Date: 02-03-08
Venue: Normanston Park
Opponents: Waveney
Score: Lost 2-3
For this match, Pot Black fielded one of the youngest teams to wear the colours of PB with 8 players below the age of 19. The experience gained now by the youngsters will show fruition next year as they develop into men or develop the infamous pop belly as all good drinkers have.
For this match, Waveney fielded a very strong side, which for some reason, most teams seem to do against PB.
The match kicked off with a strong blustery wind and a very hard pitch, more akin to a match played in the summer. PB had the advantage of the wind and both teams struggled to put 2 passes together in the conditions. The first half went quickly with very little to talk about apart from the display of the referee, who gave an excellent performance of explaining every decision and the laws of the game.
Just as Wally and George our 2 loyal supporters were ready to get the half-time cup of tea, somebody shouted goal to find Adam Bird celebrating with the ball in the corner of the opponents net. A slender 1 goal did not seem enough to protect considering the conditions.
At half-time, Danny McKinley came on for Darren Laws who was suffering from a kick sustained during Saturdays game and Ross Jones came on for Max Wall who was suffering from sore shin splits, the effects of one so young and not fully developed yet.
The second half started as the first with boths teams struggling to look like footballers. The referee's antics were still entertaining the crowd and the players but in a very professional manner.
PB conceded a corner from which the normal marking of players enabled the tallest player on Waveneys side to ahve free-header which crashed agianst teh cross bar and was bundled in for an equaliser. This seemed to wake up PB and from the one piece of football, Simon Durrant showing great skill to turn a defender and get to the by-line and hit a perfect cross for Adam Bird to convert and put PB back in the lead. Waveney then got on top of the game, using the long ball with the ball which PB could not defend properly. Woody, returning in goal showed his class with a couple of superb saves before being beaten by a long shot cum cross which flew into the top corner with the wind to give Waveney a deserved equaliser. The match was looking to finish in draw until a goal mouth scramble resulted with the ball hitting the arm and spotted by the eagle eye of the referee. Goldy tried to tell the referee of his innocence but this only enabled the referee to talks the laws of handball and the rules for taking a penalty which was duly taken and gave Waveney a 3-2 victory which was hard on the young boys of PB.
MOM
The referee (who must be a school teacher when not refereeing)
Venue: Normanston Park
Opponents: Waveney
Score: Lost 2-3
For this match, Pot Black fielded one of the youngest teams to wear the colours of PB with 8 players below the age of 19. The experience gained now by the youngsters will show fruition next year as they develop into men or develop the infamous pop belly as all good drinkers have.
For this match, Waveney fielded a very strong side, which for some reason, most teams seem to do against PB.
The match kicked off with a strong blustery wind and a very hard pitch, more akin to a match played in the summer. PB had the advantage of the wind and both teams struggled to put 2 passes together in the conditions. The first half went quickly with very little to talk about apart from the display of the referee, who gave an excellent performance of explaining every decision and the laws of the game.
Just as Wally and George our 2 loyal supporters were ready to get the half-time cup of tea, somebody shouted goal to find Adam Bird celebrating with the ball in the corner of the opponents net. A slender 1 goal did not seem enough to protect considering the conditions.
At half-time, Danny McKinley came on for Darren Laws who was suffering from a kick sustained during Saturdays game and Ross Jones came on for Max Wall who was suffering from sore shin splits, the effects of one so young and not fully developed yet.
The second half started as the first with boths teams struggling to look like footballers. The referee's antics were still entertaining the crowd and the players but in a very professional manner.
PB conceded a corner from which the normal marking of players enabled the tallest player on Waveneys side to ahve free-header which crashed agianst teh cross bar and was bundled in for an equaliser. This seemed to wake up PB and from the one piece of football, Simon Durrant showing great skill to turn a defender and get to the by-line and hit a perfect cross for Adam Bird to convert and put PB back in the lead. Waveney then got on top of the game, using the long ball with the ball which PB could not defend properly. Woody, returning in goal showed his class with a couple of superb saves before being beaten by a long shot cum cross which flew into the top corner with the wind to give Waveney a deserved equaliser. The match was looking to finish in draw until a goal mouth scramble resulted with the ball hitting the arm and spotted by the eagle eye of the referee. Goldy tried to tell the referee of his innocence but this only enabled the referee to talks the laws of handball and the rules for taking a penalty which was duly taken and gave Waveney a 3-2 victory which was hard on the young boys of PB.
MOM
The referee (who must be a school teacher when not refereeing)
