Match Statistics

Date	Team 1	Goals 1	Team 2	Goals 2	Match reports
Wed, 13/02/2013	Olympiacos Ethan Kline Hugo Cuddigan Nick Warner Paddy Inglis Robin Garton Yasheen Rajan	7	Panathinaikos Hugo Fuller James Arbib Mark Davies Robin Bootle Saverio Campione Tomaso Cremonesi	8	Yash no show as unable to return from coventry. He's now been sent there permanently.Usual array of last minute ringers who don't know when to pass. Inglis. Earner and kline still hobbling. Mark Davies dressed for skiing.
Wed, 06/02/2013	Olympiacos Hugo Cuddigan John Romeo Mayamiko Kachingwe Nick Warner Oliver Gorton Paddy Inglis Tomaso Cremonesi William Stevenson	4	Panathinaikos Ian Laws James Arbib James Swallow Mark Davies Pete Davies Saverio Campione Simon Gillespie Yasheen Rajan	7	Hugo says arbib was nutmegged by invitation. Olly scored two great goals, in vain alas. Warner and Romeo didn't fool anyone hobbling about at the back.
Wed, 30/01/2013	Olympiacos Alex Stevenson Steve Davies Tomaso Cremonesi Yasheen Rajan	0	Panathinaikos Gordon Baker Hugo Fuller Rupert Coltart	0	Olly says: "just say it was a really shit game." Low turn out meant some last minute drafting of stragglers who chose not to pass the entire game. Show off playground football is what olly calls it.
Wed, 23/01/2013	Olympiacos Ethan Kline Ian Laws James Swallow Oliver Gorton Robin Garton Tomaso Cremonesi William Stevenson	8	Panathinaikos Ben Donald Gordon Baker Hugo Fuller Mark Davies Pete Davies Rupert Coltart	6	A good match between two even matched teams. Greens jump out to a 4-2 lead but let is slip. Reds play direct football with their best attacking playing coming with Kline in goal. Rupert, back from an injury lay-off, leads the fight back. Wills uncharacteristically poor with one own goal and two other attempts.
Wed, 16/01/2013	Olympiacos	0	Panathinaikos	0	The match was cancelled due to a power failure.
Wed, 09/01/2013	Olympiacos Alex Stevenson Ethan Kline John Romeo Nick Warner Oliver Gorton Robin Garton William Stevenson Yasheen Rajan	7	Panathinaikos Andy Krick Barney Reynolds Gordon Baker Hugo Fuller Mark Davies Mayamiko Kachingwe Pete Davies Saverio Campione	4	Prematch prediction: Olympiaco 7, Panathinaikos 3. Goals from Warner (2) and own goal from Krick help reds along the way. Krick redeems himself with a long range effort to offset own goal. The Christmas break shows with a lack of fitness and pace (notably from Warner). Barney does the double with nutmegs on both Stevensons. Baker has first dust up of the year with Warner. Reds lead 4-3 in the pub. Actual result: 7 -4 for Reds. Krick scores quality volley but not predicted own goal. Reynolds tries for nutmegs but doesn't get them. Warner scores one and is generally useful. Baker doesn't have dust-up only because he requires a sub at the last moment. Reds lead 4-2 in pub.
Wed, 29/02/2012	Corinthians Paulista	0	Palmeiras	0	It was an annoying run up to the match with people dropping out and others making themselves available at the last minute. We kicked off 7 v 6 with blacks down a man and having drafted in a local. It was pretty even in the opening minutes and blacks took on another local after 10 minutes when Richard Hall failed to show. Hugo scored an excellent header chipping me. Unsurprisingly it was all he talked about for the rest of the game and at the pub. And it was all he did all game. Blacks were up by three at the half. Then Richard Hall arrived 35 minutes late and singlehandedly pull greens back into the game. Every touch and pass played in a green striker. he would have been man of the match if he hadn't been playing for blacks. Ultimately blacks triumphed despite terrible finishing.
Wed, 22/02/2012	Corinthians Paulista	0	Palmeiras	0	we had a good match last week. Vatche dropped out last minute (funeral in the US) so Rupert dropped out to make numbers even. This left blacks a little light and after 15 minutes they were three nil down without having had a shot (on target or off). They managed to score one before the break and then had a heated discussion about how to improve. In the second half they were much better and greens just held on the win by one or two. Mark D played exceptionally well.
Wed, 19/10/2011	Corinthians Paulista	5	Palmeiras	6	No show, as usual, by Korean John who claims to be still suffering from amnesia following last season's collision with Ian M: "Totally forgot - flew in from Turkey last night. So sorry. Will be there next Wed". Debutant Guzzo slips into the fray with hardly anyone noticing. Robin teaches ringer not to dribble too much by scything him down from behind near the centre circle - several people applauding this adept manouevre…
Wed, 28/09/2011	Corinthians Paulista	6	Palmeiras	5	Outstanding goal by Arbib and goals by Warner secure a well-deserved victory for one-player-short Corinthians. Can't remember who didn't turn up, but if I find him…
Wed, 14/09/2011	Corinthians Paulista	5	Palmeiras	7	Despite appearing piss-poor on paper, Corinthians prove more than a match for talent-laden Paleiras in the opening exchanges, leading 3-2 until Fuller - on his full status debut - decides he's had enough so turns his ankle and hops off into the night. Despite intensive summer training, it's then an uphill struggle for Corries' Boys, who do well to keep within reach of the greens till time. For blacks, I remember I scored two fine goals, Robin scored one and perhaps Arbib drilled one from range and fluked one off the floor of the Westway; for greens, who knows and - indeed - who cares?
Wed, 20/10/2010	North Korea	5	South Korea	6	Strange match with lots of ringers, and last minute call ups leading to an uneven 8 vs 9 match up, with reds a player short - nevertheless they stormed out to an early lead, and passed well, and made the most of the space they had, with 5 unanswered goals in the first half - whites had a few chances, but were unlucky in front of the goal, with rupert making some key blocks and the posts saving a few too (rumors that reynolds was responsible for many of the misses wide of the mark) Second half whites claw it back, one goal after another to level at 5 all, before a late breakaway leaves fuller one on one with the keeper, which he buried for the win. Jeff romeo tangles with howard the late sub - lots of pointing and finger wagging ensues, and a very football like exchange of insults - no-one saw the incident. Ethan and olly watch spurs go 4 nil down in the pub which must have been more fun.
Wed, 29/09/2010	North Korea	8	South Korea	5	Although the teams on paper stacked up heavily in favour of South Korea, the North Korean unbeaten start to the season continued with a fine 8-5 win under the rain. The first half started brightly for the reds, who exerted some serious pressure and took the lead with a stinging finch shot (and a lapse of keeping concentration from Kline between the sticks) but a combination of the white's goalposts (which were rattled 5 or 6 times at least) and some fingertip saves kept the reds at bay. Hugo c - through one on one on the keeper - managed to spoon his attempted chip miles in the air towards the corner flag; mark davies made a couple of good saves - noted in the pub afterwards. At the other end, the whites proved effective and buried their chances. There was some good quality pass and move football by both teams; pete davies and jeff romeo were industrious and played well in red midfield, but sadly missing the final touch though peppered the goalmouth with shots. Whites unfussy but effective jumped out into a 3 goal lead which they never looked like losing. Kline scores his first of the season - 2 for reynolds - several for shorty - another quality game - the long losing streak will start to play havoc with red morale and confidence soon.
Wed, 22/09/2010	North Korea	5	South Korea	5	NW's first match report, so less of the usual self-interested drivel from Reynolds, thank god. The game started - as usual - with a debutant (Luke Reynolds introduced by Hugo Fuller) no-show. (Will all please note here and now that, if you choose to introduce a new person to our motley crew, you are also responsible for nursing them to their first fixture…). Anyway, thankfully, Olly G, sensing the imbalance, honourably decided to go over on one of his rubber ankles early doors in order to level the game up at 7 a-side. Now, where was I? Oh yes, contrary to 'paper' form, reds get ahead 3-1 (or 4-2?) in the first half after a sublime NW hattrick which, unusually, involved some of his teammates in the build-up. But seriously folks, there was some very fine football from reds going forward, countered by some very sloppy defending to allow whites a sniff of the game. Half time team talk: "stop giving the ball away cheaply". Obvious result, two cheap goals conceded minutes after the restart to level things up, and now reds are on the back foot. Man-of-the-match Inglis a veritable rock in defence somehow managing to keep the ball out of the net despite prologed periods of white domination, aided by his sidekick Costello who cleverly alleviates the pressure by keeping the ball out of play for much of the second half after several side-kicks clear the 40 foot fence completely. Good game, good game.
Wed, 15/09/2010	North Korea	6	South Korea	3	Third win in a row for whites who, although a man down, easily overpowered the South Koreans. Kline provides a few for the whites with some neat link-up play; overall quality is still surprisingly good give the average age of the squad appears to be monotonically increasing (the wrong way, for the absence of doubt); late and spirited comeback by South Korea never in danger of winning them the game. Hattrick or more for Rupert's mate (Robin? - Ed) who played very well in attack and defence (who does he think he is??).
Wed, 08/09/2010	North Korea	9	South Korea	6	On paper whites looked like they would run out easy winners, and although in the end the result wasn't in question, some excellent hard work by reds kept them in touch throughout the game, which again was of a high quality with no early season nerves. For the reds - Swallow energetic, and hard as ever - hits the bar with a piledriver from near the halfway line - Fuller nets a neat volley - Paddy again makes some good saves - but overall whites too good - shorty with a couple - reynolds scores 4 - jeff romeo covers lots of ground and olly solid as ever in defence - lots of good finishing and neat short passing throughout the game - look out next week as I have my new magic boots making their debut.
Wed, 01/09/2010	North Korea	2	South Korea	1	Low scoring did not equal low quality in the curtain raiser for the new season. Both of the worthless skippers somehow managed to avoid the opening fixture for the second year in a row, though no retirements from our 14 regulars promises a healthy future for WAFC. On the pitch, Inglis goalkeeping heroics keep blues hopes alive as a succession of top class saves to deny shorty from close range, and some inexplicable misses from kline and gillespie - both put through by reynolds - but unable to finish mean that whites only shade it by a narrow margin. Reds didn't look like scoring at all, and only a kline own goal salvaged the shame of nearly the first niller.
Wed, 19/05/2010	West Auckland	3	Juventus	6	An inauspicious start for Etonian debutant Charlie Peat, whose unexplained - and inexplicable - absence (with 4 other subs waiting in the wings and desperate to play...) meant WA started a player short. Black heads went down even earlier than usual as Juve relatively strolled to a 4-0 half time lead, notable mainily for a spectacular steam-roller of an opening goal by O'Reilly. With Nick Jones changing teams at the half, blacks mustered a brief bounce, netting two early second half goals courtesy of Finch and a "it was a foul on the 'keeper" resulting in an Inglis own goal. However, the comeback was not to be: final score 6-3 to Juventus.
Wed, 21/04/2010	West Auckland	4	Juventus	4	A hard-fought 4-4 draw, notable only for the fact that, for the first time in 16 years, Ollie Gorton turned up before the scheduled kick-off time. Both Shorty and Arbib should be commended for booting the ball into 'row z' of the Council Estate End; Gordon for a fine goal from near enough the half-way line. Can't remember anything else.
Wed, 14/04/2010	West Auckland	0	Juventus	0	Blacks lined up only regulars to face the Pink Mercenaries (and Shorty) on a crisp night. Blacks were one nil up after a superb Arbib volley which was the last highlight of the match for them. Pinks started slowly and were only 3-1 up at halftime. Neat running from Jeff Romeo and good passing from Shorty and Glyn gave them the upper hand and the goals started to fly in after Simon left to catch his train. James, Hugo and Glyn defended well and limited Blacks to shots from distance. That isn't a real excuse because Blacks were as poor as the Pinks were tidy. A lack of running, accurate passing and even the pretense of defending resulted in a 9-2 mauling. Special mentions go to: Park for great hold up play on his own up front -- unfortunately all he did was hold it up until surrounded by 4 Pinks; Kline for an exquisite chip over his own goalie (Cuddigan didn't even bother {or try} to jump); Simon for diving for a free kick and then taking it quickly and topping it straight to a Pink; and Cuddigan for all of the above and for checking the Arsenal score during play -- a new low, even for him. Oh, and Swallow kicked a ball out but this time it was his.
Wed, 03/02/2010	West Auckland	10	Juventus	1	Nick - where was our skipper when we needed him! Ethan will confirm the score - it might have been 12. Blacks 10 (or maybe more), Pinks 1. The Blacks, inspired by the presence of new dad Hugo, gave Pinks a thrashing on Wednesday night. It was 2-1 at half time, and looked reasonably evenly matched, but an avalanche of goals in the second half destroyed us. And, surprisingly, we didn't learn that giving the ball away as last man is not a very clever thing to do, even when your opponents find it hard to score. Jeff Romeo guilty of a 'one on one with the keeper' miss; Hugo C guilty of many, before finally managing to stick one in the net. Kline scores 4 in the second half - and yet might not have been Blacks top scorer! Blacks more athletic, moved the ball well and deserved the win; Pinks endlessly thumping long balls straight back to Blacks (Swallow a notable offender) and caught with the ball last man (Krick - at least three times before it finally was made to count, redeemed partially by a brilliant goal - swerving, dipping from range - the keeper didn't move).
Wed, 27/01/2010	West Auckland	4	Juventus	4	With lots of lightweights pulling out at the eleventh hour (i.e. before the 12 o’clock Tuesday deadline) with seemingly no better explanation than the weather was predicted to be 'slightly cold', two depleted sides took to the field only to be bolstered by two local gentlemen who appeared, according to Barney, liked they had clearly missed the flight to the Africa Cup of Nations. Noteworthy events were 1] two fine goals by Coltart, who was given - it was suggested by Ethan - an unreasonably early return to the fold in light of his inexplicable absence (which ruined the game) the week prior; and 2] the pasta ‘special’ – discerningly selected by Inglis and Warner - in the pub afterwards.
Wed, 20/01/2010	West Auckland	5	Juventus	2	Unexplained absentee Coltart leaves Juventus a player short and with just a little bit too much work to do to stay in contention in this fixture - the first after a break of four weeks caused by a combination of Christmas madness and inclement weather. Anyone still wondering whether, for the majority of players, this is their only source of exercise each week would have been left in no doubt after about 5 minutes when most looked like they had just been on the receiving end of a marathon. Injuries to Jones (knee) and Spira (quadricep), along with a continuing lack of sportsmanship from Baker (who, despite the extra player and team's 4-2 lead, insisted on shouting for every tenuous opponent handball and obstructing the keeper thereby taking the shine off Arbib's otherwise splendid right-foot second-half goal) should lead to changes of personnel in ensuing weeks. Someone very foolish has been stupid enough to confuse 'best man' with 'worst enemy'. Oh well….
Wed, 16/12/2009	West Auckland	3	Juventus	5	After many years of trying, Barney finally scored a goal from a nutmeg. He will now probably try this every time he gets the ball…In his own words (some might say 'his own worlds'): "How about this for the match report - it's a bit biased, but would probably reasonably accurately sum up proceedings - After being hacked down in the early minutes I rose phoenix-like and scored a hat-trick including a goal after a successful nutmeg. Pinks win 5-3, even though we were a man down. Ethan scored a nice goal, pinks all played well, worked hard, and passed the ball well." Barns, what else can one say about a player with so little talent, compensated for only by lack of pace?
Wed, 28/10/2009	West Auckland	12	Juventus	2	This match report, much like the pink performance last week, is slightly shabby, and not very diligent. The blacks massacred us last Wednesday, due to a combination of high energy defence, swift and effective offence, foul play, and good finishing. The slightly slippery surface, and early season rustiness meant that a number of loose first touches gave away possession much too easily. Blacks played well - romeo brothers , baker and cuddigan all contributing, with goals, tackles (not cuddigan), and good off the ball movement. Kline provides the cynical spine with a last ditch chop on reynolds that would have got a red in a big match, and an off the ball incident with nick jones. Shorty's finishing not very effective, but at least we avoided the humiliation of a niller. It would have been deserved though - final score 12-2 could have been 16.