Maggies Youth 2 vs Ressies 5
- Kris “The Orange Faced Keeper” Lines
- Neil “Experienced Clumsy” McDermott
- Dave “Roberto Larcos” Maloney
- Jason “Ball Playing?!” Owen
- Flaser “Captain of Vice” Gascoyne
- Simon “The Metronome” Trussler
- Neil “Return to Form” Lewis
- Joe “Stop Playing it Quick, We’re F@cked!” Johnson
- Nathan “Psycho” Warner
- Scott “BerbaSloth” Eason
- Ben “The Enigma” Taylor
- Lee “Missed at Lino” Devenny (for Warner)
- Ali “Gaffa Mk2″ McDermott (for Maloney)
- Phil “Always Knee High” Littlewood (for Taylor)
Scorers : Warner, Eason, Maloney, Johnson (2)
MOM : Jason Owen - back to his brilliant best thanks to the purchase of a new colour co-ordinated captains armband.
Full match report from Slinky (edited by Nasal)
The Wombles started the game looking to continue their recent runof form with another win, when right on cue Nathan Warner turned in an early near post header from a glorious Nasal cross.
This early goal should have led to a tightening of the game, but the teams work rate appeared to diminish as an air of over confidence engulfed the team. Margaret’s Youth clawed their way back into the game before then taking the lead, and but for some good defending from the skipper Jason Owen and that orange bloke, the Wombles could have been in the sh;t by half time.
With the score at 2-1 the gaffer took the gamble of taking off Ben Taylor, one of the few Wombles flair players, and introduced the workman like Phil Littlewood. Many saw this as a master stoke, though the fact THEY took off a 21 year old centre mid and replaced him with a 50 year is what really swung the balance!
This tactical blunder freed up more space in the centre for Simon Trussler and Joe Johnson, with Johnson using it to great aplomb by rifling in two 35 yard screamers. In between these glorious strikes we saw veteran left back David Maloney squeeze his way through from a narrow angle, whilst proceedings were finished when Eason tapped in from close range after some good work (at last) from Neil Lewis.
An excellent second half display, the best we’ve played all season and a mark of how the team is starting to take shape. Yes, we’ll lose a few games this season, but we won’t lose any for want of trying.
Honesty prevails.
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