Money raised £350
Thanks to all involved, thanks to Bluemoon for playing in the right spirit and giving us a game! (I’m still not sure why they keep bringing Bigga - ok he stood out from their team in the first game, but that was not hard to do, was it? And where was mighty-mouth midget, mard-ass Anton lol)
A big thank you to the officials Referee: Steve Cundall, Assistants: Dave Wardle & Dave Bradley. And the fourth official who’s name I do not know. These people gave up their time and were asked by email which was sent out to all referees in the Manchester Football League asking for their help and assistance. Their performance was of a very high standard and they did an outstanding job which definitely helps the standard of play on the pitch. Of course the fourth official with hindsight was maybe a little much for our event and a little out of touch with the spirit of the game and would not be required for any further matches, even though the fourth official was only doing what fourth officials do. A huge thank you to all four officials for their first class services!
A big apology to Speedy, he almost got on in the last 10mins...I noticed he had flat trainers on so he was always going to struggle. Then gaz76 came off and gave his boots to speedy giving me another headache, with us struggling to make many chances and Bluemoon still in the game, I was left with Speedy who wanted to go on for the last 10. Stood near the fourth official ready to put speedy on, I asked him if he was any good, he said “I’m average†I said “do you play nowâ€, he said “I’ve not played for a long time†so with that I took him back to the technical box and kindly fucked him off... I would rather take the shit of not playing him than have him go on and make the error that cost us the game with no time to recover. But I must say he took it very well and he did look a little relieved if you ask me...and he was the first to pay! Cheers Speedy for being a great sport!!!
Derry, sorry mate, I wanted you to make an impact so I could keep you on, but you only looked good next to Bigga and you both looked like 2 elephant seals barking at each other. When he went off, I had no choice, you had to come off because with you and Bigga on that side of the pitch, we noticed our side was rising up developing a slope on your side. And Speedy played much better than you did...keep up the training mate; we might get some 5-a-side going.
Players worth a mention, CHBLUE, Cheddar404, Munch... Geno (that lad who couldn’t speak English). My man-of-the-match was between Phil and Superman, Phil was absolute quality, every touch was first class, his speed in passing and quality of passing looked awesome, always in position to receive the ball, fantastic...
...in the car park before the game we was all gathering and chatting and I noticed 1 lad stood on his own. Looking like he was in the wrong place, thinking this must have been a Bluemoon player I asked him “was he playing in this BW v BM gameâ€. He said in a very quiet voice “yes†and when I asked which side, he said in this almost shy kind of voice “Bluewatchâ€... I shook his hand to welcome him and at that moment I thought he might be a little too frail for this game. He then said he was “Ireland_is_supermanâ€; I thought BEEJESUS I hope he don’t get hurt in this match!! I was wrong on that; he was the one who shocked me the most when on that pitch. He turned into some sort of Tasmanian devil, his football was superb, his aggression and tenacity will never be in doubt again, his tackling and passing and speed was very impressive. Talking to some of the lads ( I think they was all lads) from Bluemoon after the match in the pub a few of them said that they had seen superman at loads of MCFC games and he was a psycho, they said they had seen him go fucking mental at one game kicking off, only goes to show you should never judge a book by its cover. I think I will change his username to Norman Bates..!
CHBLUE, forgive me for not running over with the sponge when a Bluemoon player hit the bulls eye by targeting your nuts. Even Vicki our physio was convinced you would have had no nuts left after that challenge. In fact that Bluemoon player is going round wearing your nuts around his neck as a trophy... I thought you had been swallowing helium when talking to you in the pub.
I missed CHBLUEs goal - the fourth official was bollocking me about where I should be stood - who scored that bullet header, and who crossed the corner? Outstanding to see that, it felt good to see that hit the back of the net! I thought from there that Bluemoon had run out of steam and we would end up winning about 4-1... Half time come to quick for us, we had only just got started.
Coops what happened on that second goal mate?... you did make one excellent save later on and made up for that earlier error.
Our forwards didn’t get much service and chances were very few, this was down to the quality of Bluemoon’s midfield and defenders which made it very hard for us. No one had a bad game, some tactics could have been tried different, but the fourth official wouldn’t let me get close enough to any of the playing team. We might try Bluemoon’s infamous ‘Diamond Formation’ next time? Well it looks good when you draw it down on paper.
One thing that will change next time is the amount of times we use our substitutes, roll on roll off is fine but will not be used again in the same way. We will still have roll-on-roll-off but when we need it, not just because you have had a 15 minute rest and want to go back on, this defiantly disrupted and unsettled our team.
Derry, Speedy, and Rozzi and for that matter even Bigga, just to let you all know, if it’s any consolation you all played much better than the tremendously untalented RIC... Ric gave me at least 3 excuses why he was so Hopelessly Inept...
1) Insufficient Footwear (untalented Ric played on this pitch in the last game, same scenario then, contribution level = no effect)
2) Deficient Fitness level (This fixture had been booked for weeks and Bluemoon held trials, who missed this glaring blunder?..Mr Magoo?)
3) Fantasy Injury (Lacking in any real balls department and obviously looking for some sympathy and defiantly heard about our Physio)
And I’m sure useless Ric mumbled something about Jet-Lag? Talk about having no BALLS!!!
Well I’m sure we could do another re-match in the name of Carl Ramsbottom, he isn’t home yet! If we had 3 (1 down 2 to go) matches we could raise over £1000 just for kicking a ball around, even if its CHBLUEs and Ric’s balls... all for a good cause!