| *** VINTAGE FRIENDLIES *** Sunday 28th October DAWANY RAIDERS 6 - 2 MIGHTY MIDLIFE STROLLERS IT WAS A WET WINDY AFTERNOON AT HORSLEY, WITH DAWNAY FACING THE MIDLIFE STROLLERS. DAWNAY HAD 11 PLAYERS, AND THE STROLLERS WERE BETTER EQUIPPED WITH SOME 4/5 SUBSTITUTES. THE GAME STARTED OFF, AND THE STROLLERS HAD SOME EARLY PRESSURE WITH 6 CONSECUTIVE CORNERS, DAWNAY HELD FIRM AND FINALLY CLEARED OUR LINES, OUR DAWNAY TEAM WERE LEGENDS FROM 1 THROUGH TO 11, AND IT WAS NOT TOO LONG BEFORE WE TOOK THE LEAD WITH A WELL WORKED MOVE. THE STROLLERS RESPONDED WITH A SHOT BOUNCE ALL AROUND THE LINE BUT FAILING TO CROSS IT DESPITE THE POSTS BEING HIT AND SOME BRAVE DEFENDING TO CLEAR IT OFF THE LINE, NOT LONG BEFORE HALF TIME, DAWNAY SCORED A SECOND WITH ANOTHER FINE MOVE FROM DEFENCE THROUGH MIDFIELD TO THE HARD WORKING STRIKE PARTNERSHIP OF PHIL NORRIS AND PAUL EVANS. HALF TIME 2 -0. STRAIGHT FROM THE KICK OFF OF THE SECOND HALF, DAWNAY SCORED A THIRD BEFORE THE STROLLERS HAD GOT GOING, THE STROLLERS FOUGHT ON AND MADE SEVERAL CHANGES, AND THE FRESH LEGS HELPED THEM, THEY PULLED ONE BACK WITH A GOOD FINISH. 3-1. DAWNAY LIFTED THEIR GAME, AND PHIL SCORED HIS AND DAWNAYS 4TH TO RESTORE THE 3 GOAL ADVANTAGE, AND WITH DAWNAY CHALLENGING AND RUNNING DOWN EVERY BALL, THE SCORE QUICKLY BECAME 6-1, THE STROLLERS KEPT GOING AND WERE REWARDED WITH A LATE GOAL TO RESTORE SOME PRIDE, FINAL SCORE DAWANY RAIDERS 6 MIGHTY MIDLIFE STROLLERS 2 IT SHOULD BE MENTIONED THE GAME WAS PLAYED IN GREAT SPIRITS AND SPECIAL THANKS TO PATRICK AND SIMON COX FOR REFEREEING THE GAME, AND THANKS TO THE STROLLERS AND DAWNAY GUYS FOR THE FAIR SPIRIT IN WHICH THE GAME WAS PLAYED IN BOTH TACKLING AND IN DECISIONS HONESTLY GIVEN BY BOTH SIDES. DAWNAY SCORERS PHIL NORRIS 5, PAUL EVANS 1 MAN OF THE MATCH : PICK ONE FROM THE FOLLOWING :GIO QUAGLIA, PAUL GOODALL, JOHN CATTERMOLE, JOHN ABERDEEN,FAUSTO COLLARUSSO, SCOTT NEVILLE, PAUL BIRD, PETE HALLAM, KEITH WICKS, PHIL NORRIS, PAUL EVANS ALTHOUGH, YOU WILL PROBABLY PICK PHIL FOR HIS 5 GOALS. |
| Match Report by Tom B |