Pot Black v Lings Honda

25-01-09
Result 7-3

Pot Black eventually got back to playing the league since beginning of Dec due to County Cup games.

The weather was atrocious and it took a pitch inspection before the game could go on.
PB kicked off with the strong wind and rain on their backs and soon the pitch was turning into a bog. To their credit both teams were trying to play football and PB were in the ascendancy from the beginning of the match.
From a corner by Coops, Rory headed into the net to give PB an early lead. PB were completely in control and Rory scored a second with a neat finish into the bottom corner. PB continued to push forward although Lings were playing some neat football in mid-field and were catching PB on the break without causing and undue worries,
After more good work on the right hand side by Kieron and Rory, Coops backheeled the ball and Liam was left to show his skills as he rounded the keeper to put the ball into the empty net and give PB a 3-0 lead. After 30 mins, Rory completed his hat-trick and give a 4-0 lead and the game looked over. To their credit Lings' heads never dropped and with PB looking for a fifth and several players forgetting their defenceless duties, Lings added 2 quick goals and missed other chances that could have made the match closer.
Half-time came with the match finely balanced at 4-2 instead of what should have been game over.
Ben Strachan came on to replace Tom Miles at half-time. Tom needed to come off due to a very nasty 'limp' although many of his unsympathetic team mates thought he just wanted to go back to his hot water bottle!

The second half started with PB playing into the elements and with the rain and wind getting stronger the next goal was crucial and thankfully for PB it was their again with Liam’s speed causing havoc, he went through on goal and was brought down to gain a penalty. He got up to take it himself, only to hit a poor shot which the keeper saved but rebounded to Liam to hit into the net. This gave the impetus to PB and they continued to push forward and had several chances to kill the game off. With Ben changing position with Coop’s to play a holding role in mid-field to give a more holding role, Lings chances of catching PB on the break were of a rarity.
After more good work from Liam and Coop’s converted to kill the game off and give PB a 6-2 lead. With the wind and rain still hammering down, several players were longing for the final whistle. With 15 mins to go, Rory hit a low shot into the corner to give PB a lead of 7-2 and his fourth of the match.
There was still time for Lings to get a corner and with all the players in the box including their keeper, it was him who planted a header into the corner of the net.
Overall a satisfactory result in difficult conditions but PB will have to play better with all of their title challengers to play.

MOM
Dale Andrews, several goal stopping tackles in the first half and covering every inch of the pitch in the second half

Next Week, No game, team bonding session in Prague.

P.S a special mention must go to the vast number of supporters who battled the conditions to support their side. Chris 'Barman' possibly chose the worst match to watch his first Sunday game of the season and would like us to buy some gloves, balaclava's and thermal underwear out of the subs for the next match!!!

Suffolk Senior Cup

Pot Black Club FC reach new heights.

After waiting 2 weeks to play Sportsguard Suffolk Sunday in a Senior Cup Quarter Final match against Brantham Athletic, the outcome was finally decided last Sunday.

Pot Black progressed to the semi-finals as Brantham cancelled the match late on Saturday evening (10.30.pm) due to lack of players availability. Although not the ideal way to progress, we are delighted to be playing in the semi-final of the most prestigious Sunday Cup competition in Suffolk. All players and officials of the club should be proud of such an achievement.

Also, with Pot Black unbeaten so far in the league and lying second with games in hand on our rivals and now a county semi-final to play, the season has gone way beyond expectations so far.

With the bad weather experienced before xmas and after, we are well behind schedule on our league games with only 6 out of 16 completed and are still involved in Cup games locally, also. This will mean a very busy time ahead to get all the games finished before the end of the season.. This will definitely test the strength of the squad but will give all the players an opportunity to shine and complete for a place in the team to play in the semi-final.

The draw has already been done and we will be playing Whitton Maypole 88 from the Ipswich League on March 1st..The venue which will be decided in the next couple of weeks by the Suffolk Cups committee and will be somewhere between Ipswich and Lowestoft but I have been told it will be a 2:15pm kick-off. Mind you, this does not give the players an excuse to get pissed up on the Saturday night before. SO BE WARNED!!!!!

As this is going to be a special day for the club, all supporters will be greatly appreciated.

Anyone wanting to go Wally is putting a sheet up at the Club !!!!

David
PB MANAGER.

Next League Game
25Th Jan, Lings Honda Normanston Park.




POT BLACK FOOTBALL TEAMS FLYING HIGH

First of all is........ How good does it feel that for the first time in umpteen years there's a great feeling coming from both of our football teams!! It's not before time...

All the years we've struggled for players, some have been the wrong types of players donning the Pot Black Shirts and whatever the other reasons, it made it hard for the poor sods called Management and committee who give their time and energy for the PB cause! So hats off for all of you its the combined effort of everyone who has helped to make us one of the best run clubs in the area! The web sites (Sat particularly) are the envy of everyone (You can tell by the hits) and the social atmosphere around the club is fantastic! We're all going to Prague on Friday 30Th. Jan for further team building and fitness training to prepare us for the final run in of the season.

So, whatever happens, even if the wheels fall off completely, it would still have been a great season. As it is, the Sat side have got some huge games coming up and are lying an unbelievable 3RD place, while the Sun mob are unbeaten and has the biggest game in Pot Blacks history on March 1st. We have won Suffolk Sunday cups before but these were all at a Junior level. To get to one game away from being one of the two best sides in Suffolk is a testimonial to everyone in the Club!!!! So I repeat, WELL DONE EVERYONE and see if we can keep it going for as long as humanly possible!!!!!

POT BLACK ARMY... POT BLACK ARMY.... POT BLACK ARMY....

YOUR CHAIRMAN WALLY

I'll be pricing up for a team/supporters coach for March 1ST so check the notice boards and get your names down!