They pulled out on Saturday night.
Steve's unbroken run continues!
Goodbye Sir Ronald
Quack quack
Sunday 26 April 2009
Tuesday 21 April 2009
Walkern 3 KNOBS 2
A game played in good spirits on a lovely spring morning in Stevenage. Walkern are a good footballing side and the games against them are always enjoyable.
Ronald was back from his romantic break on Saturday and with a bottle of beer and onion bhaji in hand laid out the team on one of Tommy’s prized drawings. Ronald would not be able to make the start of the game as he had to make breakfast in bed for Maggie, clean the pillow case drawer and go shopping in Waitrose first.
I couldn’t remember the tactics or team talk for the game so informed Chris G he was captain and told everyone to ‘run around a bit’. Run around a bit we did and before long we were 2-0 down.
Walkern went ahead after a cleared corner was played back into the box and their forward scored with a neat touch past Trevor. Their second goal came after another set-piece that somehow dropped nicely and they couldn’t miss from a few yards out. We had started a little slowly as usual but we seemed to have a lot more energy and pace throughout and we also played some nice football.
2-0 it was at half time so we decided to run around a bit more and the half was pretty much one way traffic with more nice football played and a few chances created. The score was soon 2-1 after a super defence splitting pass from Bully picked out yours truly to finish off left footed past the keeper. Not long after and we were level with a bullet header from Gorgeous Gavin from a Bully set-piece delivery.
The winning goal came from a break down their left with the Walkern player racing away to finish past Trevor at the near post. And that was it for the scoring as Walkern dropped deeper, defended well and we could not break them down. In the end if they hadn't scored any goals, we would've won! Ronald finally turned up late in the game but unless I am mistaken he appeared to be watching the MBDA v Saints game.
A cold shower after the game and then we were off to the Fat Cow pub to sit in the sun and eat sausage and chips coated in red vinegar, yum yum. As Brian Clough once said when told that Elton John was waiting to meet him "Tell the fat poof I'll be out in a minute".
John
Ronald was back from his romantic break on Saturday and with a bottle of beer and onion bhaji in hand laid out the team on one of Tommy’s prized drawings. Ronald would not be able to make the start of the game as he had to make breakfast in bed for Maggie, clean the pillow case drawer and go shopping in Waitrose first.
I couldn’t remember the tactics or team talk for the game so informed Chris G he was captain and told everyone to ‘run around a bit’. Run around a bit we did and before long we were 2-0 down.
Walkern went ahead after a cleared corner was played back into the box and their forward scored with a neat touch past Trevor. Their second goal came after another set-piece that somehow dropped nicely and they couldn’t miss from a few yards out. We had started a little slowly as usual but we seemed to have a lot more energy and pace throughout and we also played some nice football.
2-0 it was at half time so we decided to run around a bit more and the half was pretty much one way traffic with more nice football played and a few chances created. The score was soon 2-1 after a super defence splitting pass from Bully picked out yours truly to finish off left footed past the keeper. Not long after and we were level with a bullet header from Gorgeous Gavin from a Bully set-piece delivery.
The winning goal came from a break down their left with the Walkern player racing away to finish past Trevor at the near post. And that was it for the scoring as Walkern dropped deeper, defended well and we could not break them down. In the end if they hadn't scored any goals, we would've won! Ronald finally turned up late in the game but unless I am mistaken he appeared to be watching the MBDA v Saints game.
A cold shower after the game and then we were off to the Fat Cow pub to sit in the sun and eat sausage and chips coated in red vinegar, yum yum. As Brian Clough once said when told that Elton John was waiting to meet him "Tell the fat poof I'll be out in a minute".
John
Monday 13 April 2009
Dads and coaches5 Knobs 2
Well beaten in the end. Mark scored then Tom Martin scored. We were outmuscled in the fun game. Missing several regulars against this team. Thank you to Charlie and Tom for standing in at late notice. No subs taken, JB declares it a fun game not official. This is the worst report yet. I have a buggered knee and a split mouth you see and am busy gardening.
Next week big game v Walkern make sure you are available.
Next week big game v Walkern make sure you are available.
Monday 6 April 2009
Knobs 1 Standon 2
A glorious day, a pitch bouncy and bumpy, signs of grass growing and we lost.
A competitive game, which was good but disappointing in that we failed to put away the many chances we had. They had hardly any at all yet probably looked to be the more competitive side.
an illusion- they had to my mind the advantage of only having 11 men. We had two subs and therein lies, in my opinion, our weakness on the day. On and off, on and off and disruption.
Starting with Roy on the bench proved a bit of a disaster but he was struggling with injury, but you wouldn't have known it when he came on at 2-0 down. Things were tighter thereafter and it was only a question of clawing our way back into ther game. Chances came and went yet when a lovely header from Mike, at the end of a patient move (Steve Bull cross) brought us to 2-1 we still had time to knacker them but we didn't.
Poor challenging or rather no challenging for both their headed goals was no discredit to Paul who performed solidly in goal.
Gavin just didn't have luck with him on the day, one surge through took him past the keeper for an open goal and he bliddy well slipped. Some cheating homer refs might have given a penalty but not ours.
By the way we started slowly, very slowly, to the point of not starting at all. The first 20 minutes was all theirs on grounds of application, attitude and effort. We were poor. We improved and got better without being totally fluent- they competed to the end, they're not bad. Next game arrive on time, talk to each other before the game, about the game and what you're gonna do on the pitch then gan doon The Fox afterwards and talk as much as you want about anything else.
We shouldn't have to be told.
Matty had new boots. Very nice but they're not hitting the ball as hard as the old ones yet.
Nice to see Martin back and Richard in consecutive weeks.
Happy Easter- next Sunday we play The Dads and Coaches if we can raise 11!?
A competitive game, which was good but disappointing in that we failed to put away the many chances we had. They had hardly any at all yet probably looked to be the more competitive side.
an illusion- they had to my mind the advantage of only having 11 men. We had two subs and therein lies, in my opinion, our weakness on the day. On and off, on and off and disruption.
Starting with Roy on the bench proved a bit of a disaster but he was struggling with injury, but you wouldn't have known it when he came on at 2-0 down. Things were tighter thereafter and it was only a question of clawing our way back into ther game. Chances came and went yet when a lovely header from Mike, at the end of a patient move (Steve Bull cross) brought us to 2-1 we still had time to knacker them but we didn't.
Poor challenging or rather no challenging for both their headed goals was no discredit to Paul who performed solidly in goal.
Gavin just didn't have luck with him on the day, one surge through took him past the keeper for an open goal and he bliddy well slipped. Some cheating homer refs might have given a penalty but not ours.
By the way we started slowly, very slowly, to the point of not starting at all. The first 20 minutes was all theirs on grounds of application, attitude and effort. We were poor. We improved and got better without being totally fluent- they competed to the end, they're not bad. Next game arrive on time, talk to each other before the game, about the game and what you're gonna do on the pitch then gan doon The Fox afterwards and talk as much as you want about anything else.
We shouldn't have to be told.
Matty had new boots. Very nice but they're not hitting the ball as hard as the old ones yet.
Nice to see Martin back and Richard in consecutive weeks.
Happy Easter- next Sunday we play The Dads and Coaches if we can raise 11!?
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