Red: Paul, Ahmet, Keith, John, Daniel, Rob
Yellow: Prit, Femi, Mani, Alan, Zavier, Kenneth
6-a-side and we borrowed one of them – thank you Rob. Quite a classy game considering the conditions, actual moves and passing working out. John got our first and Kenneth (his first game for them) then capitalised on a dawdling defensive error to draw level. Paul, on the left, picked out Daniel in acres of space on the right wing who fired in a hard and fast cross and Keith, just managing to get between keeper and defender, touched it in at the far post at full stretch. A tasty move. Red 2-1 up at half time.
More of the same in the second. John got our third and then we all broke forward in a failed attack, upon which they pounced and went three on one with Ahmet in goal and scored – shocking lack of discipline from us. 3-2 with 25 minutes to go. Both teams had plenty of chances but in a nod to last week, no one could put them away. Daniel came close when he hit the post though he should have crossed and John had a few shots well saved, goal keeping was generally very good at both ends, though theirs was possibly the busier of the two. Sadly Kenneth didn’t seem to grasp the concept of no sliding tackles and dangerously went in studs up and both feet on Keith in goal who managed to jump out the way. A large and protracted argument ensued with about half the people on the pitch. It was made clear that, at the age of 50, that’s not how we play and if that’s what he wants, he should find another game. He in turn suggested that John was in fact at the wrong game and muttered something about being the best player. The behaviour of an eight year old and ultimately no apology. Oh well. Rather gallingly he got the equaliser in the last minute. We added five minutes for the delay but no one tasted victory.
Final score: Red 3 – 3 Yellow