Matchday 2 saw an early start at Monk Fryston as the Vikings took on Monk Fryston Diamonds. Monk Fryston hadn’t been a happy hunting ground for the Vikings having never won there and despite some competitive games we hadn’t beaten the Diamonds. Monk Fryston had the better of the early exchanges as the Vikings struggled to find the rhythm of the previous week. An early corner caused some havoc in the Vikings defence but the Monk Fryston shot went wide. In the 5th minute the Vikings won a corner but the Monk Fryston goalkeeper kept the ball out. On 6 minutes after a period of pinball in the Vikings penalty area, the ball fell to the Monk Fryston forward who smashed the ball home. After 8 minutes, Peter won the ball back in midfield and fed the ball to Tommy whose shot went just wide.

Monk Fryston were looking quick on the break as the teams battled it out and then there was a lengthy stoppage following a foul on Daniel. From the resulting freekick, Peter nearly put Tommy through. In the 14th minute Daniel made a good save to thwart a quick Diamonds break. There was a period of Vikings having a territorial advantage but not creating any clear chances while the Diamonds continued to look good on the break. Tommy forced a good save from the Monk Fryston keeper in the 22nd minute after a good Vikings move. There were then successive corners that the Vikings nearly scored from but they couldn’t force it home which the Diamonds did following a corner in the 25th minute when their player turned well and fired the ball home. The half ended with a Vikings own goal to leave them with a mountain to climb in the second half.

The second half started as the first half ended with a looping Monk Fyston cross finding a free player at the back post who put the in the net. The Vikings kept battling away and a good move after 41 minutes won them a corner. The team kept trying to get forward but even when they had periods in the opposition half, creating chances was proving difficult. There wasn’t much to choose between the two teams as the second half went on. Daniel made a good save from a corner on 53 minutes as both teams tried to make a breakthrough. The game finished with Monk Fryston goals in the 62nd and 68th minutes which saw the Vikings unbeaten start to the season come to an end.