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Tuesday 16th July 2024

Kick Off 19.30 Actual 19.28!

British Airways 4 Oxhey Jets 4, attendance 21

6’ 0-1

22’ 1-1

34’ 1-2

61’ 1-3

64’ 2-3

69’ 3-3

86’ 3-4

90’ 4-4 (pen)

@ Sandgate F.C.

Bourne Farm Playing Fields

Bourne Avenue

Hayes

UB3 1PL

No Admission or Programme.

This was an all Combined Counties League clash, with newly promoted into Premier Division North (Step 5) hosting Division 1 (Step 6) and played at the neutral venue of Sandgate F.C. There is a changing room/clubhouse building as you enter, with the main pitch being in the far right hand corner, running away lengthways.

Both teams had large squads, but not enough for complete changes, which has happened in a number of the early pre-season games I’ve attended so far, with B.A. having 15 players and Oxhey Jets 19. Oxhey took an early lead, but were pegged back midway through the half, but Oxhey regained the lead to go in 1-2 up at halftime. B.A. hit the crossbar with a header in the early stages of the second half, but fell 1-3 behind just after the hour mark, but pulled it back to 2-3 almost immediately, before levelling it up at 3-3 with just over twenty minutes left, scoring the goal of the game, when a cross to the far side of the box was curled into the far top corner. It looked like Oxhey had won it, when a quick break saw the ball pulled back for an unmarked finish from six yards, but B.A. made it 4-4, scoring from the penalty spot, in what turned out to be the last kick of the match.