Next game at home to St Edmunds at Midday

Our next game is a Berks and Bucks County Cup match at home against St Edmunds on Sunday 16th December. Kick off at The Closes is Midday, please could players be on the pitch ready to warm up at 11.30am

Update 10am Saturday 15th
I've just had a look at the pitch and it seems fine, so unless there is a deluge of rain the game is on.

Update 8pm Saturday 15th
This afternoon's rain hasn't helped the pitch conditions so we'll have a look tomorrow (Sunday) morning at 10am. The result will be posted on here sharpish but you are welcome to call my mobile if you want to know straight away.

Update 10am Sunday 16th December
Just checked and the pitch is fine so the game is on

Thursday training at Tilsley - OFF

We are training as usual at Tilsley Park, 7pm sharp on Thursday 13th December.
This is ahead of our Berks and Bucks County Cup game at home against St Edmunds on Sunday 16th December with the changed kick off time of 12pm.

Update 5pm Wednesday 12th
I've just spoken to Tilsley Park and they are confident the surface will be ok tomorrow night despite the cold weather. I'll make sure again tomorrow but assume it's on at present.

Update 3.30pm Thursday 13th
I've just called Tilsley and the training is off. The surface is too hard as there has been no sun today to warm it up. Apologies from them for the short notice as yesterday they thought it would be fine.

CM v Banbury United

9th December   away   result 1-4   half time 1-2
Scorers for CM: Jamie Smith  Jack Hitchen (2)  Jake Gerring

The game was played on a cold but sunny day with Cumnor playing the first half with a stiff breeze behind them.
Cumnor had much of the early possession but they were unable to score with virtually all forwards and midfield players missing chances of various degrees of difficulty. Eventually Jamie Smith opened the scoring after 20 minutes with a well taken shot 20 yards out on the left.
Ironically this seemed to spur on Banbury and they played some of their best football of the match. They were rewarded with a goal after 28 minutes from a shot in the penalty area low to Kane’s left giving him no chance.
Jack Hitchen restored Cumnor’s advantage with a great shot 15 yards from an Obaida Mohamedi pass. This meant the half finished 1-2
Pete's half time talk asked for more effort from the players in the second half and to try to play the simple passes. He also reminded them that Banbury would be pleased with their first half performance and warned them to expect some long balls from them as they were playing with the wind in the second half.
The talk did the job as it’s fair to say Cumnor dominated the second half but Banbury were resilient in defence. It took until 70 minutes before Cumnor added to their lead with a sweetly taken shot by Jake Gerring from around the penalty spot.
Jack Hitchen got his second goal and Cumnor’s fourth after 75 minutes with a opportunist strike 5 yards out as Banbury started let their heads drop.
Banbury were probably the more relieved to here the final whistle as Cumnor were beginning to look like adding to the score line. Banbury should be pleased with the effort they made today, they had a couple of chances to draw level at 2-1 and defended well. I thought their goalkeeper had a great match.
Cumnor dominated the game and played some really good football in patches but struggled to deal with the conditions. It was a boggy pitch particularly down the centre and the wind didn’t help. Considering the relative league positions of the clubs Cumnor were expected to win comfortably but Banbury, judging by today’s performance are not a bad side.
Today’s Match of the Match goes to Jack Hitchen for his good work in midfield and the two well taken goals

Next game away to Banbury United

Our next game is away to Banbury United on Sunday 9th December.
kick off is 2pm at Easington Rec., Easington Road, Banbury. OX16 9HJ
Players are to to be on the pitch to warm up by 1.30pm.There are no changing facilities at the ground.
Those that need a lift are to be at Elms Parade by 12.50pm. Please let us know so we can make sure there is a space for you.
There is cold weather forecast for the weekend and in the unlikely event of the game being called off the news will immediately be posted on here.

Update 10pm Friday 9th December
There will be a pitch inspection at around 5pm on Saturday and the result will be posted on here.

Update midnight Saturday 10th December 
Sorry for lack of news from Banbury, I tried to contact them with no success so I guess it means the game is on. There's no frost forecast overnight so there's no reason it should be called off. See you all at Easington Rec.

Thursday training at Tilsley

Our Thursday training this week will be at Tilsley Park on 6th December starting at 7pm sharp.

This is ahead of our league match on Sunday 9th December ko 2pm against Banbury United at Easington Rec., Easington Road, Banbury. OX16 9HJ

Training at Tilsley

We are training as usual on Thursday 29th November, 7pm sharp at Tilsley.
We have no game this weekend, our next match is away to Banbury on the 9th December.

Next game against Radley Youth - OFF

Our next game is a derby away to Radley Youth due to kick off at 2pm on Sunday 25th November at Thrupp Lane, Radley OX14 3NG.
Please could all players be on the pitch by 1.30pm. Those that need a lift are to be at Elms Parade by 1.10pm. Please let us know so there is space for you.
There is obviously some concern the game will go ahead because of the weather but apparently their pitch rarely floods. Any news will be posted here straight away.

Update 1pm Saturday 24th
We've just got a message from the Radley manager that the pitch is "wet" and a decision about the game will be made later in the day. This will be posted on here straight away.

Update 1.30pm Saturday 24th
Just spoke to Radley manager, a decision will be made later today or tomorrow morning, its 50/50 at the moment

Update 9.30pm Saturday 24th
No news from Radley so it's looks like a Sunday morning decision. I'll post straight away on here but if anyone needs to know the latest you are welcome to text or call my mobile. You should know the number but if not please email u17squad@cumnorfc.co.uk


Update11am Sunday 25th
We've just heard from Radley and they've called the game off. Apparently there is too much standing water on the pitch.

Training at Tilsley on Thursday

Posted 11.30am 22nd November
Despite the poor weather training is currently on for 7pm Thursday 22nd November ahead of our game on Sunday away to Radley at Thrupp Lane.
If either are called off for the weather I'll let you know straight away.

Training on Thursday

I'm sure it will not come as a shock to learn we are training 7pm sharp on Thursday 15th November, at Tilsley Park.
There's no game on Sunday.

CM v Garsington Youth

11th November   Away   Result 0-2
Scorers for CM:  Jack Hitchen   Jamie Smith

Garsingston's ground in Denton Lane has good facilities and even a dugout for the teams but it's on the top of a hill and the wind can blow a gale. Luckily the weather for this game was excellent with only the low sun causing occasional problems.
Garsington are expected to do well this season but haven't had the best of starts after four games and are lying in mid table. They have however, let in just seven goals which is the same defensive record as Cumnor indicating it was going to be a tight match.
Following a minute's silence Cumnor won the toss and elected to play with the sun behind them.
The game started evenly with both teams creating chances. The pitch was rather bobbly making passing difficult and it was Garsngton who managed the conditions well and strung some good passes together. Cumnor's passing was rather disjointed and on occasions they gave they ball away rather too easily but their play did look to be more effective.
It was Cumnor who broke the deadlock at 41 minutes when Jack Hitchen pounced on an error in the Garsington penalty area and slotted the ball home. Overall it was an even half and Cumnor were rather fortunate to be 0-1 up.
Pete's half time talk suggested that the pitch conditions meant they shouldn't be afraid to play the long ball and reminded all to concentrate on controlling more of the midfield, playing it tight when they didn't have the ball.
The second half started with Cumnor much more in control and they payed much better allround football. It became one of those games where the ball would not go into the net with Robble, Zak, Cameron Jamie and Obaida all going close. The Garsington keeper had a good game and denied a number of chances. Jamie also had a very strong claim for a penalty when seemingly upended as he was through on goal, although to be fair the referee in general had a very good game.
Eventually Jamie Smith eased any Cumnor's nerves and got the second goal with a carefully lobbed shot from just outside the penalty area.
Garsington had their chances in the half and didn't allow their heads to go down, battling to the end. They couldn't get past a resolute Cumnor defence and the game finished 0-2.
It was Cumnor's second clean sheet of the season, so very well done to the defence. The first half was rather uneven from the the rest of the team but they certainly made up for it in the second with some excellent quality football.
Special mentions go to Jack Bowler who had a great game at left back, Kane who was solid in goal, Cameron Craig who battled well, and the two new signings Zak and Mark who both had good debuts. Man of the match goes to Jamie Smith for his great all round play.

Next game away against Garsington Youth

Our next game is away against Garsington Youth. We haven't had confirmation from Garsington yet but it's due to be a 2pm kick off at Garsington Sports Club, Denton Lane, Garsington, Oxford OX44 9EL

Players are to be on the pitch ready to warm up by 1.30pm. For those that need a lift we are leaving Elms Parade at 1pm. Please let us know so there is a space for you.

Training on Thursday at Tilsley

We are training as usual, 7pm sharp on Thursday 8th November  at Tilsley Park ahead of our second away game of the season on Sunday against Garsington Youth