RESULT : Skidmarks 5 - 3 Mbambo Team

Good Day All!

Another fine performance by the mighty Skidmarks last night saw us stride to a hard-earned 5-3 victory over rivals Mbambo. We have been known to crush them like wuuurms in the past but they have rejuvenated their team with some new signings and were a much tougher prospect than previous years.

We went 1-0 down early one but didn't let our heads drop and came back to 1-1 when Dom "I have a large chest" Albrecht, seemingly trapped in the corner heard Luke "Spurs r shite" Hatfield called for the ball near post, The Baby Rhino obliged with a clever ball of the wall which The Ginja Ninja scruffed through the keepers legs. We took the lead shortly after when The Ginja Ninja played a neat ball across the face of goal for Dom "I can like tap ins" Albrecht to tap in the net. This lead was short lived as Mbambo fought back to 2-2 with some naive defending and with Peter "I scored one goal and think i am a striker" Dunias running around like a headless chicken up front we were a little exposed. However, Gary "Grandpa Featherbottom" Hatfield played possibly the ball of the season (Peri "Ronalidinho" Zourides had last seasons best ball), off the wall, behind the defence straight into Mike "Wunderkind" Herb's path, for him to smash home on his return to the team and to cap our 11th goalscorer of the season....truly a good team effort!

Into the second half, 3-2 up and Dom "The Baby Rhino" Albrecht played a cheeky, sublime ball to the feet or Ulundi "Mike Tyson" Makhanya who sometime shimmied and shaked his way into a shoioting position, and shoot he did....4-2! Mbambo managed to pull one goal back but with them pushing forward for the equaliser, we were able to break, with the Hatfield brothers bearing down on the Mbambo goalkeeper, all he could do was try not to make a poo in his pants, and even though Gary "Fat Bum" Hatfield sold him a little short, The Ginja Ninja was able to get in the way of the ball to claim his 2nd goal and make the scoreline 5-3. There was a little later drama when Peri "P" Zourides handled in the box but Brendan "B Dogg" McNiven tipped the ball onto the cross bar from the resulting penalty.

And Dom, don't think we forgot about that awful "chest down" of yours, we will have words with you next week!

The team last night was :

1) Gary "My thumbs sore" Hatfield
2) Luke "Ginja Ninja" Hatfield
3) Ulundi "Stevie G" Makhanya
4) Mike "Wunderkind" Herb
5) Brendan "Jack Daniels" McNiven
6) Peter "The Hairy Greek" Dunias
7) Peri "P" Zourides
8) Dom "The Chest" Albrecht

GOLDEN SKIDMARK STANDINGS

1) Luke "It's mine, it's all mine" Hatfield - 11
2) Gary "The Canoeing Carguard" Hatfield - 5
3) Dom "Ballack is crap" Albrecht - 4
4) Peri "P" Zourides - 2
5) Ulundi "Stevie G" Makhanya -2
6) Peter "Coming out of retirement" Dunias - 1
7) Bruce "The Matrix" Andersen - 1
8) Ricky "Daddy" Arnold - 1
9) Rhys "The Lawnmower" Davies -1
10)Richard "Fred" Kenny - 1
11)Mike "The Ultimate Man" Herb - 1

Here is the league table, NOT including last nights game :



Thanks for the votes on the dance off! Here are the standings thus far :

Congrats to Ricky "Daddy" Arnold who has a mini-Arnold on the way!!!

For those of you who don't know Gary "Spanky G" Hatfield and Luke "Ginja Ninja" Hatfield will be relocating to spread the gospel that is the Hatfields throughout the British Isles and the rest of Europe. Gary is going on 12 September and myself on 14 October, so if you are in the UK in the near future pop us a mail on lahatfield@gmail.com or garyhatfield@gmail.com .

We will be having a joint farewell on Saturday 9 September....so watch this space and keept that night open.

Thats all for now, will have more on the way soon!