Football was back for the first time in the New Year after the last 3 weeks were called off. 1sts were playing Green Devils who were close to the bottom but who had beaten us in the 1st encounter at their place. We started great and Mika scored a delightful free kick to put us 1 0 up. We were pegged back though when they equalised through a header put away in the far corner. We were playing pretty well but the game was fairly even for the rest of the first half. In the 2nd half Mika added a second and we turned on the gas with 2 more goals from Ross and Mika again with a sweet finish to claim his hattrick Our fitness told as we dominated the rest of the game. Final score 4 1. MOM MIka (Who else)
2nds were playing Realistes Mexico who although down at the bottom are a decent side and so it proved as the 1st half was an exciting affair with 4 goals shared to make it 2-2 at the break. In the 2nd half we kept plugging away and were rewarded with 2 more goals to run out 4-2 winners.We stay top of the table in the dogfight with New Iinn to get that top spot and promotion to Div 2.
3rds got a nice victory by 3-1. Goals from Youssef (2) and Rodrigo , It was a great comeback after going behind . Strong spirit . Midfield were outstanding in winning nearly every ball.
4ths were verymuch second best as they lost by 4 0.
Vets 1 ,strengthened by the inclusion of 1st team keeper Darragh, got a vital point in their match against LTC. We went behind early on but Manuel got us back in the game with a fine equaliser. There were more chances in the game and Darragh was kept busy on many occasions but at the end it was a well deserved point and with Brussels British losing we are out of the relegation zone . Match against them in 2 weeks will be critical in our goal to avoid the drop.
Vets 2 were up against Tubifoot and started poorly going a goal down early on. They had a number of other chances to increase their lead but it remained 1 0 to them at the break. Second half we played better and a few chances were created.They also had opportunites but defensively we kept them out. With about 15 minutes to go we broke out of defence and Oscar went down the right wing before squaring the ball to Dave who curled a beauty into the top corner to make it 1-1.We continued to press for the winner but the game ended in a draw.
Ladies 1 are playing this evening. Ladies 2 had no game this weekend.
