started with Cassiobury on top and within five minutes getting another goal back from Darren Coombs. Headstone kept fighting but were now the chasing team and Cassiobury drew level after an excellent goal from Drew Snailham. At this point Cassiobury were dominating and came close on several more occasions, before Headstone went ahead again, this served to knock the stuffing out of Cassiobury and although they kept on trying, they never really looked like winning from this point. Headstone got their final goal some ten minutes before full time. 

In a match where there were many opportunities not taken, Cassiobury should have done better, but due to another makeshift team and Headstone taking their chances, they contrived to lose, 5 – 3.

The day was fine and dry, but the wind was strong and would have a definite influence on the match.

Cassiobury were against the wind in the first half. The game started slowly with both sides having attacks, which came to nothing; Headstone using the wind to their advantage and Cassiobury having to defend well. After 5 minutes, Headstone won a corner and after a good delivery Cassiobury somehow failed to clear the ball and it was poked home at the back post. Cassiobury were playing ok against the wind, but not managing to really threaten Headstone and this is how it remained until half time, at 0 – 1. 

In the second half, with the wind in their favour Cassiobury new what they had to do; let the ball do the work, use the wind, be patient and shoot when the opportunity arose. Cassiobury did this, playing some controlled football, passing the ball around and working hard. But still did not manage to put the ball away and it seemed that the second half was going to mirror the first. This was until they won a free kick some 40 yards out; this was excellently taken by Jonny Robson, who hit the cross bar for Joe Mortimer to nod home. This was followed shortly afterwards by Cassiobury's second gaol, after a lovely run by Jack Henley and a great pass for Shane Brogan to fire home from 20 yards. It looked like Cassiobury had won it, but unfortunately Headstone drew level after a shot was parried by the Cassiobury keeper, only to have it tapped home by another Headstone player. 

Probably a fair result on the day, although had it not been for the wind Cassiobury would have won handsomely.

After last weeks match, with Cassiobury on top and yet managing to lose, they had it all to prove. 

The match started with Ginder immediately on the attack and after their second attack of the match, going one up after silly mistakes in defence by Cassiobury. Cassiobury did not let this deter them and after ‘waking up’, began to start playing some decent football, putting together some good passes to put pressure on Ginder. This pressure got a result with an excellent goal from Drew Snailham, after good link up play from Nick Pollard and a beautiful through ball from Martyn Baxter. Snailham added to this, with his second goal of the match after another excellent through ball, this time from Joe Mortimer. The game continued with Cassiobury having most of the possession and Ginder having to fight hard at the back. Matt Godfrey (after having a goal disallowed), started the next attack, which resulted in Drew Snailham’s hat trick; this after both the Ginder keeper and right back had tackled him and he has landed on his rear for him to knock it in from that position! Half time, 3 – 1 to Cassiobury. 

Cassiobury came on for the second half with renewed enthusiasm, as they knew they were dominating the match. They continued from where they left off; putting further pressure on Ginder and not letting them out of their half. It was 10 minutes into the second half when Adam Bignell passed the ball to Joe Mortimer for him to let fly, putting the ball into the bottom right corner. This was soon followed by lovely ball from Ben Robson to Jack Henley for him to slot home, giving the goalkeeper no chance. The next goal was again made by Matt Godfrey for Joe Mortimer to get his second of the match. Ginder got a consolation goal shortly afterwards from a poorly defended free kick. Five Minutes later Jack Henley sealed the game with his second, after an excellent pass from winger Karl Wright. 

In summary good football played by Cassiobury, a fine game and a deserved result.

An upbeat performance from Cassiobury saw a committed Old Danes gain a win, by taking their chances.

Straight from kick off it was apparent that the match was going to be fought hard by both sides. Old Danes began well and very quickly forced Cassiobury into some excellent defensive play. After this initial push from Old Danes, Cassiobury got into the match and apart from break away counter attacks, managed to dominate the next 30 minutes or so, however the problem was that Cassiobury failed to take any of the chances they created, with Ed Hutchinson, Joe Mortimer and Jonny and Ben Robson all having chances and all failing to put them away (perhaps the story of their season). At this point Old Danes had another breakaway and from this pulled one ahead, this was followed by dominant play from Cassiobury, to no avail and the half finished with Old Danes one up, when Cassiobury should have been three one up! 

In the second half Cassiobury started much the brighter and came close within the first couple of minutes, however Old Danes had another break away and yet again took their chance. This was followed shortly by another break away and another goal from Old Danes. Cassiobury were still playing well, but the faint chance they had left was soon taken away when Danes scored their fourth and final goal. 

This was one of those days where the dominating team should have won easily and instead lost badly, a flattering result to Old Danes, but if you don’t take your chances and score goals, you will not win matches.

This was going to be trying match for both team; bitterly cold and a hard wind. 

The match started with Cassiobury immediately attacking, playing a sensible passing game and within two minutes they went ahead after a cross from Adam Bignell on the right wing to Ed Hutchinson, who then put a lovely through ball to Jack Henley who slotted home in the right corner. 

The match continued with Cassiobury building up the pressure, dominating Reed and not allowing them to play; there were going to be more opportunities. And so it proved, with Cassiobury hitting the cross bar on three occasions in the first half, before they went two up; after Ed Hutchinson hit the bar and Jack Henley followed up, by slamming the ball away. 0 - 2, at half time. 

In the second half, Cassiobury started where they had finished off in the first half, narrowly missing within the first minute. This was followed up shortly afterwards by another Hutchinson assist for Jack Henley to get his hat trick. From then onwards Cassiobury were in the driving seat and the only thing stopping them from scoring a hatful being the wind. The roles reversed for the next goal with Hutchinson scoring and Henley assisting. The next goal was a penalty by Hutchinson, after he was scythed down in the box. Adam Bignell slotted the last goal home, after some excellent open play from the whole team.

On the whole an excellent match to watch and a well played match by Cassiobury. Shame about the weather!

A heavy pitch, and a strong wind blowing directly goal to goal, this was no day for slick passing.

Playing into the wind in the first half, Cassiobury played well and were equal to the Old Danes, if not slightly on top for the first 25 minutes, until a free kick was conceded. From the dead ball, Cassiobury had three chances to clear and failed to do so and Old Danes went one up. This was followed by their second of the match after yet again Cassiobury failed to clear an easy ball and the old Danes left winger slotted home. It was five minutes from the end of the half that Ben Robson managed to claw a goal back for Cassiobury, after chasing down a back pass. 1 – 2 at half time.

The second half started brightly for Cassiobury with the wind at their backs and Old Danes having problems clearing the ball, leading to two chances straight away. However, Old Danes managed to weather the early pressure and managed to score another two goals, both from Cassiobury mistakes.

The last fifteen minutes was all Cassiobury, and after a torrent of attacks they managed to pull another goal back, direct from an Adam Bignell corner. There were no more goals, but plenty of Cassiobury near misses and the score remained 4 - 2.

With both teams playing only their second game since Nov 30^th, a certain amount of rustiness was to be expected. Apart from the scorers no-one would describe any of the goals as classic but at least both teams tried their best to play good football.

Cassiobury are having their worse ever run of matches, had missed the last two matches due to the weather and had a few players returning to the side, so things were not going to be easy.

It was Valley who settled the quicker of the two teams and were immediately on the attack, coming close on a couple of occasions and then within 5 minutes going ahead after a fluke goal; the ball bouncing off the outside of the post and in off the keepers legs. After this early disappointment, Cassiobury soon got into their stride, with some positive play from all positions and several close chances, until towards the end of the half, Darren Coombs slammed home a thirty-yard scorcher. 1 – 1 at half time.

In the second half, it was Cassiobury who started the strongest and soon went ahead with a goal from Captain Jonny Robson, who slotted past the Valley keeper after cutting in from the right wing. This was added to within five minutes after Coombs got his second, heading home from a corner. Valley put up their last bit a fight by getting a goal back, after some sloppy defensive work by Cassiobury, but this did not deter them and they went further ahead after a Jonny Robson, free kick, which was drilled home from 25 yards. The fifth and last goal was taken by Jack Henley. For the last 15 minutes the game was all Cassiobury without them adding to the their total.

5 – 2 at full time.

Thick mud was the order of the day with the pitch cutting up during the game so that it resembled the Somme by full time. 

Cassiobury, playing with the wind dominated the first half, creating numerous chances. They were however, guilty throughout of trying to take too many touches and with the ball holding up on the surface, ball skills were next to impossible. After 25 minutes Jack Henley finally broke the deadlock with a shot from 25 yards which beat the Rising Eagles keeper. 1 - 0 at half time. 

The second half started brighter for Rising Eagles who pushed forward more with the wind in their favour although Cassiobury continued to create more chances. Unfortunately a defensive error from Cassiobury handed Rising Eagles the equaliser on the half hour mark. Cassiobury were now pushing forward for the win and with three minutes to go Eagles beat the Cassiobury defense to clinch the three points. 

Cassiobury need to learn to play to the conditions and take their chances if the season is going to bring any success.

Snow on the ground and heavy wintry rain throughout the first half. Makes you wonder why anyone would want to get out of bed. Both teams, however, did their best to cope with the conditions and provided some entertaining football. 

Cassiobury started brightly with several attacks although they failed to force the keeper into a decent save. Reed were also playing good football going forward but again the Cassiobury keeper had little to do. 

After 20 minutes the deadlock was broken, following a move down the left Jack Henley received the ball on the edge of the penalty area and fired a shot into the bottom right hand corner of the goal. Reed continued to press and on the half hour, forced a mix up in the Cassiobury defence which resulted in the equaliser. 1 - 1 at half time. 

The second half started brightly - both on the weather and the football fronts. After 15 minutes, James Cooper picked up the ball on the edge of the Reed box, slotted it through to Joe Mortimer who rounded one player to shoot inside the far post.  

Joe Mortimer’s second came with 15 minutes remaining when he wrong footed two defenders to place the ball inside the right hand post. 3 - 1 to Cassiobury at the end.

A bright start from Cassiobury Rangers although they failed to capitalise, missing several clear cut chances.

The second half continued in the same vein until Ginder scored with a swift counter attack which saw them with a one on one opportunity which they duly took. Cassiobury continued to miss chances until 3 minutes from full time when sub Joe Mortimer volleyed home from an Ed Hutchinson pass. 1 - 1 and extra time.

Extra time was again a story of Cassiobury chances not taken. Half way through the first period, a free kick from 30 yards , taken by Jon Robson was tipped round the post by the Ginder keeper. Five minutes later a similar free kick saw Jon find the target again, this time successfully, despite the keeper getting a hand to it. 

Joe Mortimer secured the game with a close range effort following a brilliant run down the right wing from Jack Henley. 

A rejuvenated Cassiobury gained confidence as the game went on. When they rediscover the finishing touch they will be back to winning ways

An extremely heavy pitch, and a very strong wind blowing directly goal to goal, this was no day for slick passing or long balls. 

Playing into the wind in the first half, Cassiobury battled well for the first 15 minutes although the wind tended to make clearances virtually impossible at times. Defensive practise was the order of the day and the Cassiobury back four stood up well to the challenge.  

After 20 minutes, on only their second or third foray into the Comets half, Cassiobury were awarded a free kick on the left of the centre circle. Jake Mortimer delivered the perfect ball to the far post for Captain Matt Godfrey to out jump the defence and power in a header.  

Comets were quick to respond scoring twice from corners in a ten minute spell. On both occasions the high ball hanging in the wind proved difficult to deal with. 2 - 1 Comets at half time. 

The second half started brightly for Cassiobury with the wind at their backs and Comets with the problems of clearing the ball. However, Comets managed to weather the early pressure and managed to score two good goals, although the second was partly to do with the wind. 

The last fifteen minutes was all Cassiobury pressure as the wind sapped Comets energy, but despite near misses from several players the score remained 4 - 1.

A miserable wet morning did not inspire anyone, however, the game started brightly with both sides creating chances. Gadeside probably having the best of them. 

After around 20 minutes Gadeside scored their first goal following a defensive error from Cassiobury, followed 5 minutes later with a second from a good run down the left wing which Cassiobury failed to deal with. The game continued to ebb and flow until 2 minutes before the break when some great hustling from Karl Wright in the Cassiobury midfield caused panic in the Gadeside defence. Wright spread the ball wide to Jack Cairns to take it round the keeper, providing Ed Hutchinson with an easy tap in. 

2-1 at half time. 

Cassiobury started the second half much the stronger but after 10 minutes, following a good Cassiobury attack, Gadeside counter attacked and scored their third. A slightly stunned Cassiobury then conceded two further goals in the next two minutes to put the result beyond doubt. 

Cassiobury are suffering from a crisis of confidence at the moment, which needs all the players to dig deep and play themselves into form.

Not helped by losing a striker before the game this was to be a test for the new found resolve of Cassiobury Rangers. So it proved throughout the first half with some crisp passing and movement, which always had the Ginder defence on the back foot. 

Ginder going forward also created some good chances but Cassiobury proved their slight dominance with a good Jack Henley finish following a passing sequence out of defence involving 4 or 5 players. The remainder of the half saw several chances created but some good goalkeeping for both sides kept the score the same.

A slow start to the second half from Cassiobury saw Ginder equalise when the midfield failed to close down their opponents. Jack Henley scored his second goal, which was very similar to the first. Unfortunately this caused the whole team to take their feet off the gas and Ginder, refusing to give up, scored two more goals. Both keepers made significant saves towards the end to keep the scoreline at 3 - 2 to Ginder.

Inconsistency seems to be the Cassiobury downfall at the moment and letting games slip away like this, does not bode well for a successful season.

This was always going to be a tough match and if Cassiobury played as they had in their last two matches, it would be a lot tougher!

It was Gadeside who settled the quicker of the two teams and were immediately on the attack, however Cassiobury soon got into their stride, with some positive play from all positions and the first twenty minutes were evenly fought, with Gadeside perhaps having a couple more chances. It was Gadeside who pulled ahead, after they had won a corner and after some sloppy marking, bundled the ball home. This did not get to Cassiobury, who began to play fast, flowing, simple football; coming close on a couple occasion and, after a free kick having a ball kicked off the goal line. 1 –0 to Gadeside at half time.

In the second half, it was Cassiobury who started the strongest and looked to be getting on top, until a hotly disputed goal by Gadeside; this was after the Referee awarded a corner, when the ball had clearly gone out for a throw in. Yet again, Cassiobury came back and fought hard and after one attack, started from defence, Jack Cairns, was put through by Ed Hutchinson, and after hassling the Gadeside keeper into a mistake, slotted home a great goal.  For the next twenty minutes the game ebbed and flowed with both teams coming close, with Cassiobury perhaps edging it on the number of shots on target. It was at this point that Gadeside pulled ahead with their third and decisive goal. The game continued at the fast pace with more opportunities but no more goals.

3 – 1 at full time.

A couple of silly mistakes let Cassiobury down, although the commitment, effort and fight, meant that heads could be held high.

Another match with a makeshift team. Unfortunately, if you don’t play well and you have a makeshift team, things are niot going to go well….. and so it proved.

The game started with old Danes immediately on the attack and within ten minutes going ahead, after the goal scorer went past at least three Cassiobury players, this was soon followed by more mistakes and two more goals. Cassiobury were still in the match though and had some decent attacks and near misses.

0 – 3 at half time.

The second half started in a much brighter fashion for Cassiobury, as they were at last beginning to play some football. But yet again it was basic mistakes and lack of communication that cost Cassiobury and by the end of the half, Cassiobury had let in another two goals. Ben Robson scored the consolation goal after an excellent build up move, from Neal Cronin at the back to Chris Franks (a welcome ‘temporary’ return!), to Jake Mortimer, who crossed for Ben to stick home. If only Cassiobury had played like this throughout the match! 1 – 5 at full time.

Cassiobury have got to get their ‘playing’ heads on at the start of each match and play the football they know they can

Right from the off, Cassiobury began to play attacking football; they began to use the wings and the space that that created. This was highlighted by the first goal, after five minutes, which came from Jake Mortimer, on the right wing, who crossed the ball to beat not only all the Cassiobury players but also the Inter keeper. Cassiobury carried on passing the ball well and came close on several other occasions within the next twenty minutes, but perhaps because they were so dominant and not punishing enough, they allowed Inter back into the match with their first real attack, which resulted in a shot from outside the box, looping over the keeper to make things even. Cassiobury dominated the rest of the half, but again did not manage to capitalise on this until the 43rd minute, when another neat move started from the back, ended with captain Ben Robson laying off an excellent through ball for Ed Hutchinson to slot home. 2 – 1 at half time.

The second half started in much the same manner as the first with Cassiobury again dominating and after 10 minutes going further ahead after Martyn Baxter stretched slide home an excellent Nick Pollard cross. This is when Cassiobury should have built on their dominance and scored more goals; unfortunately this was not to be the case and yet again they allowed Inter back into the match, to the extent that at the end, after Inter had clawed back 2 easy goals they were the team threatening. Three all at full time.

A bit of a patchy game, with a fair result based on the way Cassiobury performed on the day, although Cassiobury should have won the game easily, by a large margin.