Y2 v Rockleaze Rangers (H)

A home game to Rockleaze and the first real lesson in organisation and passing given to the young Foxes. Despite this, they didn't stop running and battling for the entire morning.

It was a cold icy morning, with the pitch only being passed fit minutes before kick-off - the puddles on the Downs were still frozen We decided to keep people moving and play two long games of 20 minutes each way.

The 'red' game was one of the most extraordinary that we have played this year. Rockleaze started strongly and should have scored - and would have but for Xabi's heroics in goal. After five minutes, a break on the right by Acer, a perfect cross and a wonderful first-time finish by Samuel gave the excited Foxes the lead. It got better - after another five minutes, Acer again broke free and a cool finish doubled the lead. If only it was 10 minutes a half... Rockleaze came back strongly, and at the half time point had reveresed to two goal deficit to lead 4-2.

The second half continued in the same vein, with Rockleaze passing the ball well, and increased their lead to 7-2, but back came the Foxes! In a 10 minute period, first Acer, then Samuel, and then Xabi got the score back to 7-5. But the comeback of comebacks was not to be and Rockleaze extended their lead to a deserved 11-5 win.

The 'blue' game was run in parallel against an equally strong Rockleaze team. The fact that they played for 40 minutes gave the scoreline a rather inflated feel, but to their credit, the Foxes didn't give up and battled to the end with some strong midfield and defensive performances.