v Bulimba White 7-0

1^st Half

Bruce managed to get his undies on (see last report) and turned up ready to play. Barry needs a knee reconstruction and has retired for good. Iain also needs a little knee surgery and also retired for good. We started the game 2.5 knees down and finished it with a further groin and quad down. (are we getting old?). Hammo had a broken toe and Steve a hairline fracture of the ulna. For the first time in many weeks we actually had 11 players (although obviously not all fit) which was a little novel for a start.

We were playing the 2nd bottom team so expected a win - other teams have scored 17 goals against these guys in a single game. Our intentions though were to score enough to get the points and then enjoy ourselves without embarassing anyone. We managed the first bit but failed dismally with the second. By half time we were up 3-0 but had sprayed shots all over the park with Steve Sawyers moving quickly towards double figures (of misses) we were looking a little stupid. I, of course, nearly always miss and was continuing to do so although my shots were taken after the whistle in both halves - I think Steve passed me those balls just to get my hopes up! I wondered why everyone was yelling "time" - I thought it meant I had no one marking me................

Half time score 3-0.

2^nd Half

If we thought the first half was bad this was worse. We scored another 4 goals with Bruce completing his hat trick. The other Graeme, Graeme Wallace, scored a neat goal with a flick overhead from a rebound from a short corner (I can't even score from corners!) and Owen (aka Hammo) scoring a goal from a corner too. Even Ian Wells (aka Hammo) scored a field goal. By this time Steve and myself were in disgrace. The two Hammos (known thus for their very high fullback play) had been caught out of position so often that Neil Collins had retired hurt with a groin strain trying to tackle their forwards all by himself - angry email received from Neil the next day! Final Results 7-0, one groin, one quad, lots of embarassment and 3 points!

Rick the goal keeper saved a penalty flick that was awarded after John (lighning) had his belly button reamed out by the ball. Now sporting a much bigger naval than before - which of course makes up for Stevie Simpson who has not got one at all. It's a little disconcerting watching both fullbacks launching attacks but they played well and enjoyed themselves - not so Neil who did all their covering and Steve Sawyers who demoted himself to defense after getting into double figures again - when Steve finally gets on target we're going to win by heaps - the final will be good Steve.

Injuries

Neils Grion

My Quad

Our pride (still)