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29.02.08 6-A-SIDE RESULT
28.02.08 – O’Carrolls 5 – 0 Volcanics
5-0 win last night.
Neville (2), James (2) and Duncan were on the
scoresheet.
Gus was out at the Chemical Brothers and may
struggle to get to back into the team!
James ‘Nutty’ Nutt
Neville and James make up some ground in 6-A-Side
leading scorer in Gus’ absence with a crushing victory over Volcanics. That win
will see OC’s maintain their position at the top of the table in this first
round of games. Next week it’s Hold The Phone, a team that have failed to beat
us in seven attempts, and have shipped four goals in each of our last three
meetings.
The Editor
28.02.08 7-A-
OC's win 2-0 -
goals from Miles and Dan Green seal a well needed victory. Tim didn’t make the
game so captain Welton became MANAGER Welton.
His words were "I’m a manager genius".
Tim Eddison
So a first win in six games in 7-A-Side, and the
first clean sheet in the competition since December. OC’s early great form
deserted us over the last few weeks but it will be great to finish the
tournament strongly with a victory in the final game next week against Bhoys.
James and Olly were on the scoresheet in a 2-0 win over the same opposition
last season – same again next week will do just nicely! Good luck lads. Look
forward to hearing how the 6-A-Side goes against Volcanics tonight.
The Editor
22.02.08 6-A-SIDE RESULT
21.02.08 – O’Carrolls 3 – 1 Hamstrung United
In case people have been wondering, I haven’t been
counting tournaments in the stats, so last nights victory against Hamstrung was
competitive victory number 150! Wahey! It was secured with a 3-1 win - a double
from 6-A-Side all-time-leading-scorer Gus, and a third from James. Our
fantastic winning record against Hamstrung continues and our poor run of form
in 7-A-Side was cast aside. I will update the leading scorer tables at the end
of each round, so until then you’ll have to do your own maths to find out how
many goals behind Gus you are. At present he holds an 11 goal lead. Next week
it’s a late kick off against Volcanics – twice we met them last round and twice
both sides scored twice (that’s 2-2 in both games if you couldn’t follow that).
The Editor
22.02.08 7-A-
No report – we were shocking!
Tim Eddison
Scorer: Gus (P)
21.02.08 BEST OF THE WEST RESULT
16.02.08 – Oratia Blue 2 – 1 O’Carrolls
Scorer: James Nutt
14.02.08 7-A-
This week started with Matt in
goal, Paddy and Jobba at the back, Hirdy in the centre with Gibbo and Gus on
either flank and Miles up front.
We started off brightly with Gibbo hitting the side netting and Miles having
two shots brilliantly saved. You guessed it though, Go Feet’s first chance
ended up in the back of the net - 1-0. And that’s how it stayed until the
break, with Jobba hobbling off and then receiving a card for abusing the ref...
or was it advising him how to do his job!
We got caught again early in the 2nd half after some sloppy passing gifted Go
Feet an easy chance - 2-0. OC's got back into the games when Miles' dive [any fines for diving when the Sunday League
kicks off?] got us a penalty which he
tucked away to make it 2-1. Go Feet finished off the scoring with a soft third
goal which killed the game off.
This weekend sees us go into the
Best Of The West competition (a six team comp over the next five Saturdays) with
the likes of Saturday Prem sides Waitakere City and Oratia Utd.
Tim Eddison
Onwards and
upwards lads! As I’m writing this, OC’s will have already kicked off the
6-A-Side for 2008 against Skillz That Killz, so I’ll be looking forward to the
report for that one. I’ll have a table for all time leading scorers in 6-A-Side
soon – Gus, Nev and Tancell are all up there, and James can’t be too far
behind. On Saturday OC’s really get to test themselves when they meet Oratia
Blue in the first game of the Best Of The West tournament, which will be
running over the next five weeks. It’s great to see the club constantly pushing
forward and testing ourselves against some the best – it’s one of the reasons
OC’s has been such a successful club. There’ll be more on that tournament as
the results come in. Happy Valentines Day!
The Editor
07.02.08 7-A-
Brilliant preparations for this
one - a night at the cricket and then Tim’s birthday celebrations till the
early hours of the morning.
Inter only turned up with 4 men and had to borrow 5 others from Savour and
Devour - who had just played a game on the other pitch. OC's dominated from
start to finish – Inter had one shot the whole game and yep, you guessed it,
SCORED!
OC's had five brilliant first half chances with Miles missing a one on one and
Graham's Predators not living up to their name. I lost my voice at the cricket
and it sounded like every one else had too - 1-0 to Inter at the break.
The 2nd half Inter put everyone behind the ball - we must have missed at least
another four chances before Miles was brought down with a minute to
go... PENALTY! The Inter player was dismissed for foul language and Miles
slotted home the resulting penalty.
Our finishing once again let us down - I wonder what we will be practising at
pre season training?????????
Tim Eddison
So another red
card eh!?!? That 150th win is proving hard to reach - maybe I’ve jinxed you
lads? I’m not going to mention it again! OC’s are without a win in three,
picking up a solitary point from the last three games. We’re now six points off
the top, sitting sixth in the league. Next week we face Go Feet – these guys
inflicted one of our heaviest ever defeats last season, beating us 4-0. That
should be motivation enough for next Wednesday. That’ll be our last game
against the top sides; the final three games are all against teams from the
bottom half of the table so those will provide a great opportunity to improve
our final league position.
On a sad note, my
MP3 player got nicked from my jacket the other day – gutted! The tube journey
home is a lot tougher to face without the gravel voiced Neil Diamond to appease
me.
The Editor