Excellent all round performance and Santos proved he can play after going missing last week.  Well done all.

On his contented return to the bosom of ************* Manor at 10.15 last evening, His Lordship was somewhat embarrassed to find Her Ladyship in the Main House's roofspace still wrestling  to replace  the cold-water tank ballcock... a job she had started at  5.15 pm.  Resolutely refusing all His offers of help and support,  which were only met with muffled, distant grunts,  he tactically withdrew to the Libarary (mercifully free of the sound of Her Ladyship's  violin)  to nurse a double Cognac and reflect on  the fine fare offered at the Hardenhuish Surfacing Ltd Park earlier that evening.....

His Lordship's Inexpert Analysis Number 11:

Overall:  the better side - by far - won - and won handsomely. The first half witnessed some of the best quality football His Lordship had seen at the ground  in recent memory; the second less so.

St Albans FC:  Looked very impressive in the ist 10-15 minutes.  Moved the ball well .. and were comfortable on it.  Got cut to ribbons for the next half hour.  Disappointingly,  didn't play to their strengths in the second half when they had the sniff of a comeback after their only goal.  Just petered out and lumped the ball in hit-and-hope style.  His Lordship wouldn't have wanted to have been their Manager in the last half hour; presumably, just forgot the basics.

CTFC:  A performance of remarkable quality in the first half; a perfect alliance of craft and intensity.  Defensively we were calm and rock solid with Young Minturn .. wise well beyong his tender years..  prepared to raid upfield when  the space opened up... while the front 3, feeding off the grafting and  the ball-winning work of the midfield,  worked their blue socks off chasing everything down and creating space for each other... which they succeeded in doing in abundance. Alefe's confidence is sky-high and his qualities a revelation;  Ola finds space everywhere thanks to his mobility and footballing brain.  Jordan Y, although resolutely left-footed, works really hard and sets up opportunity after opportunity with his speed and quick feet.  Never seen Young Hanks so hard-working.  He ran around like Road-Runner... ( aka Young Russe) Everyone pressed; everyone snapped at St Albans heels.  The second half couldn't live up to the first and for  a few moments we seemed to be letting SAFC back in... but we scrapped it out well and Young Alefe put the game beyond doubt with a dazzling strike before SAFC clawed one back.  Thereafter the ball spent more and more time in the air as SAFC resorted to lump it and chase it. In vain... thankfully.

Overall:  A great performance as well as an excellent result.  His Lordship's paradox (see Tonbridge Post) came true;  we do play better against the footballing sides.  Ball stayed on the ground throughout the first half... a tribute to both sides.  Interesting referee... let a lot go - which was refreshing and allowed the game to flow.  The one(?) booking appeared to be for the least offensive foul.  Well done to the Stand-side lino who got the offside/onside decision right for  our second(?) goal.... the ball came off an SAFC player His Lordship believes.  Well done to all!  ... including and especially Her Ladyship who has single-handedly restored running water to the house.. eventually.. through the agency of a blow-torch and  an avalanche of obscenities ( according to TBW, anyway... His Lordship was long asleep by then).
 

A great performance and win. Well done to players and staff. As HisLordship stated we play better against the 'better footballing' teams. This has been a feature of the whole season, leading to the inconsistencies of the results.

What was the attendance? Looking on the club website I can't find attendances for any of the games (unless I'm looking in the wrong places!)

Well done to all  ,
the boys showed what they are capable of , in every way shape and form . They won the battle all over the park and showed they can all play football . The question is always asked about inconsistency ?  , you will always get this from young lads and maybe the reason they are not playing at a higher level  when they had their chance at professional clubs , which the majority of the boys have come from .
This is a fact of life and seems to be the case at this level especially with the boys having other jobs and different stresses , as everyone can see when teams can beat each other in this league .

Thought they were a brilliant well organised unit last night and kept a very good team at bay , a pleasure to watch . Pride and passion