Saturday 12 October 2012
Game 1 | REDS ( 1-1 )
Currently being penned by the great man himself ... Si "The Mountain" Lamont ...
... watch this space.
And here it is, sorry about the delay. Not sure about that nickname. I'd take offence but I'm not the grumpy kind.
Anyway...
The Reds, comprising Raymond, Bens H and L, Danny, Lawrence, Conrad, Kione and Neeraj, kicked things off with brio, putting in a solid first half performance. Danny and the Bens in defence largely kept the ball away from Raymond debuting in goal. And when he did get his hands on it he sent it into orbit with his fabulous goal kicks.
While at the other end of the pitch, a spirited strike force made up of Connie, Kione and Neeraj peppered the unusually small goalmouth with shot after shot, but struggled to get it past the Scorpions' 7-man defence.
However their persistence paid off when Connie bundled the ball in for a one-nil lead and some fabulous skidding celebrations.
The Foxes' Reds started the second half somewhat bemused by the Scorpions full-team substitution policy, but soon were back in their stride. Again the opposition's everyone-behind-the-ball approach frustrated our midfield (now joined by Lawrence) and forward lines.
Then it happened. The Scorpions' first real break of the match and their big no. 4 stood with his entire weight (and lethal studs - more of which later) on Ben L's right Adidas Predator Absolion Lethal Zone, thereby taking out the last line of our defence and leaving him through on the keeper. Raymond was beaten by an unlucky bounce and the Scorpions got their first goal of the season. Ben H came back on the shore up the defence while Ben L hobbled off for some magic spray.
And that's how it ended. 1-1. There's a pattern emerging here, maybe we need to change our bib colour. Next game it'll be the blues and the oranges. That'll do it. Bound to.
Game 2 | BLUES ( 3-0 )
It was time for the Blues to step up against Sefton Park's unknown soldiers.
They'd already proved themselves to be a hardy bunch of characters in the first match, let's hope the blues hadn't worn themselves out in the warm up.
Ed, Seb, Gabe, Ben S, Kay, Max, Ned, Harry and Aran jogged on to commence battle.
The first half was a tightly fought contest, the foxes holding their positions and defending strongly. Especially against corners, no one was getting through.
Then disaster struck, kaylen was down !
A Sefton Stomper had trampled Kay's foot, apparently ( according to the injured party ) with a new breed of razor sharp studded boot.
He limped off. Max quickly had to take his place.
Suddenly Kay's recuperative powers kicked in and he was begging to go back on, a champion in the face of adversity. "Hold on til half time, big fella" came the reply.
Then, from out of nowhere, with Harry holding the centre like a tarantula in its web, the team threaded passes through Sefton Park and ... WALLOP ...the ball was in the back of the net !
1-0
Half time.
Kay was back on, and with some half time team changes it seemed "Senor Blobello" the coach had inadvertently put on 1 goalkeeper, 1 defender and 5 strikers.
We needn't have worried, Kaylen's one man defensive army kept the forces at bay, whilst the rest of the team carried on their relentless attack !
Ben in goal could have sat down and had a cup of coffee.
BOOM !! BOOM !! 2 more goals and the match was over.
3-0.
A fantastic team effort contributed to a delightful scoreline, even despite some ropey positioning tactics from the coach.
Another win and a draw. Undefeated so far, but with tough matches to come, the teams, basking in glory, drove off into the afternoon sun, as the crowd chanted our mantra ...
We will, we will, Fox you ...
Well done everybody !
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