Match report by Richard P.
Voluntarily sent in for which I’m very grateful. Twelve people have completely different perspectives of how that game went but it’s usually only ever mine that goes to print so to see it through someone else’s eyes is always a revelation.
Yellow: Richard P, Tufan, Gerald, Adam, Dan, Jack.
Red: Paul, Jared, Kevin, John, Jim, Jeremy
Yellow defended very well as a team but Dan and Jack were particularly immense with Dan making over 5 key interceptions and Jack making over 5 tackles/blocks. Yellow’s injuries were Tufan (ankle) Gerald (face and neck) me (dead leg). Our 5 goals were:
Richard P, Paul own goal from Adam’s cross, Richard P, Tufan, and the fifth coming from Richard P, completing his first hat trick for many years with a comment from the opposition of “from down our end I couldn’t figure out the angles of how that went in.”
Red’s injuries were Jim (jaw), John (back). I think the 2 red goals were by Jim and Paul but not sure. Highlights were Jim’s pinpoint corners and Jeremy’s close-but-never-quite-on-
The goals were moved 4 times. The pitch was widened once.
Banter levels were moderately good, especially Gerald’s musings on who amongst us would first have a memorial service/match. Pitch was muddy and wet. But weather sunny and dry during the match.
Quote of the match:
After an early yet fruitless attacking onslaught by Red:
Jeremy: “They don’t like it up ‘em.”
Two minutes later after Yellow scored their third:
Gerald: “They do like it up ‘em.”
Final score: Yellow 5 – 2 Red