I'll keep this mercifully brief! Well and truly turned over tonight by Dolphin Riders, who must have been surprised to be given 9 Christmas presents in the month of January. We played like gentlemen who had never met one another before and rightfully got a rollicking from the Coach at half-time and full-time.
Echoes from the past, really - we're still capable of playing badly and getting trounced, just like all those years ago - and I told Ant after the game that my abiding memory of his first ever 11-a-side game (see previous post) was feeling really sorry for him having to pick the ball out of the net so many times, and I felt exactly the same tonight. A thankless task, playing in goal for us tonight!
Anyway, as I said on the sidelines during the second half, it's important that we stick together in the tricky times - as a team we can and will bounce back. It's so easy for that feelgood factor to kick in after a victory, but it was really encouraging to see lots of smiling faces in the Paxton afterwards, some unity just when it's needed most. I'll sign off with two positives: firstly Simon's top-notch goal, just reward during his Man Of The Match performance; and Stuart, the landlord of the Paxton, promising a round of drinks on the house if we win next week. Good man. Goodnight!
Team: Ant, Andy D (sub: The Werewolf), Barry, Hairy Cornflake, Marathon Man, Joe (sub: Luis), Steve (sub: Coach Robertshaw), Tremayne, Billy, Mickael (sub: Perre), Mes.
Scorer: Mes
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