League

The Steamers walked away with an undeserved defeat this morning against Wokingham and Emmbrooke. After having a goal disallowed Owen opened the scoring before a goalkeeping error from Craig handed the Wokingham side a soft equaliser. Capitalising on their way back into the game Wokingham scored a second leaving the Steamers chasing another game. DC created some very good chances with Tom Lamb, Jordy and Jensen forcing the opposition goalkeeper to pull off some important saves. The nail in the coffin came late on in the game whilst DC were pushing more players forward.

League

DCS picked up another point away from home in the league on Sunday with a 1-1 draw against Woodley Saints Reserves. It was a tough match on a sticky pitch but DC created some good opportunities in the first half and should really have taken the lead when Steve Bell got in at the back post but he pulled his effort wide. DC did make the breakthrough in the first half when a cross field ball was met by Owen Temple coming in off the left wing and calmly placing the ball into the back of the net. DC failed to extend the lead and Woodley got back into it when DC failed to pick up the runner from a corner. Woodley pushed for the lead in the second half but failed to take their chances and it could have cost them late on when Tom raced clear of the defence only to shot at the keeper. The best chance of the match fell in added time when Steve broke clear of the defence and played in Owen who looked certain to score but the ball went wide with Owen claiming a corner but the ref giving a goal kick. A point for DCS was a good result away from home on a poor pitch.

Man of the match for this one was Tom who on his first start for DCS caused problems for the Woodley defence all game.

Berks and Bucks 2nd Rnd

DCS continued their run in the Berks & Bucks cup on Sunday with a 4-1 victory over Bracknell division 1 side Metropolitan.

DC started the game well with both Jenson and Tom causing the Metropolitan defence problems and the breakthrough eventually came when Jenson beat the goalkeeper to a cross from Owen and eventually headed the ball into an empty net. DC continued to push and grabbed a second when Owen fed Jenson who calmly lobbed the keeper to make it 2-0. Despite never really causing DC stand in goalkeeper Rory any problems metropolitan were gifted a lifeline when Fookesy headed the ball into his own net!!

At the start of the second half, Metropolitan started to push DC back although never testing Rory in goal. DC went 3-1 ahead after Simon either A) tried his hardest to miss or B) thought he was taking part in the Soccer AM crossbar challenge. Eventually he headed the ball down in the box with Owen drilling the half volley into the bottom left of the goal. The forth goal was again scored by Owen, this time Simon managed to flick on a near post corner and after the ball was cleared off the line fell to Owen who managed to slot the ball into the far left corner of the goal under a challenge from the Metropolitan defender.

No man of the match award was given for this game because there were so many good performances to choose from, instead the game will go down as a good team performance.

League

DCS suffered another league defeat at the hands of Polish Social on a wet and windy day. The day started badly for DCS when they went behind early on but were given a lifeline in the game when the Social keeper picked up a back pass. Jenson promptly scored from the resulting indirect free kick from 6 yards out. However Social again had the upper hand making it 2-1 with the help of some bad defending. DC continued to push for the equaliser and were rewarded when Simon broke from the centre circle made up for his crossbar challenge antics last week by finishing well and making it 2-2. The second half was delayed while the referee decided whether to call the game off, in the end the standing water was cleared from the pitch and the game continued. DC found themselves behind again when some poor positioning allowed Social to break and finish easily. The final nail in the coffin came after DC conceded the forth from a Social corner. DC tried to get back into the game but Social held on to claim all 3 points.

Man of the match for DC was defender Matt Bovey.