In years to come you may think of the great matches - Real Madrid 7 Eintracht Frankfurt 3 in the 1960 European Cup Final at Hampden Park in front of 127,000 people. Stan Cullis's Wolves coming back from 2-0 down at a packed Molineux in 1954 to triumph 3-2 over the Mighty Magyars of Hungary and be crowned "Champions of the World". Maybe even Italy triumphing 3-2 over the enigmatic Brazil in the cauldron of the 1982 Spain World Cup.

One game that may not spring to mind will be the Tring Athletic 1-0 victory over Arlesey Town on March 19th 2024 in the Spartan South Midland League. Not that that will bother Tring fans or Management as the lads continued on their decent run of form with a victory that was ultimately quite comfortable.

The goal of the game came from centre half Ryan Sharkey, promoted from the Tring 2nd string. On 15 minutes a corner from Max Hercules was met with a header which the Arlesey keeper did well to parry. Like Jimmy Greaves in his pomp Sharkey stepped up to bury the ball in the net to send the lads into a 1-0 lead.

Arlesey dominated periods for the rest of the half without ever getting much of a sight of goal as the well drilled Red Wall prevented them from gaining any real opportunities.

The 2nd half saw a continuation of this pattern. Tring looked more dangerous without ever really creating much - but were conscious of an Arlesey counter. A real Cat and Mouse affair developed - with a couple of hefty challenges the only entertainment for the crowd. Smyth went close but pulled his effort wide for Tring. Oppong returned to Cow Lane and prodded and probed. Gould had a chilled out evening in the Tring goal with hardly a shot to save.

It was nice to gain a good 3 points and feel comfortable throughout. The lads go on to yet another fixture on Thursday - at Potton in the Cup - where they hope for another victory.

Team - Gould, Cornick. Sawyer, Deer (Bradshaw), Butler (Smyth), Harvey, Hercules M, Kakembo (Oppong), Carbery (c), Sharkey, Mead (Hercules F)

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