Match Report – O35.1 – Game Date: 17/04/2016

BMFC O35.1: 2
vs
Werrington FC: 2

BMFC Goal Scorers: Iceman, Paulie

Player of the Match: Cobra, Suarez

Match Report: It was a sombre morning and before the game commenced, there was an minute’s silence to honour Connor Ansell – a fitting tribute that was repeated across the district on Saturday and Sunday.

Today we hosted Werrington, a team who have not been to Knapsack Stadium for a few seasons and brought back memories of the tussles in the past and in particular the infamous Grand Final at Cook Park.

It was a case of the Dirty Dozen 2 with a number of people unavailable due to exotic getaways during school holidays and as happens with sequels new recruits were added from the first version with Danny and the Cobra brought in. Speaking of exotic holidays the Pirate who will be referred to as Russell Coite was missing due to an unfortunate run in with an aggressive tick while camping in the bush.
Good commitment was shown by the available 12 with many carrying injuries and the Ice Man even missing the Hawkesbury Show for the first time in many years.

There was drama before we even kicked off with Dave H looking to get a preemptive strike on Werrington nearly T boning one of the opposition who reversed out in front of him while travelling to Knapsack. Dave superior driving skills saved the day and was even rewarded after the game with a thank you beer from the Werrington player.

With an unfamiliar line up we started nervously which buoyed Werro whose confidence grew as they threw everything at the ball , Kev was brought into action a number of times protecting our goal the defence including Pommy in the unfamiliar position of centre half held strong. Once we settled down and got our second wind we started to make in roads with Suarez and Paulie causing havoc up front. A couple of passes strung together and Tolley was bearing down on goals only for him to pull up clutching at a hammy. Quinny was beckoned onto the pitch to assess the damage which looked like a season ending injury only to see Tolley rise as he reached him. I’m OK said Tolley “you won’t be if you make run that distance again” replied Quinny. With Tolley not quite right he went up front and we watched as Paulie tried to play a role requiring 360 degrees of vision, after ten minutes the confusion on his face said enough and he was dispatched to the wing where the Paul’s relief was evident.

We started to push Werro and some good lead up work and excellent cross from the Cobra to Paul on the back post almost opened the account but hit the post and went out. As half time approached we started to tire with Marty volleying one onto the post at the wrong end and on the last kick before halftime Werro missed an open goal. Nil all at half time.

We started the second half confident we would run over the top of the opposition and Suarez putting in his best performance so far kept pressing the defenders until finally he was upended for the 3 week in a row, Cometh the hour, Cometh the Iceman who stepped up to coolly slot home the penalty. This fired up Werro and they came back with a vengeance and shortly after scored despite a last ditch challenge by Dave H. It also looked like the end of the passage for Dave as he limped off and removed his boots.

Dave was replaced by the birthday boy Zapps who started in midfield and then after a shuffle was pushed up front using his fresh legs to hold the ball up and generally causing havoc.

Zapps was involved in sweeping move up the left which saw Paulie charge through from an onside position and Suarez offside, Saurez quickly raised his arms to surrender and assistant referee lowered the flag, Paulie whipped a cross over Zapps head he retrieved it an crossed it with the ball kissing the cross bar before being nodded in by Paulie. The game started to get a bit tasty and Danny was chopped down for the fifth time this one particularly nasty. He got up and to his credit struggled through the last 20 minutes.

Our lack of replacements and injuries started to take its toll and our Achilles heel got us again as we committed a foul on the edge of the box. Igor Lined it up and placed in the top corner, Kev was unlucky as he got a hand to it but could not push it over.

We created a few more chances as the time wore down but could not convert them to get the win, 2 2 the final score, still undefeated.