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SOUTHAM UNITED
SAINTS STUMBLE AGAINST SUMMERTOWN by David hucker
Southam United 0 Summertown Stars 5 Oxfordshire League, Premier Division A goal up at the break, Summertown hit four more in the second half to send Southam United crashing to a 5-0 defeat to end their unbeaten start to the season. Free-scoring Summertown had hammered bottom club Marston Saints 6-2 the previous week and they went in front here through Luke Warmington in just the fourth minute. Daniel Long had a chance to level in the 24th, but his shot went across the Summertown keeper and wide and, two minutes later, Wendel Moyo got on to a cross from Ricky Barby, but also sent his effort the wrong side of the post. Ricky Barby was in the thick of things again, skillfully working the ball on to his left foot and delivering a shot that caused the keeper problems with Long’s follow-up going just over the crossbar. Saints went close to an equalizer just after the hour when Shane Osborne forced a good save, but were never in it after that as a hat-trick from Daniel Cadman, his second in successive matches, and another from Henry Horton finished the home side off.
Any hopes of a revival had evaporated with the sending off of Pat O’Brien in the 73rd minute when the score was at 3-0 and, down to ten men, Saints conceded two more after that. “It was a very disappointing loss, our first at home for more than two years” said manager Richard Kay. “We started the game poorly to go one down, but should have got level by half time with the number of chances we created. I can’t explain what happened after that, but the wheels and just about everything else came off. I’m not going to panic, but there will be changes.” Southam United: Lewis Hudson, Tim Cooper, Kieran Brady, Adam Neale, Ashley Knights [Capt], Patrick O’Brien, Wendel Moyo (Cam Power 68), Simon Barby, Daniel Long (Hossein Khorrami 75), Ricky Barby (Edward Fahey 88), Shane Osborne (Scott Lindley 88) Sub not used: Alex Skidmore (GK) Sending off: Patrick O’Brien Referee: Mark Strong
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