Next Goal Wins: July 2017

Tuesday, July 18, 2017

18-Jul-2017, Alan Pardew's 56th birthday

Conditions: scorchio.
Players: Adam, Ashley, Ayhan, Chris, Ed, Ian
Highlights:

hopalong Ed declared injury and hung around in goal most of the time
quality touches from Ayhan in his black shiny M** U** top
Ed rolled to Ayhan who scooped through to Adam to volley home
played various 3v3 combinations with Ayhan's team generally winning
ended with (Adam, Ashley, Ed) v. (Ayhan, Chris, Ian)
played next goal wins but then Ian scored
kept playing next goal wins but then Adam scored
finally played next goal wins only for Chris to score winning header

# posted by Ed @ 7:10 AM 0 comments

Wednesday, July 12, 2017

12-Jul-2017, Cheryl Ladd's 66th birthday

Conditions: sunny.
Players: Adam, Ayhan, Ed, Sinan plus guest Rahul's last appearance
Highlights:

on the day drop-outs from Chris and Ian, plus wrong day for Ashley
played (Ed, Sinan) v. (Adam, Ayhan, Rahul)
Sinan scored & scored & scored from all angles
old pair whopped the young trio
switched to 2v2 with single goalie for last 20 mins

# posted by Ed @ 8:47 AM 0 comments

Tuesday, July 04, 2017

04-Jul-2017, Bill Withers' 79th birthday

Conditions: hot.
Players: Adam, Ashley, Ayhan, Chris, Ed, George, Ian and Sinan, plus guest Rahul
Highlights:

Sinan returned from injury
started with (Adam, Ayhan, George, Rahul, Sinan) v. (Ashley, Chris, Ed, Ian)
kids went 4-0 up and well ahead
Sinan switched from kids to grown-ups and the game changed completely
banging goal from Ayhan from the half-way line
many tap-ins for the oldies
grown-ups slowly dominated moving to 10-7 up
Ian glanced in the golden goal with his wrong foot

# posted by Ed @ 9:29 AM 0 comments

27-Jun-2017, Tobey Maguire's 42nd birthday

Conditions: pleasant.
Players: Adam, Chris, Ed, George, Ian and Tom, plus guests Rahul and Harsha
Highlights:

one pass from kick-off to Chris who struck it sweetly into the goal
good goal from Ian surging forward
Harsha made late appearance in goal
...then watched as George rolled in his next-goal-wins grasscutter

# posted by Ed @ 2:45 AM 0 comments