Desperados (Home/Away/Take your pick): 19 January 2008

It was time again to teach these whippersnapper Desperados that there is only room for one set of Top ‘Dogs in this club.

So much for the theory. A first half in which we were under constant pressure finally yielded 3 goals against, all a bit iffy from our point of view. Heigh Ho. We particularly admired Nigel’s deft flick to divert a shot that was going wide just inside our left hand post. Hang on, who’s this familiar figure hurtling down the right, miles from goal?! On and on he went until, kerpow! Take that, you Desperados! A magnificent strike from the man with the longest name in Conference hockey: Barry Blimeythatwasgood-betyoursontaughtyouthatone-Scotton.
Half Time: Desperados 3 Bulldogs 1

Skittish to the last, the ‘Dogs began to play the 2nd half slightly later than our opposition, by which time GBB had made his first save and had his first big moan. And though Satbir and Paul Mangat added that extra something, the Desperados had even more extra something. 2 goals to be precise. We had lots of the ball but couldn’t quite apply that killer touch. We came close: an exquisite reverse stick shot from Peter ‘Gordon who?’ Taylor skimmed a post, Ian and Andy devilled away, while James, Nigel and Mike held up most of their attacks. But even a late strike by Max, given by John but then disallowed apparently by several Desperado defenders, didn’t change diddly. Final Score: Desperados 5 Bulldogs 1 – or was it 2? No, probably 1

Ok, well done Desperados: you whipped, we snapped.

Winston of the Week: James, unproven in goal maybe, but tireless and quite brilliant in the 10 other positions today.