Knobs 1 Garston 4 - Report by Davey Wavey

A beautiful Sunday morning in early September .The pitch was freshly cut and rolled and has not looked this good for a long while.
After informing everyone that it would be a good idea for us all to park cars at the surgery or in surrounding villages to eliminate any pressure at the Rec. Alistair turns up at 09.45 prompt in his BMW to open the gates and have first dibs at what parking space he desires. As chairman Al was in charge he done his best to over see everyone else erecting the nets and this was before anyone entered the changing rooms.The game started at a pace and both teams were trying their level best to score the first goal. Them more so than us. We were effectively playing 5 at the back with Debbie (left mid) sitting in front of John Twigg as they were using that part of the pitch the most. We were strong and resolute for the majority of the first half until 35 minutes in, they made a break down the right and punished us with a cross which ended up in the net. Can anyone confirm this as i was picking myself up after getting a dead leg prior to the break. Alistair was using the roll on roll off system so i hobbled off and Gerry rolled on. 1 nil at half time which was a great position to be in. If only we all went home then. A constructive team talk from Martin saw us start the half on the attack with bully playing a long bull from the kick off to Gavin who ran him self in to their box and clip the bar with a strong shot. He was then taken off for Matty to come on. They got their 2nd goal with in the first ten minutes then came our moment of glory. A Bully free kick just outside the box on the right was pushed through to the near post where Debbie found himself after breaking their defensive line. One touch control and shot to the far corner where Andy (poacher) Castle was waiting to tap it in. It was a deserved goal for the effort put in by us all. After the kick off they went back to their passing game and it wasn't long before they had their 3rd after a well crafted, one touch approach play out side our box. With in 5 passes the ball was slid across the line. Most of us were watching as they made this game of football look easy. Their 4th was dispatched with shouts of "off side", but the linesman's flag wasn't forthcoming. Even if you think it's off side you should still play to the whistle or flag in this case. In summery we didn't disgrace ourselves against a quality side and i can't see why we won't be challenging in the league this season.The newbies in the team Darren,Gerry and Martin (sorry Martin) played well. Trevor was on form as usual stopping a few one on ones and Chris G was my man of the match. Gavin put a late boot in to the ankle of their Ray Parlour look a like who had an outstanding game (Ray not Gavin) I think Ray wanted to see Gavin after the game. I think the words were "I'm going to fucking get you later" did anyone see Gavin at the pub??
If anyone has comments on how i wrote the blog feel free to express yourselves and i'll feel free to tell you to fuck off!
Here's mud in your eye.
Dave J