| Wed, 26/11/2008 |
Partizan Belgrade
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Red Star Belgrade
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"Shambolic": blacks equalise in the 10th minute of extra time but, if we're honest, we should all have gone home a long time before that. |
| Wed, 22/10/2008 |
Partizan Belgrade
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Red Star Belgrade
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Partizan 6(1) Red Star (1)2 - Coltart 2, Warner 2, O'Reilly, Arbib; Fuller, Short. The 2008/2009 season curtain raiser saw two new-look teams compete a veritable game of two halves. A rare Warner defensive error gifted Red star an early advantage courtesy of a cool Fuller finish, though this was soon equalised by a splendid volley by Coltart, who has since been strictly rationed to one class goal per game half. The second half saw Partisan find a vein of form which enabled this unbiased team to open up an unassailable lead thanks to a rare deft Warner toe-poke following an even rarer passing exchange with O'Reilly. Rarer still saw provider O'Reilly turn marksman to slide-rule home the third with a clean left foot strike to the back post. Not quite so rare was Coltart's second clean volleyed goal followed by a second from Warner and a clever, if grossly unsporting, Arbib goal directly from the kick-off after Short had salvaged some respectability with a second red goal with ten minutes to spare. For those of you watching in black and white, both teams were playing in black and white stripes, as was the ball, which Jones sent onto the Westway with still three minutes remaining in what one can only imagine was a deliberate an attempt to bring the game to an early close in order to avoid the Chelsea home game traffic. The balls are £10 at Lillywhites, thanks Nick. Speaking of balls, I'm not playing next week, so hope someone else remembers… |
| Wed, 17/09/2008 |
Dinamo Zagreb
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Hajduk Split
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A spirited performance from Blues, but ultimately thrashed having been selfishly let down by Heneage Stevenson at the eleventh hour. Credit to whites for passing the ball nicely and for being much more clinical in front of goal. White scorers: Warner (6), Krick (2), Coltart (2), Gorton (1). |
| Wed, 10/09/2008 |
Dinamo Zagreb
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Hajduk Split
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Disappointing Burrows no-show despite specific and repeated nagging requests from him for a game with accompanying brown envelope; but, despite being a player short and having Short as a player, blues show grit to turn round a 2-0 deficit, the equaliser courtesy of Santi roasting Gordon who should know better than to pick on someone half his size; blushes from repeated missed opportunities are spared for Sev by a brilliant Ethan winner in the last minute rifled into the top right-hand corner |
| Wed, 03/09/2008 |
Dinamo Zagreb
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Hajduk Split
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Whites storm into a 2-0 lead courtesy of very good M'Homo and Gorton goals. I say 'very good' simply because, for whites, any goal is a good goal. In fact, some local residents on the 40th floor of the overlooking council block have identified the more imminent danger and have boarded up their windows... Anyway, I digress. With clever late replacements of Jeff Romeo and Andy Krick for Phelim 'Kid' Bolger and John 'I used to ice-skate for my country' Park, Blues started significantly stronger on paper, lining up with Gordon 'I used to be a Blue but I'd be amazed if you could tell' Baker, Jon ' I thought I should have been a Blue even though no one else thinks so' Short and James 'please don't make fun of my protruding facial feature' Arbib amongst others. Blue superiority shone through in the end on this dark night with 4 second half goals to make the final tally 4-2. |
| Wed, 27/08/2008 |
Dinamo Zagreb
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2 |
Hajduk Split
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Quite frankly, a minor miracle. Pre-match team talk along the lines of 'if we can keep it down to five, it's a result'. In the end, Blues go into half time with a 2-0 lead courtesy of Santi and Burrows (a last minute replacement for Inglis who had presumably deciced to go up the arse); second half white goals from 'blue-moon' O'Reilly and Matty Sadler brings it level with unlikely whites looking more likely winners in the end... |
| Wed, 30/07/2008 |
Dinamo Zagreb
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Hajduk Split
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Matt Sadler's second unexplained no show puts him on a final warning; debuts for the Arghebant brothers add a touch of unwelcome class to the proceedings. Blues win for the umptennth time, despite being a man down, because of superior finishing. |
| Wed, 23/07/2008 |
Dinamo Zagreb
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Hajduk Split
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Nothing to declare except a warm welcome to whites first win. O'Reilly no show without explanation - answers on a postcard. Reynolds notable for hat-trick of managing to clear the high fence from 5 yards. |
| Wed, 16/07/2008 |
Dinamo Zagreb
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Hajduk Split
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I can't for the life of me work out why whites keep losing. Are they worse on paper? Are they tactically deficient? Or just rubbish? If anyone can shed some light on the matter, please let us know! After 2-2 blues go into half time 5-2 up and extend their lead throughout the second half as whites run out of ideas! |
| Wed, 09/07/2008 |
Dinamo Zagreb
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Hajduk Split
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Whites contrive to manage a 6-6 draw having looked safe at 6-3 ahead with 20 minutes to go. New recruit (Hugo Fuller's friend) Adam fails to turn up for blues, who nevertheless cope despite being a man short. |
| Wed, 25/06/2008 |
Dinamo Zagreb
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Hajduk Split
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Blues take lead 5-0 with a couple of shorty specials and both arbibs contributing. Whites finally score after 45 mins courtesy of n jones, and a brace from warner n brings the final score to a slightly more respectable 6-4, especially given that blues were generously gifted 2 goals - one from a finch (as usual) and the other most likely presented by reynolds at some point during the match. Rupert's absence surprisingly doesn't improve whites fortunes… |
| Wed, 18/06/2008 |
Dinamo Zagreb
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Hajduk Split
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Whites start very strongly going 3 up within about 10 minutes. All downhill after that with blues scoring 7 on the trot; Would have been more but for several vital saves from Mark Cuddigan. Rupert hits both posts for whites in two consecutive shots indicating that it wasn't going to be whites' day, despite a late rally. Game is abandoned as a Nick Jones 30 yard strike somehow finds the top corner of the net. |
| Wed, 11/06/2008 |
Dinamo Zagreb
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Hajduk Split
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First match on the new hallowed turf. Warner hatrick seals victory as Finch decides to give the ball away more than once as the last man...; Rupert surprisingly rubbish. Can't remember much else. |
| Wed, 13/02/2008 |
Dinamo Zagreb
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Hajduk Split
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Whites 10 - Blues 4:Much changed line ups, and only 6 a side meant that there was acres of space and little defending on a cold Wednesday night - blues opened the scoring but were pegged back immediately, and once whites had equalised for a second time they took the lead and never looked back. Mark Davies found lots of room down the right hand flank and scored at will with a couple of fierce drives - reynolds adds two and hits the post, whites played some decent possession football at times, but overall standard was medium - Gillespie on the end of two tap ins for blues. |
| Wed, 16/01/2008 |
Dinamo Zagreb
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Hajduk Split
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Welcome back - worthless was a good match on Wednesday - 5-5 I think - JP played really well, scored a goal, worked quite hard and didn't have any cock ups - whites were on top for ages but couldn't make it count - we completely dominated the first 10 minutes of the second half and then blues scored (out of the blue) - Paddy managed to run around more than usual, and then made an amazing save from Jeff Romeo. |
| Wed, 12/12/2007 |
Dinamo Zagreb
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Hajduk Split
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Wednesday night saw the hallowed concrete dotted with some patches of ice (especially in the far corner) which meant that most of us twisted and turned slower and more gently than usual, where possible. Ed Swete's new shoes ensured that he stay upright for most of the game - close shaves for Olly and Duncan though. The teams looked evenly matched on paper, and blues raced into an early 5-2 lead in the first half, defending the easy goal. Duncan didn't brave the cold enough to take off his tracksuit, but otherwise blues were effective - taking chances pretty well, assisted by some lacklustre keeping on the first 2 goals. Second half, with whites attacking the icy patch, the tide swung in their favour - as it got cold it became harder and harder to stay upright, but whites managed to make the most of it, and ran away with things, with a number of well taken goals by warner and olly. Mark made some good saves when blues counterattacked, and in the end it was a simple victory for whites. Special mention to paddy, who sent an e-mail on Wednesday afternoon to a bunch of us trying to entice us away from playing for worthless to watching the arse. |
| Wed, 28/11/2007 |
Dinamo Zagreb
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Hajduk Split
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Blues take a 3-1 lead but then for some reason stop playing. With the aid of some goals from Ollie and Mark Davies, white claw the deficit back and then romp home to victory. It's my first match report: what do you think? |
| Wed, 21/11/2007 |
Dinamo Zagreb
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Hajduk Split
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Under torrential rain, a surprisingly good game in awful conditions is settled by a hat-trick of Ferdi chips, after he finally stopped cowering under an umbrella by the sidelines and got stuck in in the rain. The treacherous and slippery conditions lent themselves well to his brand of non running football – whites win 6-5. |
| Wed, 14/11/2007 |
Dinamo Zagreb
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Hajduk Split
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Match abandoned at a 5-5 draw as Hugo hits the tarmac under a heavy Swete tackle and then refuses to leave the pitch which would have allowed the rest of us to play 'next goal wins'. Olly on target with a few outstanding goals for whites to keep them in the game. |
| Wed, 07/11/2007 |
Dinamo Zagreb
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Hajduk Split
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Whites win a crowded affair 4-2. Top marksman O'Reilly on target with a header and a last minute penalty, after JP forgot he was playing English, not American football. He also forgot that he wasn't actually down to play. Warner scores with the head as well – Shorty claims both goals for Blues, one a right foot special from the edge of the box. Fuller converts into the playground when any touch would have put the ball in – mark davies’ cunning plan to only play one minute in goal backfires as injury time extends the game by 5 minutes or more. John Romeo’s comedy moment when he fell over the ball as last man allowing shorty to score from close range made up for by a fine game in defence for whites, keeping close tabs on blues danger men. |
| Wed, 31/10/2007 |
Dinamo Zagreb
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Hajduk Split
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The curse of Warner strikes again. Whites 2 game winning sequence grinds to a shuddering halt with the return of NW. Coupled with some shocking finishing from whites, Blues jumped out to an early lead which they never looked like losing. Blues all working hard, including a large post match presence in the pub – Shorty scored 5 goals, the longest range strike from less than a yard out – Burrows solid in defence and Inglis goalkeeping again denies a series of whites chances – worst miss from reynolds who blazes over the bar into the playground from close range. Ferdi taking on the midfield dynamo role (more midfield than dynamo) – finch solid in defence for whites, burrows likewise for blues - Blues win by 3 goals and deserved to do so. |
| Wed, 24/10/2007 |
Dinamo Zagreb
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Hajduk Split
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Much as arsenal have thrown off the shackles of playing with a frequently injured overbearing touchline presence this year, so whites renaissance continues without their talismanic captain, with an 8-4 victory on Wednesday night. Once again there was a no show for the blues, which left the sides 7 on 7, with Phelim switching to blues. Whites were dominant early on – Hugo took a ball in the face in the first 10 minutes, by which time Pete Davies had scored one, and Ed Swete stormed down the pitch before slotting a nice goal. Whites take a 4-0 lead, before easing up on the pressure, which leads to a brief blues comeback. Gillespie busy in midfield, JP anonymous after his early good form this season. Whites firmly in control after the break – highlights include comedy own goal by Romeo, who saves onto the post, before the ball rebounds off the back of his head into the goal, and Pete Davies nutmegging Shorty before beating the keeper at the near post to seal the win. Ed Swete on target again in the second half with a nicely taken goal from the edge of the box, Olly scores a left footed drive from the same range, and Rupert a nice length of the pitch counter attack, leaving blues defenders trailing in his wake… |
| Wed, 17/10/2007 |
Dinamo Zagreb
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Hajduk Split
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Unofficial: we did thump them a bit. and hugo got cross and called us cheating bastards for playing finch at the back. mostly I think he was annoyed that we bothered to mark him. pete davies got the first 4 goals and we pushed on from there. phelim was a no show. Official: Whites break their losing sequence against a determined blues team who played with a man less. Once again blues got shafted by the late no show of a player this time Phelim notable by his absence. Pete Davies takes advantage with a five minute hat-trick, and then adds 2 more for good measure. Finch composed at the back for whites most of the game, before being turned inside out by hugo (‘I didn’t think he would even try that’ he told us in the pub.) Ed Sweete, couldn’t, score, in a, brothel. If there had been a crowd, then these words would have been ringing out across the pitch as Sweete once again failed to convert a number of simple opportunities. John Romeo out-muscles his little brother (for the first time ever, apparently), and then emboldened, takes on Duncan, who tastes the tarmac. Hugo C scores a tasty goal. So does Reynolds – Blues whinging about whites extra man, makes no difference - Whites win 8-3. |
| Wed, 10/10/2007 |
Dinamo Zagreb
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Hajduk Split
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Blues were shafted by Charlie Fenton who didn't show up, and found themselves under the cosh for long periods in a low scoring first half. Olly puts whites into a one nil lead, neutralised by a rare forage into the opponents penalty area by Inglis, who slotted past the keeper with no problems. A lengthy delay after G converts one into the playground from under the posts leads into half time – 1-1 the score. Blues working hard – Shorty / Arbib / Rupert putting in the graft. Whites moving the ball around well – Olly through with time and space smacks it straight at Inglis in goal who makes a great save (this happened a few times) – Baker puts White into the lead after sharp one touch move the length of the pitch – Arbib header evens the score, and then with minutes to go with play sweeping from one end to the other Arbib wins the game for blues. G manages to balloon the ball over the fence at the other end, and Hugo contributes with a playground effort of his own. Whites finishing poor again. |
| Wed, 03/10/2007 |
Dinamo Zagreb
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Hajduk Split
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In Affectionate Remembrance of The Wellesley Arms, which died at Sydney street on 3rd October 2007, Deeply lamented by a large circle of sorrowing friends and acquaintances. The drinking culture that prevails amongst whites players was dealt a sore blow on Wednesday with the boarding up of the Wellesley Arms. The shock at the sight of our favourite boozer in such a state no doubt contributed to another lamentable performance by whites, who got thoroughly, and deservedly thrashed. Blues were playing some pretty good stuff, and Inglis was handy in goal again, Pete Davies industrious and Arbib and Shorty playing well. Whites complete refusal to mark once again contributed to their downfall. Turning around 5-0 down at half time, whites managed to mount the semblance of a comeback with 3 second half goals, but unfortunately the blues were more than equal to the task. Final score 7-3 blues. |
