RESULT : Skidmarks 5 - 4 Starving Pensioners

sorry for the lack of update but i am in CT trying to post this from the airport before my plane leaves!

well done Skidmarks for a fantastic result on Monday night coming back from 2-0 down to win the game 5-4 against our arch-rivals....one of many arch-rivals!!!! we got of 2 a very slow start which could have been due to lack of match practice and gifted the opposition a couple of early goals...but as the game went on the cream rose to the top...Dom "Baby Rhino" Albrecht deflecting in a low,hard cross from Jonathan "Barney/Darren Fletcher" Hancock...the score was 2-1 to the Pensioners at half time.

An inspired team talk from the Ginja Ninja followed ( not really but I didn't score so gotta say something ) Straight into the 2nd half and we were 3-1 after a few seconds thanks to some more suicidal defending. but then we turned on the old Skidmarks skill, pulling the game back to 3-2 just to chuck it away again when the Pensioners returned to make the score 4-2 with about 8 minutes left to play (Baby rhino got the 2nd goal) Baby Rhino then single-handedly brought us back to 4-3 with his second goal of the evening in his comeback match. Then we won a penalty when the opposition mis-advertantly picked up the ball in the box/semi-circle ....there was no pressure on Gary "Jack Nicholson" Hatfield as he strode up to take the penalty....however it was a Riquelme-esque penalty which rebounded off the crossbar....many teams may have dropped their heads but not the mighty Skidmarks.

The Ginja Ninja closed down the goalkeeper who then gifted the ball to Barney who sidestepped the keeper and passed the ball into the open net for his debut goal...4-4...2 minutes left to play..... then a nice run from Barney...his shot was blocked and followed up by Gary "Jack Nicholson" Hatters and Peri "MTN" Zourides...still not quite sure who got the last touch but i think it will be given to Barney making it a 2 goal debut, takkies and all. All that was left to do was hold on for the 5-4 victory, a bit of a smash and grab affair but we will take the 3 points.

The team for the game was :
1) Gary "Jack Nicholson" Hatfield
2) Luke "Ginja Ninja" Hatfield
3) Dom "Baby Rhino" Albrecht
4) Mike "The Reason" Herb
5) Brendan "Mullet" McNiven
6) Peri "Little Yellow Box" Zourides
7) Mike "No Nickname" Lyndon
8) Jonathan "Barney" Hancock

A bit of team news is that Peter "The Greek" Dunias, popped his knee out of joint and is on crutches so me thinks he won't be playing for awhile!

and here are the standings for the Golden Skidmark Award :
1) Dom - 2
2) Barney - 2
3) Gary - 1