Redbourn 5 Sun Sports 2                                   1967/68                                             HCL Prem

The value of local knowledge

Local knowledge was worth a lot to Redbourn on Saturday as they dented Sun Sports hopes of finishing runners up in the Premier Division.
Sun, set to face hill and breeze in the first half and with the dust blowing in their faces, soon found themselves in trouble and by half time the match was as good as over with Redbourn having established a 5-1 lead with goals from Pete Fisher (2), Mike Smith, W Downer (penalty) and D Roberts.
Sun's lone reply in this period was by Terry Reynolds, who spotted an opening after the ball had come in from the right.
After half time Sun valiantly took up the challenge and within five minutes had cut the deficit when John Matthews cut in from the left and unleashed a really powerful shot which went through the net!
But although Redbourn's attacks were limited to the occasional one, Sun did not possess the know-how to overcome the vagaries of the pitch and although they threatened to make further in-roads into their opponents lead they were unable to do so.