OUTCLASSED COLOURS HANG ON FOR DRAW

Match report 6.2.07

Yellows:Tom, Mark Abs, Jamie, Al, Paul B, Rich, Heath, Tony (2nd half)
Colours: Steve, Geoff, Rob, Rupert, Scott, Mark, John, Tony (1st half)

Score Yellows 3-3 Colours

For most of this game the colours seemed to be chasing shadows, with the yellows having a superior passing game. Even with a man short the game was very evenly poised. In saying that the colours took a 1 nil lead and then a 2-1 lead. The equaliser from the yellows summed up their quality, with Mark passing a 40 yarder to the outstanding Jamie, who held off Rupert and beat John (in goal) to the ball.

Tony swapped over and immediately the yellows were all over the colours like a bad rash, just like the one I had around my....sorry back to the game. The yellows went 3-2 up in no time with one quality team goal wrapped up by Rich being the pick. It seemed like the floodgates would open, but the yellows became complacent and tried to score 20 yard curlers instead of just rolling it in. On top of this the goal lead a charmed life with Scott scrambling around in goal like an AA man looking for a spark plug in his van (sorry that was a sh** analogy). At the other end there was always an outside chance the colours could score with a breakout and so it was the case with Mark rattling one in and then they hung on for the draw.

One point that Mark Abs wanted raising in the match report was the fact that Tom (although when he fell over earlier in the game looked like a badly oiled robot getting up) outpaced me when I knocked the ball past him despite being 20 years younger taking the ball off me with ease. The reasons for this were:

• I had a long day
• I was wearing tracksuit bottoms
• I felt sorry for him
• I did not stretch properly before starting
• My mum was working nights
• I forgot my swimming trunks

Let that be the end of this conversation.

Man of th Match: Well done JAMIE for the first one to pick up a second award. Outstanding in attack and defence, rarely allowing Mark time and space, plus he was a pain in the arse to the coloursa all game.