Overstone 4 – Ressies 2

1. Kris “Peter Shilton” Lines
2. Neil “That was not an OG” McDermott
3. Dave “Tatto Dave” Maloney
4. Jo “Deep Line” Johnson
5. Jason “Pendulum Jaw” Owen
6. Ben “Cutting In” Taylor
7. Simon “Standing foot shot” Trussler
8. Neil “Tripping Over” Lewis
9. Rob “Sneaky Exit” Noel
10. Scott “Chipped Pass” Eason
11. Ali “Chris Wobble” McDermott Subs
12. Lee “Blind Lino” Devenny
13. Mark “People in Glass Houses” Wingrove

Goals : Scott Eason (2)
MOM : Ali McDermott

The ressies made the short trip to Overstone (via McDonalds) hoping to make light of missing key players (including Half Way Line Nathe who decided not to turn up!) and get their first giant killing in the cup. Conditions were extremely wet but the pitch seemed to be holding up well and the game was on.

The Wombles started well and were playing some nice stuff with Slinky playing a more advanced role getting involved in some nice interplay and Ben making some nice runs down the wing. Things took a turn for the worse though when Krissy was beaten by an aimless long shot – from their keeper! to be fair Jase had been expected to win the header and the ball skipped up off the greasy top and like Shilts in 1990, Kris was left back pedalling to no avail.

It was soon 2 when their striker rounded the keeper and trickled it towards the line, wrong footing Jo who was thinking about a tattoo. On another day the Wombles could have crumbled, but they continued to play some good stuff and were duly rewarded when a poor clearance by their keeper fell 40 yards out where Eason had been standing all game, one touch and a lob shot later and the Wombles were back in the game.

Eason had a fantastic chance to equalise moments later when a shot by Rob was parried by their keeper, but an off balance “hot shot” could only steer it wide. Disaster then struck when a through ball was played to their small striker who went in for a full blooded tackle with Nasal. Nasal won the ball, but it struck the attackers boot and flew into the net. 3 – 1 to Overstone at the half but with the hill in the second, could the Ressies claw their way back into the game?

Yes and no is the answer. The second half saw another strong performance from the boys in Navy and an Eason goal from a Slinky assist was levelled by a long range rasper from the Overstone central midfielder. The second half was also noticeable for the debuts of Lee and Winners who both performed well (although Winners gave the ball away a few too many times for my liking ).

A solid performance from the lads with plenty to build on next week.