Icarus Victorious in First UHL League Fixture

Icarus Vets 5 - 4 Rotherfield Utd Vets

Icarus Vets ran out 5-4 winners in their first UHL Vets Div One 1 East fixture at Thame Utd; the first participation in a league for any Icarus team in living memory - maybe ever.

Coming up against Rotherfield Utd who were relegated from the Vets Prem Div last season, Icarus started strongly and quickly chalked up a 2 goal lead. Unfortunately that probably led to a bit of complacency and Icarus stopped doing some of the basics, allowing Rotherfield to pull one back and get a foothold. 2-1 to Icarus at HT.

Icarus made 3 subs at HT and made it 3 early in the 2nd half. That was short lived however, and started the end of a remarkable phase of 'you score, we score' with Rotherfield scoring immediately after each Icarus goal. Final score 5-4.

All in all a good start for Icarus, but plenty to build and work upon for next week and the coming season. Goals from Somerville (2), Porter, Evans and Lee. MOTM: Somerville.

We now look forward to fixtures on 20 & 27 Sep - update availability on Pitchero.

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