30.09.08           PAPAKURA 7-A-SIDE TOURNAMENT 27TH/28TH SEPTEMBER – O’Carrolls narrowly beaten in the final

 

The Final:
Papakura 2 v 1 O'Carrolls 2

Semi-finals:
Papakura 0 v 0 O'Carrolls 1 (lost 1-0 on corners) [Corners??? – anyone care to explain those?]
Airforce 2 v 4 O'Carrolls 2 (came back from 2-0 down)

Tim Eddison

 

Photos from this tournament and the Fiji trip will be put up in due course; in the meantime I’m sure you can find them all on Facebook.

Belated birthday wishes to James, hope you had a good one mate!

The Editor

 

        27.09.08           6-A-SIDE RESULT 25.09.08 – O’Carrolls 3 – 3 Volcanics

 

Drew 3-3 last Thursday, usual suspects lined up - think a few were still feeling the affects of Fiji - and myself feeling the affects of not going and being pounced on by a rampant Mr. Tancell. Thankfully the only pouncing last night was on the pitch. Volcanics had another team on the bench and had certainly improved, 4 wins out of 4 was no fluke. They took the lead, then Gus scored, followed by one from myself. They equalised, then Nev ‘the Toe’ scored. With a minute left they equalised again. Very competitive game, and a new rival for sure, think they will be up there again next time.

James Nutt

 

So another victory for the lads and it was great for the soul for this one to go all the way to the final whistle of the final game – nothing like a bit of competition! James Nutty Nutt Nutt finishes top of the scoring charts with a whopping 25 goals, the highest number scored by an individual in any round of ten games, and it leaves him only two goals off the milestone of 100 indoor goals - fantastic record! It also sees OC’s only eight goals shy of 500 indoor goals – don’t think it will be too long before we reach that target. With all the talk of outscoring the opposition lately, I was curious to see if we’d scored more goals this round than any before and I was surprised to find it didn’t even make it into the top three. Topping the list came the Autumn round back in 2007 with 66 goals, Tancell topped the scoring charts with 15 that time. Second was the Summer round of 2007 with 52 goals, James grabbing 16. And beating the last round into fourth spot by a solitary goal comes the Winter round of 2005 when we scored 48 goals, Gibbo and Nev shared the accolades with 12 goals each. The lowest scoring round was our inaugural term at the Y when we scored a measly 16 goals, Dave Edge coming out on top with 7 goals. So what I’m trying to say is, James, get your thumb out next round!

The Editor

 

        25.09.08           6-A-SIDE RESULT 18.09.08 – O’Carrolls 5 – 1 Genhack

 

Big crowd for this one on the eve of the trip - myself, Gaz, Matt and Dan were in the stands. To be truthful we never came out of first gear. Mr. Nutt scored the first goal with a clinical RIGHT foot shot (no spelling mistake there - RIGHT FOOT). He had a blinder of a game; was megged in both the first and second halves - sandwiched in between a second left foot goal. He also managed to miss a penalty which was blazed over. Other second half goals followed from Nev and Paddy to go with Tancell’s left foot finish in the first half. Tancy spread the ball around well but he was no Dan Bradley. I think Nev played too.

Tim Eddison

 

        23.09.08           Watch Paddy embarrass himself against a girl...

 

 

        23.09.08           6-A-SIDE RESULT 18.09.08 – O’Carrolls 5 – 1 Genhack

 

Next weeks sees OC’s meet Volcanics in a title-deciding fixture. Both sides are level on 12 points, but OC’s free-scoring striker James Nutt has played a large part in the lads having a +10 better goal difference than our opponents. So in the event that the lads are still suffering from a trip to Fiji (which is highly likely) a draw should still see them through - I’ll be expecting a match report. In eight previous meetings, two draws are the only points Volcanics have taken off OC’s. The last three meetings went 2-0, 5-0 & 2-2.

The Editor

 

        14.09.08           6-A-SIDE RESULT 11.09.08 – O’Carrolls 6 – 1 Hold The Phone

 

        07.09.08           6-A-SIDE RESULT 04.09.08 – O’Carrolls 2 – 1 Hamstrung United

 

Well with the Premier League having a week off for international football it was off to the YMCA for the clash of the week – O’Carrolls v Hamstrung. I’d heard we had a goal machine and a guy that resembled Del Piero - I had to check them out for myself.

 

The first half was a struggle to say the least with Hamstrung striking the cross bar twice, Gus getting megged and Paddy trying to resemble one of the seven dwarfs - it was hard to choose which one - so I went with Sleepy! Half time 0-0.

I was hoping for an improved second half performance - it started much the same as the first - but Gus didn’t get megged. Hamstrung took the lead as the ball was played harmlessly through the middle and Sleepy lifted his foot for the ball to disappear underneath, leaving the Hamstrung tricky striker through on goal and he made no mistake. The next seven minutes were all Hamstrung - they seemed to have a extra man – I think that was more to do with no one tracking their players though. Richie pulled of three or four great saves to keep OC's in it. With four minutes left Dan Bradley found himself in an unfamiliar position and placed the ball home via the post and the keepers back (own goal??). 1-1.

The game seemed to change now and OC's got on top - the winning goal followed shortly after with a great finish from Gus - smashing it high past the motionless keeper. Not the best of performances BUT A WIN’S A WIN.  James' left peg was off target tonight - I’m sure he will score six next week when I will be back to couch duties.

 

Back to OC's after for a drink (only cranberry for me). I left before the fun started - Sleepy was challenged to an arm wrestle WITH A BIRD. Over to Bradley for the report on that one.

Tim Eddison

 

Hamstrung will have been gutted to lose that game, the 20th meeting between the sides, as they lose by the same score line as last time we met (James & Paddy on target that game). The record against Hamstrung now looks like so - Played:20 OC’s:13 Hamstrung:2 Draw:4 Abandoned:1. It’s also now fourteen games without defeat; the only dropped points in that run coming in a 1-1 draw against Sverge back in July.

 

I’ve added a Premier League injury table to the website for the benefit of everybody playing Fantasy Football this season – hope it’s of use.

The Editor