Wilburn Wanderers 0 - 2 Oaks Athletic

Fortunatley Eye-Ball was not forced to eat his words, having annoyed some of the opposition with his claim in the local paper that the Oaks had enjoyed an unbeaten run to the title. In my defence this was accurate (regardless of the outcome of this final game), and having been called off 2-3 weeks previously I never thought this match was actually going to happen.



The Oaks took the lead inside the opening minute; after kicking off, an interchange of passes followed between Eye-Ball, Mikey, Nick and Tapsell before Harry let fly from the edge of the area. The ball took a wicked deflection that wrong footed the keeper, and the ball sailed into the net. The dubious goals committee later confirmed that Harry would be credited with the goal: 0-1.

The Oaks continued to dominate early exchanges, with Deano being in a particularly exhubarent mood as he was often seen bombing down the right and linking up with Bunny. Harry was also running rings around the opposition, and should have had a second when he arrived at back post, but could only shoot straight at keeper.

Similarly to when we played Wilburn in the cup final, the referee was giving a lot of soft decisions to our young opponents. This resulted in us having to do some defending, but apart from one scare when Ty dropped the ball we were more than equal to the threat, with Niki especially having one of his best games to date in an Oaks shirt.

The second half was not the best from the Oaks as lack of match fitness due to the long break between games started to become evident. For the most part we were able to keep the opposition at bay until their striker found himself through on goal. His shot rebounded off the post and fortunately Ty reacted quickest to dive on the ball.

With the title of top goal scorer at stake Nick looked like he was going to equal Harry's seventeen goals as he found himself through on goal with only the keeper to beat. Unfortuntately he didn't have as much time as he seemed to want, and gave the defender time to get back and make a challenge.

Bunny settled the game with 5 minutes to go when his initial effort was blocked, but the rebound fell to him again to fire into the roof of the net: 0-2.

And that was that; 50 points on the board, and the end to the most successful season in the Oaks history. I definitely couldn't end the season with a synopsis that would do it justice. I just hope that these match reports (and your own memories) will still put a smile on your face in years to come when you look back on what we did together back in 2011/12 (I'm talking football Browne :) ). It was great fun, and I hope we can enjoy 2012/13 just as much regardless of whether or not there are trophies, cup finals and countless victories.

Thanks for listening

Eye-Ball

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Congratulations to Harry, who is this season's top goal scorer, and to Nathan for providing the most assists.