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MATCH REPORT
Sports lose to singlegoal on miserablenightat Cogenhoe.
Sports travelled to Cogenhoeon awet andwindynightknowingthatan improvement in away form is required.
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Sports hadCoombes, Wynne,Watts and Watkin all missingso had a bench consistingof threeunder 18 andone 40 plus.However theywouldhavebeen pleasedwith the start as the lookedto impose early pressure on the hosts.
The windwasa crucial factor in tonightsgame andin truth neitherteam adapted to it well. Sports forced the homekeeper intoa good save from a Conveyfree kick which wastheonlyreal save for eitherkeeper.
In thesecond half Sports started well.Barton hada half chanceasthe ball was cross over but hewas unabletobeat the keeper. Soon after thehosts whippedin dangerousinswingingcorneraidedbythe windwhich washeadedhomebyPurse. Again it was lack of concentration andultimatelythiswouldbe the onlygoal of the game.
Barton pickedup a yellow for standinginfrontof thekeeper when kickingandwasluckynotto get a secondwhen theCogenhoeplayermade the most of a challengelookingtoget himsent off.
Sports hadsome late pressurebut never reallythreatened.
