Let’s see if we can keep this week’s review below 3000 words……. Mothers Day on Sunday, City on Monday and United on Tuesday will have limited the number of games played this week, so we’d rather have the games on to mean we needed to write the words….. Hey ho.
LEAGUE NEWS
It’s still all about MONDAY, as the only space we currently have in all of our league nights is in the NEW MONDAY CHAMPIONSHIP which starts NEXT WEEK. There’s a game there for you and your lads next week if you want it!
Other than that we are putting you all on early notice that we intend to add a 5th division to the Sunday league for the summer once the 11’s season has finished. If you and the lads might be up for a bit of Sunday evening out of season action, let us know.
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MONDAY LEAGUE
It was a quiet one in the Monday league this week as the first half of the season came to an end on a night when Sky decided one of the Manchester clubs should do the Monday night thing again. The only league game saw FC Rhino Ket face Not A Chance for the final time for a little while as both sides will be in different divisions when the league splits. Rhino Ket will be at a lower level than the Chancers, but they lead at the break in this one as Louis Moore got the first half’s only goal. The Chancers were pretty quiet in the first half, but burst into life with 4 goals in 5 minutes to turn this one on it’s head. Chris Priestley grabbed a quick fire ‘perfect’ hat trick before Callum Wild added their 4th to virtually kill the game off. Ben Pawsey pulled one back for Rhino Ket two minutes later, but that was as close as they got and Not A Chance go into the second half of the season off the back of a hard fought win.
The renamed Netsix & Chill took on Nice Buns in a final friendly before the league gets going again next week, and the three first half goals were crammed into 5 minutes as Matthew Atkinson and Warren Yeo scored for Netsix to put them in front after Jimmy Williamson had originally given Buns the lead. Atkinson completed his hat trick with two more in the second half to give Netsix a 4-1 lead, and though Williamson got his second to reduce the deficit with three minutes to go, Yeo’s second in the final minute completed the Netsix win.
THE MONDAY LEAGUE SPLITS NEXT WEEK, CREATING SPACES FOR NEW TEAMS. ONE SPACE LEFT!
SUNDAY LEAGUE
While Mothers Day had it’s annual impact, we still had 9 league games played this week across the 4 divisions. Two games took place in the top division, with last seasons second and third placed teams facing off as Insole took on Duno. Insole are looking to regain the title they lost to Kinky Slipper last season, and they went in front through Kyle Clarke’s second minute goal. Luke Newsham leveled up for Duno on 16 minutes, but Clarke restored the Insole lead 6 minutes before the break. Rhys Clooney grabbed the 4th goal of the half three minutes before the break to make it Desmond, and Newsham put Duno in front for the first time three minutes after the interval. There was plenty of huffing and puffing throughout the second half, but there was no more goals, so Duno make it two wins from two as they start a second straight season in the top flight very strongly. Can they maintain it this time around? The other top flight game was between two teams who are less likely to be fighting it out for the title, as a patched up Kipsta Cobras took on Team Tom. Just one goal in the opening period saw Kipsta go into the break a goal up through George Carr’s finish, but Sam Collicott drew The Toms level 6 minutes into the second period. Carr restored the Kipsta lead a minute later, but we headed into the final 10 minutes at 2-2 as Collicott also grabbed his second. It was Kipsta who won it though, as Warren Yeo grabbed the 5th and final goal three minutes from time to give Kipsta their first win of the campaign.
Real Maskid laid down a solid marker last week with a heavy opening night win, but they faced a tougher task on paper this week against Inter Row Z. It didn’t look like it in the first half though as Maskid carried on where they left off last week as goals from Alecs Pattinson (2), Jack and Kieran O’Connell gave them a 4 goal lead at the break. Ray Donnelly got Inter off the mark in the opening minutes of the second half, but Jack McConnell restored the 4 goal lead with 21 minutes to play. Donnelly grabbed his second two minutes later, and then his third to close the gap to two goals with 6 minutes to play, but that was the end of the scoring as Maskid ensured their was no stain on their record just yet. Step Brothers held on for a narrow opening night win last week, and would hope to continue that good start against The McMuffin Men, who suffered that heavy defeat to Maskid last week. This game was a different kettle of fish, with the post being rattled a number of times in a scoreless opening 40 minutes! As we continued to film the chosen GOTD with the thought in our minds that it might actually finish 0-0, McMuffin’s were given a penalty with 8 minutes remaining. Charley Eyre’s kick was saved by Brothers keeper Chris Moore, but he poked in the rebound to finally break the deadlock. After waiting this long for a goal, we didn’t have to wait long for more, and Eyre added his second two minutes later to seemingly kill this game off. Josh Armitage halved the deficit with 5 minutes left, and then grabbed an equiliser with two minutes to play to give both of these teams a point that looked likely for long periods of the game. Wellspring and El Caliente were both looking to bounce back from opening night defeats, and it looked highly likely that it was going to be Caliente who got their first three points when Nathaniel Odysseus-Kingsley scored a hat trick in the opening 5 minutes. Ross (just Ross) added their 4th after 13 minutes, and Jay Berrisford, who plays for Wellspring in the Tuesday league, scored two against them in the final 5 minutes of the half to make it 6-0 at the break. O-K made it 7-0 5 minutes after the break, but Wellspring didn’t throw in the towel and scored three of their own in the final 15 minutes through Lewis Arden, Jake Hamilton and Nathan Wilkinson. Caliente will expect to be in the mix for promotion this season, while it looks like it might be a season of struggle for Wellspring after last seasons impressive showing.
FC AOTS and Polish Army both started the season with a win, and these two enjoyed an absolute hum-dinger of a game on the final night of last season. Could either of these sides be in the shake up for promotion this time around? Adam Duty carried on where he left off last week with the opening goal for AOTS in the 12th minute, but the Poles had turned this one around before the break thanks to a goal from Bania and two from Mateusz. AOTS were back in it two minutes into the second period as Duty got his second of the game, but the Army looked to have the game wrapped up when Mateusz grabbed two more to make it 5-2 with 16 minutes left. Sam McDonald reduced the lead to three again with 9 to play, but Bania added two more either side of Duty’s third to give Polish Army pride of place at the top of the table as the only team with two wins from two. Stockport Eagles and SK Dons were a contrast to the other game in this division as they both went into this week’s game looking for their first points of the season. It was the League Two winners of the Eagles who took charge early on in this one, with Michael Winn’s 8th minute opener being added to by two goals from Ben Waugh and one from Alecs Pattinson before the break. Ryan McAndrew added their 5th just after the break, before Danny Brookes pulled one back for the Dons with 16 minutes left. James Marshall scored two minutes later and again with three minutes to play to seal the win for the Eagles, with Martin Butler’s last minute goal scant consolation for the Dons.
FC Stront Bakken fancy themselves for a promotion push this season, and a solid 4-1 win over Inter Your Sister last week was followed by a game with a Rooneytunes side who also fancied a bash at top two this season. In truth Rooneytunes never really got started here, and they were three down in the opening 10 minutes as Lukas Voveris, Dylan Marginarisa and Darius Forbes got the Bucket Boys off to a flyer. Forbes and Shaun Jemison added another couple before half time and this one was as good as over before the break. Marginarisa grabbed another couple and Forbes joined him on three goals for the game as Stront Bakken ran out impressive 8-0 winners to leave striker turned ‘keeper Benjamin Dean out on his own as the only shot stopper with two clean sheets since we started the ‘Golden Gloves’ list. Pathetico Madrid had a bit of a scramble for players this week, and they didn’t get off to the best of starts as they quickly found themselves two down against Inter Your Sister as Steve Johnson and Gaz Sumner scored in the first 4 minutes. Sam Johnson’s first Ballers goal halved the deficit half way through the opening period, but they were 5-1 down at the break as Brandon Byers-Wilkes scored a 7 minute hat trick to help ease Inter towards a first victory of the season. They were helped on their way by Pathetico being reduced to 5 men due to an unfortunate injury, and Inter ran away with it in the second period. Johnson grabbed another two, Dave Smythe 4, Craig Johnson one, Matt Kealy 4 and Byers-Wilkes another two, with just a solitary reply from Pathetico’s Johnson in return. THere’s always next week……
THE SUNDAY LEAGUE IS CURRENTLY FULL, BUT WE WILL BE LOOKING TO ADD A 5TH DIVISION TO COINCIDE WITH THE ENDING OF THE 11’S SEASON. FOR MORE INFORMATION, GET IN TOUCH.
TUESDAY LEAGUE
You wouldn’t have thought United were playing this week, as the turnout in the Tuesday was fantastic! At least now we don’t need to be concerned with who they get in the next round…… We feared the worst for the still relatively new Turkish Delight as they took on runaway leaders Gangs Of Dwight Yorke in just their second league game, and while it was a Gangs team missing a few regular, we still couldn’t have guessed how the first half would have gone. Two goals from Baboucarr and one from Omur put Turkish Delight 3-0 up in the opening 10 minutes, and though Gangs were able to stop the rot with a Rob Brock goal, they were still 5-2 down at the interval as Morgan and Deigo scored either side of a Jimmy Leeson strike. Gangs showed their fight in the second half, and reduced the lead back to just one as Aden and Callum Jones scored in the first 5 minutes of the period, but as we headed into the final 10 minutes the score remained the same. As with their first game, Turkish Delight faded in the latter stages, and Gangs scored 4 goals without reply, two from Leeson, two from Aden, to give the already crowned Premiership champions a hard fought victory. Outside of Gangs, the other original teams from the start of this Tuesday season have shown they are all capable of beating each other, so Inter Row Z v Oooze was a pick ’em game depending on which version of each team turned up this week! Oooze got off to the better start, with Jay Roddis and Adam Corr scoring in the opening 12 minutes, before Jack McDonagh pulled one back for Inter 9 minutes from half time. Corr got a vital second on the stroke of half time to give Oooze their two goal lead back, and they took a grip on the game with three goals in the first 10 minutes of the second period, two from Callum Bullock and a second of the match for Roddis. Kyle Clarke grabbed two back for Inter to make it 6-3 with 10 to play, but Harry Williams scored the final goal of the game for Oooze to give them a decent win.
Shaka and Black Jack look like being the two teams to fight it out for a Premiership place for next season, with both teams two from two going into this weeks game. Black Jack looked to have taken control of the game in the early stages as they lead 2-0 7 minutes before the break through goals from Luke Waiting and Harri Budd, but Tom Hannan halved the deficit before the break. Liam Paull drew Shaka level two minutes into the second period, but Black Jack were back in front almost immediately through Waiting’s second of the game. Shaka hit back again and were level two minutes later through Paull’s second of the game, and they hit the front for the first time through Hannan’s second with 18 to play. Jonny McAuley gave Shaka a two goal lead two minutes later, and they ran away with it in the final 5 minutes as Hannan and McAuley grabbed another two each to give the scoreline a more one sided look than it actually was. Beercalona and LQ FC were both looking for a first win since joining / returning, and a tight opening saw Craig Scanlon level things up on 12 minutes for Beercalona after Sam Holland’s penalty had given LQ the lead. A couple of minutes of calamitous defending saw LQ hit three in two minutes, two from Matthew Brierley and one from Alex Heggie, and Heggie made the most of some more naive defending to make it 5-1 at the break. Heggie completed his hat trick 6 minutes into the second period, and though Scanlon got his second with 13 minutes to play, further goals from Heggie, Brierley and Alex Brash eased LQ to a 9-2 win to get them off the mark.
Despite the efforts of their game with Gangs, Turkish Delight stopped on to give Wellspring a game, and it was a decent one. Jamie Berrisford scored two to give Wellspring the early advantage, but three goals from Baboucarr and one for Omur meant Turkish held a 4-3 half time lead with Lewis Arden having scored for Wellspring. Berrisford and Arden both scored in the first 10 minutes of the second period to put Wellspring back in front, before Morgan ensured an entertaining game ended all square with the leveler 5 minutes from time.
THE TUESDAY LEAGUE IS FULL! SUNDAY AND MONDAY ARE THE NIGHTS TO GO FOR.
WEDNESDAY LEAGUE
The Wednesday league is the Wednesday league, teams just turn up for their games every week, bless them…..The only thing to play for in the Wednesday league for this season is second place, which Polish Army held prior to tonights games. It was a friendly week for the Poles, so Exeter Gently and Stockport Eagles had the chance to close the gap. Exeter Gently looked to be the whipping boys in the early stages of the season, having lost their first 4 and taken quite a beating in most of them, which explains a negative goal difference that could end up costing them despite now being on a run of 4 successive wins. Sevilla Lacatalent have improved after a slow start, but a slow start was exactly what they had this week as goals from Brad Robison (2), Adam Robison, Tom Harrison and Jacob Gough saw them into a 5-0 lead as we approached the half time whistle. Sam Melling pulled one back just before the break, and Ryan Wall reduced the deficit to three 5 minutes into the second period. Goals from Mike Belshaw, Brad Robison and Gough meant Exeter went into the final 12 minutes with a 6 goal lead. Sevilla threatened the most remarkable of comebacks as they smashed in 4 goals in 4 minutes to make it 8-6 with 8 minutes still to play and it was game on. Exeter rode out the storm and killed the game off with Brad Robison’s 4th of the game and Gough’s third to move them level on points with Polish Army. Magpie have dropped away of late, mostly due to missing regular players, and were off the back of 4 straight defeats prior to this week’s game with Stockport Eagles. Eagles are still in with a chance of taking second spot, and despite going a goal down to Milosz Zawila’s 7th minute goal, they rallied and took control with three goals from Matty Aked and two from Ben Waugh before half time. They got the first two of the second half too to seemingly put the result beyond doubt as Alecs Pattinson and Paul Waugh made it 7-1 with 17 minutes left on the clock. Magpie didn’t give it up, and they grabbed three goals in three minutes, two from Pawel Klimczak and another from Bartosz Schmidt to keep things interesting. Pattinson got his second to give Eagles a 4 goal cushion again, and though Stanislaw Cierpiatka grabbed another for Magpie two minutes from time, Ben Waugh completed the scoring with his third in the last minute.
The top two played out a friendly this week, and it looked to be going one way when Michu At De Gea Ba raced into a 7-0 half time lead with goals from Matt Barton (3), Ian Davies (2), Michael Jennison and Jamie Longworth.. Longworth’s second, early in the second half made it 8-0, but the Poles kept going and scored three unanswered goals from Bania, Slawek and Mateusz, to leave Michu with an 8-3 win.
THE WEDNESDAY LEAGUE REMAINS FULL. SUNDAY AND MONDAY ARE THE NIGHTS TO ASK ABOUT IF YOU’RE LOOKING TO GET SIGNED UP.