DATE: 19^th Sep '99

OPPOSITION: QUAY SIDE.

GROUND: HOME

 

AFTER HAVING OUR FIRST TWO GAMES POSTPONED -THE TEAM WAS READY, UNFORTUNATELY WE HAD PROBLEMS.

CHRIS - OUR HERO GOALIE HAD JUST STARTED A NEW JOB AND HAD TO WORK. MARK HAD JUST LEFT FOR A 3 WEEK HOLIDAY, JAMES WAS STILL ON HOLIDAY AND MIKE, (WHO LATER FOUND OUT HE WOULD HAVE BEEN CAPTAIN) PICKED UP AN INJURY.

SO WE ONLY HAD THE BARE MINIMUM 11 MEN.

THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME MOST OF US HAD SEEN OUR HOME GROUND.

IT WASN'T TO BE A HAPPY START FOR US - WITHIN A FEW MINUTES THEY HAD SCORED, IN ALL FAIRNESS A GOOD WELL TAKEN GOAL. WHAT ONLY SEAMED LIKE 10 MINUETS LATER - WE FOUND OURSELVES 0-3.

THEN WE STARTED TO PLAY, I BELIEVE WE THEN DOMINATED THE REST OF THE 1^ST HALF, BUT OUR SHOTS WERE ALL FROM LONG RANGE, HALF TIME CAME TOO SOON.

AND THE 2^ND HALF STARTED SHOCKINGLY LIKE THE FIRST, THEY HAD ALL THE POSSESSION OF THE FIST 3-5 MINUETS, BUT THEN AGAIN WE STARTED TO PLAY.

THE REF -WHO CONSEQUENTLY WAS THE OPPOSITIONS MANAGER GAVE ONLY ONE CARD ALL GAME - UNFORTUNATE IT WAS TO OUR FORWARD ANDY, THE REF HAD LET A LOT GO, BUT ALSO, SOME CHANGELESS WHICH SHOULD HAVE BEEN FREE KICKS WEREN'T GIVEN.

MIDWAY THROUGH THE 2^ND HALF ANDY DECIDED TO MOVE INTO MIDFIELD AND SWOOPED WITH SIMON, UNFORTUNATELY SIMON LATER WENT OFF INJURED WITH AN ONGOING ANKLE PROBLEM.

SO WE WERE DOWN TO 10 MEN. THEN WITH ANDY ON A RUN AND BEATING TWO OF THEIR DEFENDERS AND LOBBING THE KEEPER - AND G O A L. !!!

SO DOWN TO 10MEN, ONE YELLOW CARD AND 1-3.

BUT IT WAS ALL TO LATE, THE FINAL WHISTLE WAS BLOWN 1-3 WAS THE END SCORE.

KEY MOMENTS :

GARY HAD A GREAT SHOT, SAVED.

DERRICK HAD A FEW SHOTS.

ROB HAD A FREE KICK SAVED.

WE HAD LOADS OF CORNERS - ESPECIALLY IN THE 2^ND HALF, WITH AT LEAST 6.

DEFENCE WORKED WELL, WITH ROBIN NOT HAVING AS MUCH OF THE BALL IN THE 2^ND HALF.

WE BATTLED WELL AND HAD MOST OF THE POSSESSION

 

THE GAME ENDED UP 1-3

Goal scores: ANDY (1)

MAN OF THE MATCH WHICH WAS VOTED BY THE PLAYERS: GARY

IT WAS FOUND OUT AT THE END OF THE GAME THE REF DROPPED ANDY'S YELLOW CARD.

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