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the trials and tribulations of amateur football management. Dom,
the kit and I made it to the Trinity Road ground with a mere fifteen
minutes to spare, by kick off time the Albion had only eight men
on the pitch including my good self. Fortunately Westminster Wanderers
were able to loan us a couple of (good) players so we started
with James up front on his own. This formation worked to our advantage
as he therefore wasn’t faced with his usual dilemna, namely
do I pass to my striking buddy or do I beat some defenders for
fun then score. |
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score he did; the Wanderers keeper picked up the ball after dropping
it, barrack-room referees Al, Mark and Pete pointed out the illegality
of his action, then Ed teeed up James from the resulting (indirect)
free kick. The Albion had the better of the first half (and indeed
the second), we brought the ball out well and managed to hang
on to it too. We had a few more chances before half time, far
and away the best of which was my attempt to lob the keeper with
the outside of my foot from James’ cross; with the sun in
his eyes he was lucky to tip it over for a corner. Sean appeared
just before half time and came on to join James up front, Ben
arrived simultaneously but I guess was slower to get his kit on. |
| The
Reds had the sun in their eyes for the second half but that didn’t
trouble us, a couple more goals settled us nicely. They were almost
identical, each time Rob crossed sweetly for Mark to score with
(surprise surprise) his head; as captain Pete pointed out both
were started and finished at 64 Battledean Road. |
| Ed
made it 4-0 with five minutes to go, I should also mention that
Mikey was well in control of his area throughout the game, and
indeed kept his first clean sheet for the Albion. So everyone’s
a winner, including the good denizens of Wandsworth Common who
have a rather nice pub to take advantage of, the Hope. Real German
beer on tap, well scrubbed up birds and nine of the Albion’s
finest in attendance, can’t go wrong. |
| No
man of the match today as I thought everyone played their part
well, but just for fun I’ll give it to the centre midfielder
we borrowed for the first half, can’t remember his name
but he’d played ninety minutes already and was still willing
to run around for us. |
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