Unfortunately Miami didn't film Mes's goal.
Fortunately, this being a big game, Mickael was also filming the game with a second camera.
Unfortunately, Mes's early strike was the high water mark of our night's endeavours.
True to form, the Accies shit it on the big occasion. A bright start soon gave way to the sort of tragi-comic farce that so often makes a mockery of our pre-match optimism. Mott hit back with 2 goals of their own and the Accies never really recovered. Even so, Perre had 2 great chances in the first half to wrestle the initiative back from a neat and tidy Mott McDonald side. A close range header and long range strike both whistled over the bar.
In the second half, Gobby was unlucky when his heroic last ditch challenge was judged to be a foul. The Mott penalty was converted to create what turned out to be an unassailable 2 goal cushion.
Mott were never able to relax though and were made to sweat until the end, although in truth the Accies seemed more likely to start a fight than a comeback.
A crushingly disappointing night then, but let's keep things in perspective. This was only the 3rd or 4th poor performance in our past 15 games. The real test of character will be whether we can bounce back with a good performance next week.
Congratulations by the way, to Thorney and Stuart, for whom the night marked a 100th and 200th Accies 11 a side appearance respectively.
Big thanks to Charlie for bringing down a barmy army of supporters for the night. Just sorry we didn't give them something to cheer. What chance a return to Accies action in 2010 for the popular ex Red and Blue regular?
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Great match report, thanks Phil. Should add the footnote that Simon's goal took him past Gary White to outright top of the 11-a-side goals list, with 32. And, of course, equal top in the race for the 2009 golden boot with 11 goals this year, equalling his highest ever tally in a calendar year. So 3 games left to beat that tally - let's hope he doesn't have to do it from right-back...
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