Match Report – O35.1 – Game Date: 21/05/2017

BMFC O35.1: 4
vs
Werrington FC: 0

BMFC Goal Scorers: Ibra and Lowndesy

Player of the Match: Ibra

Match Report: It was an early morning start out at the ground referred to as the Compound; it was nice to see official referees, no doubt due to the number of games postponed after the wet weather on Friday.

Dunny started with an old style 442 with the umbilical brothers up front. We bolted out of the blocks with first Lowndesy then Ibra slotting goals with the twins, no doubt separated at birth, combining for the third. As you all are aware 3-nil is dangerous lead and the panic set in for us ? After some discussion it was agreed we were the better team and we should be more confident in our ability or words to that effect. We also identified that Paulie’s self imposed Saturday night alcohol ban is having some side effects and making him crankier and prone to panic.

Dunny brought some subs on to calm things down (best read in a Belfast accent for full effect); the rest of the first half was relatively uneventful apart from some ironic applause from Werro when the ref gave a free kick for handball after many failed appeals and Double-fists diving half volley to punch the ball away, the Werro players asked why he didn’t catch the ball a question we had lots of responses none of them repeatable.

The second half started with us in the control and no panic. It started to go a bit pear shaped after a couple of extractions by the dentist which saw a Werro player get upset with a lack of punishment, following the ref around and getting quite vocal, poor lad Tollie watched this with disappointment knowing he was in his 4th week of suspension for one instance of less colourful language.

We got the fourth after Lowndesy jinked his way along the byline despite Werro appealing he was out, more colourful language and at this point Tollie went home in disgust.

Double-fist having not had a Cuban all year subbed himself with ten to go claiming a clean sheet as he bolted out of the park. Despite having the second best keeper in 35/1 on the bench Dunny put Lowndsey into goal and he brought out all the tricks, calling keepers to high ball and letting it through his hands and getting falconed, trying to get chipped from 40 yards and finally picking up what looked like a blatant backpass to tempt Werro back into the game. Thankfully Nigel was not there to witness this display and it ended at 4 nil.

To conform with licensing laws we did not bring an esky and Paul got the first round VB which got a luke warm reception, his second round got a more curious response who knew you could get Corona in a can, the question on everyone’s mind was where do you put the lemon, a tale for another day.

All in all a solid performance with Dunny’s strategy of signing goalscorers this year instead of strikers potentially a masters stroke and us now on a 2-game winning streak.