Chimaira Reserves 0 St Michaels 4 St Michaels started their first Cup game of the season against a team 2 Divisions lower, and who they should comfortably beat. Unfortunately over confidence set in and this was by far the worst performance since the team was formed last season. It took 32 minutes before St Michaels opened the scoring when a corner from Adam Fahy was bundled in by Connor Reardon .Chimaira were defending resolutely and it was only 2 minutes from half time when St Michaels increased their lead with Jack Jolly sidefooting from outside the box for his first goal from the club on his competitive full debut.
At half time DannyBaptiste came on for his brother Ben Baptiste. The 2nd half started as had the 1st with St Michaels dominating play but unable to make it count where it matters. On the 58th minute Jack Jolly continued his good work and his cross was headed in by Stuart Bird to make the score 0 - 3. On 78th minute Sam Meade was the victim of a nasty tackle that the referee deemed not worthy of any card much to the amazement of everyone else. With 3 minutes remaining a good run and cross from Ronnie Mewes fell to Stuart Bird who tapped in to make the final score 0 - 4 to St Michaels.
Whilst on the face of it a 4 - 0 win looks impressive, this was a dissapointing performance from St Michaels who need to up their performance when they return to their league campaign next week. Good performances however from Ronnie Mewes with a non stop performance on the wing and Jack Jolly with an impressive full debut culminating with an excellent first goal. Man of the Match this week though goes to Tom Pexton who gave his usual consistent strong performance,
