We suffered our first league defeat of the season against a very good footballing side St Panteleimon.
Playing on the excellent 3g playing service at Hertford, which suits our style of play, we started brightly enough and Guisepe capitalised on a defective error after 10 minutes to score probably one of the easiest goals of his career and put us a goal to the good.
The goal prompted a response from our opponents who dominated possession for a period and looked increasingly dangerous. Their continual probing paid off after 35mins when a break down the right hand side resulted in a ball across goal that was converted. We came back in to the game after conceding and created a couple of good chances ourselves but went in to the break level. Half Time 1-1, probably about right.
The second half was a tight affair with both teams playing some nice football, but chances were at a premium. To be fair, our hosts had slightly the better of things and looked more likely to break the deadlock. This indeed happened on 65min when a St Panteleimon player seemed to jink through our defensive live and his low drive found the net.
Tring rallied and pushed really hard for an equaliser against our opponents who were clearly tiring. However, despite best efforts, time ran out on us and so we slipped to our first league defeat. Disappointing that once again, having got ourselves ahead, we failed to capitalise and put the game to bed. Onwards.

Team: O Keil, E Hearn, B Marian, G Deer, D Pobbe, G Carbery (Capt), J Stevens, D Pobbe, G Oppong, L Farruch, C Miller Subs: M Ellis, E Goulding, A Mannion, T Brazier, O Butler

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