..
  Corinthian-Casuals Football Club
  • Home
  • First Team
    • News
    • League Table
    • Player Profiles
    • Fixtures and Results 2022-23
    • Match Reports
    • Photo Galleries
    • Casuals on Youtube
    • Casuals In The Press >
      • Hyphenated (David Bauckham)
      • 19th Century Globetrotters (Football Times)
      • Football History (Outside Write)
      • The Most Important Club (iNews)
      • Egri Erbstein Tournament (Blizzard)
      • Tolworth To Budapest (When Saturday Comes)
      • European Champions 2019 (iNews)
      • When Casuals Met Paulista (Football Times)
      • Boys From Brazil (Non-League Paper)
      • Why Real Madrid Wear White
  • Club
    • Contact CCFC
    • Who's Who
    • Club Rules
    • Supporters' Charter
    • Academy
    • Youth Section >
      • Contact the Youth Section
    • Schools XI
    • Beach Soccer
  • Matchday Info
    • Getting Here
    • Code of Conduct
    • 2022-23 Ticket Prices
    • United Business Group Stadium
    • Get Involved
    • Covid Risk Assessments
  • Commercial
    • Online Shop
    • Casuals Clothing
    • eBay Shop
    • Sponsorship Opportunities
    • Some Amazing Facts About Casuals
    • Player Sponsorship
    • Monthly Draw
    • Clubhouse Booking
  • Club History
    • Corinthian-Casuals
    • History of the Corinthians
    • History of the Casuals
    • Corinthian Tours
    • Corinthian Greats
    • Managers
    • Former Grounds
    • Trivia
    • Remembrance
  • Corinthianos
    • Visitando o King George's Arena
    • Loja Casuals 39
  • MEMBERSHIP

Cunningham Seals the Deal

24/9/2017

0 Comments

 
Picture
Faversham Town 0 -1 Corinthian-Casuals
Bostik League South
Saturday 23rd September 2017
Match report & photos: Stuart Tree (full set of images here)

Corinthian-Casuals extended their unbeaten run to five games as they edged out Faversham Town by a goal to nil at Salters Lane in the Bostik League South.


A goal on the stroke of half-time courtesy of Danny Cunningham was enough to seal the three points which left Casuals sitting sixth in the league table come 5pm.
​
James Bracken’s side have won four and drawn one of their last five matches since the abject performance in the FA Cup at Ashford Town. A solid win at early front-runners Whyteleafe in the week meant selection headaches for Bracken and Dan Pringle – the bench looking every bit as strong as the starting XI.

Whilst chances were few and far between on this bright afternoon, Casuals imposed themselves enough to ensure they had the bulk of possession and territory. Gabriel Odunaike had the first real chance for Corinth but the winger couldn’t quite reach the cross early enough and his glancing header was steered wide.

Jack Strange, imperious in defence once again could’ve bagged a hat-full of goals already this season. Today, his free header from a Josh Uzun cross whistled just over the bar, much to the chagrin of the 18 year old.

With half time looming, the old adage of ‘a great time to score’ came true for Bracken’s side when Casuals snatched the lead with seconds remaining. A failed clearance from the Whites could only find Tommy Smith who clipped a delightful cross to Cunningham. The striker’s scissor kick beat Simon Overland in goal and found the bottom corner, much to the jubilation of the visitors.

Cunningham perhaps should’ve killed the game off after the break when one-on-one with Overland, he could only blaze over the bar.

Casuals continued to dictate play and Faversham’s chances to get back into the game took a blow when Carl Rook was dismissed for a second bookable offence.

Despite the dominance of play, a scoreline of 1-0 is fragile and Casuals would’ve felt aggrieved if they let that lead slip. It almost happened; in stoppage time, a launched throw-in found Dan Carrington who’s header was directed to the top corner, but Danny Bracken, who’d had a quiet game to this point, pulled out a stunning reflex save to tip the ball over. Heartbeats could restart!
 
“One scare at the end but we managed the game well," said Manager James Bracken after the match.

“You’re not going to come out and win every game by three or four goals. You aim to make it more comfortable, get the second goal and kill it off. There’s always going to be games that we’ll only win one-nil through the course of the season, but that’s as comfortable a one-nil as we’ll get.

“We limited them to long balls forward inside their own half. They never once got down and around the outside of us. They never really got any crosses in, through balls or controlled possession in our half.

“That’s testament to us being organised in defence and solid in midfield. We could’ve caught them for a few more goals. I thought one-nil at half time flattered them with the few chances we had.

“We only crafted three or four chances but for me, they were really good chances that we probably should’ve scored. But we got the one, which was crucial and saw the game out in a comfortable manner.

“I still maintain this; there’s a lot more to come from these players. All of them… there’s more to come. Now we’re five unbeaten, four wins and a draw and we’ve only conceded two goals in that period. We’re not shipping goals and we know we’ve got goals in us.

“We’ve put a little run together now and we’ve got to stay on it. Get results in our next few home games and that will put us where I said we want to be. Win the next two and the boys will have done exactly what I asked them to do… win six of the next seven.

“We’re doing well. Competition for places is there. Competition needs to be embraced and the players who are playing need to be keeping zeros against them whilst winning games of football.”
0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    Archives

    January 2023
    December 2022
    November 2022
    August 2022
    July 2022
    March 2022
    February 2022
    January 2022
    December 2021
    November 2021
    October 2021
    September 2021
    August 2021
    December 2020
    November 2020
    October 2020
    September 2020
    August 2020
    March 2020
    February 2020
    October 2019
    September 2019
    August 2019
    July 2019
    April 2019
    March 2019
    February 2019
    January 2019
    December 2018
    November 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    August 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017
    May 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    December 2016
    November 2016
    October 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016
    July 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    December 2015
    November 2015
    October 2015
    September 2015
    August 2015
    July 2015
    April 2015
    March 2015
    February 2015
    January 2015
    December 2014
    November 2014
    October 2014
    September 2014
    August 2014
    April 2014
    March 2014

    Categories

    All
    AFC Croydon Athletic
    AFC Dunstable
    AFC Hornchurch
    AFC Wimbledon
    Ashford Town
    Ashford United
    Aveley
    Badshot Lea
    Billericay Town
    Bishop's Stortford
    Bognor Regis
    Bowers And Pitsea
    Brightlingsea
    Bromley
    Burgess Hill
    Carshalton
    Chalfont St Peter
    Chatham Town
    Chelmsford City
    Cheshunt
    Chipstead
    Colliers Wood
    Corinthians
    Crawley Down
    Cray Valley PM
    Cray Wanderers
    Croydon
    Dorking Wanderers
    Dulwich Hamlet
    East Grinstead
    East Thurrock
    Egham Town
    Enfield
    Faversham Town
    Folkestone
    Geoff Harvey
    Godalming Town
    Grays Athletic
    Greenwich Borough
    Guernsey
    Hampton And Richmond
    Haringey Boro
    Harlow Town
    Hastings
    Hayes And Yeading
    Hemel Hempstead
    Hendon
    Herne Bay
    Hertford Town
    Horsham
    Hungerford Town
    Hythe Town
    Jimmy Hill
    King's Langley
    Kingstonian
    Leatherhead
    Leighton Town
    Leiston
    Lewes
    Little Common
    Margate
    Merstham
    Met Police
    Molesey
    North Leigh
    Pagham
    Peacehaven & Telscombe
    Potters Bar
    Ramsgate
    Redbridge
    Redhill
    Sevenoaks Town
    Shoreham
    Sittingbourne
    South Park
    St Albans City
    Sutton United
    Thamesmead Town
    Three Bridges
    Tonbridge Angels
    Tooting And Mitcham
    VCD Athletic
    Walton And Hersham
    Walton Casuals
    Welling
    Welling United
    Westfield
    Whitehawk
    Whitstable
    Whyteleafe
    Wimborne Town
    Wingate
    Worthing

    RSS Feed

© Copyright 2018 Corinthian-Casuals Football Club. All rights reserved.
Developed and maintained by the CCFC Technical Development team.
King George V Arena, Queen Mary Close, Hook Rise South, Tolworth, Surrey KT6 7NA
Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.
Copyright Corinthian-Casuals Football Club 2017