Tennis score

Friday rolls around again and that can only mean one thing: football. At Coram Fields. At seven pm. With Simon Gas and some assorted gentlemen of varying years and abilities. And that, as sure as night follows day means the match report, conveyed to you in blog form on a page ostensibly paying tribute to New Wave maverick Spizzenergi. So, here goes…

Last Friday saw a higher turnout than has been custom of late, with ten playing nine. Here are your two teams:

Blues: Ross, Liam, Simon Gas, Bristol Paul, Michele, Nick, Ed, Andy, Mark

Yellows: Alan, Danny, Tony, Simon Ink, me, Joe, Peter, Yev, David, Paul

This game’s final result was a tennis score, but it never felt that one-sided and by common consensus the score should have been much closer. The Blues took the lead with a strange goal as Danny was caught slightly unawares in goal and as we all waited for Liam to strike Andy appeared next to him to sweep the ball home. That was as good as it good the Blue team, however.

Yev arrived at this stage and with the additional man the Yellows slowly made their advantage count. Once the Yellows had got back on terms Alan took them into the lead with a fabulous swivelled volley from just outside the area that flew into the far corner. Danny was also on the scoresheet as the Yellows finished more clinically than their opponents, who for all their possession and attacking threat from Ross and Liam lacked a cutting edge in the last third.

Tony had a great game marshalling the massed ranks of the Yellows as they endeavoured to stem the flow of balls from Michele and Nick toward the Yellow goal. As the game wore on the Yellows ruthlessly punished the inevitable gaps at the Blues’ rear and Peter and Joe both had barnstorming games that arguably made the difference on the night. I think that after Yev banged one home, Peter got the goal his performance deserved by lashing home from all of about two inches, although he did manage to sky at least two shots over the bar and into the park.

Alan went onto bag a brace, and one of either Peter or Yev also scored twice to make the final score 6-1 to the Yellows.

A relatively controversy-free evening for once, despite the presence of some of the more combustible Coram Fields regulars on the field.

I skipped the pub this week, as I am still feeling the effects of uncharacteristic four-nights in a row booze stint last week, but I am sure a good time was had by all. See you all on Friday.