Spizz hits post twice in dramatic game!!

Punk star Spizz, who is going to Bologna (Italy) for a gig this weekend, hit the post twice in a dramatic game last Friday. The first was an explosive left-foot shot
when I was in goal. The second was with his right foot. Spizz described the first in terms of "Roy of the Rovers" in the pub later saying it was his best ever left-foot shot.
However, Spizz's team ran out losers after a 3-1 win was clinched by two rare goals
from Geoff, who had come on late and upset the balance of both sides having six players each.
We were in the lead with a precision shot from Alan Morg. and then with six against seven, Geoff sealed the win with his two goals. They got one back when I thought I had Ross covered but he turned sharply and netted from a central position. His cousin Henry did not have his shooting boots on compared with the previous week. The game was livened up by a spat between Gashead and Big Dave.
Afterwards, Big Dave said he was a bit annoyed about our team's propensity to use the back pass as we were running down the clock. I must admit how Italian it
was.
Our star players were Alex and Alan Morg., who were quite pacey in midfield. The result would have been closer, if Spizz had a bit more luck since he had two other shots well-saved. Joe made a welcome return from injury for us and might have scored if had'nt been for a last ditch tackle from Big Sam. Sheffield Andy had the honour of playing for both sides when they were re-arranged after the belated arrival of Geoff.

Friday saw a pulsating 3-3 draw!!

The game developed into a clash of the two titans of the dribbling game; Alex for us and
Ross for them. The opposition started the scoring with a smart goal from young Sam
and then we clawed back into the game with goals from Steve and Henry (2), probably
against the run of play. However, we were being pegged back by two goals from Ross.
I was the last defender both times but I was not close enough to snuff out the danger.
Alex and Ross seemed to have a good hack at each other in the corner when Ross popped out like a jack-in-a-box to equalise 3-3 with an angled shot past Steve in goal and this was despite my despairing tackle. Ross could have won it for them at the end following a precision pass by Goughie but it fell onto his weaker left foot.
Spizz did not have a shot on goal for us since he was playing too deep.
On our side were Alex, Gashead, Geoff, Henry, Spizz, Steve and me while they had Ross, Big Dave, the two Ians, young Sam, who was substituted by his mate Adam,
Simon Gooner and Simon Inkp. At the end we were hanging on a bit due to a lack of tracking back and poor positional play. Sometimes we would have three players hugging the left touchline, who would be out of the game when the ball bounced into the middle.

This is Spizz's take on last Friday's game!!

Hi P,
Footy score:
Team with 6 players 2 v team with 5 players 2 (Spizz 2).

It was a draw but we had one player less! Tough game fitness-wise, I scored
both our goals with my left foot because.. (as I tell and bore everybody)
footballers should be able to use both feet, especially considering how much
they get paid! Ross got the equaliser to make it 2-2. I can't remember who
their 1st goal. My 1st goal was from distance, a few yards inside their
half.

Team with 5: Simon (Arsenal), Spizz, Big Dave (Scot), Jeff (the comedian),
Tony (film)

Team With 6: Big Andy (Sheffield), Simon (turned 50), Ian G (Jesus), Big Ian
(Arsenal), Ross, Sam (artist)

After a break I returned to the fray!!

I had to go to a quiz night recently but I was back in the thick of things last Friday. Again, it was an eight-a-side match but both teams played a good passing game. Unfortunately, I had a senior moment and did'nt remember that Henry scored a goal for us when I was telling his cousin Ross in the pub about his lack of composure in front of goal. Sorry about that!
The main event of the evening was the celebration of Simon Gashead's 50th birthday. His brother-in-law Andy organised the present, which was a Bristol Rovers shirt, and with our drinks in the pub we had a buffet. The game itself was a wet affair but at least the local kids did not throw crackers on the pitch as sometimes happen around November 5th. We were losing 3-0 but then changed the teams swapping our big centre forward Goughie for Alan Morg., who had scored one of their goals. Spizz got the first goal of the night with a shot, which saw the ball nestling in the corner of the net.
We managed to claw back two goals but in the end we lost 3-2. Their defence was well-marshalled by Mick K., who was gingerly coming back from a knee injury. I was playing right back and had to face a resurgent Geoff P., who has started to play a quicker passing game. He used to be well-known for mazzy dribbles, which went down blind alleys. Our defence was held together by Big Dave, while his brother Steve stayed in goal for the opposing side due to his first match back after a knee
injury.
Until recently I was the only 50 plus player but now we have got three with me, Gashead and Spizz himself. Tone reaches this milestone on Christmas Day and so we are giving a lot of years when we play against young eighteen year old Sam, who sometimes helps us out if we are down on numbers. Last week Tone played excellently for a spell and then just stayed back saying that he was knackered.
In the pub Spizz revealed that he was enjoying learning a bit of Italian and the group will be playing a gig in Bologna soon.