Kings Langley 5 Sun Sports 5                               1968/69                                          HCL Prem

Langley drop first point

There were goals and thrills in abundance as Kings Langley dropped their first ever Premier Division point of the season and lost the top of the table placing.
Sun Sports improving with every game, took the lead on five occasions but Langley rallied to finish all square in the final ten minutes.
This 10 goal thriller had everything - both good and bad football, misses, mistakes and some magnificent performances.
Stars of the breath taking end to end encounter were Dave Scutchings and Tony Stratford for their tireless endeavour, while Langley, headed by Rance, should take a bow for their determination never to throw in the towel.
Sun, continuing with their experiment of playing full back John Low in the front line, gave Langley some early headaches.
Bob Davies nodded in the first goal, but in the 16th minute Chris Hows levelled with a tremendous drive.
In the 20th minute Low fastened onto a bad back pass to put the visitors ahead again but a typical Tony Roe run ended with the winger lobbing the ball over Trevor Swinhoe's head to make it all square at the interval.
Sun took the lead when Scutchings sent Terry Reynolds away...he cut in and pulled the ball back for John Matthews.
Rance and Neil Bunker combined for the next equaliser, giving Bill barker time to pick his spot.
The cut and thrust exchanges continued, Davies scored his second and then Roe made it 4-4 from the penalty spot.
A 30 yard shot by substitute Colin Brown restored Sun's lead, but Bunker rose magnificently to head in the point saver from Keith Lawes' corner.