SKB WIN IN TOUGH BATTLE

The lads hit top class form today in our home friendly v Woodlawn, having had 11players today our team was a bit more balanced today. In what turned out to be a fairly physical and competitive pre-season friendly, the style and level of football at which our lads played just couldn't be matched, with 11 excellent performances from goalie Ian Brunton all the way to trialist Adam Duffy. Having gone into a 2-0 lead, with goals from Jamie Casserley and Sam Ennis there were signs of complacency creeping into the team, and these were confounded when a silly defensive mistake led to a goal for Woodlawn, making it 2-1. From here on in the game developed into a tough battle with many of our players being targeted for some more than strong tackles, in particular Joe Manley and Jordan Brady. However, as usual, and to the delight of the coaches and parents, our lads din't have to lower themselves to that sort of a battle, but instead kept playing the football that they can and finished out well in front at the full time whistle. The other 4 goals came from an excellent Sean Ryan run which he then smacked into the net, a Stein Sheridan cracker which went in just between the goalie's hand and the crossbar, a side-foot from close range for Robert Dunne who was just back from holiday and a great finish from 10yards out by trialist Adam Duffy. So in the end it turned out as an excellent 6-1 win, which adds to our excellent pre-season form, making it 4wins and 1loss from 5 games. We all just hope that this good form can carry on into the season.