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That was the season that was...
by Vince Newman
Kew Colts endured a season without a single point, and against some of the best teams, suffered some heavy defeats, particularly earlier on in the season. Clearly therefore the overall standard of the team wasn't quite up to the Surrey Youth League. This was not helped by the loss of key players at the beginning of the season moving up to the first team. And It didn't end there as goalkeeper Jacob was called up a third of the way into the season, and his replacement departed after a couple of games, leaving us without a regular keeper. Jamie did well taking over, as did Ross and Luke when called upon. But it then meant we lost outfield players, so there was still a net loss to the team.
Colts should though take pride in some of their performances. They certainly didn't deserve to finish with zero points. Games against Samba and Claygate Royals should have certainly delivered points. Just a slither more resilience and we would have been harder to break down, and other games too would have been closer. Very often, good spells of play were soon undone by lapses in concentration.
As a team the side definitely improved in the course of the season, bar a couple of disappointing performances in the latter weeks. In those particular games we seemed inexplicably to lose our touch and our passes went astray. However the real improvement we saw, was in keeping our shape in front of a back four that very often held out well, and sustaining competitiveness for 80 minutes. The team maintained a good morale, never more evident than in our 0-2 defeat by top of the league Kew Park Rangers and Sheen Lions, who we matched for much of the game. So congratulations to the boys for keeping their heads up, for playing on and giving of their best, despite results consistently going against us.
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