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Downham Town 0 Felixstowe & Walton United 2

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 Yesterday Downham took on Felixstowe on a freezing cold day that saw most matches called off. Fair play for them for getting the game on, but unfortunately, that was a about all they got right. Downham started the game off fairly well and Charlie Royle and owain McQuaide looked as lively as usual. Downham had some early chances and Royle hit the inside of the post on seven minutes. However, it felt again like they were missing something up front. A long ball through to De La Paz saw the Seasiders take the lead on 23 minutes, as they seemed to catch the Downham defence napping and showed them how it was done. De La Paz also had a couple of chances to increase the lead, but at halftime it was still 1-0 to the visitors. Downham came out looking motivated to get back in the game in the second half and Royle and Visocanskis posed a threat for the home team without looking overly dangerous. Felixstowe looked disciplined at the back and seemed to be able to deal with Downham. They hit Do...
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Cambridge United 2 Walsall 0

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 Yesterday saw Cambridge take on Walsall on the first day of the year. Cambridge have been drifting around the play off positions; Walsall after a good start to the season have dropped in to the play off positions after being top of League 2 for most of the season so far. The first half for the most part was a bit of a cagey affair with the two teams cancelling each other out. Just as it looked like the teams were going to go into the break on level terms, James Brophy picked out Ben Knight who drove home to put Cambridge ahead in stoppage time. The goal probably changed the team talks for each manager and both came out on the front foot. However, it was Cambridge who found the back of the net though when Ben Knight got his second with a fantastic lob of the Walsall keeper on 53 minutes.  For the rest of the game both teams had chances with Bowne hitting the post for the visitors and a speculative bicycle kick from Ben Knight hitting the cross bar and Jobe also hitting the pos...
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Downham Town 1 Mildenhall Town 2

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 There was a definite feeling of deja vu about this game as Downham again dominated and looked by far the better team in the first half. Despite Downham using the wide men more than going down the centre, they could easily have been 2-0 up after 20 minutes if it hadn't been for the Mildenhall keeper and som of the shots had had a little more power to them. However, as the game progressed and Downham didn't make the most of their chances, Mildenhall started to grow into the game. Infact, if it wasn't for a brilliant save from Congreve, who is now the third keeper to play for Downham this season, it could have been Mildenhall going in ahead at the break. However, the first half finished with both teams failing to score and Downham were probably the team who could feel most aggrieved by not finishing their chances. The second half saw Mildenhall have a lot more of the ball, but their best chances seemed to be made from mistakes by the Downham defence. For Downham Charlie Royle...
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Bromley 2 Grimsby Town 0

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 Despite being in London, the trip to Bromley's Hayes Lane was quite rural. After a Spoon's breakfast I followed some German goundhoppers down a rural path through what looked like a farm before coming to the ground. The game itself was an entertaining enough affair and one that Bromley, who are looking fr promoting could have easily won by more. Will Hondermarck gave the home team the lead on just 12 minutes and after that it was pretty much all Bromley, it was surprising when they went in at halftime only 1-0 up. The second half saw Hondermarck get his second on 55 minutes and after that Bromley eased up a bit. Grimsby had a few chances but never really bothered the Bromley goal. Bromley could have and should have scored more especially as the Mariners cleared one off the line, although replays show that it looked like it had already gone in. A good day out as a whole and a decent win for Grimsby who are looking good for a shot at promotion.
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Downham Town 0 Concord Rangers 0

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Yesterday was probably the coldest day of this season so far and therefore obviously there weren't even any goals to cheer us up. The crowd was also one of the lowest that I have seen at the ground. Despite Downham for most of the time playing two levels below this there has been a drop off in attendance thanks to their struggles in the league. There were a few away fans, and fair play to them travelling up to Norfolk from Canvey island. Despite the lack of goals it was a decent game all in all and as I always seem to write at Downham games this season, they were unlucky not to get more out of it. The first half was a bit of a stop / start affair at times, but with the assessor being there, the ref wasn't ever likely to let things slide that he might otherwise have done. Fo most of the half Charlie Royle, Eoin Mcquaid and Dylan Kirk caused problems for the Concord defence but not enough to seriously worry the Concord keeper,which ha pretty much Ben the story of the season so fa...
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Peterborough United 0 Barnsley 1

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 On Saturday we went to Posh v Barnsley in the second round of the FA Cup. I am afraid there was very little cup magic on display. A poor performance from two weakened sides saw us being put out of our misery by Patrick Skelly who scored for the visitors in the 73rd minute. To be honest, I'll remember this day more for what was a final visit to the Blind Tiger as they concentrate on their Tap House in Nene Park and shut up shop in the town centre. There was also the small matter of a game at Villa Park where a last gasp Emi Buendia goal saw Villa defeat league leaders Arsenal and go third in the table. Unfortunately though the game at London Road was a real disappointment.
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Aston Villa 1 Wolverhampton Wanderers 0

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 This game saw John McGinn make his 300th appearance for Aston Villa and like most other people (although I would never admit it) saw this as an easy win for Villa. After a poor start to the season, Villa have been in some incredible form and we're up to 4th. Wolves on the other hand were routed to the bottom of the table on a measly 2 points. It therefore came as no surprise that wolves main tactic was to defend in numbers and try and hit Villa on the break. At times this looked like it might work, as Wolves forced a few good saves from Emi Martinez. However, not to detract from Martinez's efforts, a number of these efforts were given offside, and fortunately one that beat him was to. I think that if we were still in the era where linesmen put their flag up straight away, a number of people wouldn't have convinced themselves that Wolves were in this game as much as they might have thought. Villa had most of the play and most of the shots, but as we have seen of late, the p...
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