Match Reports
25/10/08
Wothing 4s 1-11 Men's 4th XI
Biff! Kapow! Pow!! Worthing were well and truly spanked on Saturday by a rampant Brighton team.
We welcomed back young Davros from his travels in New Zealand. He also stupidly admitted to having a played at right back once or twice and while we were short of defenders he was promptly stuck in defence. It wasn’t until half time he gave me the advice that a right back in NZ is more like a midfielder…yeah yeah! Hats off to him though first game for Brighton for a year or so and he probably gave the best performance I have seen him play. Big thanks also for Dan Simpson for doing a fine job as a first time left back. Both had great games in their respective positions and deserve big thanks from the rest of the lads. We were also joined by yet another 4s debutant Chris Upjohn a young lad who is recovering from a bad knee injury and proved himself to be a capable player. Great name as well. I was convinced it wasn’t real but managed to resist any obvious jokes, especially with another player called John on the pitch. I have looked it up and it is real, it is a Welsh derivative of the biblical name Yochan. Let’s just not be juvenile, ok?
Obviously too many goals to remember but the first half was a master class in passing and moving. JC scored three before Worthing really knew what hit them. A couple more goals and the game was running the risk of getting a bit silly. Brooksy and his novice defenders slacked off for a second and Worthing were given a chink of a chance. A couple more goals and a 7-1 lead at halftime was too much.
Brighton’s fitness began to tell with only four goals in the second half with the game more stretched.
In between the barrage of goals Ready was able to cause two head injuries to Worthing players within a matter of seconds of each other. Firstly the mini-Shef ginger fella was bashed on the head by Ready’s ankle (I think). As he was off the pitch the resulting free hit was deflected by Ready into the Worthing centre forward’s head with a beautiful “tock” sound and another man was down. Good work and as some may say, un-luxembourg!
Wappy was not playing but his tantrum the previous week was still high in the mind of all those that enjoyed it. Willy D on course for a hat-trick struck another crisp short corner goal wards only for a Worthing foot to stop it on the line. A great cry of “Oh! Come On!!” prompted the umpire to give the obvious p.flick. Willy stepped up to take the glory of a hat-trick and his just deserts but a weak wrested flick rebounded off the post. Rubbish. Luckily for Willy the entire 2s team squad were on hand to guffaw loudly in sympathy joined in heartily by his own team mates! HAHA! Missed flick and jug avoidance, serious fines!
The other Will may also be criticised for jug avoidance by allowing a goal bound shot to be “headed” off the line! Although I should take some criticism for substituting him directly after his second goal, sorry!
Ben Williams was the other hat-trick hero as his now legendary tireless running produced chance after chance for his colleagues. An excellent display from the ageing greyhound. There may be a few more seasons before he is tied to the West Pier at low tide. Perhaps we should stud him…?
I can’t believe I can get through a match report without mentioning Yann “The Man’s” boundless enthusiasm for the game and serious quality on the wing which was the catalyst for so many goals.
This rampant win continued the promise shown by the boys in previous games and sees us go top of the league.
Thanks to Dan Hacking for umpiring. Also a belated thanks to Steve Tinson who umpired for us the week before.
For the record, goal scorers:
JC - 3
Williams - 3
Will S - 2
Will D - 2
Yann - 1
Team: Brooksy, Ready, Davros, Upjohn, Captain Dan (not the captain), Vanilla, JC, Bondy, Yann “The Man”, Selby, Willy D, Ben W.
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