My new motto seems to have a definite ring to it, “one nil down again.” And yes it happened again today.
However, the result didn’t give any reflection on the game against the league leaders, so herewith a convoluted effort (timings are an inaccurate guess by yours truly):
2 minutes they score – a waltz down the middle and a lob of our keeper
4 minutes – one of their players booked for raising hands on a Brid player (pushing him in the face)
5 minutes – they hit the post
8 minutes – they hit the bar
17 minutes – we get a penalty and score
26 minutes – we get another penalty and score
35 minutes – they get a penalty and score
38 minutes – they get another penalty and score again (Brid player booked for having a go at the linesman for the decision)
45 minutes – half time
60 minutes – Brid go 8-3 down to Scarborough in the egg chasing game
75 minutes – Ash Dexter scores a cracking goal
83 minutes – our left back (Luke Smith) who got booked for shouting at a linesman, shouts at the other linesman as he is being kicked and elbowed all over the place by the blue no 12 and earns another yellow for his troubles.
84 minutes – they hit the bar again
85 minutes – Brid manager gets sent from the bench for telling the linesman that he was born out of wedlock
85 minutes – bus shelter becomes a highly charges arena, much like the static electricity given off by your hair when you rub a balloon on it
90 minutes – full time
It was a very niggly game, and there were no better exponents of this than by their players 4 /6 /12 and 15.
They have a goalie who can barely walk and kick a ball, and we rarely put him under pressure today – not good.
As you can see, it was a good game, and the team have to be proud they got a great result against the divisions top team, who apparently spend more on bog roll than we do on our wages (£4.5m on a new stadium, Rhodri Giggs on about £200/week).
