Benalmadena 8th April

YELLOW’S 4 v ORANGE’S 4

On a cloudy and miserable morning upon returning to the Polideportivo after several weeks at the Retamar the ‘old farts’ played  in what was a really enthralling match.

After some 25 minutes there had been no score until ‘H’ struck a ‘ferocious’ twenty yard shot which took all of thirty seconds to reach the Orange’s goal, unfortunately ‘twinkle’ toes’ Eddie in goal got his boots stuck in the thick AstroTurf for the Yellow’s to go one up.

Shortly afterwards ‘H’ notched a second  before the Oranges responded with three goals to take the lead with goals from Mick, ‘Welsh’ Steve and Olaf.

For the former much to his delight this was ‘Bournemouth’ Mick’s first goal since recently joining WFS.

In an exciting finale ‘Cabbie’ Dave equalised for the Yellow’s before  Mick blasted a shot from short distance which was punched skywards by ‘H’ in goal only to spin backwards into the Yellow’s net.  Controversy ‘raged’ as ‘H’ tried to claim goalies ball , albeit reluctantly having to concede the goal thereby putting the Orange’s in front.

However, ‘H’ had the last laugh as in the ‘dying’ seconds, he  equalised to get his hat-trick following a superb cross field pass from ‘Dazza’, thereby leaving honours even at the finish. ‘Keef’ by this time was in the bar area taking refreshment and practicing his photography skill’s for Playboy!

New ‘boy’ Gary impressed for the Yellow’s as did ‘Fish’ and Bob.

For the Orange’s Brian ‘H’ with his flowing locks reminiscent of a geriatric recently deceased Frank Worthington, showed his wily dribbling and passing skills, with special mention to Mick for ‘breaking’ his goal drought!

As a special for those who asked how the match report was compiled, we have managed to get a sneak photograph of Geoff making preparations to compile a report, It may look like a match report is just recycling old cliches but as the photo shows, years of self denial are only a part of the story.