Wednesday, 21 September 2016

Player interview - Kingsley Aikhionbare

Striker Kingsley Aikhionbare capped our fine display by grabbing the final goal in the 10-0 drubbing of Godalming Town on Monday night, writes James Barrett.


We were 7-0 up by half-time, forward Ricky Korboa helped himself to four goals and the huge win catapulted us to second place in the Ryman Division One South.

And Aikhionbare believes we have been capable of recording such a victory since the start of the season.

“I mean no disrespect to the opposition but I feel that kind of result has been coming, especially at home where we feel comfortable playing our football,” he said.

“The first 10 minutes of the game said it all but the most important thing is that we’ve got another positive result.”

Aikhionbare alludes to our flying start as Mickel Miller, a penalty by Tommy Bradford and Peter Adeniyi gave us a commanding lead within the first eight minutes.

Town couldn’t live with our free-flowing football but the home side had to wait until the 35th minute for their fourth – a Bradford cross turned past his own keeper by Chris Wales.

Then Korboa got in on the act by scoring twice ahead of Miller’s second just before half-time, then grabbing two more before assisting Aikhionbare whom coolly slotted home his first of the season in the 70th minute.

“We have such a goal threat in Tommy, Ricky and Mickel but I was happy to break my duck,” he added.

“I’m excited by what we could achieve here, there is a great atmosphere in the camp, so I’m happy to continue helping the team as best I can when called upon.”

We next travel to Whyteleafe this weekend and Aikhionbare knows there’ll be no room for complacency after registering such a shock result.

“We worked just as hard to keep a clean sheet as we did to score 10 goals and we’ll need to show the same kind of commitment again on Saturday if we want another good result,” he added.

Whyteleafe vs Carshalton Athletic is on Saturday 24th September (KO 3pm).