Eagles downed as season ends with win

30 April 1995, Division 8 at Mannington

KMLC FC 3 Stratton Red Eagles 2 (HT 1-1)

The Kylies may have missed out on honours in their first campaign but they finished with a win, edging Stratton red Eagles by the odd goal in five.

Jon Carter's first goal for the club saw the teams turn round level and it was the team in green and black stripes who got the edge in the second period.

Merry took his season total to 13 and Brian opened his account with what proved to be the winner.


Lunt
B.Warr, Woolford, M.Warr, Summers
Smedley, Merry, Gould, Howell
Swatridge Carter
Subs: Sharp, Griifiths, Gratland

Scorers: Carter, Merry, Woolford

MVP: B.Warr
Spoons: Howell

Next match - will be in September but we might get some friendlies in first!

Watch out for some stats over the coming weeks and KMLC25 - what happened in the five years before the league debut...

Honours even with ISSC

20 April 1995, Division 8 at Mannington

KMLC FC 2 ISSC 2 (HT 0-0)

A first Thursday night game for the Kylies stretched their unbeaten run to four matches. The first game against ISSC had finished goalless back in October and at half time neither team had found a way past the other's defence.

This was the third Kylie game in a row that was without a goal at the break but four were shared in the second half. Gunning and B.Warr got the Kylie goals and Ben picked up MVP too.


Lunt
B.Warr, Woolford, Summers, Gunning
Smedley, Merry, Griffiths, Howell
Kelly, Carter
Subs: M.Warr for Summers, Sharp for Carter

Scorers: Gunning, B.Warr

MVP: B.Warr
Spoons: Sharp

Next match - 30 April 1995 v Stratton Red Eagles at Mannington

Merry strike completes Mannington double

18 April 1995, Division 8 at Mannington

Mannington 0 KMLC FC 1 (HT 0-0)

For the second successive Tuesday night game Ian Merry was on target and this week his goal delivered the points to the Kylies.

Back in October a Swatridge hat-trick had propelled the green and black to a 6-0 romp over these opponents but with the top-scorer missing this was a tighter affair.

Level at the break, Ian's second-half goal proved the decider while Big Al kept a second successive clean sheet.

Lunt
B.Warr, Woolford, M.Warr, Gunning
Smedley, Merry, Gould, Howell
Kelly, Griffiths
Subs: Sharp for Griffiths, Summers for M.Warr

Scorer: Merry

MVP: Lunt
Spoons: Merry

Next match - 20 April 1995 v ISSC at Mannington

Kylies gain Purton revenge

16 April 1995, Division 8 at Braden Forest school

AFC Purton 0 KMLC FC 2 (HT 0-0)

KMLC FC gained a small measure of revenge for defeat in their first league game back in September by beating AFC Purton.

That first match ended in a comfortable 3-0 win for Purton but this time they couldn't break down the Kylie defence.

Scoreless at half-time, two Gunning goals in the second period claimed the points.

Lunt,
B.Warr, Woolford, Summers, Gunning
Griffiths, Merry, Gould, Gratland
Kelly, Carter
Subs: Garratt, Shurmer

Scorer: Gunning 2

MVP: Gunning
Spoons: Gould

Next match - 18 April 1995 v Mannington at Mannington

Merry is evening star

11 April 1995, Division 8 at Mannington

KMLC FC 7 Halcrow Wilts 4 (HT 5-3)

The Kylies' first league win had come against these opponents back in October in a seven-goal thriller but there had been eight in this one by half-time! The team had been born out of evening five- and six-a-side games in the evening so the later kick-off didn't prove a problem.

Ian Merry bagged his first hat-trick which earned him MVP but he also picked up spoons as well. Did he miss a sitter or a pen can anyone remember? Smedley and Swatridge notched two each to complete the scoring.

Lunt
B.Warr, Woolford, M.Warr, Gunning
Smedley, Merry, Gould, Howell
Swatridge, Carter
Subs: Summers for Woolford, Gratland for B.Warr

Scorers: Merry 3, Smedley 2, Swatridge 2

MVP: Merry
Spoons: Merry

Next match - 16 April 1995 v AFC Purton at Braden Forest

Akers defeat ends title hopes

9 April 1995, Division 8 at Ballards Ash

Akers Garage 4 KMLC FC 2 (HT 3-1)

A second defeat to league leaders Akers ended any outside chance of the Kylies claiming the title in their first season.

Trailing 3-1 at the break a better second half saw the result kept respectable with Stu's goalscoring form carried over from last week.

Despite the good form of Big Al in the last couple of games there was a return to the starting line-up for Peej for some reason. Al did come on for him later in the game and won spoons. Did he turn up late I wonder? MVP was spread throughout the defenders which suggests the Kylies might have been under the cosh somewhat.

Garratt
B.Warr, Woolford, Summers, Gunning
Smedley, Merry, Gould, Howell
Swatridge, Kelly
Subs: Lunt for Garratt, M.Warr for Gunning, Carter

Scorer: Gould 2 (1 pen)

MVP: Woolford, Gunning, Howell, M.Warr
Spoons: Lunt

Next match - 11 April (yes, Tuesday evening) v Halcrow Wilts at Mannington

Grapes crushed

2 April 1995, Division 8 at Mannington

KMLC FC 7 The Grapes 1 (HT 2-0)

After last week's struggle to get a point at Sevenfields the home game against the same opponents saw a very different result.

Player-manager Stu led the way with four goals (two from the spot - was Ian Merry chopped down in similar style for both of them?) on his way to winning MVP and Merry bagged a brace to help the team to their biggest victory since November.

Is this the game where Carpo busted his head open in an aerial challenge I wonder? There's a picture of him somewhere with a massive bandage around his cranium. This was to be his last game of the season.

Lunt
Carpenter, Woolford, M.Warr, Gunning
Smedley, Merry, Gould, Howell
Swatridge, Kelly
Subs: Summers for M.Warr, B.Warr for Carpenter

Scorers: Gould 4 (2 pens), Merry 2, Gunning

MVP: Gould
Spoons: Swatridge

Next match - 9 April 1995 v Akers Garage at Ballards Ash