Harry was on holiday when news reached us that Brickhill lost in the league to SKF Youth. The 4-3 defeat means Ampthill are now the only undefeated team in the league, and can overtake us if they win their game in hand.
This result, disappointing as it is, is perhaps not as surprising as Lewis Hamilton's failure to secure the F1 world championship. Kimi Raikkonen coming through to win after being 17 points behind with 2 races to go proves that, in sport, anything that is not actually impossible is - indeed - possible.
BRICKHILL 3 - 4 SKF YOUTH
Sunday, 21 October 2007
Sunday, 14 October 2007
Cup Cake
I was not able to be at the cup match today at home to Barton Rovers in second round of the County Cup (bye in the first round) but I can report Brickhill won 3-2. We had been trailing 2-1, but finally equalised to force extra time. Apparently it was headed for penalties before we found a winner later in the second period of added time.
A great result against a higher-division side.
BRICKHILL WANDERERS 3 - 2 BARTON ROVERS YOUTH (aet)
A great result against a higher-division side.
BRICKHILL WANDERERS 3 - 2 BARTON ROVERS YOUTH (aet)
Sunday, 7 October 2007
Yellow Perils
At home to Westoning today. Checking my facts pre-match, I found that the opposition were not, in fact, unbeaten this season. However - with 3 wins from 4 - they were clearly a strong side. Their strip of yellow shorts and blue shorts was a violent visual clash with Harry's usual kit, so it was a quick change into the spare orange jersey before the start.
We were missing a couple of players through absence, and injury, and also missing our mascot "Pebble". Some superstitious players were a little concerned about the omens. Brickhill seemed tired in the first half and Westoning, by contrast, were very lively. There were chances at both ends before the yellows broke the deadlock to take a 1-0 lead after 12 minutes.
They added to this a few minutes before half time. There could have been more goals either way, but 2-0 down was the situation at the break. Brickhill looked downhearted and it appeared we could be heading for a first defeat.
However, the situation changed with the first home goal. Niall created a scoring situation for Elijah who found the very corner with a confident left foot. Niall scored himself just 90 seconds later, with a brilliant solo effort to level things up. Now the mood was reversed completely.
Elijah soon ran onto a long ball and took Brickhill into the lead, although his bravery was rewarded with a painful collision as well as a goal. Brickhill now plainly had the better of the game - perhaps the stamina training is paying dividends. Ewan, with a fourth goal, made the lead much more secure with less than 10 minutes to go, and finally Greg added a 5th to secure the win.
BRICKHILL 5 - 2 WESTONING
5 wins from 5 - how long can it continue ?
We were missing a couple of players through absence, and injury, and also missing our mascot "Pebble". Some superstitious players were a little concerned about the omens. Brickhill seemed tired in the first half and Westoning, by contrast, were very lively. There were chances at both ends before the yellows broke the deadlock to take a 1-0 lead after 12 minutes.
They added to this a few minutes before half time. There could have been more goals either way, but 2-0 down was the situation at the break. Brickhill looked downhearted and it appeared we could be heading for a first defeat.
However, the situation changed with the first home goal. Niall created a scoring situation for Elijah who found the very corner with a confident left foot. Niall scored himself just 90 seconds later, with a brilliant solo effort to level things up. Now the mood was reversed completely.
Elijah soon ran onto a long ball and took Brickhill into the lead, although his bravery was rewarded with a painful collision as well as a goal. Brickhill now plainly had the better of the game - perhaps the stamina training is paying dividends. Ewan, with a fourth goal, made the lead much more secure with less than 10 minutes to go, and finally Greg added a 5th to secure the win.
BRICKHILL 5 - 2 WESTONING
5 wins from 5 - how long can it continue ?
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