It has been a season with its fair share of ups and downs and challenges but one can never say our seasons are dull and we still have the Churchman Cup semi-final at Stonham Aspal to play on Tuesday.

Last Saturday high-flying Wroxham visited Notcutts Park having secured 3rd place during the week and a spirited display saw us get our noses infront with Luke Read stabbing home a Severy cross before we then conceded straight away from the re-start in typical fashion. However we were the better side in the second half and Mark Roper foraged forward and sent a beauty into the top corner after a Churchyard pass to win us the game and he could and perhaps should have scored a second not long after with a left footed volley but the win was welcome and our 1st in 9 games.

We then followed that up with a narrow win over neighbours Wanderers who deservedly took the lead midway through the first half. O’Neill levelled matters before the break before Ben Seaman secured the points in atrocious conditions with a low right footed drive.

On the same night our U14 Alliance side were coming through a Colchester League Open Cup semi-final at Halstead Town where they defeated a previously undefeated Lexden Saints team by a 3-2 scoreline and the team has to look forward now to 2 cup finals on the same weekend. The 1st is at Stanway Rovers on Saturday 10th in the Colchester Open Cup before heading to Gainsboro Sports Centre on the Sunday in the Suffolk Open Cup.

There is still plenty of football to be played at Notcutts Park with the Omnico Cup Final on Tuesday, Saul Cup on Wednesday and we host the Suffolk F.A Primary Cup on the Saturday. Those are followed the following week by the Churchman Cup, Peel & Ross-Taylor Cups and a Suffolk Schools U19 final on Thursday 15th where a number of our U18 players are involved with Copleston High School.

Until next season then!!

STAPLER