bratts
23-09-2007, 06:53
We took the drive down the A47 to uppingham with a bare squad of 11 players ( and 1 player meeting us there ) due to 2 pulling out late saturday am, and i all could think about was ' $hit this is a fair way to come and lose '. Kick off time was closing in and i was still waiting for my 12th player, unfortunatlely for what ever reason he didnt show.
After a few choice words before kick off the lads stepped out onto the pitch for there warm and i could sense they way they were commiting themselves and the talking going on in the warm they meant business today.
Game gets underway with psl kicking off and straight away we are on the attack and after 3 mins of pure pressure psl get a corner, todd delivers the ball in and theres a scramble in the box & porteous ( 1 of my 2 keepers playing as a make shift centre forward ) smashes the bal into the corner of the net from 12 yards out. Game gets underway and again psl waste no time in winning the ball back and its constant pressure from psl, this time deboo makes a run down the right channel beats 2 defenders pulls his pass back to the edge of the 18 yard box and milne smashes home to make it 0 - 2 psl. Uppingham start to hold onto the ball a bit better, and they finally break through on goal for there number 10 to round mcgaffin, open goal to shoot at and in comes smee with probably the best challenge i have seen for ages to stop a certain goal the home team. That seemed to wake psl up again and 4 mins before half time along ball forward from turney was flicked on by porteous, headed down by deboo in2 the on running path of sandford who smashes home to make it 0-3. Haltime.
Cant really say much to the lads as apart for 1 ot 2 lapses of concentration we actually looked half decent.
Secondhalf gets under way and within 5 mins mcgaffin big boot up field drops over the uppingham right back, todd burst through and lobs the keeper 0-4. The pressure is mounting on uppingham and its shows as there number 7 lashes out and kick sandford off the ball right in front of the ref, should have been a straight red yet he gets away with a yellow :soo:
I am expecting it all to kick off, but fair play to my lads they just wanted to get on with it and play football, which the resulting free kick earns psl a corner, its cleared by uppingham as far out as slim bratts who's 1st time cross finds sandford far corner who volleys home 0-5 psl. Game continues on and its all psl, atack after attack. Again another ball in falls to the feet of porteous who slots the ball home from 6 yards out to make the final score 0-6. GREAT AWAY WIN LADS!!
Thank you to the uppingham lads for the hospitality and to there sub who ran the line for me.
After a few choice words before kick off the lads stepped out onto the pitch for there warm and i could sense they way they were commiting themselves and the talking going on in the warm they meant business today.
Game gets underway with psl kicking off and straight away we are on the attack and after 3 mins of pure pressure psl get a corner, todd delivers the ball in and theres a scramble in the box & porteous ( 1 of my 2 keepers playing as a make shift centre forward ) smashes the bal into the corner of the net from 12 yards out. Game gets underway and again psl waste no time in winning the ball back and its constant pressure from psl, this time deboo makes a run down the right channel beats 2 defenders pulls his pass back to the edge of the 18 yard box and milne smashes home to make it 0 - 2 psl. Uppingham start to hold onto the ball a bit better, and they finally break through on goal for there number 10 to round mcgaffin, open goal to shoot at and in comes smee with probably the best challenge i have seen for ages to stop a certain goal the home team. That seemed to wake psl up again and 4 mins before half time along ball forward from turney was flicked on by porteous, headed down by deboo in2 the on running path of sandford who smashes home to make it 0-3. Haltime.
Cant really say much to the lads as apart for 1 ot 2 lapses of concentration we actually looked half decent.
Secondhalf gets under way and within 5 mins mcgaffin big boot up field drops over the uppingham right back, todd burst through and lobs the keeper 0-4. The pressure is mounting on uppingham and its shows as there number 7 lashes out and kick sandford off the ball right in front of the ref, should have been a straight red yet he gets away with a yellow :soo:
I am expecting it all to kick off, but fair play to my lads they just wanted to get on with it and play football, which the resulting free kick earns psl a corner, its cleared by uppingham as far out as slim bratts who's 1st time cross finds sandford far corner who volleys home 0-5 psl. Game continues on and its all psl, atack after attack. Again another ball in falls to the feet of porteous who slots the ball home from 6 yards out to make the final score 0-6. GREAT AWAY WIN LADS!!
Thank you to the uppingham lads for the hospitality and to there sub who ran the line for me.