Guildford Saints 3 Mayford Athletic Oaks 2

They say that it's a sign of a good team when you can play badly yet still win the crucial games... well on Sunday the Saints must have been a fantastic team - because they played awfully and yet still won!!! Kevin's match report follows;

"The first half saw a really dismal display from the Saints midfield and defence. Admittedly we were missing Martin and so we started with Ben and Matt at central defence with Chris and Ross wide. The midfield line up was Alex M, Connor, Jamie, Julien and Mike - but together they produced an inept display and it was really no surprise when we failed to clear our lines and eventually fell behind midway through a forgettable first half. Although we had a couple of attempts on goal we lacked any movement and ideas and struggled to get any cohesion to our game - if it had not been for Josh in goal we could have found ourselves even further behind and for us half time could not come quickly enough. Seb had come on for Jamie but we failed to utilise his pace.

The second half started but still we did not seem to lift ourselves to the required pace although we were defending better when Alex M moved into the back after Ben suffered an injury. Nathan had come on to anchor the midfield but Mayford were still winning the second ball. Ollie replaced Chris and Joe replaced Seb and then suddenly we sparked into life. We played ourselves in to the box and the 'keeper could only parry a shot on to Julien's head which he comfortably dispatched into the back of the net. What happened next was just a calamity and a show of errors!! A harmless ball was punted through our defence. Josh came out to clear but sliced his kick. However we looked safe as the ball fell to our defence but they inexplicably slashed at it as well and Mayford were able to roll the ball into an empty net. We reverted to a 4-4-2 (although Joe was making it a 4-3-3 at times!!) and eventually we equalised again when Tom R shot in on the angle. With just minutes to play Tom R won us the match when sent through by a fine ball from Mike which he coolly slotted home.

Saints saw out the remaining time in a hail of rain to prove that good sides sometimes win even when they are not playing well. Guildford City next week and another vital game which could help keep the pressure on Staines Town at the top.

We must be more fully focused before the game starts and must compete all over the pitch throughout the 80 minutes and be solid in our tackles. The last half hour was a good display but we cannot leave it this late in crucial games."

Man of the Match - Tom Richards