Sat 28th Oct - Match Details

Home match against Kings Church Catford.

Meet at Belair 11:30am.

Match Fee £4

Individual and team targets will be given out this week.

Mike Laxton Cup – 2nd Round Draw

Following a 7 – 2 win over Christchurch Beckenham by Selsdon Baptist Church B, LAFC will now play Selsdon in the 2nd round.

Sat 21st October - Training

As there is no match this week there will be training at 11:30 at Peckham Rye. Meet at the usual place.

Saturday 28th we have a home game against Kings Church Catford. Team and individual targets for the season will be given out at the game.

Top of Division 2

Following their second game and second successive win of the season, LAFC now hold the top spot in Division 2 for the first time this season. There are currently 4 teams on six points but LAFC are top based on Goal Difference. LAFC also have a game in hand over 2 of the 4 teams.

Christchurch Bromley 0 - Laos Athletic 4

Goal: Ade – Assist: None
Goal: Michael Ayu Ogbe – Assist: Mustafa
Goal: Mustafa – Assist: None
Goal: Julian – Assist: Mustafa

With a number of players away LAFC started Ade at right back – a position he had played previously – and Jon started at left back. CCB won the toss and choose to play uphill in the first half. Following a brief disagreement between the ref and CCB on the adequacy of their £50 Adidas World Cup replica ball the game got underway.

LAFC played a solid first half although never reaching their best which allowed CCB more of the ball than LAFC would have liked. A number of shots were made in the first half but LAFC failed to find the back of the net and take advantage of the slope. CCB only had one shot on target during the first half forcing a finger tip save form the keeper. This was to be the only real save the LAFC keeper was required to make during the match. The first half ended 0-0

The second half saw CCB gain the down hill advantage but LAFC came out strong and managed in the early stages to have control of the game. Early into the second half Ade broke the deadlock when what was thought by many to be a cross into the box, the ball found the back of the net. Only Ade knows what he really meant!!! Hopefully this will be the first of many for Ade. The lead was soon extended with a run to the by-line by Mustafa who’s cut back into the box allowed Michael to double the lead. In a continued spell of attacks and possession by LAFC, Mustafa got the third and Julian the fourth with an outrageous back head flick just outside the box. Towards the end of the half CCB managed to keep hold of the ball for longer periods but were unable to convert it into goals.

This result now provides the manager with a dilemma with players returning for the next match does he stay with the defensive line up that provided the first clean sheet of the season or does he reintroduce the absent players? Is it coincidence that the first time Ade and Jon start in full backs LAFC get their first clean sheet – who knows?!?

Laos Athletic 5 - Bromley Christian Centre 3

Goal: Michael AO - Assist: Fish
Goal: Ende - Assist: Mustafa
Goal: Ende - Assist: None
Goal: Ende - Assist: Danny
Goal: Ende - Assist: Freekick

LAFC's season got off to rocky start with a dodgy first half going a goal behind three times in the first half. Although the three goals conceded could be argued to have been weak there is no denying the quality of volley from and unmarked BCC striker for their second.

They may have gone behind three times but LAFC had the larger percentage of possession in the first half and created a number of chances one memorable attempt seeing Ende beat the keeper only to have his shot cleared off the line by a retreating defender.

In the second half LAFC produced a display a bit more like we accustomed to seeing. They kept a clean sheet for the second half and produced a number of excellent scoring opportunities and would have scored more than the two had it not been form a couple of finger tip saves from the keeper. LAFC's fourth goal was a quality free kick from Mustafa which left the keeper stranded.

LAFC start the season with maximum points and are only kept off the top spot in the league due to goal difference.

More info to follow shortly