Perry Barcelona 5 - 11 Chavvy twats

A depleted Perry Barcelona side were eventually heavily beaten by a bunch of blokes resembling a day-trip to juvenile hall. Only 5 players were fit to play, with Nev suffering an injured ankle, Dan in the land of the pasties, H having eaten all said pasties, Oli on a mad mission to somewhere and everyone else otherwise engaged. So we were left with 5 of us, and no goalkeeper. Oh well.

Todd started in goal. Before the game he was making saves left, right and centre, and was in fine form. As soon as the game started, he let in 3 goals in quick succession. 3 one-on-ones, 3 goals. We started a fight back, with Dave popping up and thumping one home before Pugh got us back to 3-2. Then a long ranger came in and went straight through Todd, who had made several smart stops prior to it. Then Todd and Pugh swapped, but despite huffing and puffing Perry Barcelona couldn't find a goal. Pughie conceded a freak goal, when a long shot banged off the back board, off his back and into the net. A further goal was conceded and at half-time it was 6-2.

Despite some tired legs, we were not beaten. We knew that we could play better football than them, just that we didnt have a proper goalkeeper or subs, so were getting fatigued more than them. We came out in the second half and worked out socks off, scoring 3 goals and conceding just one to bring it back to 7-5 at one stage. Az finished well before Todd rattled home a cracker into the corner. We were getting kicked all over the place, on one occasion Todd holding up the ball and laying off to Pughie who had the goal at his mercy before the ref blew up for the common assault that Todd had suffered after the ball had gone. Pughie did manage to score though and Perry Barcelona were chasing the game desperately. We worked out socks off, every player giving 100% but could not find another goal. Pughie had some good attempts before Todd hit the post with a beautiful turn and shot that nobody could understand how it didnt go in. Then tired legs began to show and they took advantage, putting the game beyond us with several quick breaks.

Overall, a really good second half performance until we got tired. Under the circumstances, we did quite well and hopefully, with more players back (particularly Nev) we will be able to challenge better once again.

Team: Todd (C) Tapi, Az, Pughie, Dave

Goals: Pughie (2) Todd (1) Az (1) Dave (1)