Welcome to Sunday League Football.
MATCH PREVIEW
2nd game of the season and it’s still early days and all to play for.
A few are away on holiday this week so Andy and Tony are filling in. We also welcome back regulars Tommy and Dim who will be itching to put in a good performance.
Big Al and Andy have picked the teams this week, all that’s left is to play football.
Let’s have a great game lads!
TEAMS
MATCH REPORT
Compared to previous games, this was one of the lowest scoring we have had in the league. But in terms of excitement, this was one of the best.
For 30 minutes the match was extremely tight with no more than a goal in it. Both teams were defending very well and when goals came, it was because they were unstoppable shots or really well worked moves.
The game was won in a 10 minute spell where the Blues made 3 or 4 mistakes in their defending and the Reds made them pay with some superb finishing notably from Balf and Elliot.
The Reds now had a 4 goal cushion and started to put men behind the ball defending. A tactical change for the Blues meant Boss or Ryan were sitting in the middle and this dragged the Blues back into the game.
The front two of Dim and John for the Blues had chance after of chance, and on another day could have easily scored 10 between them. But they only a few but this brought the Blues only a single goal behind.
At this point the Reds hit the Blues on the counter with a returning Tommy skinning a few defenders and laying it off for a brilliant well worked goal that gave them a 2 goal cushion.
The Blues hit straight back and again the lead was down to 1 goal with 10 minutes remaining.
The Blues threw the kitchen sink for the time left with wave after wave of attacks. But with Ste and Alan once again defending brilliantly, and an injured Elliot in goal making two wonder saves, they held on for the win.
It was a cracker of a match with it going down to the wire, but the Reds take home the spoils. Well played lads let’s hope every week is this close.
MAN OF THE MATCH
With 4 votes each theres a joint MOTM for Ste and Balf.
Ste was like a Rolls Royce at the back this week and had a more calmer demeanor than usual, but still had that no nonsense defending about him. Had a superb game and made some quality tackles especially the last 10 mins.
Balf was clinical with his shooting this week. Had limited chances but put most of them away and surely earned his team the 3 points. As always put in a great shift.
Both worthy MOTM performances this week. Well done lads
Remaining votes went to:
Elliot with 2
Tommy with 1
Ryan with 1
KEY STATS
With 2 victories in 2 games this season Alan already has the same amount of wins as the whole as last season!
Balf, Alan and Martin remain the only undefeated players this season.
Balf and Alan are next weeks captains to pick teams!
LEAGUE TABLE
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