Match Reports
17/10/08
St Francis 2s 1-4 Men's 4th XI
More new faces to welcome to the Super 4s this week with both Wappy and Footspa joining on day release from their Rocks excursions to give a much needed boost to the banter levels. Ready also returned to help shore up the leaky defence.
Brighton, although being team of defenders and two goalkeepers (Young Vanilla Ice was shoved up front so Brooksy wouldn’t feel too much pressure from his presence) had an assured look that would surely be too strong for St Francis 2s.
Brighton were immediately on the attack from the off and when Willy had his effort, which was destined for the top corner batted away by the rotund St Francis keeper, we knew it would take some thing special to get it past him. That didn’t stop the strikers taking pot shots from all over the place, which he excellently saved. Three keepers on one pitch and two of them quite good what are the chances of that!?
Brighton finally beat the keeper when Tosh opened his account for the season with an excellently struck effort into the bottom corner. However, St Francis continued to pepper Brighton with long balls which caused a few problems, not least to the hapless Brooksy who seemed to be deaf the hysterical screams of his players to clear, instead he did his usual and left it to concede to numerous long corners. Idiot. With those ears you would have thought he’d hear even the quietest piece of advice.
Half time and Brighton’s faces looked like that had been subject to a view of Footspa’s arse, oh hang they had. That explains a lot. It was left to grumpy Wappy to lighten the atmosphere by banning all further laughter threatening to punch anyone that did.
Brighton were far sharper in the second half an immediately doubled the lead when our own Two Inch Tap In obviously finished from close range.
St Francis began to realise that this wasn’t to be their day and their challenges became increasingly agricultural and the pushing and shoving got a little more aggressive. Wappy was being singled out for special treatment; lord knows how they notice him. This attention got Wappy upset and he began to appeal to the umpires in an increasingly gay way. It finally culminated in a Wap Band rendition of “Oops up side your head” as he sat toddler like on the floor beating his hands into the pitch, classic.
This must have distracted St Francis enough for Vanilla Ice to find himself one on one with the keeper and finish well to put the game beyond St Francis. It made a change from him continually trying to take on the oldest player on the St Francis side on the open side and continually being tackled. An endless optimist, next time Mr Ice next time.
As the game opened up even Footspa wobbled his way to the top of the D and with glory in his eyes went for the reverse stick strike into the top corner…which didn’t happen. The keeper very generously tried to save it but the ball dribbled harmlessly wide.
Willy scored from an impossible angle to finish St Francis off. I challenge him to look me in the eye and say it wasn’t a cross. If he does I’ll have to call him a liar.
No game would be complete without the opposition scoring and a rather tame effort crept past Brooksy on the cusp of the final whistle.
Another win though but still the goals aren’t flowing as they should. Sadly Ready also fell over when alone in the middle of the pitch, although amazingly no one saw it. What are the chances of that?!
Team: Brooksy, Shef, Ready, Chris, Footspa, Wrighty, Willy, Wappy, Tosh, Titi, Vanilla Ice, Banaman