Kenilworth Wardens Reserves were the architects of their own downfall as they fell to a 6-2 defeat at the hands of an experienced Crick side this weekend, to leave them at the bottom of the Coventry Alliance Division Three.

Although the scoreline does not reflect well on the Reserves, it was two poor spells in each half that resulted in their biggest defeat of the season.

Things started brightly for the Wardens, as they did the previous week. A loose pass from Crick was intercepted by Charlie Waters, who played it into Callum Williams. Williams, making his home debut for the club, turned and slid a ball into the feet of fellow home debutant Reeve Deeley who held off a defender to power the ball through the keeper's legs.

The bright start did not last long, with Wardens Reserves conceding three goals in the space of 10 minutes. The equaliser stemmed from a hopeful long ball through the middle that bypassed the entire Wardens side.

Despite the best efforts of Rossi Farquarson, who tracked back, the striker avoided Farquarson's challenge to slide the ball past Christian Salisbury.

Salisbury soon found himself picking the ball out of his net after another through ball down the middle fell to Crick's striker, who won't get many easier goals this season.

The Wardens responded well at the other end, with Williams getting the ball out wide to Lewis Barry. Barry put in a good cross that Deeley got on the end of, only for Crick's keeper to make the save.

At the other end, more lacklustre defending saw Crick's centre forward running across the penalty box, avoiding challenges. His feet were too quick, and he went down after a covering Alex Waters mistimed his tackle. The penalty was converted despite Salisbury guessing the right way.

Wardens could have been forgiven for letting their heads drop, and fearing the worst, however they recovered well and were still creating chances. A corner was cleared to Williams, whose effort flew narrowly over shortly after the penalty.

Deeley was the next Wardens player who hit the ball over after good work from Lewis Barry. Wardens were getting closer to pulling one back, and couldn't get much closer after Alex Waters 25 yard effort rattled the crossbar, only for the ball to fall to a Crick defender in the six yard box instead of Deeley.

The threat of the counter attack was always there, with Wardens looking suspect in defensive areas. The game could have been over before half time if it wasn't for Farquarson, who made a last ditch tackle to halt the Crick striker.

Just before half time, Barry took a shot from long range that troubled the Crick keeper, who was only able to tip it over the bar. From the resulting corner, the Crick keeper nearly punched the ball into his own goal, but a defender was well placed to clear from the line.

The second half began with Wardens on top, and looking more organised. James Butler won possession in the left back position, and the ball was played amongst the midfield, with the move ending in Deeley being well tackled. The resulting corner was cleared to Charlie Waters, who laid the ball back to Farquarson to produce a looping cross which was met by Andre Jackson header that was tipped over.

The early pressure paid off as the Reserves pulled a goal back through Williams. Butler played a ball down the left to Reeve, who squared it into Williams, returning Williams' earlier assist. Williams, like the previous week, showed great feet to beat two defenders and power it past a helpless Crick goalkeeper to make it two goals in two games.

Further good work from Deeley allowed Jackson to cross a ball in. Sean Povey, who replaced an injured Barry, did well to meet the cross but could only direct the effort straight at keeper.

The Wardens dominance continued with Williams growing into the game and dictating play. He got the ball out to Charlie Waters, who floated a cross in to the box that caused uncertainty between the goalkeeper and defenders, but no Wardens player could get on the end of it.

The equaliser looked like it was coming, after another move that was started by Waters. Deeley latched onto his through pass but was smothered by the goalkeeper.

However the fourth goal for Crick came from another counter attack. A slip by Butler meant the Crick winger got the half yard he needed to cross the ball into the box. There was only one striker in the box to aim for, but the ball found him perfectly, and it was powered into the top corner.

The goal came out of nowhere, and was a hammer blow to the Wardens who had been camped in Cricks half until this point. However inexplicably, it seemed that there had been an on-pitch decision to move Joe Carter from centre half to upfront, without informing anyone, and despite having 15 minutes remaining and the hosts generally controlling the play.

This immediately told, as there were huge holes in the defence, leaving Farquarson, Butler and both Waters brothers to try and deal with Crick's attacking threat.

Unsurprisingly, Crick capitalised on this each time they got into Wardens half. Carter, who had kept Cricks striker quiet in the second half until their fourth goal, was missed. A ball straight through the middle where Carter should have been was lofted over Salisbury who was helpless in preventing the fifth goal sail in.

The final nail in the coffin was delivered to the wardens, by Crick's centre midfielder running through to pass the ball into the net.