A cold morning at Hampson Park. Referee L Smith led the minute's silence for the passing of George Best.
The Lion's were focused on getting back to winning ways in the League after the break for the County Cup last week and losing to Marquis of Lorne the week before. The Lion's starting eleven lined up with Sanchez, Abrahams, A.Jefferies, French, Fildes, Harrison, Dye(C), D.Jefferies, P.Farr, Burnage & Canning.
The Lion's started positively with some attacking moves down the right wing. Burnage hit the bar early on from outside the box with another trademark free kick.
Lion's kept up the pressure with Harrison able to break up long ball counter attacks across the midfield. However King Pin managed to get their key players into the game with a fifteen minute spell towards the end of the first half.
Nil Nil at half time.
The second half continued in competitive spirit. Abrahams found space to attack combining with a composed Pete Farr sprinting down the left wing. Danny Dye drove through the heart of the King Pin defence to unleash a shot that needed a top drawer save from the goalkeeper. Burnage whipped in another corner but French headed wide. At the other end the agile Fat Cat Sanchez pulled off two great saves. The nearest King Pin came was hitting the outside of the post from range. Fildes pulled the strings in defence to keep the Lion's on the attack. Canning, Burnage and Danny Jefferies all tested the King Pin keeper,who was in top form, again and again.
Adam Jefferies tried a cheeky chip from 40 yards that the keeper had to tip over the Bar.
The breakthrough came from yet another corner. The ball broke loose on the edge of the box to Danny Jefferies. He attracted three defenders but he worked the ball to dig out a dazzling shot into the far left-hand bottom corner of the net.
Gardner replaced Pete Farr. Gardner made progress down the left and kept the ball in play to put in a cross to the near post. Canning's great anticipation got his foot in front of the defender to poke the ball into the bottom corner of the net for two nil.
King Pin found it difficult to get back into the game at that point. Pete Jordan came on minutes from the end as the Lion's looked to secure the three points. All in all it was great team performance and another clean sheet for Sanchez.
This weeks Manager's Man of the Match was Ian Canning and he wins a meal for two in the Red Lion.
Substitutes not used: D.Farr, Crisp.
Another big thank you to our away supporters who braved the cold, including: Ken, Greg, Ash, The Jefferies family, soccerettes Mel and Beanwack looking glamorous in bobble hats.
