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Date: 01 Apr 06
Competition: Friendly
Match Details: (A) Nomads 5thXI v Wirral Vets
Result: 3-1
Scorers: Matty Beswick (2), Dave Maynard (1)
MoM: TBC

Squad:Neil Waite, Alistaire Morrison, Scott Wearden, Phil Tucker, Clive 'Zine' Davies, Jimmy, Richie Haining, Paul Kelly, Alan Mowatt, Matty Beswick, Dave Maynard. Subs not used Richie Barnes, Chadwick

Match Report By:Jose Morinho

It may not always be attractive to watch but at least its effective. According to our back suffering subs that's about the size of it anyway. It's amazing to think that we stlll believe we're playing at a fast and furious pace... take a time on the bench and you'll see a different story.

The pitch was worse than Chelsea's for the Barca game, was this a tactic by Wirral Vets to stop the Nomads 5ths playing their obviously now infamous free flowing game? Who knows the truth... it's out there. it looked like the local council had decided to build a new outdoor pool for the residents of Eastham, a geneous offer that's slow to catch on.

The game itself was always in the control of Nomads who were commanding at the back... well except the very back when Waitey watched a ball trickle past him to slip inside the post. The strength of the ball obviously troubled our passive keeper.... it didn't even have the strength to reach the back net. Neil claims it bobbled as it was heading out - very dubious indeed.

Matty once again opened the scoring in the first half with a fine effort and we really should have had more with the wind behind us. Kelly returned from a long term injury, showing that married life is (dis)agreeing with his figure but still showed some good touches (mainly to his hair). Dave Maynard grabbed a deserved goal to put Nomads in front and we never looked like conceeding again.

In the dying minutes another Nomads attack saw the ball land at Alan Mowatt's feet only 6 yards out; a lovely control and rather than shoot (was he worried?) he unselfishly clipped it sideways to allow Matty B to fire home for his 40th of the season. Well done Matty. A good win this one boys!

Date: 25 Mar
Competition: Friendly
Match_Details: (H) Nomads 5ths v Rockville
Result: 3-2
Scorers: Matty Beswick (2), Alan Mowatt (1),
MoM: Chaddy

Match Report: by Alan Titchmarsh

What can be said about this game, the sun was shining, the grass was cut and everyone was in a good mood...except Tucker who had just seen the blue half of Merseyside been robbed by the red half!

Dave Maynard was banned.... from kit duty having claimed that he'd paid £7.90 to a launderette to have the kit washed... counter claims that he spent the money in the Platinum Lounge were vigorously denied... although with today's prices what can you get for £7.90?

The game? We never looked in danger at the back having only been beaten by two excellent strikes which we paid for to stop Waitey retiring. Midfield were fully in control despite sounding like Thomas The Tank Engine... lots of huffin and puffin going on.

And up front.... make a sentence out of these words.... Banjo, door, backside, barn, hit and that'll tell the tale of the game.

Date: 18th March 2006
Competition: League
Match_Details: (A) Nomads 5ths v Northhop Hall
Result: 5-4
Scorers: Matty (no jug) beswick 4, own goal 1
MoM: Phil Tucker
Match_Reporter: Matty Beswick

match_rpt

how terriable was the pitch, after not having that many games the past month the 5ths fielded a very strong side consisting of a new member called jimmy, matty beswick was on fire despite nearly throwing up on the sideline after a heavy night on the ale with barnesy, 1st goal to the nomads was an own goal, then matty popped up to score a brace in the first half, despite the best efforts of the 5ths to throw the game away matty managed to score another 2 in the second half making the final score 5-4 to the 5ths, all credit to northop who never gave up and were unlucky not to capatalise from a comedy of errors between niel and clive, well done 5ths..................................

Date:          11th Feb 2006
Competition:   Friendly
Match_Details: (H)  Nomads 5ths v Chester Law College 1st XI
Result:        2-3
Scorers:       Alan Mowatt, Matty Beswick
MoM:          Alan Mowatt
Report:       By Phil Tucker

As Bob Dylan says, the times they are a changin'. Barnsie's ruthless streak continued when he axed Waitey 

(or was he watching the 6 nations?) and also dropped Tucker to the bench (or was that cos he missed last week?)

Can't really comment too much on the game as I (Tucker) took umbrage about being dropped and went to 'warm up' on the

other pitch with Soggy Abramovich's band of millions. 

Leading 1-0 and 2-1, Nomads held on bravely until the last 7 minutes when Law College decided to improve their shots on

target ratio and slot in the winner.

Quote of the day goes to Alan Glasgow who asked me "who did you play for Tuck, was it the 5ths over there"? to which we all

replied "no mate, we're the 5ths"!

Date:          4th Feb 2006
Competition:   Friendly
Match_Details: (H)  Nomads 5ths v Irby CC
Result:        1-1
Scorers:       Dave Maynard
MoM:           Chadwick
Report:        dreadful game

Date:          28th January 2006
Competition:   dewsbury cup
Match_Details: (H)  Nomads 5ths v Nomads 4ths
Result:        6-1
Scorers:       Matty (No Jug) Beswick 4, Al (the nympho) Glasgow 1, Clive (The silver fox) Davies
MoM:           Matty Beswick
Report:        What a Magnificent performance from the 5ths!!!!!!!!!!!! we knew this was not going to be an easy 
l2:            one for us but we never expected to score six past a quality 4th team, al glasgow opened the scoring
l3:            in the first few seconds after a never say die run from dave maynard who passed to matty who turned
l4:            and crossed for the nympho to score 1-0, then after a lack of communnication in the 4ths defence 
l5:            matty outpaced the defender to finish neatly past the oncoming keeper.Then again clive came up with 
l6:            a towering header with chants of "are you watching matty fry" 3-0. After the break we never looked 
l7:            like conceding, only adding to the tally in which matty ran and beat a couple of defenders to score 
l8:            his second, then after all that an accurate throw from sub wilbur met matty who controlled it on the
l9:            volley and let rip from the edge of the box 5-0. The 4ths never gave up and scored on the break, it 
l10:           was offside said barnsey but still given, to the end matty finished it off with a solo effort. 

Date:          21/01/2006
Competition:   League
Match_Details: (A)  Nomads 5ths v St. Lukes
Result:        4-3
Scorers:       Matty (no jug again) Beswick 3, Aidie (oh my god what a goal) Breakwell 1
MoM:           Matty Beswick
Report:        And you thought the champions league final was a good comeback!!!!!!!!!, this game was quite frankly
l2:            the best we have played in a long time. Liverpool cavaliers basically annihilated us in the first half
l3:            and not surprising as they had some quality young players or should i say ringers in the side. 
l4:            Nomads had the bare eleven to tavel the distance to the wirral and found themselves 3-0 down at half
l5:            time, we started the second half a completely a different side, 5ths pulled one back immediately 
l6:            after the break through matty (no jug beswick) who then added another soon after, Neil was
l7:            outstanding in goals and the defence totally in control, barnsey and clive had an awesome game
l8:            and then when the Breakwell hit an absolute peach to bring it to 3-3 we knew we had a chance. Nomads
l9:            never looked tired (well apart form barnsey of course!!) then with ten minutes to go a great run 
l10:           from al (the nympho) won a penalty, converted by matty,great performance guys,bring on the 4ths!!!

Date:          14th January 2006
Competition:   League
Match_Details: (H)  Nomads 5ths v Waterside Old Boys
Result:        3-3
Scorers:       Clive ( the silver fox) Davies, Al (the nympho) Glasgow, Chris ( flicks and tricks) Glaze
MoM:           Undeserved
Report:        Not a good day for the nomads 5th team, it started with an unlikely positive team talk from barnsey 
l2:            and thats where it all went wrong, nomads started ok but conceded in the first twenty mins, nothing
l3:            niel could have done to stop it apart from dive to try and save it!!! Then the old boys scored ( no 
l4:            not phil tucker or adie) they scored a second from a laps in our defence! Cometh the hour cometh the
l5:            man ( the silver fox davies) rose like a salmon and sunk like the titanic to pull one back for us
l6:            then the scottish nympho got his head to a great ball and put it away to make 2-3, then in the dyin 
l7:            minutes dave got rugby tackled and play went on glaze (tricks and flicks) scored the equaliser
l8:            a great game to forget, the more worrying thing at full time the chants from the sidelines to bring 
l9:            back butler!!! things must have been bad. well done to the ref, the best one we have had all season
l10:           

Date:          7th January 2006
Competition:   League
Match_Details: (A) Liverpool Cavaliers v Nomads 5th
Result:        6-1
Scorers:       Dave Maynard 2, Matty ( No Jug) Beswick 3, Joe (ive got wind) Bell 1.
MoM:           Phil Tucker
Report:        How cold was it!!!!!!! Nomads started the game well after another inspiring team talk from Barnsey, 
l2:            quote 'we wont win this one today guys'!!!!!!, how wrong the captain was. A great first goal to put 
l3:            nomads in front from the Maynard, then a lovely curled free kick from Matty Beswick well outside the
l4:            box, scrappy second to finish the half off from Matty to put us three nil up at half time. Defence 
l5:            excellent, Joe bell quality finish and Dave Butler unlucky to give the penalty away (not!!) well done!

Date:          17 Dec
Competition:   League
Match_Details: (H)  Nomads 5ths v 6ths
Result:        2-3
Scorers:       Al Glasgow, Dave Maynard
MoM:           Tim Barnes
Report:        Gutted!
l2:            Soggy brought out the high earners for this one...with a bench that either Roman or Percy the Park 
l3:            keeper would have been proud of the 5ths knew they were in for a game. And what a game it was...
l4:            with 15mins left, drawing 2-2, with a great goals from Al G and Dave the ball was floated on a silver
l5:            tray towards Butler... from fully 3 yards out it was harder to miss. Dave has never been one to take the

	easy option so he duly controlled the ball under his feet and managed to fluff it to the keeper!

	It's a game of what-if's and maybe's they say, how true that was today!

Date:          10 Dec
Competition:   Friendly
Match_Details: (H)  Nomads 5ths v Port Sunlight
Result:        6-2
Scorers:       Matty Beswick (3), Richie Barnes (1), Dave Maynard (1)
MoM:           Richie Barnes
Report:        trying hard to keep the game to the average of seven goals should no linger be the aim... just 

l2:            totted up the goals per game and the average is 8! A good game by anyone's standards.

Date:          3 Dec
Competition:   Friendly
Match_Details: (H)  Nomads 5ths v Wirral Vets
Result:        5-3
Scorers:       Alan Mowatt, Matty Beswick (3), Dave Maynard
MoM:           
Report:        Sky sports were thinking of covering this on pay-per-view but Nomads 5ths couldn't agree on how
l2:            many pies this game was worth. Bit of a mud-bath in the end, excellent day for slide tackles and
l3:            looking back we should probably have made some! A comfortable win in the end but as usual we did
l4:            our very best to give the game away, losing the 2nd half 3-1. Sweet left foot volley to open the 
l5:            scoring from Alan Mowatt, from a superb deep cross by Matty B.

Date:          26 Nov 05
Competition:   Friendly
Match_Details: (A)  Nomads 5ths v Irby CC
Result:        3-4
Scorers:       Ade Breakwell, Al Glasgow, OG
MoM:           Chris Pendlebury
Report:        Ravaged by injury, parties, tickets to rugby internationals, impromptu weddings in London, 
l2:            baby-sitting, forgotten boots and who knows what else, Nomads took to the field not expecting
l3:            the best. After 1 minute they realised why when Irby calved up Nomads to fire past standing, sorry
l4:            stand-in, keeper Barnsie. A quick reply with a ridiculous goal from Ade was matched by our 2nd, an
l5:            oggie clearance gone wrong. Despite injuries during the game to three more players, Tucker, Breakwell

l5:            and Glasgow Nomads held on to 3-3 until the last 5 minutes when Barnsie demanded the now customary 

l5:            7 goals in our games - sadly the ball ending up in the wrong net!

Date:          19 Nov
Competition:   Friendly
Match_Details: (A)  Nomads 5ths v Rockville
Result:        7-5
Scorers:       Richie Barnes, Matty Beswick (3) , Dave Maynard (2), Al Glasgow,

MoM:          
Report:    

Date:          12 Nov
Competition:   Friendly
Match_Details: (H)  Nomads 5ths v Liverpool Caveliers
Result:     postponed  
Scorers:       

MoM:          
Report:    

Date:          05 Nov
Competition:   Friendly
Match_Details: (A)  Nomads 5ths v Upton Magnets
Result:        3-2
Scorers:       Matt Beswick, Dave Maynard, Al Mowatt

MoM:          
Report:        

Date:          29 Oct
Competition:   Friendly
Match_Details: (A)  Nomads 5ths v Ramblers
Result:        7-2
Scorers:       Dave Maynard 4, Matty Beswick 2, Richie Haining 1

MoM:          Dave Maynard 
Report:        

Date:          22 Oct
Competition:   Jewsbury Cup
Match_Details: (H)  Nomads 5ths v Vets
Result:        2-4
Scorers:       Matty Beswick 1, Dave Maynard 1
MoM:           Ade Breakwell
Report:        A thrilling start where the 5ths took the lead through Matty Beswick's lob over the keeper from a 
l2:            through ball by Ade Breakwell. The Vets then responded by dominating much of the pay but couldnt
l3:            break through. Tucker got shot by the sniper and limped off after a solid 5 minutes to be replaced
l4:            by Wilbur who thankfully had turned up on time for once. In search of the equaliser in the last few 
l5:            min, 5ths committed to attack, were caught on the break by 'Appy despite a fine 1st save from Waitey.

	Dave got into the usual scuffle between the vets, not Bob this time but Smudger... although Bob did get

	pitch to offer Smudger some advice on how to 'tackle' Dave!!!

Date:          15 Oct 05
Competition:   Friendly
Match_Details: (H)  Nomads 5ths v Northop Hall Nomads
Result:        7-7
Scorers:       Dave Maynard 2, Matty Beswick 2, Richie Haining 1, Tim Barnes 1, Lee Woodworth 1
MoM:           Yeah, right we'd have one!
Report:        What a game. On paper it sounds just the thing to bring back the crowds. Unlike the Premiership
l2:            we don't need a few games to settle in... now boasting an avg scoreline of 6-3 what more could you 
l3:            ask for? A bit of quality would be one thing... a pass that reaches our player another, ability to
l4:            tackle - how many more do you want? A dreadful affair only brightened up by the Ref as he blew the
l5:            full-time whistle!. When you stare into an abyss, the abyss stares also into you. Must improve!

Date:          08 Oct 05
Competition:   Friendly
Match_Details: (H)  Nomads 5ths v St Lukes
Result:        7-1
Scorers:       Matty 'No Jug' Beswick (3), Paul 'Modest' Kelly (2), Dave Maynard (1), Alan Mowatt (1)
MoM:           Alisatair Morrison - great debut; committed in defence and master of the long punt!

Report:        What a game. Nomads always looked in control despite the early fear of new faces and younger legs
l2:            in the St Lukes team. Kelly in sublime form on the right found time away from his defensive duties
l3:            "Richie, I'm playing right back" to deliver a superb cross for Jugs to send a loopiong header over 
l4:            the stranded keeper. He then bettered this with a cross(?) into the top far corner! After 35mins, 
l5:            the ref blew for time at 4-0. Bitter claims by the Saints resulted in an extra 5 minutes which we won 3-1 !

	Worth noting the absence of A Carey, glory hunting in the thirds... has he seen the Chester & District tables lately?

Date:          01 Oct 05
Competition:   League
Match_Details: (A)  Nomads 5ths v Port Sunlight Vets
Result:        2-3
Scorers:       Dave Maynard, Al Glasgow
MoM:           Neil Waite

Report:        A disappointing loss for the 5ths. Outplayed in the first half by Port's midget strikers and 2 down
l2:            at half time. Numerous chances were created in the 2nd period and the scores were level with only a
l3:            few minutes remaining but Port broke away to seal an undeserved victory. Only Matty, Dave, Shoner, 

	and 'Big' Al know how we snatched defeat from the jaws of victory!           

Date:          24 Sep 05
Competition:   Friendly
Match_Details: (H)  Nomads 5ths v Waterside OBs
Result:        7-2
Scorers:       Matty 'No Jug' Beswick (3), Mike Jeffs (1), [Big] Al Glasgow (1), Dave Butler (1), Andy Carey (1)
MoM:           Alan Glasgow

Report:        Back to where the 5ths left off, winning! Another year sees the ageing 5ths using their 500 years
l2:            of combined experience well. Waitey now playing on one leg in the nets still showed that good hands 
l3:            count. Butler, no let's not mention his lucky goal. Pick of the goals was Al G's Beckhamesque lob 
l4:            from the 1/2 way line (well 30 yards). Captain marvel Barnsie will find it very difficult to find a 
l5:            place back in this winning team!!