Match Statistics

Date	Team 1	Goals 1	Team 2	Goals 2	Match reports
Wed, 12/11/2025	Bristol City Alexander Hodgson Ben Donald Charlie Morgan Gordon Baker Hugo Fuller Pete Davies Saverio Campione Steve Davies	7	Bristol Rovers Deven Ghelani Hugo Cuddigan Mark Davies Michael Davies Mike Penkethman Paul Sharp Rupert Coltart Wilf Macdonald-Brown	2	Definitely my top three worst WAFC games. Granted City had the stronger team on paper but it all completely unraveled in the second half for Rovers. First half Rovers actually had the more momentum and shots however City played a 4-1-3 formation and Rovers chose to ignore the counter attacking football and found themselves 2-1 at half time but definitely not out of it. Second half first few minutes Rovers were good value but then conceded a trademark sloppy goal and heads dropped. From there everything City did well Rovers did not. City played the simple quick pass Rovers didn’t, City marked men Rovers space. City players kept their eyes open when in goal while some Rovers players attempted to use the force with their eyes shut and backs turned and oddly it didn’t work. The fact Rovers have struggled to win or draw this season probably contributed to them switching off at 3-1 and City just parked the bus. The game for Rovers was really summed up when one of their players at one point slowly sat down on their backside and wiggled their legs in the air. The ball wasn’t really anywhere near them and I must confess I thought he had cramp or was doing their best puppy on his back wanting his tummy scratched impersonation to lighten the mood! However it transpired he was attempting a bicycle kick! The FA’s definition of a bicycle kick is “an acrobatic kick where a player kicks an airborne ball rearward in midair”. I think Rovers players should start with a one footed grounded ball facing the same way. We were all guilty I played terribly and need to stop the rot which is not hard we just need to all be on the same page! Credit though to City who take the opportunities presented to them which are generally one on ones whereas Rovers have to try and find a way through two rows of City players which is a lot harder!
Wed, 29/10/2025	Bristol City Alexander Hodgson Charlie Morgan John Romeo	0	Bristol Rovers Mark Davies	0	No game not enough hard men such as the four listed!
Wed, 15/10/2025	Bristol City Alexander Hodgson Charlie Morgan Gordon Baker Hugo Fuller Mike Penkethman Paul Sharp Saverio Campione	2	Bristol Rovers Hugo Cuddigan Mark Davies Michael Davies Nick Warner Oliver Gorton Paddy Inglis Rupert Coltart Steve Davies	3	Veni, vidi, vici as JC said. The first win for Rovers of the season. Scrappy affair and Rovers were a little lucky but as they say you can only play what's in front of you. Hopefully Rovers can use this as a springboard to push on!
Wed, 08/10/2025	Bristol City Abdelilah Saham Alexander Hodgson Charlie Morgan Deven Ghelani Hugo Fuller Mike Penkethman Pete Davies	2	Bristol Rovers Hugo Cuddigan Mark Davies Michael Davies Oliver Gorton Paddy Inglis Rupert Coltart Simon Gillespie	2	Hodgson A decided that 7 v 7 was too orthodox so invited a mate along allowing Rovers to have an extra man. However not quite being the professional outfit they thought they were they were unable to make the extra man count and to be fair were chasing the game as City went ahead both times! City were there usual crisp organised selves who left a man deep defending with their keeper making a speedy counter attack difficult. City also were quicker in transition from box to box as they just went forward. Rovers on the other hand always stopped mid attack and ended up playing the ball backwards which frequently then landed them in trouble. Anyhow irrespective of the result it was a fun and competitive game which once again was the result of the good looking suave & funny bloke who picks the teams! A win for Rovers would be nice though we will work on that. Perhaps we should not have the extra man or maybe we need two who knows! Roll on next week
Wed, 01/10/2025	Bristol City Abdelilah Saham Alexander Hodgson Charlie Morgan Hugo Fuller Mike Penkethman Paul Sharp Pete Davies Saverio Campione	10	Bristol Rovers Hugo Cuddigan Mark Davies Michael Davies Nick Warner Oliver Gorton Paddy Inglis Rupert Coltart Simon Gillespie	7	A late injury from Inglis P meant sub Donald B rolled in for Rovers. Rovers found themselves down 5-2 at half time as most of the half was spent asking each other if their new shirts looked too tight or short on them. Clearly we were all deluded into thinking we had not put on any weight/stomach girth since the last shirts! Anyhow Rovers were all over the place for pretty much the whole game however at one point they were all square at 6-6 with 10mins to go and seemed to be in the ascendency but the usual gaffes and mistakes cost them. As one Rovers Sage put it "If City didnt have our mistakes and woeful pasees they wouldn't have scored!" Credit to City though who made very few mistakes for Rovers to capitalise on! No victory yet for Rovers hopefully next week as we are starting to look a little Glasgow Rangers esque! Ps not too sure if anyone other than Abdul scored for City....
Wed, 24/09/2025	Bristol City Alexander Hodgson Charlie Morgan Deven Ghelani Gordon Baker Hugo Fuller Paul Sharp Pete Davies Saverio Campione	3	Bristol Rovers Hugo Cuddigan Michael Davies Mike Penkethman Nick Warner Oliver Gorton Paddy Inglis Rupert Coltart Simon Gillespie	3	Rovers seemed to be in control for most of the game but blew a 3-1 lead with Sharp P scoring the equaliser with the last kick of the game.
Wed, 17/09/2025	Bristol City Abdelilah Saham Alexander Hodgson Hugo Fuller John Romeo Mike Penkethman Paul Sharp Saverio Campione Steve Davies	6	Bristol Rovers Ben Donald Hugo Cuddigan Mark Davies Nick Warner Oliver Gorton Paddy Inglis Rupert Coltart Simon Gillespie	2	The scoreline flattered City as Rovers simply ran out of steam in the last 10 mins and conceeded three sloppy goals. Rovers took the lead and matched a younger more sprightly City team. City went ahead 2-1 then Rovers pegged them back but City scored again making it 3-2. As Rovers went in search of an equalizer they began to leave gaps especially in the middle of the pitch and this allowed City to play over the top and adopted more of a 2-1-4 formation so on the break they out manned Rovers defence and scored. Roll on next week.
Wed, 02/07/2025	Dundee Alexander Hodgson Deven Ghelani Louis Morgan Michael Davies Nick Warner Oliver Gorton Rupert Coltart Saverio Campione	2	Dundee United Abdelilah Saham Charlie Morgan Gordon Baker Hugo Cuddigan John Romeo Mike Penkethman Paddy Inglis Sol Inglis	2	A very enjoyable final game of the season. A hectic first half ended at 2-2 and then I think a first in Wothless History a scoreless second half!
Wed, 18/06/2025	Dundee Mark Davies Michael Davies Nick Warner Oliver Gorton Rupert Coltart Saverio Campione Simon Gillespie	4	Dundee United Abdelilah Saham Charlie Morgan Deven Ghelani Gordon Baker Mike Penkethman Paul Sharp Pete Davies	3	I like 7 v 7 games. I think everyone gets more football and it doesnt seem to be so hectic and niggly as 8 v 8 but that is my opinion only. Anyhow tonight's game was played in hot conditions. Credit to those that played in the authentic team tops. Long sleeve wool in those conidtions I suspect would be a form of bikram football! Notable players were Campione S & Gillespie S. The game started fairly evenly with no clear in-roads by any team. United took the lead and it was interesting at half time that both teams were of the opinion they had had the better play! Second half Dundee perhaps had the legs and began to stretch away and perhaps should have scored more. United though held on and had chances to sneak a draw but as like last week Dundee held on to make it two wins in a row. Highlight for me was Davies M making a break down the right flank in acres of space and time in the second half desperately searching for a player to pass to. His best option by a mile was Gillespie S who had made a break through on gaol and himself was open but appeared to be doing his best impersionation of ignoring Davies M. He achieved this by pretending to be Dick Tracey and had his head down talking to his watch standing still as Davie M ran past him. Was a very niche/funny moment and perhaps you had to be there!
Wed, 11/06/2025	Dundee Alexander Hodgson Baz Howland Deven Ghelani Mark Davies Mike Penkethman Nick Warner Oliver Gorton Rupert Coltart	6	Dundee United Abdelilah Saham Charlie Morgan Chris Hunter Hugo Fuller John Romeo Paddy Inglis Paul Sharp Pete Davies	5	A much needed win for Dundee boiled down to having the youngest player on the pitch tonight. Howland B provided a lot of energy for Dundee who found themselves 3-1 down at half time despite playing fairly well. Dundee always seem to adopt the Zulu Impondo Zenkomo formation but sadly not to quite the same devastating effect that the Zulus used it. For those of you not familiar with this tactic while more commonly found on battlefields involving mass casualties if parlayed into a football analogy it involves lulling your opponents into the middle of the pitch and then the wings close in as the defense pushes up thereby entrapping the opposition winning the ball and then exploding out in a counter attack. Dundee seem to forget the middle/chest/defensive part and so simply allow the opposition to wander through the middle and score! It took Dundee the first half to realise they weren’t Zulus! Second half different story as they switch to a 3-1-3 formation bypassing the middle third of the pitch and simply going with long balls up to their attackers who outnumbered United’s defense and were able to score! Three games left can Dundee keep up the momentum?
Wed, 04/06/2025	Dundee Alexander Hodgson Charlie Morgan Mark Davies Oliver Gorton Rupert Coltart Simon Gillespie Steve Davies Stuart Denard	4	Dundee United Abdelilah Saham Gordon Baker Hugo Fuller Jhon Bravo Paddy Inglis Paul Sharp Pete Davies	5	4-1 to United in the first half and 3-1 to Dundee in the second half shows you it was a game of two halves. Did United get lazy in the second half possibly though did Dundee play like a bunch of headless chickens in the first half...possibly! It was a close and enjoyable game with the teams fairly evenly matched. All 9 goals were very good and well worked goals being some individual strokes of genius or a whole team collective. Dundee need to get back to winning ways hopefully they can do this in the remaining three/four fixtures left. As an aside the pub have invested in a pizza oven and the pizzas are exceptionally good! end of season meal date to be decided!
Wed, 28/05/2025	Dundee Abdelilah Saham Alexander Hodgson Anton Bettink Mark Davies Max Warner Nick Warner Simon Gillespie	4	Dundee United Deven Ghelani Hugo Fuller Jan Janecek Jhon Bravo John Romeo Paddy Inglis Paul Sharp	7	A strange evening by all accounts. In no particular order of strangeness: Alex Hodgson completes 11 out of his first 12 passes; Hugo Fuller is likened to Roberto Carlos by Jhon for 3 stunning tight-angled finishes; Anton comes to terms with the fact that his football - especially in the goalkeeping department - is definitely not as good as his tennis; "Sharpy" castigates himself for a few misplaced passes, on all but one of these occasions employing the "F" word; Gizzard adopts the "Teapot" formation only 50% of the time; Max provides the only non-verbal Warner contribution to the fixture with a fine volleyed goal on his debut.
Wed, 14/05/2025	Dundee Alexander Hodgson Mark Davies Michael Davies Paul Sharp Rupert Coltart Simon Gillespie	3	Dundee United Charlie Morgan Hugo Cuddigan Hugo Fuller Paddy Inglis Pete Davies Steve Davies	4	First game back after a 9 week rest. You would have thought I”d never played football till last night! The game was a bit of a stop start affair. Dundee stopped and United started! Dundee were all over United in the first 20mins had all the possession and chances but were completely ineffective in the final fifth of the pitch. United just lobbed a ball over the top Dundee forgot to score and Cuddigan H slotted it home 1-0 United. Dundee pulled one back before again they forgot Cuddigan H was playing and again as Dundee pushed up the field had no one in defence so suddenly it was 2-1 and half time. Second half Cuddigan H was injured so forced to retire. While Dundee were fighting amongst themselves to solve this one man deficit for United with many overly complicated and time wasting options United scored two goals and then drafted a hand extra man from the stands to fill in. 4-1 down Dundee finally began to find their rhythm but it was too little too late and United snuck home. Opts state woiuld reveal Dundee’s shot to goal ration as 100:1 and United’s as 2:1! One bright spark remarked to me that the games have been fun last 9 weeks and he couldn’t work out why! Dundee will go looking for a striker….
Wed, 12/03/2025	Dundee Alexander Hodgson Jhon Bravo Mark Davies Nick Warner Oliver Gorton Rupert Coltart Simon Gillespie	4	Dundee United Deven Ghelani Gordon Baker Hugo Cuddigan Hugo Fuller Jan Janecek Paul Sharp Stuart Denard	5	I’ve lost count of how many times Dundee are fast asleep in the first ten minutes and go down several goals before they wake up! Last week it was 4-0, this week 2-0, however unlike the heroics of last week they could not turn it around tonight. United had a solid base of footballers who once they got their noses ahead never let the lead go. It was a very good game played in a good spirit and nice football in many parts and again 7 v 7 seems to be the more enjoyable number rather than 8 v 8. As a note to myself I ran 6.3km. PSG average player did 12.5km last night!
Wed, 05/03/2025	Dundee Alexander Hodgson Anton Bettink Deven Ghelani Mark Davies Nick Warner Rupert Coltart Simon Gillespie	9	Dundee United Ben Brooks Ben Donald Hugo Cuddigan Hugo Fuller Paddy Inglis Paul Sharp Pete Davies Will Sorrell	9	Nope your eyes do not deceive you this was an absolute barnstormer of a game with the full gamut of emotions being run through by both teams. There was nothing in the air that suggested this was going to be anything other than a standard game however Dundee failed to spot a young whippersnapper in United's ranks. I thought the rule for WAFC player eligibility was no one could be younger and/or better looking than me!?!? Play kicked off and within six or seven minutes Dundee were 4-0 down. Only then did they realise United had some sort of secret weapon in Ben Brooks. Who he I hear you ask, good question! Mr Brooks in the first seven minutes set about destroying Dundee's confidence and Dundee also assisted in their own destruction as they realised that the usual worthless play was not going to cut the mustard tonight and they could be onto a hammering if they didnt come up with a new plan. The plan began to take effect when Warner N went in goal and Dundee pulled it back to 4-2 at half time. Dundee's half time chat seemed to focus on whether it was causation or correlation Warner N going in goal and Dundee no longer conceding and in fact scoring but I will let you debate that. Evidence mounted up as Warner N came out at the start of the second half to then air-miss a header allowing United to wander through and score despite Dundee piling on the pressure. 5-2 down and Dundee didnt know how to respond. However they did and really began to dig deep to close United down, play the simple pass and find there striking books. As so often in a Worthless match the team playing badly in the first half wake up and outplay the other and this was no exception however I do not remember such a shift. Coltart R upped his work rate (still feeling it this morning) and soon the score line was 9-6 to Dundee. United were shell shocked and had really run out of ideas however Dundee decided to help them and reverted to their usual silly football and over complicated passes and tricks which after all of us busting a gut to pull the score line back let alone take the lead was dozy to say the least and allowed United to pull three goals back fittingly the last goal and strike of the ball was by Brooks B who had the first strike and goal of the game too! Special mention to Hodgson A ever the cunning player and actor who tried to secure Dundee's victory by time wasting and blasting his shots over the bar and wide trying to get the ball stuck in the netting. When I congratulated him on this subtle tactic his confused quizzical expression was truly Oscar worthy winning and I can now reveal that in fact the entire game last night was staged managed by a few of us to make it appear to Hugo C's nephew Mr Ben Brooks that we are in fact a youthful bunch of talented footballers and not in fact ......................... (fill in the blank as appropriate!). Also worth noting it was 7 v 7 which seems to be more enjoyable than 8 v 8. To be discussed by the management as it gets my vote! Roll on next week!
Wed, 26/02/2025	Dundee Alexander Hodgson Deven Ghelani Mark Davies Oliver Gorton Paul Sharp Rupert Coltart Saverio Campione Simon Gillespie	2	Dundee United Abdelilah Saham Ben Donald Gordon Baker Hugo Cuddigan Hugo Fuller Paddy Inglis Pete Davies	2	A tense compact affair and I think Dundee had an extra man though their contribution clearly didn't make too much of a difference! Don't remember much else need to write the reports closer to the event am getting old!
Wed, 12/02/2025	Dundee Abdelilah Saham Alexander Hodgson Anton Bettink Mark Davies Nick Warner Oliver Gorton Saverio Campione Simon Gillespie	6	Dundee United Charlie Morgan Deven Ghelani Gordon Baker Hugo Fuller Paddy Inglis Paul Sharp Pete Davies Will Sorrell	2	A fairly one sided affair with blues largely in control for extended periods. Morgan complaining about a chest tear. Or did he say he had ripped pecs? Gordon pleasantly uncontroversial despite a few niggling encounters with Abdul.
Wed, 05/02/2025	Dundee Alexander Hodgson John Dawes Mark Davies Nick Warner Oliver Gorton Paul Sharp Rupert Coltart	6	Dundee United Abdelilah Saham Gordon Baker Hugo Fuller Jhon Bravo Mike Penkethman Paddy Inglis Pete Davies	4	Dundee reverse their losing streak to ease to a comfortable win with the score line flattering United. One could analyse the team sheets to see which United players were missing from the previous two weeks wins and a bit like Rodri for Man City claim that they are indispensable for United! Or being mischievous you could look to see who was playing tonight and not the last two weeks and claim they are dispensable! Equally one could look at Dundee's team and say Coltart R played all three games and is net -3 goals so definitely very much dispensable for his team! Roll on next week
Wed, 29/01/2025	Dundee Alexander Hodgson Deven Ghelani John Dawes Mark Davies Nick Warner Oliver Gorton Rupert Coltart Simon Gillespie	3	Dundee United Gordon Baker Hugo Fuller Jhon Bravo Michael Davies Paddy Inglis Paul Sharp Pete Davies Steve Davies	5	Another thumping by United. United were stronger and penned Dundee back but Dundee were not clinical in the chances they had whereas United were. Granted of the 8 goals scored by both teams 5 were either wicked deflections, back passes from one team to the other team's striker or in the case of Coltart R when in gaol and played a pea-roller of a pass simply tripped over his own feet and then tried to blame the pitch! The other three goals were really nicely worked goals by United that split apart Dundee. One of note was Mike Davies top left corner inside foot finish from about fifteen yards out after United had strung six/seven passes from goal. Can Dundee get out of this losing run soon?
Wed, 22/01/2025	Dundee Alexander Hodgson Charlie Morgan Deven Ghelani Jan Janecek Mark Davies Oliver Gorton Rupert Coltart Simon Gillespie	2	Dundee United Abdelilah Saham Ben Donald Gordon Baker Hugo Cuddigan Hugo Fuller Michael Davies Paddy Inglis Pete Davies	5	It was a long first half for Dundee as they were run ragged by United who scored five unanswered goals. Dundee didn’t help themselves with the daftest goal ever scored/conceded in the opening few minutes. Gillespie S was in goal having a chatter with Coltart R. Gillespie S rolled out the ball to Donald B who began wandering away from goal with the ball. Coltart R & Gillespie S went back to their chat oblivious to the fact Donald B had turned back in panic at the on rushing United players and played the goal back to the two of them. Coltart R did a nonchalant stepover of the ball believing Gillespie S had seen the pass. However he hadn’t until the last moment by which time he lost his balance and fell into the goal with the ball! That should have been a warning sign for Dundee but if it was they blazed past it failing to register said sign. Dundee continued doing a great impression of a gaggle of headless chickens to bring the first half to a close. A collective stern half time talk with a bit more structure meant Dundee won the second half 2-0 so maybe that’s the important thing to focus on! Like my school report Dundee must do better next week!
Wed, 15/01/2025	Dundee Alexander Hodgson Anton Bettink Deven Ghelani Jan Janecek Mark Davies Oliver Gorton Rupert Coltart Simon Gillespie	1	Dundee United Abdelilah Saham Charlie Morgan Gordon Baker Hugo Fuller Mike Penkethman Paddy Inglis Paul Sharp Pete Davies	2	Dundee will be active in the transfer market this January looking for someone who can put the goal in the back of the net, preferably the opponent’s net but maybe they take what they can get! Dundee had 86% possession and at least a 7:1 shot ration yet they simply couldn’t score. United by contrast broke twice and scored twice. United are good at getting bodies behind the ball close to their goal which makes it difficult for Dundee to break down. Let’s see what next week brings!
Wed, 08/01/2025	Dundee Alexander Hodgson Anton Bettink Charlie Morgan Deven Ghelani Mark Davies Nick Warner Rupert Coltart Saverio Campione	4	Dundee United Abdelilah Saham Hugo Cuddigan Hugo Fuller Mike Penkethman Paddy Inglis Paul Sharp Pete Davies Steve Davies	3	New year and new promise to actually keep the match reports up to date! Everyone looked pretty fresh waiting outside the pitch waiting for 8pm. At 8.05pm everyone realised it was time and on they marched. After the obligatory 5mins warm up (code for nattering to each other and trying to remove layers in the cold weather) the game started only for some bright spark to notice that a bit like an enochlophobic orgy there were too many of us involved! As usual it was one of the oxbridge lot who assumed someone had signed them up though bizarrely they hadn’t! Anyhow after agreeing to stick keeper for Dundee the game continued. A psychiatrist would have a field day observing our games as Dundee assumed with the extra man the game was int the bag and switched into over confidence mode and while dominating possession were knocking around some silly passes and kept trying to score cute goals. Most of the first quarter saw Dundee camped in United’s half leaving two defenders to cover. Somehow United broke in the form of Sharp P and foolishly no Dundee players tracked back believing their two colleagues had Sharp P in their sights however with some slick tricks and step overs (read stumbles and rebounds) Sharp P eluded the two defenders to score. 1-0 United and the two defenders expressing surprise to their colleagues that they didn’t think “those skills were in his repotoire!” Someone had been doing their Christmas training. This shock of going behind saw Dundee to a man remove an item of clothing (top half of body to be clear!) and realise they were in a game. This action didn’t seem to help as soon they were 2-0 down courtesy of Saham A! Dundee had to do something. A goal by Bentick A pulled one back fro Dundee but something more had to be done. A crunching coming together between Davies S and Coltart R saw Davies S limp off and while he tried to come back was not the same and soon it was 9 v 7. Half time came and several important events occurred. Firstly half of Dundee queried in their huddle how were they losing with the extra man while the other half queried that they had an extra man! Their powers of observation do them credit! The second action/event was for Dundee’s keeper to be traded to United to make the game 8 v 8. A mole a plant I hear you shout. Campione S is not that kind of individual. However the game recommenced and soon it was 2 all another Bentick A nugget. United though were not going to lie down and despite a bit of fatigue kicking in kept pushing and were duly rewarded as a point blank shot by Saham A was brilliantly saved by Ghelani D only for the rebound to kindly fall to Saham A again for him to hit it in. 3-2 and Dundee heads dropped. However one player did not give up and through some more disciplined play and a bit of bullying of his own players Dundee scored twice and snuck it at the end. Man of the match Campione S for being the first footballer in history to concede 6 goals in a game, 3 for both sides and in the same net! Happy New Year everyone!
Wed, 04/12/2024	Dundee Alexander Hodgson Jan Janecek Mark Davies Oliver Gorton Rupert Coltart Steve Davies	4	Dundee United Abdelilah Saham Charlie Morgan Gordon Baker Hugo Fuller Michael Davies Pete Davies	6	A hugely entertaining 6 a-side game even though I was on the losing team played in a really fun spirit and we brought the goals closer together allowing corners for the first time in my Worthless career! We debated playing a lacrosse style round the back of the goal game but instead decided that debating whether the ball crossed the invisible line would be more fun! Dundee felt they were the stronger team and as such adopted a laissez-faire, no look passing, unnecessary extra pass football which resulted in them going 3-0! To be fair they hit pretty much every part of the woodwork on the goal frame but sadly the back of the net they could not find. United also played some attractive flowing football which culminated in some quality goals to get them to 3-0. Eventually Dundee scored and pulled it back to 3-2 but then allowed United to stretch away again and could never quite pull the game back. Back to 8 a side tomorrow will it be as enjoyable?
Wed, 20/11/2024	Dundee Alexander Hodgson Mark Davies	0	Dundee United Gordon Baker Hugo Fuller	0	Game rescheduled due to too many fair weather players concerned about the possibility of leaves on the pitch. The true Worthless "Hard" men are the four listed as available to play!
Wed, 13/11/2024	Dundee Alexander Hodgson Barney Reynolds Charlie Morgan Deven Ghelani Mark Davies Nick Warner Oliver Gorton Rupert Coltart	6	Dundee United Hugo Cuddigan Hugo Fuller John Park John Romeo Paddy Inglis Paul Sharp Pete Davies Steve Davies	5	In some instances it doesn’t matter if you write these reports days, weeks, months or even years later you don’t forget certain goals. Or do you? I shall explain this cryptic question later. A quietly confident Dundee started the game dominating possession so much so one or two blues players felt a bit guilty and in the spirit of Worthlessness wanted to include some United players in the deft, crisp passing too. United weren’t so sentimental or soppy and blues soon found themselves 2-0 down. Not wanting to go too far behind blues regrouped and cut out the passing to oranges. This season it has not been unusual for Davies M (Mark not Mike though this gag is now redundant as Mike doesn’t play anymore so Mark has the handle all to himself) to pop up somewhere on the pitch other than his usual right side marauding and score the odd vital goal too. Tonight was no different with his brace and in reference to my cryptic question above as we all know Mark’s the kind of low-key modest guy who doesn’t seek the limelight. Sure I could say the goals were forgettable to me because I expect these days Mark to come in from the right beat two/three players and then from 10/12 yds out drill the ball into the top corner . These days it’s a shrug of the shoulders and a thumbs up as you stroll back to your own half with the opposition wishing for the return of “Mark of Old” with his two left feet playing far right and quiet whispers from both teams trying to ascertain if his passes were shots or vice versa. That being said I should probably write the reports closer to match days so the other goals also are not forgotten! Usual game shenanigans though with blues powering past oranges into a 5-2 lead only for oranges to come storming back to 5-5 only for their defensive rock Inglis P to be taken out and forced to go in goal with limited to no mobility. With the clock running out a cheeky header which was aimed at Inglis won the game for Blues.