Match report by Colin
Another scorcher today as game 1 was refereed by Dave Owl again in a 7 aside game that had goals, nearly goals, Fred straying beyond halfway, Bambi encouraging everyone and the usual wayward shooting on sight with no idea where the goal is.
A mix up in reds defence presented Sonic with his best chance to score but his tame shot rebounded out to Gert who slotted home with ease.
The first water break led to Paulo ghosting in and passing the ball beyond Colin into the net 1-1
Back out on the pitch Colin found Gert on the wing who made drilled in his second, 2-1 blacks became 3-1 when Graham dinked in a third but not before a corner was layed back and Boris hit the ball towards goal, with Steve beat it hit the post and the headlines that could have been written never will.
Bambi was in goal and congratulated Graham when his cheeky backheal crept in. Sorry, no, Bambi lambasted everyone on the pitch for crap defending 3-2 blacks
The scoring was wrapped up when Bambi, reinstated to goal hanging poached a 4th for the blacks, 4-2 blacks final score
Match report by Rory
There are many things we still don’t know: what caused the Big Bang; how to reconcile quantum mechanics with the general theory of relativity; and why walking footballers continue to pass the ball across the face of the goal when there’s every likelihood it will give away a goal and secure the contempt of your teammates.
Where does playing walking football sit in the pantheon of theoretical frameworks to support man’s search for meaning? Well today’s game definitely threw up more questions than answers.
Why do players in game two insist on calling it walking football when they spend most of their time running? How many more rules can be introduced to a game that already has more rules than the Vatican when entering Conclave. Thursday’s game was a massacre with the reds putting the blacks to the sword and winning 6-0.
Man ‘o the match Fez once again demonstrated his outstanding qualities on and off the ball by bagging a hat-trick and displaying the quality of his magical left foot, even if it was cloaked in some nasty boots from Decathlon. But hey, it’s not his fault he left his “my little pony” kit bag at the bus stop.
The blacks looked good on paper, but as everyone knows, football isn’t played on paper. Tommy and Jonny were excellent at marking space, but according to the Pep school of basic coaching for dimwits, space can’t put in a good through ball or score with its left foot. Go figure.
The reds had communed with the Devil and conjured up the long-dead spirits of Norman Hunter, Steve Bruce and Graham Souness, thereby absolving themselves of any necessity to try and kick the air filled bladder that the other guys seemed to be kicking about.
As we know, those super hard teams of the seventies were also good at playing football and the reds put in a dazzling performance of pass and move alongside an hors d’hoevres of slice and dice.
In the first half, Dave the bee overcame his distress at Brentford losing their prized forward, to score a couple of gems. The first was a dipping drive from distance which fooled Jonny and crept in under the crossbar to the surprise of everyone on the pitch. The second showcased his catlike reflexes to drill the ball home after it rebounded off the post. A tasty brace.
The blacks pressed forward to salvage a modicum of dignity and came close when Rory, Keith and Laurie all had chances to score. Fortunately for the reds, Alvin was in goal and pulled off a series of brilliant saves which demoralised the blacks still further. Meanwhile, Tommy and Jonny made sure that “space” didn’t score any goals. Einstein would have been proud of them.
Mercifully, John blew the final whistle and put the blacks out of their misery. Final score Reds 6-0 Blacks. Meanwhile, the queue at the Xanit accident and emergency department was one person longer.
As usual, video highlights available on our Youtube channel here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lK7hw_5dAKY
We count down the games to the end of the season with Monday 30th June our last game and September 1st being the resumption
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Great reports boys.incidentally you may have noticed that the pictures are easier to see.
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