24TH MAR 19 – GAMEWEEK 10 – SUNDAY LEAGUE FOOTBALL

Welcome to Sunday League Football.

MATCH PREVIEW

Can you believe it, it’s the final day of the season! What a brilliant 1st season it’s been, and a personal thanks from me for getting on board with it, it’s been great fun and hope you have all enjoyed it.

Ian and Ryan are playing today for the title and either one would be worthy winners. The rest of us will be hoping for a win to give us confidence and momentum going into the next game.

The top two have picked the teams (seen below), let’s have a brilliant match lads!

TEAMS

MATCH REPORT

For the first 20 minutes both teams were feeling each other out and it was quite cagey. Ryan and Ian knew this was a big game so both were organising their team and trying to dictate play.

The game settled down and it has to be said, the Blues put on a 6 a side masterclass. For about 20 minutes the Blues didn’t conceded a goal thanks to some awesome defending from Alan and Ryan, backed up with some fine saves from the keeper. With Martin, Elliot and John linking up beautifully the Blues soon had a comfortable lead.

At this point it would have been easy for the Blues to get complacent, but they kept pilling the pressure on the Reds and they really didn’t have an answer. Martin seemed to score every time he got the ball and his work rate was phenomenal.

There was a small window of opportunity for the Blues, particularly when they won a penalty. Ian the captain, stepped up and tried playing mind games with the goalkeeper by staring him out, but in the end he hit it into row Z and this kind of summed up the Reds performance.

Another highlight was John dazzling Balf with his fancy footwork and leaving him for dead. The other players didn’t know whether to clap or laugh. Was a brilliant bit of play.

It was a comfortable win for the Blues and a 3 goal difference in the scoreline flattered the Reds. It was probably the best team performance of the season and one that will take some topping.

What a fantastic first season it has been, everyone has upped their game and it has certainly made Sunday football one of the highlights of the week. Well done lads.

MAN OF THE MATCH

You could have picked any of the Blues this week, but with 6 votes Martin is this weeks MOTM. He epitomized the Blues this week, work rate first class, defending and covering first class and scoring 10+ goals, first class!! A complete midfielders match. Superb game martin possibly a contender for performance of the season well done mate.

The remaining votes went to:

Alan with 3

Boss with 3

LEAGUE 1 CHAMPION

This season’s champion is Ryan with 7 wins and only 1 defeat. He has been quite simply brilliant in defence all season, not only in his play but also been a leader for whichever team he has been in. Some might say the “Scouse Cafu” with his bombing runs forward. Congratulations Ryan great season.