Match Reports
31/01/09
West Hampstead 2-3 Men's 2nd XI
The sun rose on a beautiful Saturday in January and as the team jogged out onto the pitch spirits were high. Due to a rare medical condition Dan ‘sick note’ Hore was unable to play, but made do with berating el capitano ‘smasher’ McGuinness for the entire game.
The game started well with Brighton bossing the first ten minutes. However, due to some shoddy play West Hampstead managed to go 2 goals up. And with Kenny diving around like a schoolgirl having his pigtails pulled and Jamie ‘doom’ Hendricks partially injured things weren’t looking good.
Step up Luke ‘geriatric’ Williams with a defence splitting pass to Oli P. who scored his trademark 1-yard goal nut-megging the keeper in the process.
Hark the whistle sounded for half time and heralded Dan Hores team talk aided by some inane scribblings in the sand that no one quite understood. However, Dermots war chant heralded a win and win we did! The 2nd half saw a reinvigorated Brighton side pushing for goals. A well-worked short corner had the defence at 2s and 3s with Kenny slotting the ball home nicely. Intensity was high as Brighton applied even more pressure to a West Hampstead side playing for the final whistle. A slip-up by a WH defender saw the ball spill out to the… sporadic right-back Jon To who fluffed a pass that somehow managed to work its way through to the ever-present Oli P. who never looked like missing.
This was certainly a game of 2 halves, with Brighton doing themselves justice in the 2nd half after a somewhat placid display in the first. Noted performances were Oli P. on top scoring form again; Kenny when he was on his feet, and I suppose Jon To did alright as well.
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Jon To