Tigers Win Local 'Derby'

Action from The Tigers v Kentish Town

Tuesday August 12th

Spartan South Midlands League Premier Division

Kingsbury London Tigers 2 ( Cata, Emenike)

Kentish Town 0

Attendance 40

The Tigers of Kingsbury kicked off their home campaign in the SSML Premier Division with a two goal victory over neighbours Kentish Town at Silver Jubilee Park last night.

Kentish Town are based at Barnet Copthall Stadium in Hendon, so local bragging rights were at stake as well as 3pts.

The scoreline belies the fact that had the Tigers laced up their scoring boots before taking the sodden but perfect playing surface, they could have boosted their early season goal difference by a healthy margin.

On a night when the Kingsbury side played by far the more composed football they had to wait till the midway point of the first half before breaking the deadlock, Edson Cata calmly slotting the ball past Mc Daid in the visitors goal.

Tigers custodian Randos Nunes, was called upon to make a couple of saves, most notably from David Dawson, but was not unduly troubled throughout the 90 minutes as the Tigers defence kept a second clean sheet.

The home crowd witnessed some excellent build up play and passing movement by the Tigers, just the finnishing spoiled a solid performance.

It was left to Henry Eemenike to show how it should be done, finding the net from close range with a neat finish from the right.

The win takes the Tigers up to 4th spot in the table having played two matches of the season, following on from a 0-0 draw at Biggleswade United last Saturday.

Next up for the Tigers is the FA Cup Extra Preliminary Round, when they host Eton Manor of the Essex Senior League, On Sunday 17th August KO 12.00 Noon.

This will be an historic first time the London Tigers have entered the FA cup since their merger with Kingsbury Town in 2006.