Stamford Bridge had won their opening game against Huby United 8-0, so they were in great form, whilst Rufforth were coming off the back of a nervy 5-4 cup victory against St. Clements Reserves.
It was the form team that started on the front foot though, scoring first. Rufforth replied though through Alex Nockels, who cleverly nutmegged the Bridge 'keeper to score. Nockels then scored again, holding off a defender before slotting home after a beautiful Rob Murphy pass found him, to make the score 2-1.
So Rufforth went into the break in front, but coming out for the second half they were perhaps a little bit relaxed, which allowed Bridge to score an equalizer, after Rufforth didn't clear the ball in a dangerous position.
This was for sure the real wake-up call for Rufforth, showing that this was going to be a difficult game and they needed to change up a gear. And that they did, with plenty more chances being created. This additional pressure paid dividends when Rob Murphy collected the ball all of 30 yards out, and smashed a shot past the helpless goalkeeper to send Rufforth in front with a wonderful goal.
Rufforth didn't stop there, though, as before the game ended Graham Wray bundled home one of Rufforth's many corners to properly put the game to bed.
Rufforth's Man Of The Match was Rob Murphy, who's excellent goal and overall performance massive helped Rufforth to claim another opening day victory (They won 5-0 against Selby Olympia last year).
Well done fellas!
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