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All the running in the
first 20 minutes was made by The Cross with Else in goals finding time
to have a good long conversation with himself whilst Greaves at the
other end missed a guilt edged 1 on 1 opportunity. It was developing
into a scrappy game with few moments of class from either side and very
little for either Net Guardian to do. Big John Burridge (or Sulli as he
is otherwise known) made the first real class save diving low to his
left to keep out Greaves who had once again been played through one on
one. The next decent chance also fell to Cross with young Jordan Lemon
latching onto a throughball from Plant only to be denied by Burridge.
0-0 at halftime with no real dramas at the back for Cross where Lord
Hartley was looking solid alongside Branson.
The second half
started well for Cross with the opening goal being registered by Big
Dave Greaves who I am reliably informed will still never be as good as
his dad. Greaves out muscled the Carley XI defence and poked the ball
below the advancing Burridge. Minutes later Greaves scored a stunning
(and totally intentional) second, carressing the ball with his left
shin into the top corner. 2 nil became 3 nil as Andy Watson embarked on
a mazy run before slotting home past a goalkeeper who must have been
wondering what happened to his defenders.
Next came the first
big moment of controvesy, as Parkin raced into the Cross box before
being felled by what looked like a fair tackle from John Taylor. The
ref thought otherwise and awarded a penalty. Parkin was obviously in
some pain as he was forced off. (probably wanted a cig) Carley XI were
not able to capitalise however as the penalty was sent soring over the
bar and on the way to North Wingfield! They did manage to pull a goal
back soon after through another penalty incident. This time the penalty
taker found the target only to be denied by a truely amazing save from
Steve 'The Cat' Else, unfortunately the rebound was tucked away to make
it 3-1.
After being somewhat
annonymous for the entire game Xander Eyre found himself with the
chance to cover himself with glory as a 36 pass move set him up 6 yards
out with the goal gaping! For reasons unknown Eyre managed to only clip
the outside of the post with a tame effort when it looked far easier to
score.
Next it was time for a
bit of magic from Plant with a turn that the great Johan Cruyff could
only dream of perfecting totally wrongfooting Jim Carley, unfortunately
not knowing how he had done it and now finding himself 15 yards out in
the middle of the goal, Plant panicked and sent his shot straight at
Burridge!
And there was still
enough time left in the game for Cross to make it 4, Plant set up
Kipper Crowder who sent a left foot curler into the bottom corner to
cap an outstanding display from Greaves men.
Both sides then
retired to the bar for some beers and excellent chilli that was very
kindly provided by James Carley's good lady.
Big thanks to James
Carley and his team for coming and to Dave Greaves for organising the
day. Thanks also to the Cross' backroom team of Graham Dent and Steve
Eyre for making sure things ran smoothly off the pitch.
The Sun Player Ratings
Else - 7 - not called
upon for much, made a couple of world class saves
Fletcher - 6 - Solid
at right back, didn't have much to do
Taylor - 6 - Solid
defending, gave away a debatable penalty
Branson - 6 - Good in
the air, comical at times on the floor, loves John Terry far too much
Hartley - 8 - oozed
class throughout, even though he is more at home hunting foxes
Lemon Jnr - 8 - A
constant threat on the wing
Lemon Snr - 6 - calm
and assured in the middle of the park
Eyre - 5 - not
involved as much as he'd like, missed a sitter
Nottingham - 6 - you
don't lose it!
Greaves - 9 - MOTM
with 2 goals, should have had more though
Crowder - 6 - his goal
saved an otherwise disappointing performance
Watson - 7 - tried
hard and rewarded with a goal
Plant - 5 - football
is all in the head and has to be when you a fat idle git who can't run
Green - 5 - after a
promising warm up, did nothing of note except throw himself around like
a lunatic
A photo of all those taking part, minus Daz Parkin who had already
retreated to the dressing room due to his injury\fag requirements
mentioned previously, can be seen here.
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Author: jonb
Date: 18-11-08 18:15
I would like it to be known that John Terry is a twat of the highest order and not fit to lace the boots of the legend that is Steve Blatherwick!!
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Author: BIT PART GREABO
Date: 18-11-08 20:03
Top report Chris!!
Think a 9 for my performance is a bit to generous tho mate...especially after the two sitters I missed early doors!!
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Author: chief 2
Date: 18-11-08 21:02
Suggest its a typing error & Planty means 0.9.:oP:oP:oP
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Author: Chris Plant
Date: 19-11-08 12:53
Dave
if you had scored the other chances you'd have got 10
what a fine body of men that photo shows
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