Blunham 0 Knobs 2

After two weeks of sheer mayhem in the life of Knebworth Old Boys, we looked to the heavens for inspiration and today, the great Lord of football delivered.

Many of us met at the station and we looked at our manager Ron and sang ‘Guide us, O Thou Great Redeemer’ and he turned round and said, good luck chaps but Chairman Al is in charge, I’ve got things to do.  BUT before he went off on his merry way, he handed the 12 commandments to Al, (otherwise known as the team sheet) and all was calm in the world.

At Blunham’s new ground in Caldecote, the team all introduced themselves to each other and we strode onto the pitch as one.  The KNOBS, the mighty KNOBS.  And it was clear within the first 5 minutes of play, we were there to win and win we would.  No animal is more dangerous than the wounded one and after the shenanigans of recent times, all was forgiven and a new era was born of pressing football and some lovely triangles and one touch play.  We had a few opportunities in the first half but we only had one goal to show for all our pressure and that was Gavin slotting home from a tight angle, thanks to nice work beforehand from Martyn and then Paul.  The only chance they had was Chairman Al trying to nod home from one of their crosses.

In the second half, the game opened up even more but again, we looked untroubled.  James at the back was a rock and anything he missed (which wasn’t a lot) was swept up by croaky Tony.  We eventually won by two goals but it should have been more.  Paul on the wing, was a Strong Deliverer, strong Deliverer and put a beauty of a ball onto the head of Martyn who found the back of the net. Inexplicably it was flagged offside.  The worst decision was to come though.  After Paul had netted our second after a weaving run and pull back from Gavin, he found himself running onto goal and was brutally hacked down by their centre back.  No penalty was given.  Even their players couldn’t believe it but as the ref says, he can only give what he sees.  One assumes he was looking the other way at that point.  But it didn’t matter in the end.  An away victory.  And some nice grub as well put on by the Blunham football club.

Normally you’d be looking around for a man of the match but in this victory, team was everything.  There is no I in TEAM and Together Everyone Achieves More.  Working from back to front, Tony C was cool and collected in goal, he held the ball with thy powerful hand and offered no Cruyff turns.  Chairman Al was solid at right back, as was Brendan who is Mr Consistent.  The centre-halves have already been mentioned but as a back four they looked solid the whole time.  Darren A and Nick in the centre midfield hassled and pressed the whole game and knocked the ball about nicely.  I’m still surprised how well Nick hangs in the air being a little fella.  As Brendan said, he’s like LeBron James.  It must be his magical ‘tache.  Don’t shave it off Nick or you’ll be like Samson.  Martyn has already been mentioned but his all round play was very good and always supported the forwards.  Gerry was his normal energetic self on the right hand side, working well defensively and offering an attacking option.  Chris Cox came on at half time and got fully involved in the action and the two up front complemented each other well.  Paul is getting better with each game he plays, although he’s got to watch those yellow cards!!!  And Nick.  A disgrace.  RESPECT!

So onwards and upwards.  When it comes to that kind of football, feed me till I want no more.  Feed me till I want no more.  KNOBS were born, KNOBS had died, KNOBS have come again.