Stratford 5th 3 Sutton Coldfield 7th 2 (Played Sunday 31st Jan)
Taking to the pitch Stratford had a shakey start conceding an early goal from a Sutton break, Stratford quickly regained composure and settled into the game with the midfield putting together some slick passes working the ball from side to side. A perfect crossfield ball from Townsin was picked up by Alex Squance, he laid it off to captain Havers who fired the ball into the top left corner to bring Stratford back level. Sutton continued to pressure the Stratford defense gaining short corner after short corner but they could find no way through the expert keeping of Stuart Hooker and the goaline clearences of Mark Newman.
The second half saw Sutton push hard upfield and link together some great passes to again go one goal ahead. After the restart Stratford used the pace of the youth and experience of the older players to charge through the opposition midfield and gain a short corner, Bettison injected the ball to Stagg who sent it like a rocket inside the right post with the composure only before seen by Nigel Wood. Taking the upper hand and with about 5 minutes to go Joe Patrick released the ball to Gordon Wright down the left side who passed two Sutton players then released the ball to Squance who danced round the defense to flick the ball into the back of the net to give Stratford the winning goal. A big thankyou to the parents and supporters who came to watch the game.

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