Letter From The Captain - Ash Knights

ASH KNIGHTS

LETTER FROM THE CAPTAIN

First of all, I would like to wish the supporters and all involved with the club a Happy New Year.

It’s been a long 4 weeks since we last had a game so it’s nice to finally get back to business in what we hope will be an even better year for all involved at Southam United. The Christmas break is always nice to spend with friends and family and to drink and eat ridiculous amounts. However, having 4 weeks off with no training and your fitness can somewhat suffer, and for some also the waist band. It was good to blow the cobwebs off at training this week and finally kick a ball. Our target this year is to try and stay more focused and switched on for the whole 90 minutes and to cut individual mistakes out. The majority of games we have lost could have gone the other way if we had done that better. Myself and the lads are raring to go and hope we can get a positive result today to kick the new year off in style.

Enjoy the game

Ash

PRESIDENTS CUP MATCH PREVIEW

by David hucker

After a four week break, Southam United return to action this Saturday in an Oxfordshire Senior League Presidents Cup second round tie against Summertown Stars. The two clubs met in the league back in September when Stars inflicted the first defeat of the season on Richard Kay’s team, running out 5-0 winners at Bobby Hancocks Park. Daniel Cadman was responsible for three of the goals and the prolific striker, now in his third season with the club, has scored 14 in just eight appearances this term and 40 in all since joining. Saints last played on December 11th, losing 4-2 at home to Kenilworth Sporting in the Coventry Charity Cup. This followed a defeat to Cropredy in the league the previous week and Kay will be keen to get back to winning ways this Saturday. “We have put ourselves in a great position for the second half of the season with a lot to look forward to” said Kay. “We currently sit in the top three of a much more competitive step 7 league and are still in two cups. As I have always said, we will need to be consistent to acheive promotion and have a good run in the cups. This will, in all honestty, come down to squad availability and circumstances. When we train well and have a full squad for selection we are as strong as any club at our level.” Kay will have his wish with a full squad of 20 to choose from on Saturday and the match kicks off at 1:30pm.

We have put ourselves in a great position for the second half of the season with a lot to look forward to. “