Abingdon United 6 - Quarry Rovers 1 Sunday 13th November This was (so far) the bitterest pill we have had to swallow. Not only were Abingdon at the bottom of the table with us, they had conceded 14 goals in their previous two games without reply, and were one of the teams promoted to the A league with us, there was the glimmer of hope that Quarry would break their losing streak. Maybe the early start wasn’t to our boys’ liking, for within the first minute the Abingdon left wing charged through and unleashed a beautiful shot from outside the area to open the scoring. Five minutes later an almost carbon copy from the other wing as a hopeful hoof found a pacey winger who made it 2-0. Both were
Cumnor Minors 6 – Quarry Rovers 1 Sunday 6th November 2016 First game after the half-term break saw Quarry in the salubrious surroundings of Abingdon Town FC to play against Cumnor, who had only won one game so far this season, and had been beaten 5-0 by Cholsey (who beat Quarry 6-0), so the crowd were anticipating a meeting of equals, albeit at the wrong end of the table. At least there was some shelter for the supporters from the bitter northerly breeze, plus a welcome hut dispensing hot drinks. The early part of the game involved a lot of Quarry possession, but lacked an end result. Xander rattled the crossbar from a free kick after Sultan’s quick turn resulted in his legs being removed f
Quarry Rovers 2 - Summertown Cobras 2 (at half time) Sunday 16th October I deliberately waited a couple of days before writing this report to try and work out how on earth we lost this game but, to be honest, it’s still a mystery. The start was oh-so-promising, this was the fluid, passing game we know Quarry are capable of. A 3-5-2 formation had Azlan and Jacob up front with a back three of Tobi, Joseph and Thomas; the link-up play was crisp, the midfield dropped back to help out at the back and supported the front men in attack, and Quarry matched Summertown in every department. Xander and Faizan were in the thick of the action, Sultan marauded up the right at will, Ben was solid and depen
