Sun Sports 0 London Colney 2                                19701/71                               HCL Prem

Keeper thwarts Sun Sports

Agile London Colney goalkeeper John Shadbolt brought off three brilliant saves to deny Sun Sports a Herts County League Premier Division point at Bellmountwood Avenue on Saturday.
However, the cause of defeat also lay partially with Sun themselves as they often lost the impetus to chase the ball, especially after losing possession.
They allowed the Colney midfield men far too much room in which to manoeuvre, and also failed to keep up the pressure of which they were very capable.
There was little to chose between the teams during the opening 25 minutes when both defences were dominant.
For Sun John Low with his intelligent distribution, and Don Keen with his forceful headers, were the key figures in Sun's rearguard, while up front and in midfield there as none better than the industrious Tony Evident.
The 27th minute saw the first goal from London Colney and it came following a throw from the right wing.
The ball was only partially cleared and Waite had an easy task in putting it into the net.
In the 40th minute, it looked as though Sun were going into the interval on level terms, when Neil
Hartburn let fly with a hard volley but goalkeeper Shadbolt turned the ball for a corner.
The second half was only three minutes old when Colney struck again through Mardle.
Right wing Porter, a constant menace to Sun had his first cross pushed away, but he quickly gathered the rebound, crossed again and Mardle met it perfectly to head into the top of the net.
Despite being two goals down, Sun came back at their opponents with renewed vigour.
Evident and Barry Langdale working incessantly to create openings and within the space of 15 minutes with average luck they could have had three goals.

Sun Sports: M Devereux, J Low, C Tattam, P Savina, D Keen, R Rooney, N Hartburn, B Langdale, G Seabrook, A Evident, I Wright, Substitute: J Matthews