Undeterred by disasters past, a generous smattering of Old 'Dogs found their ranks swelled by the presence of 2 new thoroughbreds to the kennel: Paul and Kevin. Could they be the ones to teach us New Tricks, in our traditional season opener: the controversial and undeserved defeat to the Desperados? And, for a while, it all looked very good. We more than matched them early on and had the temerity to take the lead, with the honour of the first goal of the new season falling to Satbir's unerring aim from the flick spot, after Ricky had been pulled up for doing something in goal our own GBB would never be caught doing. Then, just to show we hadn't lost our knack during the summer layoff, we conceded a soft equaliser, before restoring our lead to go in at half time:
HALF TIME: 'Dogs 2 Desperados 1
By now the dynamic had shifted a bit. Jiji had realised his injured leg wasn't that bad and, with Bobby Abdulla alongside him, proceeded to take us on while the Desperados watched on. And, hard though we fought, a soft equaliser from Harminder was followed up by a cruel 3rd goal then a counterattacking, game settling 4th as we got caught on the break right at the end, pressing for a deserved equaliser. But there was much to commend in this 'Dog performance. The 2 new boys showed loads of skill and endeavour, while Peter, Satbir and Martin M picked up where they left off last spring. And with Paul Mangat also being tempted into 'Dog colours, good days surely will come when we can field our full side against the less strong of our Conference opponents, or those who don't pack their ranks with ringers for the day because they can't stand being beaten by us.
FINAL SCORE: 'Dogs 2 Manchester Ci- sorry, Desperados 4
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