Yellow (6): Ahmet, Colin, Darren, Richard P, Jack, Ed
Red (6): Matt, Paul, Jeremy, Kevin, Daniel, Oz
Thank you Paul for looking after the goals for a week and I hope all your brown speckled toilets have been cleared after the curry.
The first game of the statistical season and it was clear some people wanted to make a name for themselves. An energetic and hard start with both teams putting away a brace of goals. Darren came down the left wing and fired one into the top far corner past Daniel and Colin nodded one down and in at the far post from a cross. In reply Oz stroked home a loose ball coming from a tangle on the right.
Yellow pulled away with a couple more, Darren using his height to head one in and then Ahmet running down the middle to nod in another cross. A definite height advantage. Another attempt from Darren ended with a clash of heads with Jeremy and he went off for a few minutes with a bloody nose. 4-2 up for Yellow.
Red looked eager from the restart after deciding to take a leaf from Yellow by pressing much more but disappointingly Daniel went down like an incredibly slow falling three that got stuck on the way down to let in a weak low shot from Jack dribble underneath him – it barely reached the back of the net. The shame. That proverbial hole that ate Jim last week was definitely hungry.
A shot from Matt was cleared into Daniel’s groin by Ahmet but he gallantly tried to poke the loose ball in (to no avail) before crumpling in a heap. A soft snap shot from Richard P went straight at Kevin and although he took the ‘sting’ out of it, the ball still went in. A second poor goal to concede. A cross from Matt managed to bounce the ball through a couple of defenders and past the keeper for Daniel to bundle in with the aforementioned groin. A lot of action this week! He also tried to make amends for the earlier calamity and managed to cross through the jungle of legs for Paul to hit one in from the top of the box. A young child sauntered onto the pitch chanting something and assumed he was going to play. Ed had other ideas and with the immortal words of “It’s not your game sunshine” sent the little scamp packing.
And in the last two minutes, Kevin dispossessed Richard P on the left wing and fed through to Oz who poked home. Leaps of joy and a large cheer from Red who hadn’t been in front until now. Oh the pain for Yellow. A won’t try to describe it, I wouldn’t do it justice.
Great game, a positive omen for the year to come?
Final score: Red 7 – 6 Yellow
NB: I am NOT keeping stats on goals, assists, tackles, pass completion, dribbles, saves, headed goals, interceptions………