Red: Jeremy, Kevin, Daniel, James, Colin, Richard P, Ahmet, Gerald,
Yellow: Jim N, James C, Ed, Oz, JP, Matt, Richard N, John
8-a-side! Blustery, slightly drizzly, and a literally shitty pitch.
16 – Epic! Thank you for your love. But with that many on the pitch and me not being on a computer within 24 hours, my memory becomes hazy. Oz opened the scoring. Richard P got the Red reply I think (?) with Jim N almost saving the ball but it appeared to cross the line before he pulled it back. Red then pulled away to a three goal lead including an unfortunate fumble from Matt in goal – even he knows how bad that looked. He also had a goal ruled out due to a handball. Did it cross the line before or after the hand became involved? Goal line technology once again brought into the spotlight. However he made amends to reduce the deficit to one with a rocket from the right into the far left top corner with Daniel getting a diving hand to it but no one would have stopped that. The were a few fouls in their too, three free kicks in a game you dirty bunch. Think you can hide in numbers eh?! Good game though – proper tactics and formations being used and some tasty football to boot, an almost watchable game!
The Good: Matt’s thunderbolt strike to give Yellow hope.
The Bad: Ed’s tackle on his own team mate leaving James C on the floor or Matt deceiving us all into thinking he’d made a comfortable save but then letting the ball spin through both his hands and fumble it into the net.
The Ugly: Fouls. Jeremy’s trip on James C leaving him once again face down in the mud & John bulldozering Kevin off the pitch
Final Score: Red 3 – 2 Yellow