A great weekend 5 days before the first team compete in Derby day saw 3 good wins by the 2nds, 3rds and 4ths.
12 out of 12 for the 2's, by Nick Gaskell
The 2nds continued their dominant form with their twelth win in the league out of of twelve. 2nd from bottom Taverham have games in hand and a few wins could put them 3rd in a bizarre looking league table but they proved no problem for the twos. The 2nds great winning streak has mainly come down to the players' consistency, and once again this was too much to handle for another bunch of Norwich Pikeys. Still with their captain, the very much overweight Flipper as they call him, and their moaning old cunt of a keeper, Taverham looked a different side to previous years with some young raw talent. They were still no match for UEA though as they went 2-o up within 25 minutes. Both came from Chris Gunn crosses, one a corner from the right the other a cross from the left, both converted by the head of Nick Gaskell. The fat bastard that is Flipper then managed to pull one back, Simon Grove-White or Jimmy Havers, I cant remember which one didn't even touch the guy but he went down on the edge of the box and Flipper put the freekick away passed first half keeper Matt Beasley in a Premiership fashion.
Persistence and class from the 2's then brought the third goal, a mix up between Taverhams' veterans Flipper and the Keeper allowed Chris Gunn to pounce in and nick the ball off the keeper and place into an empty net. This prevailed with small digs at Gunny, the most favourable was 'look what happens when you make a bit of an effort Gunny'.
In the history of games against Taverham there has always been a token goal where they like to moan for about four hours, and funnily enough this was on the stroke of half time. Beasley had the ball and the ref stated there was 20 seconds left, in this 20 seconds Gaskell received the ball and threaded it towards Thornton who dummied it only for it to fall into the path of the defender, who unfortunately for him also dummied it and Jonny Richardson tucked the ball away. As you can imagine the taunts at the referee began, that was never 20 seconds ref, etc etc.
The second half saw the goalkeeping swap as Beasley came out and the sandy fox Simon Grove-White went between the sticks. Taverham had some early chances, big fat flipper hit the bar with a header and their substitute striker sliced a volley wide, UEA found their feet again though and shortly after some dodgie linesman decisions Gunny went down the left wing and squared the ball to Thornton who placed into an empty net. Liam Martin took a breather to see rising star Joe Barker get a good 25 minutes and UEA got their sixth, Jason Lincoln battled for the ball which fell to Gaskell who crossed in low from the right only for Sammy G to put a neat powerful finish passed the keeper.
UEA managed to score again but it was ruled out for offside, and Gunny managed to almost get beaten up when the Taverham 6ft 4in centre back got the ball for him and Gunny through it back on the field without waiting for him, good sportsmanship Gunny.
After persistent complaining that he had never had one Chris Gunn picked up the MOM award, even though the banta of the sympathy vote was flowing it was well deserved for his impressive display down the left.
UEA 3’s VS Jarrolds
After some poor directions from Adam “I’m Northern” Aisthorpe and being covered in mud by Jez’ stuck in the mud car the thirds finally kicked off against second placed Jarrolds. After a few early opportunities for Bellamy, Morris and Tucker, Chris Morris found the net for his eighth goal in only three games with a spectacular twenty yard effort. Some average decisions from the stand in referee and his linesman meant UEA missed out on four or five opportunities to go further into the lead, Jarrolds capitalised on this and took the lead after two very average goals before the end of the half.
UEA came out with a bit more energy in the second half and quickly saw an absolute trailblazer from Alex Smith narrowly go over the bar. Another couple of saves from Jarrolds unstable goalkeeper saw UEA becoming increasingly frustrated with the afternoons events, however with fifteen minutes on the clock Alex Smith received a lay off after some good work from Andy Blackmore which he dispatched with purity to the bottom right of the goal. At 2-2 and with UEA playing better football Jarrolds began to realise their fate and a comical James Gould throw in that was heading straight into the goal was kicked into their own net by a Jarrolds defender giving the thirds a 3-2 lead. The introduction of Dave Burnham opened up space in the Jarrolds midfield which saw Adam “I like to mine” Aisthorpe dribble forward and hit a 25 yard strike over the keeper and into the back of the net. It was a case of job done for a third team that can perform a lot better but still managed to get the job done. Plaudits to James Goulds for an MOM performance and Dave Burnham whose introduction helped change the game.
The fourths continue their impressive 2007 record with a win at home to Sissonke. Ceroni gave some of his more experienced players such as Foulis and Snoop a rest to allow some fresh blood to get a good run out, Final score a funny looking 7-4 to UEA.
Snoop picked up the Man of the Match award for his superlative 30 minute display scoring one and setting up one. Other substitue Foulis also got on the score sheet, Piper put two penalties away both won by Paolo and Scott Holiday scored 2 aswell. Ceroni also scored and other assists came from Chris Scott, Darryl Wyatt and Tom Denney.
I'll probably update the league next Sunday which might possibly be the last update before the end of year dinner, depending on how many games are left to play.
Good luck to the firsts for Wednesday, lets kick some Essex bitch boys asses.
Peace out
Gask
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