Perry Barcelona 5 - 13 Opposition

A second-half capitulation saw Perry Barcelona easily defeated just a week after defeating the top of the table side 9-6. An encouraging first half-fightback was ruined with the conceding of several soft goals, which left the team trailing behind.

Perry Barcelona quickly fell behind in the match, when poor marking left a man free to slot home past Nev in the goal. However, the team soon leveled the scores when Pughie ran down the left and squared the ball to Todd, who coolly finished from close range. The scores did not stay level for too long though, as the oppostion quickly replied with two goals, both of which Nev had little chance with. Perry Barcelona stepped up the work rate and began to control the game. Todd took advantage of a poor pass back and managed to strike the ball into the bottom corner from just outside the penaly area. After much huffing and puffing, the team found an equaliser, with a superb long range effort from Pughie, which hit the inside of the post and went in. However, all the hard work was instantly thrown away when poor defending saw Az get roasted by the pacy attacker who easily put the opposition back in the lead. The situation was worsened when nobody closed down the opposition's defender who struck from long range and the shot squirmed under Nev's body on the stroke of half time.

A rallying half time team talk saw Perry Barcelona up the work effort once again and push for a goal to closen the scores. This came 5 minutes after the restart, when Pughie twisted and turned through the defence to beat the keeper from a tight angle. However, the team switched off after scoring and conceded two ridiculous goals once again. The first came from a quick break through the midfield leaving a one-on-one with Todd, who was unable to stop the shot. In the second a long shot sailed well wide, but the striker had peeled off Dave to find space and slot in the rebound. Further goals were conceded in similar manners, while Dave's long range efforts and Pughie's skills were not finding the net. Todd had two glorious opportunites to complete a hat-trick, with a cut-back from Pughie finding him, only for him to hit the bar. Moments later, desperate to atone for his miss, Todd tackled a player on the half way line and hit a sweet strike from distance that cannoned off the post. Pughie chased back a one-on-one situation and slide tackled the attacker from behind, resulting in an instant sin-binning decision from the referee. The three remaining players, Todd, Matt and Tapi worked tirelessly to cope with being a man down and defended bravely. Then Tapi went on a run from his own half and scored - a consolation for both him and the team.

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

Goals: Todd (2) Pughie (2) Tapi (1)