*** VINTAGE FRIENDLIES *** Sunday 17th Feb 2008 Chobham AC 2 - 1 Midlife Crisis ( 0 - 1 h.t.) |
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It was a beautiful day for The Beautiful Game. Overnight temperatures of minus-3 resulted in a Chobham pitch that would have been rock hard at breakfast but by the time we assembled for an 11am kick off a cloudless sky meant that the sun had thawed it out nicely. Midlife played some great flowing football with neat passing and great 'one-twos' that penetrated the Chobham defence and created several chances before Andy Mc slotted home to give Midlife the lead on 20 minutes. Paul S. was a rock in defence, Simon I. was covering the ground from box to box like a man half his age and 'The Cat' made some great saves to keep us in the lead. Chobham played some good football too and although we started the second half a goal to the good a 5 minute spell of Midlife midfield mayhem saw Chobham score twice in 5 minutes and they stayed a goal up to the final whistle as chances went begging at both ends. It says a lot for the good nature of the game that Chobham were able to field a 12-year-old lad on their left wing and there were only two free-kicks in the entire match - one per team. John Dean sums it up thus: "Best Midlife game I've been involved with, Great spirit" Man of the Match: Simon Imbert. |