Tuesday, November 28, 2006
28-Nov-2006, David Van Day's 50th birthday
won 10-9!
Alan, Andy, Chris, Ed, Les and Nick Jr vs 5xIO
Conditions: overcast.
Highlights:
Alan, Andy, Chris, Ed, Les and Nick Jr vs 5xIO
Conditions: overcast.
Highlights:
- dubious handballs on both sides, plus a Les penalty appeal
- nice Les headed goal from a Nick cross
- down 7-4 at half-time, looking patchy
- clawed back to level pegging playing some good stuff
- next goal wins (first time in a while) and we scored it
Thursday, November 23, 2006
21-Nov-2006, Bjork's 41st birthday
won 13-5!
Andy, Chris, Dave, Ed and a debut by Nick Jr vs 4xIO plus Conor
Conditions: sunny.
Highlights:
Andy, Chris, Dave, Ed and a debut by Nick Jr vs 4xIO plus Conor
Conditions: sunny.
Highlights:
- they wanted Nick, we gave them Conor
- ball on roof retrieved by that big Matthew lad
- 3-3 early on, then we left 'em chasing shadows
- Ed tackled John, John fell down, John stayed down
- some delightful stuff from ourselves, and we got the "one more goal" too
Wednesday, November 15, 2006
14-Nov-2006, Boutros Boutros-Ghali's 84th birthday
lost 11-9 ...
Andy, Chris, Ed & Les
Conditions: mild.
Highlights:
Andy, Chris, Ed & Les
Conditions: mild.
Highlights:
- getting hammered playing 4v5, so they rotated one
- nifty own goals from Ed and Chris
- bickering between Duane and Jaron
- bickering between everyone and Les re his goalkeeping
- always a goal or two behind and it stayed that way
Tuesday, November 07, 2006
7-Nov-2006, Rio Ferdinand's 28th birthday
lost 13-11 ...
Andy, Chris, Ed, Les & io's Phil
Conditions: cool.
Highlights:
Andy, Chris, Ed, Les & io's Phil
Conditions: cool.
Highlights:
- shiny new ball provided by io
- 8-8 at half-time
- some controversy regarding various handball decisions, esp. after we scored from a free kick
- Matthew not a happy man
- 11-11, then we lost two late goals
Monday, November 06, 2006
31-Oct-2006, Jimmy Savile's 80th birthday
whooped 20-8 ...
Conor, Dave W, Ed, Ian, Les & Rahul -- rotating one player
Conditions: pleasant.
Highlights:
Conor, Dave W, Ed, Ian, Les & Rahul -- rotating one player
Conditions: pleasant.
Highlights:
- game delayed while we searched for a half-decent inflated ball
- 3-0 down early on, then began to hold our own
- 10-7 behind at half-time, doing OK
- Ed scored our only goal of the 2nd half
- aggregate 2nd half score: 10-1 to them -- oh dear
