ROB KNEW THIS COULD BE A HARD GAME, AND JUST TOLD EVERYBODY TO ENJOY IT.
THE GAME STARTED, WE HAD A FEW EARLY SCARS, BUT ONCE THE TEAM GOT WARMED UP, WE HAD AS MANY CHANCES AS THEY DID,
GARY, PAUL UNLUCKY NOT TO SCORE, DAREN WENT ON A RUN AND IT LOOKED LIKE HE'D MANAGED TO LOB THE KEEPER, AND THERE WAS ROBIN ON THE SIDE LINE (NOT PLAYING, BAD KNEE) SHOUTING GOAL, GOAL, BUT IN FACT IT HAD JUST GONE OVER THE BAR.
NOT SURE HOW FAR INTO THE GAME IT WAS, BUT THERE GUY SHOT TOWARDS ALAN'S GOAL, ALAN DIVED, BUT THE BALL CAME OFF HIS LEG HIT THE WOODWORK AND WENT IN FOR A GOAL...
OUR HEADS DROPPED, BUT NOT FOR LONG, AS DAREN WAS PUTTING IN HARD TACKLES, ROB WAS SORTING OUT OUR DEFENCE AND PAUL AND GARY WERE RUNNING AROUND AT THE FRONT, AND IN ONE MOVE AROUND THE 42nd MINUTE IAN HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SCORE, BUT HE KICKED IT AT THE KEEPER, LUCKILY IT CAME BACK OUT TO HIM, AND HE KICKED IT AGAIN, THIS TIME IT WAS A GOAL...IAN OUR LEFT WINGER HAD SCORED...
HALF TIME TEAM TALK WE WERE ALL BUZZING, WITH EXCITEMENT, WE HAD A STRONG POSSIBILITY TO BEAT THIS TEAM,
THEY MADE TWO SUBS AND HALF TIME, WE MUST HAVE SCARED THEM A BIT, I GUESS THEY SAW THE LEAGUE TABLE AND WE WERE AT THE BOTTOM WITH ONLY ONE WIN, THEY MUST HAVE THOUGHT WE WOULD BE A PUSH OVER...BUT WE WERE BEGINNING TO PLAY, PLAY LIKE A TEAM.
ABOUT HALF WAY THROUGH THE 2ND HALF MARK CAME ON FOR IAN. I THINK B4 THIS HAPPENED THEY HAD SCORED A 2nd LUCKY GOAL, BUT WE STILL BATTLED ON. STU CAME ON WITH ABOUT 8MINS TO GO, AND DID HIS NORMAL RUNNING AROUND, TRYING TO FRIGHTEN THE DEFENCE.
THROUGHOUT OUT THE GAME, THE WHOLE TEAM HAD GOOD MOVEMENT, NICE INTERPLAY FROM NEIL/JAMES. DERRICK WAS WORKING WELL DOWN THE RIGHT WING, AND GETTING THE BALL TO PAUL.
BUT 90MINS WERE UP, GAME OVER..
AFTER THE GAME, 002 COMPLEMENTED US ON A GOOD GAME, AND THEY SAID THEY DIDN'T UNDERSTAND HOW WE WERE BOTTOM OF OUR LEAGUE !!!
SUBS: MARK, STU