The Tornados Div3 team won their first game of the league which should keep us mid table. Not the best, but certainly an improved performance across the board and some good individual performances.
A great game for Paul Bains to come back and show us what he's learnt in Hong Kong including goal scoring, and great to meet a few more players that is making our game that little bit tighter. Huge game for everyone that helped out in defence, which just didn't stop communicating all through the game. MoM was a hard choice, Barry Daniels quite rightly took the award for a strong performance in that defence. A deserved 1-0 win, well done lads!
The game was very tight, with incursions into both D areas frequent enough, but neither team getting the killer instinct to take them ahead. The odd ball coming into the keeper just pinged back off, and though several penalty corners were awarded to OVA, the runners, lead by Barry, kept them from a decent shot on goal all day long.
The light took a turn for the worse in the second half, with floodlights not being in full working order, but the game carried on after the umpires brought out their light meters and confirmed with captains.
Paul B's goal was just weird: he's claiming a dribble in from his own D, but we really know it was closer to their 25. Still fantastic, and though the writer was unsighted, the cheers from the forwards and the shrill umps whistle meant loud cheers from the sideline cheerleaders and goalie as well.
Comedy moment of the day? Watching Dan and Barry trying to stand up and leave Harry's after a couple of beers. Trust me, we were laughing for 5 mins....because that's how long it took!
Comedy moment of the day? Watching Dan and Barry trying to stand up and leave Harry's after a couple of beers. Trust me, we were laughing for 5 mins....because that's how long it took!
Huge thanks to all that came to watch us, many thanks for lending your voices, cheers and assistance throughout the game. Please keep it up: it's a bit further away next time!
Next games:
Friday 17th Sept - 8:00pm v CSC - Sengkang Pitch 2
Sunday 19th Sept - 10:30am v IA - Sengkang Pitch 2
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OK OK Perhaps it wasn't quite our own D and I should give Inn an honerable mention for his 1 2 but it was a great shot between the keeper and his near post and not scrappy at all!
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