Us: Gerald, Julius, Paul, Daniel, Chris, Steve, Keith, Keith’s friend Ed, Kevin (theirs)
Them: Pete, Stuart, Alan, Prit, Scott, Phil, Sundy, Brian, Femi, Fabio
A large turnout for the second week in a row. Julius returned from injury for his first game this year, Keith brought Ed and Yellow loaned us Kevin but we were still a man down from the off. A tetchy first 20 minutes with a few hard tackles here and there. Yellow had the upper hand for the first 10 minutes but it settled after that and included a great move in the idle of the park, Julius receiving the ball, dribbling forward and scooping the ball over Pete (who’d been a solid sweeper until then) and Chris taking on the ball and shooting wide. There were chances at either end but nothing clear cut. Until a long ball from the back. It dropped down just over Pete’s head and Daniel, whose sprint down the right wing had inspired the hoof upfield, deftly brought down the ball and dinked it just under the keeper with one touch to leave him to tap into the empty net. Except the keeper’s arm deliberately came up and to hit him in the chest and sent him into a 360° spin. He managed to stay on his feet, such is his good nature, and fired a frustrated snap shot wide. The clearest penalty you will ever see but Yellow refused to conceded it even though the keeper was nowhere near the ball. No apology either, poor show.
The second half was equally end to end stuff, with Red possibly taking the upper hand with dribbling and passing but as with yellow, the moves broke down……
And that’s where I finished writing. Who knows what happened? Rhetorical.