A super second meeting of the Horsham Schools Year 5+6 Football League tonight at the Tanbridge astroturf with another 36 matches played across the two round-robin leagues – (1) Large School and A teams and (2) Small School and B teams.
Kingslea Green started the night in pole position and expecting attacks from beneath particularly Southwater and Steyning A. In the end they didn’t need to worry about other teams as they quietly went about their business to beat all four second night opponents without conceding a goal.
Consequently the more interesting battle came to revolve around second spot. Steyning A fell to Southwater in their first match and never recovered their mojo thereafter and in rare fashion Southwater also stumbled for the remainder of the night with two draws and a shock loss to newcomers North Heath. With only one win on the night St Mary’s Pulborough failed to exploit the opportunity so it was left to Leechpool A to show the way with three wins and a draw being enough to pip Southwater by one point to runners-up status.
Heron Way A also improved their way to fourth spot by going unbeaten on the night. Nice to see North Heath elevate to seventh with a strong finish. Shelley will be disappointed with eighth place but pleased to have held Southwater and Pulborough to draws. Great to have Greenway back in the football fold and pleasing that no team in the division went winless.
So to the small schools and B teams section. In similar fashion to Kingslea Green the St Robert Southwell held strong, with four more straight wins again without conceding, whilst its nearest rivals floundered. Week 1 pacemakers Plaistow and Kirdford couldn’t sustain their challenge and three defeats saw Leechpool B sink to the bottom half. After a slow start Steyning B took up the slack to overtake the P+Ks in the last round of play to take runners-up spot. Kingslea Black also improved their position by gaining two wins and two draws second time out.
Castlewood low scoring and low conceding approach saw them into fifth and the bottom three engaged an almighty battle to try and avoid finishing in bottom spot. Heron Way B’s 2-1 win over St Mary’s was critical to them not falling into the basement and a much improved showing from Oakfields consigned St Mary’s to that fate in the closest of fashions.
RESULTS
| PITCH 1 | PITCH 2 | PITCH 3 | PITCH 4 |
| LARGE SCHOOLS | SMALL/B TEAM SCHOOLS | ||
4.02-4.10 | Heron Way A 0 v 0 St Mary’s Pulb | Kingslea Green 2 v 0 Greenway | Castlewood 0 v 0 Plaist Kirdford | St Rob South 1 v 0 Oakfields |
4.12-4.20 | Southwater 1 v 0 Steyning A | Leechpool A 2 v 0 North Heath | Steyning B 0 v 0 Kingslea Black | St Mary’s Hm A 1 v 2 Heron Way B |
4.22- 4.30 | St Mary’s Pulb 0 v 1 Kingslea Green | Shelley 0 v 0 Southwater | Plaist Kirdford 0 v 2 St Rob South | Leechpool B 0 v 1 Steyning B |
4.32-4.40 | Greenway 0 v 2 Leechpool A | Steyning A 0 v 0 North Heath | Oakfields 1 v 1 St Mary’s Hm | Kingslea Black 2 v 1 Heron Way B |
4.42-4.50 | Heron Way A 1 v 0 Shelley | St Mary’s Pulb 1 v 0 Greenway | Castlewood 1 v 0 Leechpool B | Plaist Kirdford 0 v 1 Oakfields |
4.52-5.00 | North Heath 1 v 0 Southwater | Shelley 0 v 3 Kingslea Green | Heron Way B 0 v 5 Steyning B | Leechpool B 0 v 1 St Rob South |
5.02-5.10 | Steyning A 0 v 1 Leechpool A | Greenway 0 v 0 Heron Way A | Kingslea Black 1 v 0 St Mary’s Hm | Oakfields 0 v 0 Castlewood |
5.12-5.20 | Shelley 0 v 0 St Mary’s Pulb | Steyning A 0 v 2 Heron Way A | Leechpool B 3 v 2 Plaist Kirdford | Kingslea Black 0 v 0 Castlewood |
5.22-5.30 | North Heath 0 v 1 Kingslea Green | Southwater 1 v 1 Leechpool A | Heron Way B 0 v 3 St Rob South | Steyning B 2 v 0 St Mary’s Hm |
TABLES
LARGE SCHOOLS | P | W | L | D | F | A | Pts |
Kingslea Green | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 38 |
Leechpool A | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 29 |
Southwater | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 28 |
Heron Way A | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 26 |
St Mary’s Pulborough | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 26 |
Steyning A | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 20 |
North Heath | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 18 |
Shelley | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 18 |
Greenway | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 14 |
SMALL / B TEAMS | P | W | L | D | F | A | Pts |
St Robert Southwell | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 40 |
Steyning B | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 28 |
Plaistow and Kirdford | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 27 |
Kingslea Black | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 26 |
Castlewood | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 24 |
Leechpool B | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 20 |
Heron Way B | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 19 |
Oakfields | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 18 |
St Mary’s Horsham | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 17 |