JD-LIONS 1-3 SPORTING RANDOM

Division 2
Real JD 3-2 Winalot Penguins
at the university of birmingham stadion

Real JD's promotion hopes were given a huge boost on sunday night as they overcame the odds to win a thrilling game in injury time thanks to a winning goal from top-scorer Alex Dandy. Third placed Winalot Penguins had only lost once going into the contest so it was a surprise when Real JD took th lead from Richie Summerfield's long thrown-in which found Dave Sorensen who beat Pedro at his near post to put the underdogs one-nil up. The Penguins gradually crept into the game and moved the ball well, Mark Hughes was running things for Penguins and he showed his skills when unleashed a fierce 18 yarder which flew past Davis and in off the angle of post and bar. One-one. Just before the break and up popped Dave Sorensen again to take his tally for the season to eight goals when he converted a penalty, Pedro was the culprit again with his poor decision making. Two-one at halftime.

Real JD held on for long periods of the second half and had Steve Harris and Summerfield to thank for some important interceptions and strong tackling which looked like handing JD the win, until, with just two minutes remaining Harris was penalised on the edge of the box and Hughes again converted. It was looking like de-ja-vous for JD who threw away a 2-1 victory last week with a carbon-copy goal to miss out on the win. Davis was called into action with his only real save of the match in the last minute as he tipped Hughes 'would-be-hat-trick' goal away to safety, from the resulting corner Steve Harris played a measured throughball to 'super-sub' Alex Dandy who ran half of the length of the pitch and beat Pedro with the last kick of the game to win it 3-2 for Real JD. The win pushes JD up to third in the league and promotion is a real possibility if they continue to play in this spirit.


1.Davis 2.Summerfield(sub:24.Slater) 4.Walker 23.Harris 17.Carlos(sub:10.Dandy) 6.Sorensen

Division 4
JD Lions 1-3 Sporting Random
Lions find themselves fourth from bottom following a dismal display against third-placed Sporting Random. Alex Dandy put the Lions infront with a fantastic, 15 yard strike early on only for it to be cancelled out on the stroke of halftime by Matt Kinsella.

Things went from bad to worse in the second half for Lions who looked disorganised and following a great block from Davis, the rebound was slid in, 2-1. Moments later and Steve Harris was unfortunate as he intercepted what would have been a certain goal, only for Kinsella to latch onto it an beat a beleaguered Davis to complete his hat-trick. Lions never recovered and are slipping closer into the danger zone.