A Win In Local Derby

AFC playing their fourth game in eight days came out on top with a morale boosting result against their near neighbours from Ram Meadow.

AFC first half;- 1 Alex Archer, 2 Harry Barker, 3 Lee Flynn, 4, Michael Shinn, 5 Ryan Henshaw, 6 Craig Pope, 7 Kris Newby, 8 Ryan Maxwell, 9 James Baker, 10 Jake Reed, 11 Jack Guyton

AFC second half;- 1 Alex Archer, 2 Payton Swatman, 3 Lee Flynn (74 Tyler Kemp, 90 Ryan Maxwell) 4 Michael Shinn (65 Sam Clarke) 5 Lawrence Yiga, 6 Craig Pope, 7 Kris Newby, 8 Ryan Maxwell (Michael Shinn) 9 James Baker, 10 Jake Reed (65 Ollie Hughes), 11 Jordan Blackwell (72 Ayton Coley)

A fairly even first half played on a hot sunny afternoon was fairly even until the twenty-fourth minute when ex- AFC man Nathan Clarke rose to head home a corner to put the visitors ahead. AFC's James Baker thought he had equalised but it was ruled out for offside and the home side soon thought they had been awarded a penalty but again an offside decision intervened.

AFC did level in the fifty-second minute when a Newby cross found James Baker who turned and fired home into the far corner of the net. What turned out to be the winning goal came wit twenty minutes left, a Newby corner went out to Lawrence Yiga who fired goal ward with Ollie Hughes getting the final touch as the ball went in.

A tiring game played in hot weather before a number of ex-AFC players who attended the Aaron Gardiner Memorial Dinner where £2621 was raised for Aaron's daughters.