Post-match statattack #4

OK, so I neglected to perform a statattack after last week's drubbing, but no one wanted to read that we conceded our 700th (and 701st, and 702nd) 11-a-side goal in that match, did you?  So on to more pleasant Opta-tastic musings (but still no assists, sorry Shaky) arising from last night's far more enjoyable 3-1 win.

The headline was Simon Mesner scoring his 50th all-time Accies goal. That's 23 11-a-side strikes and 27 in 5-a-side games.  Simon becomes only the 6th Accie to reach a half-century of goals, after Jonathan Patterson, Graham Dietz, Ian Holmes, Joe Sene and David Rudd.  With David on 57 career goals for Effra and Joe and Ian on 62 each, no doubt Simon has half an eye on 3rd place in the all-time scorers list...

Three was the magic number last night - a 3-1 win, and the 3 different scorers all at different stages in the 11-a-side scoring stakes.  As stated, Simon is on 23 (now 3rd equal in that chart with Jonathan Patterson, behind Gary White (31) and Steve Spurdens (28).  Phil Caldwell, meanwhile, moves on to 13 goals in 11-sides, 10 behind Simon, while 10 behind Phil is relative newcomer Perre Heath, whose goal last night was his 3rd for the Accies.  So 23, 13 and 3 - nice symmetry for those of us with OCD leanings.

That's all for now - real work, sadly, beckons...