Date: February 24th
Competition: League challenge cup
(A) Nomads 3rdXI v Boughton Athletic
Result: 2-1
Scorers: Parry (1), Bennett (1)
MoM:
Date: February 17th
Competition: Cup
(A) Nomads 3rdXI v Barrow Ath.
Result: 3-3
Scorers: Jeffs (2), Parry (1)
MoM: J. Crofton
Match Report By: Tass News Agency
Oh no !!! We managed to pluck a draw from the jaws of victory!! Having been 3-1 up at half time and fully in control, we managed to throw away our advantage. The injury to Jeffs was a definate turning point with Sixsmith forced into a difficult substitution early in the second half. Sub Piggot acquitted himself well to be fair but his telling crosses missed the class of Jeffs at the end of them.
Jeffs took both his goals with aplomb, one a route one effort straight from the boot of Carey!! Parry also weighed in with his customary poachers goal and but for a well taken goal from Barrow ( totally against the run of play!!) the first half was ours.
Unfortunately the game opened up after the break with players who had looked unflappable and composed before the break looking harried and flustered. Law`s libero role did`nt have the same effect in the second half. Carey was beaten one on one , having saved previously from the same player and was then beaten by a cross cum shot for the third and decisive goal. The scorer`s apology said it all really!!!!
So a point before the game would have been taken. However, we`ve come away with the feeling that this was very much two points dropped rather than one gained. Mind you no cars robbed was also a bonus, thank you very much!! Will this be a seminal point in the Thirds quest for silverware or will it, just like Jeffs` third team debut, end in tears!!
Date: January 27th
Competition: League
(H) Nomads 3rdXI v Ashton Lions
Result: 3-2 WIN
Scorers: Lozano (1), Bennett (2)
MoM:
Match Report By:
Date: January 20th
Competition: cup
(H) Nomads 3rdXI v Blacon Youth Reserves
Result: 1-1
Scorers: Chris Dean (1)
MoM:
Match Report By:Reuters News Agency
Due to the reporting committments associated with covering Sky Sports Grand Slam weekend C.N.A.F.C. didn`t receive the coverage they deserve. A goal by Chris Dean (who?) levelled proceedings against a less mardy team than Sutton Way Villa (not that that would take much!!!!).
Andy Forest in goal at 132 must rank as surely the oldest player ever to turn out for the thirds and carried on the tradition of only having players in the goal called Andy. News filtered through on the wires that of only a few incidents of note the Law penalty miss was surely the most significant!!! The ball being snatched from the grasp of Baker with an assurance that the pk would be duly despatched which didnt quite happen!!!
A phrase that rhymes with clucking bell was then heard to be uttered by all present!! Luckily nobody held it against Si and the incident was not refered to post match. Coach Green has apparently stepped up his re hab programme having been seen attending several tumble tots sessions during his recent paternity leave!!!
Date:
January 13th
Competition: League
(H) Nomads 3rdXI v Sutton Way Villa
Result: 2-7
Scorers: Lozenzo(1), Bennett(1)
MoM: Not Applicable!!
Match
Report By: Fabio Cappello
Oh my
God, how do I describe what happened!! Let`s think of it as a cooking analagy.
Take the ingredients of Old infirmed, short-sighted, ineffective Ref, mix with a
team of individuals seemingly not on the same wavelength and then finally allow
to simmer with an opposition of mardy teenage plastic scousers (with a manager
setting a fine example from the touchline!!) and hey presto, all the ingredients
of the worst game of football ever!!!
The
omens were not good when the game was given the go ahead with special
dispensation from the F.A. Premier League to allow us to enter the first team
exclusion zone. Note to self, must have a word with Messers Powell and Arnold to
reverse that decision!! Playing with the wind and slope (bad move) we failed to
make an impact with the oppo scoring two "goals" (difficult to spot to be fair
when your trying to ref the game from the centre circle!!) without reply!! A
further dubious strike added to our woes. Bennett finished off a flowing move
and but for Fatty Foulkes in the opposition making an absolute wonder save we
would have been closer at half time.
A
penalty, hotly contested by the opposition, (although to be fair, everything was
so "hotly contested" by them it does make you wonder what they`d be like when
they are losing!!) WAS NOT converted by the boy Baker in the first few minutes
of the second half!! Thus, once again the psychological advantage lay with the
opposition.
The
tackles did not fly in with the exception of Sixsmith and self- responsibility
was pushed to one side. A penalty converted by Lozenzo was not the catalyst for
further improvement and a whole catalogue of errors led to an almost slapstick
end to the game.
Back to
the drawing board, I`m afraid. The only bright point of the game was the
appearance of Coach Green on the sideline which enabled everyone to pass on
their regards to him after the birth of his daughter (Christmas is going to be
an expensive time in the Green household!!). We wish them well.
Date: January 6th
Competition:Cup
(A) Nomads 3rdXI v Rangers Breaks
Result: 2-0 (yes that`s right nil!!)
Scorers: Parry(2)
MoM: Musty
Match
Report By:John Aizlewood
A
pleasing performance by the Thirds who dominated throughout and improved their
position in the cup "league" with this result. Parry grabbed both goals with two
good finishes. Finishing is a skill that Coach Green will be working on trying
to improve on the training pitch this week!! Several efforts saw the two tennis
players playing 200 yards behind and to the right of the goal ducking for cover
(it would be unfair to single anyone out, but tall lad, black hair, Countess
Physio, you get the picture!!) !
Passing
was slick and opposition attacks not just broken up but acting as a springboard
for quick counter attacks by the Nomads. No mean feat when you consider that we
were actually playing with the worst football known to Man (it actually
accounted for Carey`s groin strain) !!
A very
good team performance by the lads after their inter club "friendly" (used in
it`s loosest sense!) defeat the previous week! The defence looked sound right
from Carey at the back (where are the cameras when you need them, last minute
save?!) through the MOM Musty, Croft, Baker and Dodd combo. Midfield of Sixsmith,
Law (sporting a new pair of Christmas boots!!), Parry, Piggott, Rusty and Locker
were strong and broke forward at every opportunity. The Lone Ranger, Bennett
lived up to his namesake and was on song!!
Well
done Gents, onward and upward!! Good luck to Coach Green with the forceps and
sucker!!
Date: December 9th
Competition: cup
(A) Nomads 3rdXI v Cestrian Alex
Result: 1-2
Scorers: Bennett
MoM: Musty
Match
Report By:Head shaking, disbelieving, dumbstruck, angry, perplexed of Great
Boughton !!!!!!!!!
Guildford 4, Birmingham 6, Bridgewater 4, Cestrian Alex 2 Nomads 1!!! Yep, we
wuz robbed!! What a complete injustice. Having controlled large parts of the
first half and all of the second it was, in the words of Mr Paul Weller, "the
bitterest pill" to swallow!! Add into the mix two dubious goals and it starts to
look like some kind of Kafkaesque conspiracy!!
Going
into the game spirits were high that the Thirds could complete back to back
victories for the first time this season with Coach Green naming a strong team
with the incentive of any player brought off facing the ignominy of being
replaced by the Coach himself (a shrewd psychological move on the Coaches behalf
that had the desired effect!!).
The
first half saw the lads create several very good chances but go in at the
interval 1-0 down, coceeding a very dubious goal to a centre forward who looked
a good five yards offside! The half time talk was all of more of the same
please, keep it tight and test the keeper.
The
second half was completely dominated by Nomads and to be honest, if it had been
a Boxing match it would have been over a contest!! Incidents of note included a
fantasic finish by Bennett to level things, Carey`s second blatent handball of
the season and the Referee taking both teams off when the hail began!! Did I
mention the Ref, oh my God !!! His piece de resistance was saved for the last
few minutes of the game when he awarded a PK when the oppo Centre Forward
managed to floor Piggott and dived full length over a challenge.
The fact
that player protested that he had not appealed cut no ice with our players.
Anyway, if he was so embarrssed by the award he wasn`t affected by it as he
slotted it home!! The last few minutes were then played out and at the final
whistle Nomads heads were shaking at the injustice of it all!! The surreal
afternoon was complete when MOM Musty had his towel stolen in the showers (talk
about kicking a man when he`s down !!) ! Heads up fellows, let`s tame the lions
of Ashton next week at HQ!!
Date: December 2nd
Competition: Cup
(H) Nomads 3rdXI v Helsby
Result: 4-3 WIN
Scorers: Dodd (2), Locker (2)
MoM: John Croften
Match
Report By:"What`s your name? I love you! "
Oh my
goodness, where to start!! A welcome win, having been 3-0 down, a career
threatening injury by a pumped up midfielder or the Locker brace!!! Kicking up
the infamous Boughton slope, Nomads made their now customary start, gifting the
opposition a headstart by succuming to three goals! Kicking upwind and against
the lowest sun ever in the history of low Winter suns didn`t help!! The Ref
managing to fit us in between homeworks also added to the problems when he
failed to spot two blatent handballs that will be featured on Chris Kamara`s
slot on Goals On Sunday tomorrow!!
Strong
words were spoken at half- time that surely we could not sink any lower!! But
where would our season watershed man/ moment appear from?! (Think Kevin Brock
passback, think Mark Hughes volley....) And yet there it was, Goody took out his
opposite number with a wince inducing "tackle", Williams was introduced to the
fray and Dodd decided to take Carey`s advice and shoot from distance with aid of
Sun, wind and slope!!!
Helsby
now resembled some kind of bad Harry Enfield sketch with bad "Scouse" accents
mouthing off at one another. Surely now the result could only go one way?! It
was one way traffic and Locker (yes thats right, Locker!!) capatilised on not
one but two defensive blunders to seal the win.
What was
especially pleasing about the goals was the absolute faith his team mates had in
him to score both! The second was a particularly tense affair with everyone
hoping he would take a second touch before connecting (oh ye of little faith!!)
!
So is
our name on the cup, will this be a turning point and can we play the team from
the bottom of the Second Division next week to prolong the unbeaten run??!!
Date:
Competition: League
(H) Nomads 3rdXI v
Result:
Scorers:
MoM:
Match
Report By:
Date: November 18th
Competition: League
(A) Nomads 3rdXI v Kelsall
Result: 0-6
Scorers:
MoM: Steve Thompson
Match
Report By:Local traveller
Surely
it can`t get any worse!! The first half was like the top that Law appeared in
pre match, tight with very little in it! To go in 1-0 down having dominated
large parts of the game was a touch unfair. However,we had paid the price for
the one lapse in concentration by not reacting first to Carey`s initial save.
Coming
in at half time the lads felt a little hard done to and determined to come out
all guns blazing knowing the first goal would prove decisive. Unfortunately,
individual mistakes that resulted in people backing off and poor marking
contributed to two sloppy goals conceeded.
Thereafter showing visible signs of a team lacking in confidence heads dropped
and three further goals were conceeded leaving Nomads a well beaten side.
Thompson deservedly scoops MOM for having a fine game after a lengthy absence.
So
surely the only way is up. A better final ball and an upsurge of confidence is
needed before the visit of Ashton to HQ next week. The match is being advertised
as a "quid a kid" game but so far only Tom has taken up the offer! Just a final
thought, how much money is the landlord of the Mount paying the Ox in wages as
he revealed that he will be unavailable next week as he is at the GABBA watching
the First Test!!! I don`t know all those years I spent studying for a
profession..................
Date: November 11th
Competition: League
(H) Nomads 3rdXI v Blacon Youth
Reserves
Result: 1-1
Scorers: Parry(1)
MoM: Mike Sixsmith
Match
Report By: John Sadler
A
point!!!!! This was a well earned and hard fought point!! The wind played a big
part in determining the quality of the fayre on view but both sides contributed
to a very entertaining game. We even managed to gift the opposition our
customary early goal (this time an attempted clearance!!) and escape without
being beaten!!
The
Referee, I thought, had a good game but the ever youthful Simon Laws (how does
he keep his skin looking that good!!) was`nt happy claiming the Referee kept up
an arguement with him all game (Clinique v L`Oreal, I don`t know you make the
choice??!!). Sixsmith was excellent out Blaconing (copyright carey 2007) the
visitors and edging the MOM.
Carey
was awarded a 9 (possibly even 9.5 out of 10) by his fellow veteren Baker,
memory is a terrible thing at their age!! For the first time we can honestly say
that the defence looked solid. Talking of defence, I can`t remember the last
time I came across a football team that fielded a Toby and a Tristan in their
ranks (Hockey maybe, Polo definately!!)!! Are we a cut above or what! Wait `till
we play the Ramblers, they`ll be trying to sign them on!!!
The goal
was a daisycutter by the boy Parry who incidently was wearing a very tight top
post- match that was nipple enhancing !! Won`t be long before Law`s onto it!!
So, something to build upon when we travel to the wilds of Kelsall.
Incidentally, where was Coach Green ? Apparently getting some valuable match
time with the Fourths! It won`t be long, be afraid, be very afraid!!
Date: Sat. Nov. 4th
Competition: League
(H) Nomads 3rdXI v Bank Of Scotland
Result: 0-3
Scorers:
MoM: Tony Lozeno
Match
Report By:Stuart Barnes
Fireworks off the pitch, damp squib on it! As gameplans go conceeding a goal in
the first minute doesn`t rank high in the "How to be a successful team and win
matches" category!! Careyand his defence were caught cold by this suckerpunch
coming so soon after hitting the opponents post. Bad turned to worse as Carey
totally misjudged a through ball and was caught in two minds whether to kick or
to handle. The blatent handling of the ball outside the box led to the award of
a direct free kick that was dispatched. Luckily for our Gk the buying of a pint
of Bitter for our ref post match avoided a sending off (Graeme Poll take note!!)
!
The
Thirds came in at half -time having genuinely bossed the game and played the
better Football and yet still 2-0 down. The second half resembled the first with
BOS content to play on the break and the Nomads playing some good Football. BOS
wrapped things up scoring perhaps the spawniest goal ever with ball squeezing in
after a defensive ricochet.
Post-match the home dressing room was morgue-like. However the brutal truth is
that for all our possession and good play we didn`t create enough clear cut
chances. A tigher defensive display this coming weekend in our "must win
6pointer" against Blacon YC Res is essential. Meanwhile Coach Green was seen
post- match frantically calling 118 118 for John Stalker`s number..........................................................................................................................................
Date:
October 21
Competition: League
(A) Nomads 3rdXI v Ashton lions
Result: 2-6
Scorers: Parry(1), Williams(1).
MoM: na
Match
Report By:Shoot!
Coach
Green is fast resembling Bill Murray in Groundhog Day....Coach Green is fast
resembling Bill Murray in Groundhog Day....Coach Green is fast resembling Bill
Murray in Groundhog Day....sorry, where was I!! No matter what our beleaguered
manager says or does the end result appears to stay the same!!
Even the
appearance of the team photograph in the local paper(deliberately reproduced in
a larger size to reflect the youth and beauty that the team manages to
portray!!) with it`s increased publicity failed to inspire the team. Something
about Tristan`s stance suggested at either previous modelling experience (gloves
and socks perhaps!!) or that he had looked at 50cent`s cd cover that morning
(think cold, mean and threatening!! yo homeboy!!)
The
first half passed in a blur with three goals conceeded against the league
leaders. However the stirring half time hairdryer treatment did the trick and
the "spice boys" (our saviours on too many occasions this season!!) weighed in
with a goal each. However, it was too little, too late as Ashton doubled their
score to run out 6-2 victors.
So,
where do we go from here, is it down to the lake I fear?!! Let`s hope we get
more change out of the Bank Of Scotland, and kick start our season like our
victory against the same opposition last season. Greenie is taking heart from
West Ham`s performance against Blackburn on Monday for their manage runder
similar intense pressure. Surely everything is set up for Baker to play the role
of Teddy Sheringham!!!
Date: October 14th
Competition: League
(H) Nomads 3rdXI v Kelsall
Result: 0-3
Scorers:
MoM: M.Sixsmith
Match
Report By:Martin Samuel
Another
bad day at the office for the Thirds Im afraid ! The pitch was in prestine
condition and even the weather was playing its part but, alas the Thirds were
not, succumbing once again to opposition that on paper we could and should be
beating!
The team
had a Premiership feel to it this week with Andrew Johnson deputising in goal
for the promoted Carey. And Johnson it was who conceeded the penalty!! Locker
was nicknamed "The Elephant man" for his touch (that was inevitably followed by
a tackle!) by coach Green. and even the "spice boys"a.k.a. Williams and Parry
were not firing on all cylinders! Sadly, instead of looking like a team we
resembled eleven individuals who had only just meet!
So, with
the Thirds looking to have a relegation struggle on their hands, the future
looks anything but bright . Coach Green is praying (quite literally, with the
Catholic High Chaplin being enlisted for help in his quest!!) for a better
result at the weekend against table topping Ashton!! Come on lads, time to upset
a few coupons!!
Date: October 7th
Competition: League
(A) Nomads 3rdXI v Bebington
Result: 4-4
Scorers: Parry(2), Law(2 pens)
MoM: Parry
Match
Report By: Sports Illustrated
What a
strange game! It had more twists and turns than a twisting, turning thing!! Just
when it seemed the match had swung one way it would then swing round another. It
isn`t often that you see four pens in a game but life is never dull on the road
with the Thirds.
Nomads
tried throughout to play the more measured football. However, watching
Bebbington rely on the long punt forward would have had the purists reaching for
the bottle!! However, as Messers Taylor, Bassatt and Beck have shown in the past
it can be mightily effective and so it proved!!
The
referee awarded Bebbington a penalty in each half with both calls being
extremely dubious. The first of which was awarded against Carey for tripping the
forward when anyone close to the incident could quite clearly see he had played
the ball against the opponent. When I say anyone close to the incident I do not
include a referee positioned on the halfway line!! The second penalty was
outrageous with Carey again involved with the forward losing his footing with no
contact being made! It then didn`t help matters that our GK saved it only for
the taker to regain his footing to stab home the rebound.
Our
penalties were more clear cut with both resulting from poor challenges (with
minimal protest!!). Law kept his composure to score on both occasions. Parry had
another impressive game bagging two and harrying opponents at every turn. The
midfield had bite in the form of the returning Sixsmith, and Law and skill in
the form of Williams and Bennett
Overall
the result was probably a fair result but both sides came off thinking they had
done well enough to win it. From our prespective, it was a very welcome point
and hopefully starts a badly needed revival!
Date: Saturday September 29th
Competition: League
(H) Nomads 3rdXI v Crossway
Result: 1-4
Scorers: Parry(1)
MoM: Kevin Dodd
Match
Report By:Apathetic By- Stander
As
gameplans go, allowing your opponents the free range of the park and conceeding
three goals in the first twenty minutes isn`t high up on the "how to win
football games" manual. So it proved as the thirds were more christian towards
their Crossway opponents than the oppo could ever have imagined! In fact
continuing the religious theme we were more christians and lions than anything
else!!!!
We did
improve, but then again we could hardly get any worse!! Once again the "Spice
Boys" a.k.a Williams and Parry, in particular, caught the eye. Our problems were
best summed up in the first half with our centre forward having to cover every
blade of grass, dispossessing the opponents and then being too knackered to
finish things off!!
Harsh
words again were spoken at half- time and we started the half brightly. However,
Crossway still looked dangerous on the break. Parry, deservedly, got a goal back
but it was too little too late. As we pushed up in search of an equaliser,
Crossway delivered the sucker punch with a fourth!!
Where do
we go from here?!! Losing the game was bad enough, but losing the 40 quid on the
football card to some mean- spirited little scroat from St. Lukes added insult
to injury!! It has got so bad that fans are counting the days until Law is
available, back from his fishing trip, playing dominoes with the old people!!
Let us
hope that October is our month. However, with Carey`s criticism of the match
official yesterday it will probably have to be done without the prayers and
intentions of our Crossway brethern!!
Date:Saturday September 22nd
Competition: League
(A) Nomads 3rdXI v Barrow Ath.
Result: 2-3
Scorers: Parry(2)
MoM: Chris Parry
Match
Report By:John Sadler
Alan
Hansen once famously remarked that you`ll never win anything with kids and our
reverse at Barrow left us with the same feeling!!! To dominate the game for long
periods but then to succumb the way that we did in the last twenty minutes was
really disappointing. Few players will escape the reprecussions of this result
with Coach Green`s expected to ring the changes!!
The
afternoon began in disorganised fashion with the convoy held up by Hancock
seeing to his hair and Mario taking too long to leave his hammock!! The choice
of the change kit and the introduction of the triplicate team sheet book had
Carey in pieces before the match had even begun!!
The
first half began brightly with Barrow resricted to the long ball that was
largely dealt with well by the vocal Carey and Baker. A peach of a goal by the
impressive Parry opened proceedings and the Thirds looked to be in little
danger. Half time team talk was of more of the same with a little more composure
on the ball.
The game
plan was largely followed in the opening fifteen minutes of the second half with
Parry again finishing off a good move. Cigar time surely?! No, Jimmy Purcey and
Sham 69 once sang that" if the kids were united they could never be defeated"
and that could indeed have been the case in the match. But sadly NOT!!
However,
with the passing of the ball came the passing of responsibilty!! Lessons to be
learnt?? Can we have a settled starting eleven? Can we finally see a game out?
Will we last the full game as a team?And finally, how many people in the club
were told by the Ref that they had a s**t game (hand ball anyone?! Pot,
kettle?!)and how many seperate people did he have a conversation with?! The man
works the floor better than a really good working the floor person from working
the floor town!!!!
Date: September 16th
Competition: League challenge cup
(H) Nomads 3rdXI v Barrow Ath.
Result: 2-4
Scorers: Parry(1), Locker(1)
MoM: Chris Parry
Match
Report By:Mihir Bose
A bad
day at the office with the whole team underperforming against a Barrow team that
were easily dispatched at H.Q. last week.The thirds never looked like hitting
those dizzy heights with a strangely lethargic display. Carey was dispatched to
solve the Gk crisis in the seconds but then blew his big chance (in a strangely
Tottenham like way) by being struck by a mystery virus hours before kick- off!!
Bennett
was also ruled out of the clash with a medial meniscus injury (just bad knee
next time will suffice, physios eh?!) and looks like missing the next instalment
of the Barrow triology next week! Agoal from Parry briefly gave us hope at 1-1
but then Barrow surged ahead and the second goal from Looker was too little too
late!1
So which
Thirds team will turn up at Barrow next week (probably the ones who know the
way!!), will Greenie survive his inspection or will OFSTED discover the real
shocking truth?! Will Will Baker continue his meteoric rise from sponge boy to
First team?! All will be revealed soon.........
Date: Saturday September 9th
Competition: League
(A) Nomads 3rdXI v Cestrian Alex
Result:2- 3
Scorers: Parry(1), Millar(1)
MoM: Steve T******n (This man was
"officially working" yesterday!)
Match
Report By:Rod Liddle
Two
games into the season and we are developing some bad habits (and no, I`m not
talking about Si`s ditching of the tanktops only for them to be replaced by
bizarrely patterened t- shirts!!). Once more an early goal was conceeded to the
opposition in the early minutes of this closely fought encounter and once more
we were forced to follow on!
This
time our reply was against the run of play but welcome nevertheless with Parry
curling around the wall to give the oppo GK no chance.Cestrian had a number of
chances throughout the first half with their forward line of power and pace
looking dangerous. T******n was immense at the heart of defence with the
youngsters alongside him!!
Carey`s
kicking was aerosal in nature and baffled both friend and foe alike making for
good entertainment. Too be fair he kept the scores down with a series of fine
saves, though nearly added to the scores with a decent PK shout for the oppo no.
9 being turned down! Numerous theories abound as to why it was`nt given. The
female ref (distubingly sporting a very 80`s Kajagoogu haircut!) was obviously
dazzled by the angle of the sun hitting the goalkeeper`s freshly polished
head!!!
Anyway,
half time came with Coach Green rallying the troops. The second half conformed
to the stereotype of "a game of two halves" with Nomads enjoying a great deal of
possession. scoring through "Dusty", having a perfectly a good goal by the boy
Locker disallowed but then succumbing to two sucker punch goals.So two games
into the season against the two relegated sides the Thirds have taken three
points which to be fair was the equivalent of two month`s worth of matches last
season! So onward and upward to the next eagerly awaited "clash" with Bennett`s
mate and the Barrow boys at the Garrison!!
Date:Weds September 6th
Competition: League
(H) Nomads 3rdXI v Barrow Boys
Result:4-3
Scorers: Law (2), Locker (1),
Williams (1).
MoM: Simon Law
Match
Report By: Harry "gives it you straight" Harris
What a
great game for the neutral! Although, apart from a few curious passing joggers
passing along the canal that did`nt actually apply to anyone present but you
know what I mean!! The third team had the same usual curious mix of youth and
"experience", with a few seconds stalwarts(Barton and Thompson) thrown in for
good measure!! The longest pre- match warm-up ever obviously took it out of the
lads as they quickley conceeded to a dubious back header/back combination by
Baker coupled with a quick thinking Barrow boys stab at the ball. The lads
rallied and scored three goals before half time, one by Williams (take a bow
son) in particular had the fans purring! Law (as sponsored by The Caspian ,
purveyors of fine Turkish cusine and available for functions, hen nights, stag
do`s etc) and Bennett were controlling the midfield. Carey was debutting in goal
and gave a very Grobbelaaresque performance mixing good saves (one in particular
had the cameras clicking!!)with inconsistent distributionthat baffled his team
mates! 3-1 up at half- time and seemingly cruising (but not in a Broxton car
park sort of way!) we then contrived to let the Barrow boys back in to level it
with only five minutes left. At times like this a cult hero is born and sure
enough Law powered by pre- match kebabs scored to ensure all the points would
stay at Boughton Hall ! Cue obligatary pile on with Heather Graham providing the
background music! So onto County Officers we go with several questions still to
be answered. Does the captain`s armband always go to the oldest player on the
team? Will Simon Law be able to cope with providing a roast for all the team
this coming weekend? Has Carey lost the ability to co- ordinate his feet now he
is in goal? Will Barton be joining the Fourths this weekend? How many times did
it take Carey to get his Maths o level (an exam similar to GCSE that existed a
long time ago for all our younger viewers!)? Was the Barrow skippers outburst at
the end of the game as a result of too long a wait in Physiotherapy reception?
Will Piggott bring the cd player?............
Date: 20 Jul 06
Pre-Season
(A) Nomads 1stXI v MBNA 'Select XI'
Result: 4-3
Scorers: Alston (2), Suddsy, Denz
MoM:
Match
Report By: Powells
A steady
performance marked the start of Arn’s managerial career against an MBNA side
including the brothers Kilgallon, Chris ‘bite your legs’ Herbert, J.C. Junior &
Adam Bedford to name but a few players who regularly ply their trade in West
Cheshire Div.1;
The
match saw solid Nomads debuts for both Smuff & Smithy, both welcome additions to
the fold.
Highlights of the game included a goal from Suddsy in his debut as skipper, but
perhaps more remarkably 2 (that’s two) sublime finishes from Alston, both
controlled lobs over an advancing keeper. Certainly likely to be his best goals
of the season (and possibly, infact, his only goals of the season??!), and a
shame to ‘waste them’ during a pre-season match, but a sight to behold
nevertheless!!
A good
start to the pre-season campaign, then – bring on the new season!
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