Depleted Men's 4s Succumb to Sonnning

After player shortages higher up the club, Henley 4s once again had to play with a depleted team, heading to rivals Sonning on a (to put it lightly) brisk Saturday morning, Henley got off to a strong start with a succession of quick attacks, resulting in an early short corner which Elliot Fielder expertly turned in at the back post after a clever pass from Phil Biggs. Up until half time the away side continued to pile on the pressure but the Sonning defence remained strong and some fine saves from the goalkeeper denied the yellows an extension of their lead. Before half time Henley were made to rue these misses as lucky goal on the break sent the game into half time at 1-1.

The trend of the first half continued into the second 35 minutes as Henley held the majority of the possession and the lions share of the chances, but couldn’t make them count, and once again Sonning punished them, scoring two fortunate goals completely against the run of play. As ever, Henley didn’t let their heads dropped and continued to search for the elusive second goal. Eventually the goal did come, with Max Hems finishing off after a goalmouth scramble, but it was too little too late as Henley fell to their third defeat of the season.

At the end of the day it has to be said that the yellows were really unlucky, however with there only being 6 points between them and the top of the league after 5 matches, and the goals both coming from young players, there is nothing to be too disheartened about, and they head into the festive period full of confidence in spite of recent results.