Welcome to Sunday League Football.
MATCH PREVIEW
It’s the penultimate game of the season and it promises to be an exciting finish to the season. The top 2 Ian and Ryan go head to head this week and a win for either could well be crucial in the race for Season 1 champion!
John, Balf and Ste have an outside chance of getting top spot but will surely need 2 wins and man of the match performances! As for the rest of us we are now playing for pride, bragging rights (of which i have none) and of course the enjoyment of the beautiful game.
Teams have been picked by Josh this week, see below for confirmation.
Let’s have a great game lads!
TEAMS
MATCH REPORT
In terms of pressure and excitement, this week was definately one of the best games of the season so far for the first hour.
Early in the game both teams defences were on top. Organised and defending in numbers made it difficult for the strikers and when goals came they were all well worked.
Martins runs from defence was causing all sorts of problems to the Reds defence, including a wonderful chip from Ian which Martin banged in. However this was leaving space behind him and with the pacey attack of Elliot and Dim they eventually started to make inroads in the game and find themselves in 2v2 and 2v1 situations which they duly punished the Blues with some excellent goals.
John was again the target man up front for the Blues, and with Ian and Jon making darting runs to support him the Blues were a real threat.
The match was still finely poised and Ste came out from goal which made the Blues more solid again and with 20 minutes to go it was there for the taking for either team.
Big players turn up in the big games and Elliot started to run the show in the last part of the game. He started to make his dribbling runs with the ball and create many opportunities, the Blues struggled to keep up his his speed. With Dim playing a great supporting role up top for the Reds this proved to be the difference in the overall result.
Unfortunately for the Blues they had no plan B and when the support to John up front dried up, the Blues ran out of ideas and this will be one that got away. Was a really good game lads and the best team won.
MAN OF THE MATCH
With 8 votes Elliot takes this weeks MOTM. When Elliot has his shooting boots on like he did this week he’s unplayable. Pace, skill and finishing was top notch. His goals at the crucial moments in the game earned his team the win. Well played Elliot 2 bonus points in the bag.
KEY STATS
Mathematically, it’s now a two horse race for Season 1 winner between Ian and Ryan. The permutations are:
If Ian wins next week, he’s champion.
If Ryan wins next week, he’s champion unless Ian win’s the MOTM in which case Ian would then still take top spot.
If the match is a draw, Ian is champion unless Ryan wins MOTM in which case Ryan would then take top spot.
Hope that clarifies matters!
LEAGUE TABLE
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