Round 12 O35 Div 1 Firsts – North Sydney 3 Kissing Point 0 (21 Jun)

Scorers: Tummy Wummy , Mitch 2

 

At the eighth attempt and to the great relief of the coach and players, North Sydney’s O35 Division 1 first team finally recorded their first win of the season!  Now watch us go!

During the week I received the news that four of my first team squad were still out injured and would be missing this game. I also received the good news that Mitch had decided to quit the All Age Premiers and would be joining us for the remainder of the season. He went straight into the starting line up alongside Jules Glass Jaw Garness in attack. In midfield we had Micky the Greek Goat Shagger Mick, Salmon,Jurassic and Gary ‘pinky’ Clark. In front of Paul ‘Pick me’ Hughsie in goal we had a back four of Kieran ‘I’ll fight anyone’ Ryan, Pat yiddo Acheampong,Gary Tummy Wummy Skipper Fallowfield and Mike ‘red card’ Stephenson.

 

The Kissing Point team did not know what hit them as Norths started the game at a terrific pace. We dominated possession in the early stages of the game with some great passing and movement off the ball. When we did lose the ball then the tackles went flying in to regain it.

We took a deserved lead after 15 minutes after a great move up the left. Tummy Wummy won the ball in defence and went charging up the field, he played a great one-two with Mitch ran into the box and hit a blinding shot past the Keeper at his near post. He celebrated his goal as if his beloved Hammers had just won the League title……!

Gary had been finding scoring a bit difficult this season……1 to be exact ; )   Coach Armstrong had moved him back to centre midfield to give him a chance to work his magic there…….no luck. This week he got moved back to centre half and bingo he scores!  What insight!

 

The remainder of the first half was even with a couple of chances missed by both teams. It was also a very physical game with crunching tackles flying in all over the place from both teams. The ref was handing out yellow cards as if he were Arsne Wenger handing out sweeties to kids…(the yids will know what I mean). Sean the superstar from the Div 3 O35 team had arrived to watch because their game had been called off. I had a spare spot on the bench so he went on the card. He came on with 15 minutes of the first half remaining in an unfamiliar left wing position. With 10 minutes remaining he had gone right through the back of a hapless KP player and received a yellow. Fearing this experiment was about to leave me red faced and Sean red carded I am afraid Sean’s 15 minutes of fame ended at half time……sorry mate but I needed 11 men out there for the second half.

 

1-0  at half time.

 

In the second half Norths really stepped up a gear. We were 2-0 up after a couple of minutes through Mitch. Although this reporter has to admit I missed it as I was taking a pi$$ !!

Chris ‘The other Preston supporter in the club’ Hanley had come on at half time at right back and so had Iain ‘The mad Pole Vaulting Professor’ Black at right midfield. We completely outplayed KP during the 2^nd half and our cause was helped by the ref who sent off a KP player after he had tried to snap Mike the Salmon in half with an outrageous tackle that In my heyday I would have been proud of !

 

With 15 minutes left Jules was taken off and the Old Scottish warhorse that is Iain ‘Muirton’ McLean came off the bench to show the ‘young’ pups exactly how to play this game he calls Fitba. I thought he had killed himself after watching the silly old bugger try an acrobatic bicycle kick….LOL. But then somehow he found himself free and bearing down on goal, only to see his weak right footed effort saved and cleared straight to Mitch. Rather than put the ball into a gaping goal Mitch decided to take the piss out of the KP defence and keeper by dragging the ball back and sideways before tapping it in.

 

There was still time left for the Coach to sub Mitch so he could receive the plaudits of the watching throng after a great debut. The real reason was I did not want him scoring a hat-trick on debut as we would never hear the end of it!

 

Well done team, a great effort by all. Now all we have to do is win our next 6 games and we will be in the top 4 and end of season finals!

 

MOM…..Mitch for a great display up front scoring 2 goals on debut.

 

MUG……none of the players are deserving of mug so it goes to the injured Andy Norton who for some strange reason keeps on turning up to watch dressed as a cross between a Gay Ski instructor and an even Gayer Ballerina in black tights.

 

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