Another game against IFS, another 1 all draw. Both teams are fairly similar, hard uncompromising backs, dogged tireless midfielders and forwards always on the lookout for any scraps coming their way. Post match feelings from both sides were a fair result.
I thought we were only going to start with 9 men, then Jono (must have lost his keys again) and Local Historian showed up to give us 11. Hucky started in the unfamiliar position of left back, Jono nearly ran on in his green jumper with shoelaces flapping in the wind, and unorganised as anything away we went. Another slow start from the whites saw IFS camped in our half for most of the first 20 minutes. Completely against the run of play came the classical Aussie Route One football goal. Dennis Grobelaar reefs a punt, Big Steve bounced it perfectly off the top of his head to go over the IFS defenders, AB wins the race and bangs it across the goalie from outside the box to cannon inside the right post. By this time Slugger and Eco-warrior had turned up to give us a couple of reserves, much appreciated by some.
As this arm wrestle went to halftime with the whites leading 1-0, we felt one more goal would kill off the opposition. Both teams, inbetween abusing each other, played some sparkling football. Dennis kept us ahead with a great 1 handed tip over. Then the pivotal play of the day. With Eco-warrior crudely brought down 15 metres out, Local Historian takes the kick. Bouncing around like a pinball machine, the ball lands in front of AB with only the goalie to beat straight in front 3 metres out, and he puts it over the bar. Next play the ball goes up the other end, IFS win a corner and a point blank unmarked header goes in. Doh!
Both teams had chances in the last 15 minutes. The lost A shot agonisingly over the bar after a nice run, laidback Phil Lally had a header off the last corner of the day just miss and Hucky tried to open his goal scoring account for the year with a savage blast that couldnt find its way through 10 IFS blokes.
A couple of special mentions. Hardman Hamill, Lost Keys, Local Historian and Laid Back Phil Lally all played most of the match, all having huge games. Mr 21 (described by IFS7 as "that orange haired scottish bloke") and "Scarface" Andres worked hard in the middle and Big Steve ran hard all day as ever.
Back to the field of dreams next week for Uni's visit. After this, the halfway point of the season, the renowned scribe Archie McSquinty may be cajoled out of semi-retirement to give his thoughts on the season so far....
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Good job boys ... im keeping track from the other side of the equator. Cheers Rod.
ReplyDeleteGood to hear from you Rod. What AB12 failed to mention were the 25 chances we had to seal the victory...and the 10 chances they also had at goal. Yes it was a fair result overall, but their goal was not that great and it was looking like a likely a 1:0 victory. All credit to IFS. They are a good team, fact, but so are we. We proved we can play well for extended periods against good teams.
ReplyDeleteOverall, it was well played and for sure if you were there alongside handball dave, it would have easily been a 1:0 victory. Doug gave a mighty performance in your absence.