Match Report: Real Wood 2 vs 3 Axbridge Saxons
10
men went to Frys
Following
last week’s 18-man squad that failed to get a game, 10 of us turned up at Frys.
1 of us didn’t.
We had failed to provide a referee and had mistakenly relied on the opposition avoiding the colour clash. So a good start.
However Axbridge with their subs were happy to provide all the officials and Corinthians' shirts came to the rescue.
1 of us didn’t.
We had failed to provide a referee and had mistakenly relied on the opposition avoiding the colour clash. So a good start.
However Axbridge with their subs were happy to provide all the officials and Corinthians' shirts came to the rescue.
We
were possibly over cautious and Axbridge, 2nd in the league, may
have been a little complacent but nevertheless they went in 2 ahead at
halftime.
Our
good 1st half performance got better and better once we’d conceded a
third goal to an excellent 25 yard strike. Relieved of the guilt of wearing the
fascist black shirts and determined to show partner, daughter and nephews his
true worth, Batty put in a Man-of-the-Match performance to pull back 2 goals
and leave the opposition pestering the referee to blow for time. Jimmer hit a
great strike against the crossbar but we only ended up with massive amounts of
pride, satisfaction and all-round back-slapping wondering what would it have
been like with 11 men?
Absolutely
brilliant performance! Great passing football even when under great pressure.
Swifty was masterful in defence with some tremendous tackles and wise in his
captaincy suggesting we change in the second half from 4-4-1 to 3-5-1. This
gave us an in penetrable defensive wall of Jack, Swifty & Tom enabling Batty
and Rich to give extra width and, in Batty’s case, goals.
