Red: James, Paul, Richard P, Richard N
Yellow: Jeremy, Darren, Colin, JP, Jim N
5-a-side. Muddy. Last game to influence those awards. Hmm, a bit of a tit-for tat game. Paul turned up! First goal to Red but Yellow quickly equalised. A tasty backheal from Richard P teed up Paul but the shot was off target and with Daniel hitting the post, Red were frustrated. A couple more goals made it 2-2. Then, Jim N, who’d been pinging off a few wild attempts but tellingly getting closer with each try, poked in a shot at the near post past Daniel just before half time. 3-2 up to Yellow. Oh the despair.
If Red felt demoralised, it got worse as Yellow popped in one the other side of the break. 4-2 up. It felt like a double tap from an SAS soldier at the Iranian embassy. But Red weren’t dead. Daniel got up like a zombie and asked “did someone say Lazarus?” and began to make amends by receiving a nice ball coming down the right channel and struck it across Jeremy and in off the far post. Yellow rallied and combined well with JP peeling off Daniel to slot a cross into an empty net. Colin was looking useful on the right wing adding two at a tight angel. From a corner, James pinged across a low hard ball which deflected in off Jeremy at the near post for an own goal. At the other end Darren headed at goal with the keeper out but Richard N was on the line and headed it to safety. Daniel repeated the right wing movement and this time hit one in at the near post and tried it a third time but Darren saved well (a good game in goal) and with a header from James (I think) beating JP towards the end, it was anyones game especially with the sticky conditions leading to a number of interceptions. However a resolute Jeremy in defence distributed well and two breaks from Yellow both finished with a one-on-one against Daniel and although he came out to reduce the angel, both shots went in, one from Darren, can’t recall who got the other. Lots going on, all a bit puffed out at the ened. Think I mentioned everyone, sorry I can’t remember who got all the goals.
Final Score: Yellow 8 – 6 Red