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Abingdon United Reserves 3  Newbury  1
Abingdon Reserves continue their run of wins in 2012 by beating high fliers Newbury Town.
Both teams traded blows throughout the first half but it was Newbury who took the lead in the 20th minute  when their forward cut inside from Abingdon’s right back position and sent a low shot that beat Craig Evans by the near post.  
Abingdon started the brighter of the two teams in the second half but it was not until the 60th minute that Joe Parker was put through on goal but his shot shaved the outside of the post keeping the game at 1 – 0 to the visitors.
Abingdon continued to press and in the 70th minute Steve Andrews headed goal wards from a corner and the ball was deemed to have crossed the line from an eagle eyed linesman 1 – 1.  
In order to keep up the pressure fresh legs were required and that came by the way of the introduction of Frankie Merola and Ryan Macer.
These substitutions gave Abingdon further momentum and it was Merola in the 72nd minute of the game who scored Abingdon’s second goal with a strike from outside the area.
This clearly stunned Newbury and they were stunned further when Drew Fowler ran on to a through ball from Chris Baker and chipped the keeper from a full 25 yards.  
Newbury pressed forward and were nearly rewarded with an excellent strike from the edge of Abingdon’s area, which was expertly tipped over the bar by Craig Evans.

Abingdon United Reserves 0 Woodley Town 1  Photos

Abingdon United Reserves conceded in the 36th minute and neither goalkeeper were troubled for the rest of the first half.
Abingdon started brightly in the second half and a long defensive clearance from Chris Baker in the 47th minute put Jamie Mundy through on goal but the Woodley Town keeper pulled off a fine save to keep the visiting side ahead.
In the 53rd minute Abingdon came close to scoring again when a deep free kick was met by Chris Baker at the back post, which he headed back across goal and it was met on the volley by Aaron Andrews.
The combination of a despairing dive and defenders bodies on the line kept the ball out and it was cleared to safety once more.
The game then opened out with both sides creating chances but Abingdon’s fate was sealed when Aaron Andrews picked up a second yellow card in the 75th minute.
Tommy Hayday was brought off the bench on the 80th minute to replace Nick Christodoulou and his intervention enabled Abingdon to create chances but Woodley Town saw out a good away victory for the visiting side.
 
Highmoor Ibis 4  Abingdon United Reserves 2
 Abingdon United Reserves got off to a very slow start and were 1 – 0 down after 2 minutes and conceded the second goal only 6 minutes later.
Highmoor Ibis pressed on for further goals and Abingdon were lucky to end the first half having only conceded two goals.
Abingdon started the second half brightly and in the 48th minute were rewarded with their efforts when the ball was handled in the oppositions area and Drew Fowler calmly slotted home the penalty.
This spurred on Abingdon who were definitely back in the game and both sides had chances to score but were only kept at bay by good goalkeeping from both teams keepers.
The game turned on the 79th minute when the referee decided that Chris Baker had deliberately handled the ball in the area, stopping a goal opportunity and branded a red card for the unlucky defender. Highmoor Ibis slotted home the penalty and Abingdon had the unenviable task of finishing the game with just 10 men.
From here on the game turned in favour of Abingdon United who upped their game to try to redeem a poor situation. Reward was not long coming when Joe Parker turned on the edge of the area and curled a 20 yard shot into the top right hand corner of the oppositions net, leaving the goalkeeper with no chance and the game was back to 3 – 2.
Abingdon continued to press but it was in the 90th minute when Steve Mundy’s opposing winger got passed him for the first time in the game and put in a pin point cross that was met by the Highmoor Ibis forward who slotted home their 4th goal.
Abingdon United Reserves 3  Hungerford Town Reserves 2
A well contested match see Abingdon United Reserves collect three valuable home points. The opening goal came after 15 minutes, which was the result of a poor goalkeepers clearance that fell to Nick Christodoulou on the edge of the area who slotted home calmly into an open net.
Hungerford’s reply came after 27 minutes when they broke down the Abingdon defence with some good wing play and the half ended 1 – 1.
It all came to life in the second half on the 50th minute with a 25 yard strike from Adam French that put the home side ahead.
Abingdon continued to press and in the 52nd minute Nick Christodoulou was fouled in the area resulting in a penalty and the Hungerford defender being sent off. The injustice of the sending off was rewarded with the penalty being saved keeping the score at 2 – 1.
More drama was to follow when on the 57th minute another Hungerford player picked up a second booking leaving the visitors with just nine players to see out the game.
This created a positive attitude and the visitors resorted to a 3 – 3 – 2 formation that Abingdon never entirely got to grips with and it was the home side that were under pressure for a large spell of the second half and conceded a goal to take the score to a well deserved 2 – 2.
Abingdon rode their luck and hit Hungerford on the break. A mazy run in the 85th minute from Ryan Macer with a good final pass resulted in Joe Parker being one on one with the Keeper and he calmly chipped the keeper to take the score to 3 – 2.
 
Maidenhead Reserves 4 Abingdon United Reserves 1

Abingdon United Reserves struggled to compete with a very strong Maidenhead United Reserves team. The match started off relatively even with both teams exchanging chances on goal but it was the home team that settled into their stride after 20 minutes when Abingdon conceded the first goal from an excellent strike from just outside the goal area.
Craig Evans kept Abingdon in the match with a string of excellent saves and Abingdon went in at half time just 1 – 0 down. Despite Abingdon’s best efforts to retain possession in the second half a string of individual errors were punished by Maidenhead who scored 60th minute.
Abingdon conceded their 3rd from a poor back pass from Aaron Andrews which left Craig Evans stranded and a penalty was conceded and then converted to put Abingdon 3 – 0 down and basically the game was over.
Abingdon conceded a 4th goal in the 75th minute and were struggling to win any second ball throughout the half.
 A few opportunities on goal were created and Abingdon were rewarded with a goal when Jamie Mundy crossed into the area in the 80th minute and the ball was powered into the Maidenhead goal by Nick Bayliss.
 
Abingdon United Reserves 2 Flackwell Heath 3
Abingdon United Reserves were dismissed from the Bluefin Insurance Brokers Challenge Cup by Flackwell Heath who were quite simply the better team.
Flackwell Heath got off to a very good start scoring their first two goals in the 3rd and 11th minutes of the game. It wasn’t until after the second goal was conceded that Abingdon knuckled down, retained their shape and applied pressure back on the opposition.
There were goal opportunities at both ends of the pitch but Flackwell controlled most of the possession despite the efforts of the Abingdon midfield who worked tirelessly to close down the play.
The first half appeared to be coming to a 0 – 2 close but in the 41st minute the Flackwell Heath forwards movement caught Abingdon out and the half closed at 0 – 3.
Abingdon changed their formation in the second half and kept Flackwell Heath pinned back for the first 15 minutes, which resulted in Joe Parker scoring in the 60th minutes from outside the box with a sharp turn and shot.
This rallied an increase in the pace of the game for Abingdon and Steve Mundy was unlucky to hit the bar with a rasping 30 yard shot.
Abingdon continued to press and were caught napping again and conceded a 4th goal in the 67th minute.
With nothing to lose Nick Christoudolou was brought on to inject some pace on the wing and this swung the game back in favour of Abingdon. Flackwell gradually took the sting out of the game and Abingdon conceded a 5th when Chris Baker slipped on the half way line and the ball broke to the Flackwell heath centre forward.
Theo Dalton made an excellent save against the oncoming forward and the ball broke to another Flackwell Heath player who was in an offside position, which was not flagged by the linesman and he slotted home with consummate ease.
Joe Parker scored his and Abingdon’s 2nd goal in the 91st minute with a brave strike on the edge of the area as he was closed down by two Flackwell players. Overall a fair result as Flackwell were definitely the better side but Abingdon came away with the satisfaction of drawing the 2nd half, which appeared to be not on the cards going in 0 – 3 down at half time.
 
Goals from Aaron Andrews and  Jamie Mundy Secures a 2-0 Away Win at Milton Unite  Report /  Photos

Abingdon Utd Reserves  Lose 1 3  Away at Finchampstead

Abingdon secure 1st home win against Letcombe


A  good second half comeback saw abingdon get there first home win of the season
,beating letcombe 3-2
 The game was only 4mins old when a mistake by Callum McMahon gifted Letcombe their  opening goal which Lyle Gifford  put away. This appeared to knock the confidence out of abingdon and they struggled to get anything going for the rest of the 1st half.

The 2nd half saw a much improved performance with Abingdon pinning back Letcombe and coming very close to equalising on a few occasion's in the opening 20 Min's. It looked like it was going to be another frustrating afternoon for the home side, but on the hour  Jordan Marsh picked the ball up just outside the box and his shot found the corner of the net much to the the relief of his team mates. The pressure on letcombe increased and within 5 Min's Jordan Marsh netted his second goal when he neatly controlled a cross and finished  coolly.  In the 75 minute another  good piece of build up play  saw the cross from Dwayne Adeleye put away by with ease by Jamie Mundy to make the score 3-1 . Fortunately Adam Pendell's last minute reply came too late for letcombe.


ABINGDON'S POOR HOME FORM CONTINUES"
"Abingdon's poor home form continued as they went down 1- 0 to a plucky lambourn side. In an unispiring game, maybe best forgotton neither side created much in way of goal chances, with both defences well on top. It looked like a 0-0 draw was on the cards but from a very dubious freekick lambourn scored  a good goal just after 70 mins. The last 20 mins saw  a brief rally from the home side but they were unable to create little and the game petered out, Lambourn were obviously delighted with their win whereas the home team were left baffled as they suffered their 3rd Home defeat in as many games. Definitely one to forget boys!
Abingdon bounce back.
Abingdon bounce back from there drubbing on Saturday to beat local rivals didcot 7-0. A much improved team performance
saw Abingdon dominate the match from the first whistle scoring at regular intervals .Goals from Chris Baker, Nick Bayliss and a double from Joe Parker gave Abingdon a commanding 4-0  first half  lead.

 Second half saw a slight drop in performance but 3 goals in the last 20mins from Nick Christodolou, Aaron Andrews and Ryan Macer completed a good day for Abingdon and hopefully washed away the bad memories from Saturdays game.

Abingdon get knocked for 6.


A very poor individual and team performance saw Abingdon crash 6-0 at home to rayners lane. Almost every mistake made was punished by a ruthless rayners lane team.
Despite losing heavily Abingdon did create a number of chances and where unlucky not to score a couple of goals in a spirited second half performance.
Abingdon lose in a 8 Goal thriller
Abingdon lost their first home league game, going down 5 -3 to a useful Chalfont Wasps side, although some poor defending and going down to 10 men just after half time played a big part in the defeat. Abingdon started off brightly passing the the ball well however after 10 Min's from a free kick just outside the box, Chalfont opened the scoring from a cruel deflection.
The game evened out after this although the home side did create a couple of good openings, however on 25 Min's Chalfont  scored their 2nd goal and what a fine goal it was.
The remaining 15 Min's of the half saw Abingdon trying very hard to get back into the match going close on a number of occasion's.
with 5 Min's remaining Abingdon got the goal their were looking for with Kieran Hughes calmly putting away a cross.
The 2nd half got off to the worst possible start for Abingdon, conceding a near post headed goal from a corner kick after 2 Min's  and within further  5 Min's Ricky Barrett being sent off for a very poor tackle.
what we then saw was a tremendous fight back from Abingdon, Joe Parker reduced the deficit to 3-2 scoring a well taken goal in the 6 yard box only to see Chalfont score almost immediately  from some sloppy defending by the team..
Back came Abingdon and Joe Parker got his second goal with a tremendous volley from edge of box to make it 4-3.
The last ten Min's were incredibly exciting with Abingdon giving everything and Chalfont looking dangerous on the  break.
On the 90minute Abingdon were awarded a penalty when Joe Parker was brought down.
however Joe' poor spot kick was saved, One final attack from Chalfont saw them open up the Abingdon defence to score their 5th goal and seal what was a very entertaining match.
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Reserves win League opener
Promoted Abingdon United get off to a good start, winning there first game in Division 1 East away to Penn&Tyler with goals from Jamie Mundy, Aaron Andrews and Jordan Marsh.
Abingdon had the majority of play in the opening half creating several chances.
From one of these Jamie Mundy opened the scoring after 15 minutes slotting the ball home after the ball fell to him following a corner.
Just on half time Aaron Andrews picked the ball up deep in his own half and after an amazing run beating several players coolly slotted the ball passed the goalkeeper to give Abingdon a two goal advantage going into the second half where they were defending the slope.
Second half saw Penn&tyler get off to the best possible start scoring a penalty after 5 minutes with some rash defending. For the next 20 minutes Abingdon were put under the cosh as the home side pushed for an equaliser. In the final 20 minutes Abingdon managed to get better control of the game and started to push hard them selves for the next goal.
With 5 minutes to go some neat passing saw Jordan Marsh finished off a good move to secure the win and 3 points for Abingdon.

 
"RESERVES LIFT CLANFIELD CUP "
The reserves completed their pre season friendlies by lifting the Clanfield Cup beating Clanfield 2- 0 on Saturday 6 August, with Jamie Mundy scoring both goals. this is the second time the club has won this trophy, the previous being in 2001.

The team had  initially seen  the competition  as another opportunity to prepare for the the coming season.Therefore the players and management were delighted with the outcome particularly given the tough opposition they faced in the earlier rounds.

 The first game was against current division 1 champions Headington Amateurs which they won 1-0 thanks to a great finish from Joe Parker.In the semi finals they were up against premier league side and current cup holders Shrivenham  but  won 2-0  with Joe Parker bagging both goals.

These 3 tough games has given everyone lots of confidence the we can do well in our first season in division 1 east.


 
     
 



 
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