pppppppppppppppppTy
ppDeanopppppppRobpppMillyppppppAaron
Nathan(c)ppppGollumpppppJordanpppppParker
ppppppppppMikey BpppppSharpy
The Oaks first competitive fixture of the season saw us have our usual first round defeat to a team from a higher league, who should not really be in our part of the Essex Cup. Today the lucky team was Prittlewell of Southend's first division.
Before the game we had to go through a Champions League style handshake before kick off. This was the closest we got to the opposition in the first couple of minutes! Prittlewell took advantage of the Oaks pacey left hand combo to go 1-0 up with barely a minute played! This gave us a chance to show our famous fighting spirit and Oaks only had to wait 20 minutes or so to draw level.
Jordan took the ball down 30 yards from goal and looped a stunning shot over the keeper into the onion bag. In fact the shot was so good that the first thought on most of our minds was, "did he mean it?" :O)
The oaks were now settled into the game and we appeared to be going in at half time all square. Unfortunately this was not to be the case. Ty conceded a penalty and the ref told Ty he thought the Prittlewell striker had dived! Work that one out! Anyway the spot kick was cooly dispatched, which to be fair was made more impressive by the fact that Gollum was virtually on the penalty spot by the time the striker struck the ball, such was his enthusiasm to be first to any rebound!
The second half bought many changes, the subs were Parker off for returnee Alex White at half time, Gollum for new boy Nick about 20 minutes later and Jimmy came on for Aaron shortly after this.
This meant that Alex slotted in at left back with Jimmy in front of him and MikeyB going into the middle with Nick up top.
The second half really sprung into life during injury time. Alex up on the edge of the area for an Oaks set play had the ball land perfect for a stunning goal from the famous ONE FAT LEG. In fact it was so good that we all thought...... You get the idea! With the ref looking nervously at his watch and the prospect of missing his afternoon game, he decided to let Prittlewell have one last attack. A throw to the edge of the box led to another Alex/Jordan style shot into the top corner and that was that for another Essex Cup run.
It was not the result we wanted, but if we play that well in the league, then surely we have got a chance this year?
Todays report was by Mr Parker, due to Eyeball being away blowing his own trumpet!
ppDeanopppppppRobpppMillyppppppAaron
Nathan(c)ppppGollumpppppJordanpppppParker
ppppppppppMikey BpppppSharpy
The Oaks first competitive fixture of the season saw us have our usual first round defeat to a team from a higher league, who should not really be in our part of the Essex Cup. Today the lucky team was Prittlewell of Southend's first division.
Before the game we had to go through a Champions League style handshake before kick off. This was the closest we got to the opposition in the first couple of minutes! Prittlewell took advantage of the Oaks pacey left hand combo to go 1-0 up with barely a minute played! This gave us a chance to show our famous fighting spirit and Oaks only had to wait 20 minutes or so to draw level.
Jordan took the ball down 30 yards from goal and looped a stunning shot over the keeper into the onion bag. In fact the shot was so good that the first thought on most of our minds was, "did he mean it?" :O)
The oaks were now settled into the game and we appeared to be going in at half time all square. Unfortunately this was not to be the case. Ty conceded a penalty and the ref told Ty he thought the Prittlewell striker had dived! Work that one out! Anyway the spot kick was cooly dispatched, which to be fair was made more impressive by the fact that Gollum was virtually on the penalty spot by the time the striker struck the ball, such was his enthusiasm to be first to any rebound!
The second half bought many changes, the subs were Parker off for returnee Alex White at half time, Gollum for new boy Nick about 20 minutes later and Jimmy came on for Aaron shortly after this.
This meant that Alex slotted in at left back with Jimmy in front of him and MikeyB going into the middle with Nick up top.
The second half really sprung into life during injury time. Alex up on the edge of the area for an Oaks set play had the ball land perfect for a stunning goal from the famous ONE FAT LEG. In fact it was so good that we all thought...... You get the idea! With the ref looking nervously at his watch and the prospect of missing his afternoon game, he decided to let Prittlewell have one last attack. A throw to the edge of the box led to another Alex/Jordan style shot into the top corner and that was that for another Essex Cup run.
It was not the result we wanted, but if we play that well in the league, then surely we have got a chance this year?
Todays report was by Mr Parker, due to Eyeball being away blowing his own trumpet!
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Nice one parker, you know we can add other users who can log in and update this :))
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