Statesmen v Nationwide Knights (0-5)

Friday night saw us play against our old friends and rivals the Nationwide Knights to come out the wrong side of a 5-0 scorleine. Knowing that it was going to be a tough game and travelling with a weakened squad as some players pulled out at the last minute the statesmen defended resolutely and although under a lot of pressure kept a 0-0 scoreline till an error led to a breakaway and Ben had been standing on his head the whole game took it literally and slipped over to allow the Swindon player to score.
Ben deserves a lot of credit and kept the scoreline low until a couple of goals late in the 3rd all but sealed the win. The statesmen tried to avoid the shut out and came very close in the last minute but just couldnt put the puck in the net. It was a good contest and we will be looking forward to the return leg match April. MOTM - Neil Wells.