Icarus took on London side Oakhill Tigers in the 2nd round of the AFA Cup on Saturday 29 October 2011 at RAF Halton. The Icarus senior squad was in good spirits after winning 9 games in a row so far this season; including a last minute cup win for the Icarus 'A' Team the previous Saturday.

The game got off to a flying start when Captain Flt Lt Jim Schofield headed a Fg Off Kyle Hickenbotham free kick against the post in the first minute. Unfortunately, Icarus could not find their passing game after this and while they did dominate possession, they did not control the pace of the game. It was against the run of play when Oakhill's forward mishit a shot from 18 yards that deceived goalkeeper Flt Lt Mark Bowden and crept into the corner of the goal.

Icarus rallied well and Flt Lt Andrew Martins-Tonks was brought down when through on goal and a penalty was awarded. It was a surprise when the referee failed to send of the Oakhill defender. Schofield stepped up to strike the ball into the corner of the goal to make it 1-1. 10 minutes later Icarus took the lead when a long Bowden kick was flicked on by Sqn Ldr Jase Parr to Flt Lt Alex Toogood. Toogood made no mistake from inside the box as he fired home to make it 2-1 with his 14th goal of the season.

Icarus still had not found their stride, but were now fully in control of the game. Icarus continued to be a threat from set-plays with the excellent delivery of Hickenbotham and the power of Schofield and Parr in the air.

Manager, Sqn Ldr John Hetherington urged the players to improve their passing and tempo in the second half. While the performance was still not to their full potential the 2nd half was much better and Oakhill managed one effort on target in the 45 minutes. Icarus scored their 3rd goal when Matins-Tonks headed home another Hickenbotham free-kick. Five minutes later Toogood should have made it 4-1 when the keeper saved well from a powerful shot from 8 yards. Flt Lt Lee Hodgkinson and Flt Lt Matt Williams made their way into to the action to add some urgency and Icarus were now in total control of the game. Schofield was unlucky to see a 25 yard shot go narrowly wide and Williams just missed making contact with a Toogood cross from 6 yards.

With 10 minutes to go Turnbull was tripped in the box and the referee awarded a penalty. Schofield's effort was saved by the outstanding Oakhill keeper. The only scare for Icarus came in the last 2 minutes when the Oakhill forward headed wide from a corner.

So Icarus progress onto the 3rd round of the AFA Cup and will face one of the favourites, Norsemen FC away on Saturday 12 November 2011.

Icarus: Flt Lt M Bowden, Flt Lt S Hyndman, Flt Lt A Arnison, Flt Lt J Schofield, Flt Lt G McIntosh, Flt Lt J Griffin, Fg Off K Hickenbotham, Sqn Ldr J Parr, Flt Lt A Martins-Tonks, Flt Lt A Toogood, Fg Off D Turnbull, Fg Off M Williams, Flt Lt L Hodgkinson, Flt Lt R Babington, Sqn Ldr J Hetherington