This was always going to happen – pick a full season to cover and there was always going to be a game or three where there”s really not a lot worth writing about.
Welcome to today’s article. There must be something about weekday draws with Cambridge; we had them in 2018, twice in 2003, 1998, 1996, 1984, as well as three on Bank Holiday Mondays. Some are worth writing about, others are like this game.
We were 21st, they were 15th and their team had a familiar feel. Terry Fleming, Stuart Bimson, John Turner and Justin Walker all appeared for Cambridge, along with future England cap Dave Kitson. It was the latter causing the Imps the most problems – he had two good chances to score in the first half.
City lined up Marriott, Morgan, Bailey, Weaver, Mayo, Futcher, Gain, Butcher, Liburd (80), Richardson (65), and Taylor-Fletcher, with Cropper and Yeo coming off the bench.
What happened? In the first half, both teams had chances, City the better of them. Bailey’s long throws caused chaos on more than one occasion, with Mark Venus deflecting a Futcher header wide. The same combination provided a chance for Simon Weaver, who drilled wide of the goal from 16 yards out.
At the other end, Kitson had the host’s best chance, drawing a save from Mazza, whilst Richardson sought to get off the mark for City, volleying wide from Taylor-Fletcher’s pinpoint cross just before the half hour mark.
The second half proved to be a scrappy affair, and whilst Cambridge managed five shots on target in the final 45 and City just two, it was us who looked most likely to break the deadlock. With 57% possession, we certainly took the game to the U’s, but only a late Taylor-Fletcher effort looked like giving us the first away win of the season.
“It was another clean sheet,” Keith observed after the game. “We shut them out completely.” 4458 supporters in the ground might not remember the game all that well, but 20 years on, here it is for you to ‘enjoy’.
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