KU men’s first team win against local rivals Roehampton

KU men’s football first team ran out 5-4 winners in a thrilling friendly against local rivals Roehampton at Tolworth sports ground on Wednesday.

Both teams made a slow start to the game with few early chances but then Kingston deservedly took the lead in the 34^th minute through Kelvin Adeji who was the first to react to a free-kick which Roehampton failed to clear.

Roehampton got their equaliser in the 38^th minute after a mistake by  Kingston centre back Tyler Kerlow-Stewart but Kingston responded a minute later with Adeji slotting a calm finish into the Roehampton net.

Adeji then provided a brilliant assist for Teo Ayodeji-Ansell to score Kingston’s third of the afternoon as the first half ended on a thrilling note with four goals in eight minutes.

Roehampton made a bright start to the second half and turned the game on it’s head scoring three goals in quick succession to take the lead in the 76^th minute, pouncing on Kingston’s vulnerability defence.

Roehampton looked confident in closing out the game until their goalkeeper made a poor error in the 88^th minute, failing to hold on to the ball and Adeji followed up a loose ball to score.

It got worse for the away team in the last minute of the game when Kingston were awarded a penalty that Ajedi slotted away to score his fourth and Kingston’s fifth goal of the afternoon.

“The lads were great and a win over your local rivals is always sweet. We still need to work on our defending but it was great to watch such a competitive and tough game today.”

Kingston coach Besim Ali

Ajedi was the MOTM for Kingston, scoring four and assisting one while his opposite number, Abdul Rehman, scored a hat trick for Roehampton.