allright then, I ll join and get the goals next year. I ll need some service though. I want the ball TO MY FEET. none of this running lenghtwise to maybe reach a bit. its not a fitness contest I gather :-)
E On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 1:45 PM, Damian Walsh <pussaydam...@gmail.com> wrote: > Story so far, a lost Friday evening, 2 defeats and a win........ > > Fourth and last group match against Halifax: who were the Veterans > competition winners last year. Against the best team in the group (there is > a twist on Sunday afternoon) we were again committed and organised. Halifax > had two players in particular who were very good, the lad up front for them, > we snuffed out. But equally their lad at the back completely dominated the > Halifax half of the pitch. The match never felt like a nil-nil, it was fast > and committed from both sides so there was always the possibility of a > mistake. Yep, indeed, we made it. A leg stuck out in the penalty area and a > tumbling forward. It looked very soft from where I was but a penalty > nonetheless. 0-1 > > We were spared an 8 o clock start on the Sunday which was a good job. We'd > made arrangements to phone later on the Satdi evening to see about going > out. When I saw Dean on Sunday morning I apologised for not phoning. "But > you did" he said giving me a funny look. I have no recollection of it at all > - apparently I'd called other people too. I'd gone out with some of the lads > from Lens and it's true we had a very good time even though we didn't go > anywhere particulally exciting. The highlight of the evening that I remember > (!!) was getting the 14 yr old son of one of my new friends from Lens his > first lipstick smears off a long-legged mini-skirted Russian blond beauty > called Alexandra. "Don't say he's 14, don't say he's 14" wittered on the > others we'd managed to collect along the way. "They'll throw us out". Don't > worry girls - we were into them for far too much money by then. There was no > way we were going to get thrown out :) > > Back to the football. I left the rest of the slivo back in the room. I could > only manage one bit of bacon for breakfast along with six cups of tea, two > obligatory asprins then off to the pitch. > > Preliminary knowkout round v Stockport. Pretty much a stalemate. The > highlights for me were a deadleg (that still is giving me trouble) and > missing a header I should have buried because I didn't believe. 0-0 extra > time 0-0. Penalties 4-5 10 pretty good penalties, our penultimate one > hitting the underside of the bar and bouncing down onto the line. 1 cm too > high, shades of the QPR semi way back... > > Out of the competition before 10h00 tant pis. > > Bury eventually beat Halifax on penalties in the final. We lost to both of > them but neither of them were much better than us. If we get a goal scorer > for next year we can win the thing ;) > > Damian > > PS lots & lots of thanks to lots and lots of people but especiallyto Dean, > Roger, Betty and Dave Dowden - Thanks guys A+ > _______________________________________________ > Leedslist mailing list > Info and options: > http://mailman-new.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > To unsubscribe, email leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org > > MARCHING ON TOGETHER (There's it) > _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman-new.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org MARCHING ON TOGETHER (There's it)
