Yellow: Oz, Bruno, Jim, Gerald
Red: Steve, James, Daniel, Richard P
Hmmm, hardly a mandate for the 10.00am start, a lowly four-a-side.
Similar teams to last week? Yes, cos the choice was made on what people were wearing, which doesn’t vary much.
Overcast, a light breeze and in keeping with the all-pervading austerity measures, the local council have “cut” the grass. Hehaythankyouverymuch.
First half:
Red scored first, Yellow equalised, Red got another, Yellow equalised. Red got another, and another and another. Yellow then got one and then another. 5-4 at half time. Great summary huh?
It did include Daniel running onto a loose ball, rounding Gerald and firing with his left foot. Except Gerald magnificently dived backwards to reach out and grab the ball – spectacular save.
Second half:
Yellow pulled away to a 9-5 lead.
Bruno tried to go round the flailing Daniel but the keeper got a hand to the initial shot and then blocked the follow up with his back.
A wonderful series of one touch football from Richard P to Steve to Daniel to James who struck first time was rather good.
Steve used the excuse that the ball didn’t hit a bobble for the reason behind his sky high shot, much to the amusement of Oz who’d mentioned the dubious quality of the pitch right at the start.
A second half five minute spell of truly awful and comically bad football left Daniel in a crumpled heap with a fit of the giggles.
Gerald sold a lovely one to Richard P, knocking the ball inside and running round the outside to score.
And Jim had visited the Joey Barton School of football this week. In the second half he stopped a cross with a very deliberate out-stretched arm, took out Richard P (who’d turned on a sixpence) with his leg and then tripped James just as he was about to run into the area. The three subsequent free kicks came to nothing but clearly three yellow cards, he should have been long gone. But he’d also manged to fit in time to attend the John Terry humility college and promptly showed calm composure with a handful of goals to level the scores in the last 10 minutes. Travesty – Shame on you!
Final score: Yellow 9-9 Red
Topic for the AGM: Should we actually introduce cards?