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Mikes seniors entertained Northern at Memorial and with parking space at a premium<br />
in the car park Northern decided to park their team bus on the playing field in<br />
anticipation of a roasting ala teams that visit other similar fortresses-Old Trafford and<br />
Easter Road being two that spring to mind.<br />
With Phil being rested we took to Northern with plenty of attack minded and wide<br />
playing midfielders but with no real goal sniffer, our play was excellent to watch with<br />
lots of short passes interspersed with long pin point cross field balls that had Northern<br />
chasing shadows most of the match.<br />
With Steve and Luke interchanging with Morgan & Jordan - Northern never knew<br />
who to pick up, and add Abbo bobbing up and down the right we were constantly<br />
knocking on the door.<br />
Northerns defence and keeper were playing excellently in keeping us at bay. 0-<br />
0 at h/t we continued with the paitent passing that had the Catalans in the crowd<br />
crowing. Northern did break out and attack but Matt & Tom were strong and never got<br />
stretched. AJ made sure he wore his garlic as he wasn’t afraid of any crosses and held<br />
every ball that came his way.<br />
As the game wore on Cam at fullback attacked more and we threw on the<br />
speedy Tim on the right flank to stretch Northern further. Still locked at 0-0 late in the<br />
game. Northern got wind of an upset and attacked a bit more- giving us the space<br />
required - a deep curling ball from Mike to the far post was met by Morgan who<br />
unselfishlessly tapped it back to big Tom who met it with a crashing side foot volley<br />
from 4 yards out. With time nearly up Jordan picked up the ball on the left and<br />
ran and ran and<br />
unleashed a rasping<br />
drive from 20 yards out<br />
that bulged the back of<br />
the net for a final score<br />
of 2-0 to the good guys<br />
Andys 2nds took<br />
on the Island and apart<br />
fom a moments<br />
hesitation in our<br />
defensive box- which<br />
saw the Island score<br />
we pretty much<br />
dominated possession<br />
and territory but were<br />
unable to put the<br />
chances away, Jesse<br />
getting us the equaliser.<br />
The 2nd half was<br />
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