Tring fell to a
disappointing defeat in last night's match played
in bitterly cold conditions at Kingsbury. Having
dominated the opening twenty minutes of the game
yet failing to take their chances, some poor
defending gifted the win to Kingsbury.
Tring could have been ahead in the third minute
of the game. Dean Hutchinson flicked on David
Clark's goal kick to put Alex Kinsley clean
through, but Kinsley's eventual shot drifted wide
of the far post. On 11 minutes Kinsley ran onto
Kevin Chakaodza's pass, but this time his shot
was saved by the keeper at the near post. On 19
minutes Hutchinson set up Chakaodza with a
chance, but although his shot went through the
keeper's hands, a defender got back to hack the
ball off the line. Chakaodza was through again on
22 minutes only to see his shot turned wide by
the keeper's legs. From the resulting corner
Hutchinson's header hit the post.
Kingsbury should have been dead and buried by
then, but were given hope by some very hesitant
defending on 25 minutes. Tring failed to clear a
throw-in, leaving Dave Randall a clear shot which
Clark did well to save from close range. Three
minutes later Stuart McDonald struck the bar with
a shot from 18 yards, and on 29 minutes Kingsbury
got their reward for a spell of pressure when
Daniel Leech beat the offside trap and crossed
for Kevin Jones to head home the opening goal.
However, Tring replied quickly. On 34 minutes
Kinsley latched on to a through pass and beat a
defender before lifting the ball over the
advancing keeper for the equaliser. That should
have been the cue for Tring to reassert their
dominance, but events proved otherwise. In the
last minute of the half a Kingsbury free kick was
only headed clear to the edge of the area, where
Randall met it with a low shot that was not the
hardest, but somehow found its way through a
crowd of players and crept inside the post to
send Kingsbury into the break ahead.
Tring never got going in the second half, and
apart from an early effort from Chakaodza which
was cleared off the line, they did not put a
serious threat on the Kingsbury goal. A mix-up
between Clark and a defender on the edge of the
area on 67 minutes gifted a third Kingsbury goal
to Paul Moran, which effectively killed the game
off. Tring looked increasingly dispirited as the
game petered out to a dismal end. |
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| Kingsbury Town: 1.
Lee Clark, 2. Joe Harmer, 3. Nick Cooper, 4. Steve Hurd,
5. Daniel Norris, 6. Craig Elliot, 7. Dave Randall, 8.
Daniel Leech, 9. Paul Moran, 10. Kevin Jones, 11. Stuart
McDonald. Subs: 12. Doug Marchment (for Moran 78 mins),
14. Michael Roach (for McDonald 81 mins), 15. Leon
Stewart, 16. Ross Metherell (for Jones 83 mins) 17.
Anthony Aquauah. Tring Town: 1. David
Clark, 2. Mike Hemmingway, 3. Steve Groves, 4. Leon
Hibbert, 5. Brian Johnson, 6. Joe Gibson, 7. Ricky
Levenston, 8. Gary Clark, 9. Kevin Chakaodza, 10. Alex
Kinsley, 11. Dean Hutchinson. Subs: 12. Sean Sangster
(for Levenston 59 mins), 14. Rob Woolfrey (for Groves 69
mins), GK. Mark Whittamore.
Bookings:
90 mins - Tring - G.Clark (foul)
Referee:
Adam Lewis
Attendance:
33
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