The Eyrie hosted a top-of-the-table clash last night (Tuesday) under the floodlights, between two undefeated teams in Bedford Town FC and Kings Langley FC.
Bedford have been strong in the opening of the season, with new addition Goss impressing.
The game started well for the Eagles and in the fourth minute, Walsh collected the ball with a good first touch to beat his man, passing out to his teammate Blake who was unlucky with the cross.
Bedford Town continued to apply pressure and won a couple of corners but were unable to convert them.
The thirteenth minute saw a strong attack from Bedford with Blake getting to the byline, pulling the ball back then clearing for a corner which was the closest the Eagles came to scoring.
Walster whipped in a great ball and Morgan-Griffiths’ shot took a deflection with Bedford clearly on top as another corner was taken.
Walster continued to impress on the pitch as he took a free kick in the eighteenth minute, then putting in for Blake who collected with a great first touch to take the ball down – unfortunately shooting straight at the Kings Langley keeper.
The twenty-second minute saw more great play from Bedford as a beautiful ball from L. Green was passed to Walsh, who took it in his stride and forced a great save from the keeper.
Kings Langley did win a free kick in a dangerous position during the twenty-eighth minute, however, the wall did its job and the kick was deflected.
Despite pressing for a goal towards the end of the first half, the first 45 minutes finished nil-nil.
The second half opened strongly for Bedford, with a lovely move from the Eagles started by Morgan-Griffiths, getting a hold of the ball in the middle of the park.
He then fed it through to Watkins outside, putting in a ball for Goss – who backheeled it from nine yards, putting Bedford up in the forty-seventh minute.
L. Green, making some good moves down the right wing, narrowly missed out in the fifty-second minute, but Bedford suffered a major blow as Walster went off injured around the hour mark, with the versatile J. Green coming on as his replacement.
Two minutes later, Kings Langley nearly scored directly from a free kick taken by their own dugout; and a corner for Kings Langley was well defended by Bedford in the sixty-fourth minute.
However, a penalty for Kings Langley in the sixty-ninth minute resulted in a goal, bringing the game level. A chaotic few minutes ensued, with J. Green’s eighty-first minute header being the closest to a goal.
A foul on Watkins on the edge of the area in the eighty-third minute won The Eagles a free kick, however, it’s headed just over and in the last minute of added time, Watkins received his second yellow card, with the draw ending sourly for Bedford as he was sent off with a red.
The Eagles showed talent in the majority of the game, however small pockets of chaos allowed for an unfortunate draw for Bedford Town.
