Welwyn Garden City v Sun Sports                 5th April 2017                         SSML P

Sun win at Welwyn to hit the top ten

Wednesday night and the Sun were back on their travels, this time with a trip up the A1M to the Garden City of Welwyn.
The game kicked off at a rapid pace and both sides tested the opposition defence early in the game.
But it was the Citizens who came closest first when a high ball was fumbled by Matty Evans and as the Welwyn forward got clear it as down to Jamie Speer to save the day by getting to the ball first, using his knowledge of the game and reading the situation well.
City pushed on and after a scramble in the Sun penalty area the ball came out and the Welwyn player let loose from outside the box only for the ball to fly over the crossbar.
Andy Brennan was on free kick duty that night with Tommy Walsh on the bench but the Welwyn keeper, back from injury, had the shots covered.
With the game seemingly going nowhere a long ball found Karl Penny onside, with the keeper coming out to meet him he deftly flicked the ball over the goalie’s outstretched arms and calmly slotted the ball into an empty net just before the break, just the right time to take the lead!
Welwyn came out for the second half and bombarded the Sun with a barrage of balls pumped into the box both kicked and thrown in with one of the longest throws probably seen at this level of football.
Karl Penny’s speed was giving the Welwyn defence problems and he was soon running with the ball on a break, leaving the City defence in his wake and with only the keeper to beat but the City custodian spread himself well to block the attempt and although Karl managed to get a foot on the rebound he was leaning back and blasted it over the bar.
For the last 25 minutes it was Welwyn on the front foot, constantly putting pressure on the Sun back four.
Jamie Speer and Tom Gibson were having a great game, getting their legs in important tackles when it mattered most while Damien Cruickshank, Scott Bonner, Gary Wallace and Deji Ikusemori were all paramount in the centre mopping up high balls and clearing away the danger when necessary.
The only real shot on goal that Welwyn had was in the closing minutes which was well saved by Matty Evans who got down quick to deflect the shot onto the post and away for a corner.
So the Sun came away with another clean sheet and three points to put them back into 10th position.