An Icarus Development Team featuring some new faces, old faces and players returning from long term absences took on RAF Uxbridge.

Icarus got of to a good start with chances being created for Hodgkinson, Stones and Schofield. Unfortunately for Icarus good goal keeping and rusty finishing kept the score at 0-0. With Icarus dominating possession, the challenge was to keep patience and not try to force the game. In fairness, they achieved this for a good 30 minutes before frustration set in and the game became more direct.

Jim Schofield went close, hitting the cross bar from 18 yards and Alex Stones should have opened the scoring when he latched onto a bad back pass only to see the keeper save his shot when one on one. To everyone's surprise and Uxbridge's credit, they opened the scoring when a dubious penalty was awarded for handball against Schofield and was dully dispatched into the net. Two minutes later the score were level when Schofield robbed Uxbridge in their own half and smashed the ball into the net.

At half time Ady Smith and Mark Hinde entered the field to make their Icarus debuts and it didn't take long for Hodgkinson to give Icarus the lead, turning sharply in the box to hammer the ball into the back of the net. Shortly after wards Hinde scored with a low drive into the bottom corner of the goal, before Hodgkinson again got in on the action with a good finish in the penalty box.

Hinde stuck another clinical finish to make it 5-1 to Icarus and after Hetherington had his shot blocked on the line by a hand, Hinde took the resultant penalty to score a debut hat-trick.

Uxbridge had proven themselves a diffcult team to break down in the first half and it is some credit to them that they performed so well against a strong Icarus Development Team.

Team: Jackson, Turl, Farrell K (Smith A 45), Lowe, Lewis, Arnison, Martins-Tonks, Schofield, Hodgkinson, Stones (Hinde 45), Greenway (Hetherington 57) Subs not used: