Match 1 report by Colin
The season opener brought 33 players out with game 1 hosting a few game 2 regulars to balance out the numbers
We lined up 8v7 with reds having the extra man, but blacks had more of those game 2 players
A good game of football was played out with not too much running and lots of respect for each other and self declared fouls that the ref missed, Spirit of the Game at its best.
Unfortunately for reds their keeper was restricted to his area which led to blacks first goal. The ball was heading to keeper Sean but without enough pace, this allowed Paul to collect it and score 1-0 Blacks
The next 2 phases were goalless with some misshit shots, good saves and general back and forth
Eventually more goals were scored with Dave 🦉bagging a brace and the game ended 3-0 blacks
It was good to see Dave 🦊 back as ref following his replacement hip op during the Summer, hopefully we’ll see him playing again.
Shout out to Bambi who managed the whole game without one complaint and unlucky not to score for reds
Match 2 report from Fez
Woohoo football is back.. not the stuff played by millionaires on TV ! WFS-Benalmadena, ok we might have a few millionaires but we’re not on TV 😉
After 8 long weeks for those who didn’t play over the summer we were back with a bang… it was great to see and catch up with lads we hadn’t seen because they don’t let the riffraff into their gated communities 😉😂 but we spoke, shock hands and chatted about the World Cup, the Championship and stuff…
Then we played some footie.. Your match day referee was John 🧑🚒
The teams lined up as follows –
The Reds
Steve 📢 in goal, Dave 👑, Darren 💴, Prak 💈, Mark ⚽️, Kev 🌲, Keith 👻, Yoza 💻, Majid 😊
The Blacks
Eddie 🥅 in goal, Fez 🐶, Tommy 🔫, Mark 🐦, Henning 🇩🇰, Pete 🏴, John ⚡️, Kevin 🔨 , Paul 🚂
It was a hot morning at the Poli and the teams looked a little out of balance in terms of ball players, the reds clearly had the overload across the pitch… but the blacks had grafters and a willingness to chase shadows…
it was a 9v9 affair so there was little room on the pitch for manoeuvre hence the Reds advantage playing some lovely 1 touch football and keeping possession… the Blacks kept grafted away..
However it was the blacks that opened the scoring with a well worked corner, played short to Mark 🐦 who let off a shot heading towards the bar, Dave 👑 decided to get in the way and it took a looping deflection over the keeper Steve 📢 and into the net…
1-0 Blacks
We then played a few quarters with no change in the score but some neat and tidy beginning of the season football being played..
Corner to the Reds it was flashed across the box and up popped Dave 👑 with a first time finish passed Eddie 🥅, 👑’s description after a few Victoria’s in the bar included how he ran and smashed the ball home 😳..
1 – 1
The Blacks tried to play some football from the back, but the Reds high press was good and a poor across the box fell to the feet of Darren 💷 and he calmly slotted passed Eddie 🥅 – this was Darren’s 4 game of the week 👌
Ok so the Reds now in front 2 – 1 and the ref John 🧑🚒 spots a Black player entering the box… 🫣 Up stepped Mark ⚽️ surely he scores… Eddie 🥅 save it !
The game opened up a little and the Blacks had a number of break always Fez 🐶 on his return from a long term injury had 2 guilt edge chance one on one’s with the goalie but spurned both…
With time ticking towards the end of the game the Blacks were awarded a corner Fez 🐶 nipped in front of Yoza 💻 the latter in an attempt to get in front entered the box… The Ref 🧑🚒 didn’t hesitate and pointed to the spot..
Controversy as Majid 😊 (also a ref) vehemently disagreed and in doing so was shown a 🟨 then 🟥 🤯
The penna stood and Fez 🐶 dispatched it 2 – 2.. So the Reds played the better football and it was good on the eye.. the Blacks dug in and got a decent draw..
Everyone played their part today and it was an enjoyable game other than a small blip right at the end, it was played in the ‘Spirt of the game’ which was good to see and play in and set the standard for the rest of the season, players will quicken with a few games as the rustiness will be gone…
Rightly or wrongly the refs on field decision is final let’s have another great season at the Poli accept and respect that decision..
Hopefully there will be gas to pump the beer next week 🤣🤣 but the cans / bottles of Victoria refreshed the lads partaking in the after match social…
Dates to remember Wednesday 16th September beach party ! Details on the website and chat pages.
See you all Monday for another game of what we all love ‘Footie’ UTB