Greens and purples at Soham Town Rangers

There were no games in Ely yesterday, so I decided to go on the relatively short journey to Soham to see Soham Town Rangers take on Daventry Town in the Southern (Zamaretto) League Central Division.

At the moment Soham are propping up the division and although their pre-season performance at the Unwin against Ely suggested that they would struggle this season they actually played pretty well and I feel were unluck not to come away with more than a 0-0 draw.

In the first half Daventry probably had the best of the chances, although I never felt like they really looked like scoring. The Soham defence however looked a little vulnerable and on several occasions failed to clear their lines, which against a more clinical team could have led to problems.

The second half was all Soham though and if it hadn't been for the diminutive Daventry Keeper with a foghorn of a voice Soham could have easily been 2 or 3 up in the first few minutes after the break. However it wasn't to be and although Dubi Ogbonna came close to scoring for Soham near the end the score remained 0-0.

The Non-league Paper gave man of the match to Ogbonna, but I think that Deakan Napier on the wing caused the visitors more problems. I also found the game pretty entertaining despite the lack of goals so I don't agree with the 1 star the NLP gave the game either.

That said I also had a free day out as I won £25 for having 'no goal' in the golden goal competition. It's also not often you see a team in green take on a team in purple and moreover with both teams wearing their first colours.

It was only my second trip to Soham, but I enjoyed and hopefully I'll go back there again when Ely are away at place I can't get to.

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