Jets Get Blasted
Hillingdon Borough 7 Oxhey Jets 1 Cherry Red Combined Counties Division One 28th December 2024
Jets were thumped and outplayed at Hillingdon Borough after early promise wilted away. On seeing the pitch, Jets changed the line-up and tactics, knowing the football would not be possible and fully expecting the match to be abandoned by halftime. Still, as dreadful as it was, the home side played some delightful football on it, a real credit to them for showing if you are good enough, you can play on any surface.
Jets took the lead from the penalty spot when Dominic Mosca converted 0-1 ( 14 min), and things were even, but the lead was short-lived, just three minutes, then a defensive mistake led to a second on twenty-three minutes, and Jets found themselves 1-2 down but still in the match, and had one cleared off the line and Kimber denied by the keeper. Jets, though, then changed formation, and it wholly backfired, and the home side stormed into a 4-1 lead at the break. Jets in the second half can find little praise; they folded, shrugged their shoulders, and lacked effort to contain the score. If not retrievable, it was not good to watch and unacceptable. Hillingdon ran riot, firmly thrashing the Jets in a complete lesson to the lacklustre effort offered in response to what is an excellent Hillingdon team. Hillingdon are one of the most gifted teams we’ve seen, and if its facilities were to match its ability, it would be a threat to the pyramid. No Carlsberg man of the match was given, and very few can hold their heads high, but in the final minutes, Dominic Mosca carried on working and battling a lost cause and could and should have pulled the score back to closer if not actually respectable.
The hope of a late push for a playoff place firmly lost in the last month after a promising run leaves the Jets looking at the Cups for any hopes of glory for this season, but it will need to be much better than this to achieve anyth