Southbank Reserves made hard work of dispatching a useful Mapledurham Cavaliers in a windswept encounter at Mapledurham.

 

After a first half which saw Southbank squander ample opportunities to win the game is was left to second half goals from stand-in centre half Dave Rolfe and top scorer Jamie Foncette to win this one.

 

Rolfie netted with a header from a well directed Ryan Tipper free kick early in the second half, and Foncette also popped up with a rare header as conditions took their toll.  Mapledurham were a very lively outfit and deserved a late consolation goal for their attacking endeavour.  There's little doubt they'll cause plenty of teams trouble in this league, although a bit more discipline will be needed.  The sight of a red carded player trying to pick a fight with a 70 year old referee is not really one to write home about, especially when the player feels the need to arm himself with a broken golf umbrella....odd scenes!

 

 

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