- DATE: 26th Sep '99
- League Cup 1st. Round
- OPPOSITION: BEDMINSTER DOWN OLD BOYS.
- GROUND: AWAY
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- THE DAY STARTED OFF A BAD ONE, WE HAD 14 PLAYERS AVAILABLE UP TO THE FRIDAY NIGHT,
BUT THIS WAS REDUCED TO 12 BY SUNDAY MORNING. WE STILL DIDN'T HAVE CHRIS OUR GOALIE,
AND HIS REPLACEMENT ALSO WASN'T AVAILABLE.
- ROBIN WHO WAS TO BE IN GOAL FOR TODAY'S 'CUP' GAME - HAD TO DROP OUT DUE TO FAMILY
REASON'S & JAMES FRIEND WHO WAS TO HELP US WITH DEFENCE AS ON HOLIDAY.
- BUT TROUBLE LAY AHEAD.
- WE ALL SET OFF ACROSS BRISTOL TO GET TO BEDMINSTER - A CONVOY OF 4 CARS. BUT WE
HADN'T RELISED THAT TODAY WAS THE BRISTOL HALF MARATHON. WHICH SCREWED UP ALL THE
MAJOR ROAD'S AROUND BRISTOL TOWN CENTRE.
- WE WERE TO GO DOWN THE PORTWAY, BUT THIS WAS CLOSED AS THIS WAS THE MAIN ROUTE AS THIS
STRETCH OF ROAD IS MILES LONG. WE THEN WENT VIA THE ZOO, BUT THE PORTWAY WAS ALSO CLOSED
THERE. WE TRIED THE TRIANGLE AND THIS WAS ALSO CLOSED. WE HEADED OUT TOWARDS TEMPLE MEADS
THE TRAFFIC WAS B A D. AND TO MAKE THINGS WORSE THE MOBILES WEREN'T WORKING AS
ALL THE POLICE AND THE MARATHON MARSHALS WERE USING WALKKI TALKIES WHICH INTERFERED WITH
THE MOBILES.
THE GAME WAS DUE TO KICK OFF AT 10.30am, BUT WE DIDN'T
ARRIVE UNTIL 10.45am - THE GAME STARTED AROUND 11am.
- WE STARTED WELL AND FOR THE FIRST 20 MINUTES WE WERE IN CONTROL, BUT THEN
THEY STRUCK, THEN THEY PUSHED AND HAD THE BALL AND SCORED AGAIN. AFTER WE WENT 2-0
DOWN ANDY WAS BROUGHT DOWN INSIDE THE BOX AND WAS GIVEN A PENALTY, THIS WAS TO BE ONE OF
THREE GIVEN DURING THE GAME. THE REF WAS ONE OF THEIR TEAMS FRIENDS. ANDY
SCORED FROM THE SPOT. RIGHT ON HALF TIME ANDY THEN SCORED AGAIN TO MAKE IT 2-2
- THIS WAS ENCOURAGING AS THE TEAM WE WERE PLAYING WAS IN THE DIVISION
ABOVE US AND ONE OF THEIR RECENT GAMES HAD WON 13-2 !!!. ROB AND MIKE (MIKE BEING
THE CAPTAIN FOR THIS MATCH) GAVE THE BRIEF TEAM TALK, SAYING HOW WE COULD WIN THIS,
AS WE HAVE GOT BACK TO 2-2 AND HOW THIS WOULD BE KIND OF A GIANT KILLING, AND HOW IF WE
JUST GAVE 10% MORE WE COULD WIN THIS.
- WE STARTED THE 2nd HALF WELL AND ANDY SCORED HIS 3rd GOAL, WE HAD TAKEN
THE LEAD, BUT THIS WASN'T LONG LIVED AS DERRICK 'APPARENTLY' HANDBALL IN OUR BOX AND THE
REF GAVE A PENALTY, THEN LATER ON WHILST DEFENDING A CORNER ROB HEADED THE BALL ONTO HIS
HAND, ANOTHER PENALTY. WE WERE NOW 4-3 DOWN.
- ABOUT 8 MINUETS TO GO, RICHARD CAME OFF, AND STU REPLACED HIM, HE
WENT UP FRONT WITH ANDY AND PAUL DROPPED BACK INTO MIDFIELD. PAUL MADE ONE OF HIS
SOLO RUN'S AND PASSED/CROSSED TO ANDY FOR ANDY TO SCORE HIS 4th GOAL. BUT THIS
WASN'T TO BE THE LAST GOAL - THEY SCORED AND THE GAME ENDED UP 5-4
- WE WERE OUT OF THE CUP.
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- THE GAME ENDED UP 5-4
- Goal scores: ANDY (4)
- MAN OF THE MATCH WHICH WAS VOTED BY THE PLAYERS: MIKE
- STARTING LINE UP:
