[Thu 11th Sep] FA Youth Cup at AFC Dunstable KO 19:45

[SouthRushdenJFC]

Good win for the lads, especially as they've not had much pre-season.

Let's hope Purse learns his lesson because that is not a good start by him

[davealbon]

To be fair, the officials last night were abysmal - not just the ref, both assistants were also guilty of several bafflingly stupid decisions - to the point where it was almost laughable. It wasn't just against us either, there were a lot of awful decisions in our favour too.

I've seen plenty of worse touchline behaviour go unpunished, but DP should know better and will hopefully tone down his protestations in future! I was impressed with his interaction with the team though, always encouraging and focusing on the positives, rather than criticising as a lot of coaches do.

As for the game, we dominated possession throughout, especially in the second half where it must have been 75-25 in our favour. We just lacked a bit of quality in the final third though, and often wanted one touch too many. Credit to Dunstable who defended resolutely and were very dangerous on the break, but although it was a bit of a smash and grab by our lads, I don't think they could argue that we didn't deserve the win.

[Sid]

A bit early to say this, but if we knock out Bugbrooke (as we did last season), then it's yet another away tie, at St Neots or Brackley.