Football on Tuesday 23/06/09

Colours
Gaurav
Nav
Rajesh
Jin
Jay

Whites
Sunny
Amit
Stas
Mone
Aman

Whites by 7

One for the diary: Stas got more assists than goals. He realised that by passing to his team mates…his team scored more goals.

MOM: tough one…but would have to give it to Sunny

Special mention: the Indian bird on pitch 10 with the orange shorts..who forgot her sports bra….was Nav’s excuse for missing so much he was too busy watching her t1ts go up and down…

The whites dominated early exchanges and getting into an early 5-0 lead…led by goals from Amit and the Mone-ster….who had the game of his life (or atleast of the this decade/millennia). Some nice intricate play between whites early on esp. between amit/mone/stas looked like the beer/wine/champagne/rum/whisky they were sipping in Athens had created a clear bond and understanding. Add that to the energy of Sunny and Aman watching the girls 5 a-side game on pitch 10 and whites were worthy of their lead as they dominated the first 15mins

The colours finally woke up and started to play. With their passes starting to find the feet of their team mates. Had it not been for some poor finishing from the colours, esp from the otherwise “clinical” Twinkle Toes Nav who was missing for fun, they could have easily had the score at 5-5 esp as Amit and Mone showed signs that the beer was still in their system. However, the best they got was to bring the score to 7-4 and just as colours were in the ascendancy Mone decide to hit one from distance that went through two players and dipped at the last second to beat the keeper and push the momentum back into the hands of the colours. Followed by sunny nicking the ball from jin right in front of the colours goal and sliding the ball past the keeper to resume order and the 5 goal lead.

For the last 20mins of the game the colours pushed hard to try and get back in the game but with little effect as the whites defended well and kept good possession of the football. with colours being forced to make mistakes and there earlier clinical passing falling away. At times it seemed as if there were 2 Sunny’s on the pitch. There were a couple of injury scares as Glass Ankles Stas got a tap on his ankle from Rajesh and the scream that followed sounded like he had just received a bullet in his ankle only for him to joke away waving the imaginary yellow card….then there was the tangle of legs between Amit and Rajesh which end up with Amit getting a kick to the back of the head as Rajesh fell to the ground…and finally there was a clash of heads between Sunny no 2 and Rajesh…which left both clutching their heads and counting the yellow chicks circling….note the common denominator.

All in all a good game. With Jin making his debut in tues night footie. Generally below par performances from each member of the colours and good performances all round from the whites.

Football on Tuesday 16/06/09

Colours
The Brown Panther
Jay
Amit
Ravi
Nanak

Whites
The Black Star
Stas
Vas
Rajesh
Sunny

Whites 5 - Colours 5
MoM - Ravchester

Whites started as the superior team, going two up within the first 5 mins after some slick one two passing with strong running from Rajesh. However, the early joy was short lived as colours started to come back into the game. Game plan was obvious for both sides with whites having a solid amount of possession but struggling at times to get thru the wall that was the colours defence.. Going forward with the brown panther shackled well the colours looked to the unlikely source of Amit with a few long range efforts (one of which smashed the top corner of the net). Lucky I didnt say out aloud what I was thinking – ‘let him shoot from there its only Amit’!

Game moved on with score swaying back and forth. However, towards the middle of the game whites started to extend their lead and looked pretty comfortable at times.. Stas holding the ball up well and black star hanging in the channels distracting the colours. Sunny and Vas were then able to exploit the open space in the middle to good effect..

Then out of nowhere the colours started to make an unlikely comeback.. first with a penalty well tucked away with conviction by Nanak and then a toe poke (which I thought was a pass) by Ravi.. leaving little time for the whites to retaliate.. Vas failing in his attempts to score a Ravi-esque ‘lights out but I can still score’ finale..

Football on Tuesday 09/06/09

Colours
K
Amit
Rush
The Brown Panther
Gaurav

Whites
The Black Rhino
Sunny
Stas
Rajesh
Nav

Whites win

Football on Tuesday 02/06/09

Colours
Sunny
Amit
Manu
Manu's mate
Ravi

Whites
Mung'ara
Rush
Nanak
Nii
Driss

Colours 5 - Whites 5
Top game lads. Unlucky Rav, trying to claim the winner when the lights went out. Cheeky Blunt!