Friday, 17 March 2017


FC Broxbourne Borough v Sun Sports             17th January 2017             SSML Premier

A freezing cold night in Cheshunt saw the Sun gain another three points against bottom dwellers FC Broxbourne Borough.
Sun started the match strong and within the opening minutes Dom David had a shot deflected into the side netting and Kyle Johnson was in the right place at the right time from a Deji Ikusemori header but he flicked the ball over the bar instead of under it.
An Andy Brennan curving pass found Kyle again and this time he kept his composure to slot the ball past the keeper but this time it hit the post and rebounded kindly into the Boro keeper's grateful arms.
Dom David had another chance when he had room to manoeuvre and his shot from outside the area was saved by the Boro keeper who flung his body to his left to make a spectacular save.
But Boro's luck finally ran out when Kyle Johnson coolly flicked the ball past the keeper into the back of the net to finally get on the scoresheet and make it 1-0 to the Sun.
Brennan was involved again and delivered a perfect pass which Dom David controlled well and then let fly only for the keeper to parry the ball downwards to take the sting out of the shot.
Jack Johnson then had a turn on the left and crossed a low ball to his namesake Kyle who flicked the ball up and turned to volley the ball past two closing defenders which went just the wrong side of the post.
A long ball from defence was swiftly turned into an attack as the ball found Kyle Johnson as the target man who headed the ball down to Dom David who blasted his shot narrowly over the bar.
So at half time it was 1-0 to the Sun but it could easily have been eight if luck had been on Sports side.
Early in the second half a long ball found Jack Johnson who beat the offside trap but his shot lacked the pace to trouble the Boro keeper.
Words must have said in the Boro dressing room at half time as Broxbourne finally managed to get into the Sun penalty area causing Matty Evans to make his first important save of the night.
But the Sun went two up and it was that man again Kyle Johnson who scored one of the goals of the night with a fantastic effort from the left edge of the penalty area as the shot was hit hard but true as it flew into the Boro goal.
And while the Sun players were rubbing their hands with not only the cold but with the thought of going home with three points things started going a little pear shaped.
Straight from the kick off Broxbourne went upfield and from a cleared header the ball that fell perfectly to a Boro midfielder he volleyed the ball beautifully back towards goal which flew into the Sun net to bring Boro back into the game.
Once Boro got a goal back they grew in confidence and had another chance soon after but the shot went over the bar.
Ten minutes later and from a corner Boro got an equaliser from a looping header which dropped just under the bar.
Boosted by this Boro pushed forward to try and get a winner, which they were nearly rewarded with if it wasn't for the fast thinking of Matty Evans who managed to rush out and block the shot.
After the brief interlude of Boro taking control the Sun came back into the fray and Andy Brennan was the man to put the Sun back into the lead as he lashed in a shot from a perfect pass from Dom David.
As the game came to a close a long ball down the left again found David who pulled the ball back across the area as Jack Johnson called for the ball, as the ball came to him he dummied it and Scott Bonner came up to hit the ball hard enough to beat the keeper to make it 4-2 to the Sun.

A freezing cold night at around -2 at times and coach Gary Burkett was still walking around the ground wearing his shorts!

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