Give him a red (lamp)card. (hehe!)
What a match yesterday! I know we're all probably still recovering from it-it was a very emotional time for us. Frankly, I am outraged, furious, mad, and incandescent with rage at the fact that a certain Mr Lampard attempted to kill the delicious Cesc Fabregas and then Cesc was booked as well-where's the justice in that? Cesc was trying to stop the fighting and then Lampard comes up to him looking for a fight and then Mr Smouldering Mourinho gets involved too. Lamps and Jose should know better than picking on someone younger than them, poor Cesc is only 19 and he was behaving more like a man than the rest of them. Shame on them! Trying to manhandle my man, I won't have it!
This aside, it was a good match, Arsenal dominated the first half, big up to Theo for his first ever Arsenal goal and then the amazing Drogba equalised-there's no stopping the man. After the JT incident, Chelsea upped their game and Arsenal drifted off a bit-it was close though!
Monday, 26 February 2007
Teague
Many apologies to Teague for spelling his surname wrong on the Team section! It's been corrected now!
Back to Emirates!
Back to Emirates Stadium!-It's not an essay this time Craig-promise!
2 visits to Emirates within 3 days, now that’s rock n roll for ya! This time it was to see the Arsenal under 18s team for the FA youth cup 6th round against Cardiff City, for the extremely reasonable price of £3-we did try to get a student concession as concessions were just £1 but we didn’t qualify, but I’d say £3 was fair enough. Before I ramble on I thought I’d report the match with the text messages that were exchanged between me and my mum as they basically give the narrative of what happened with me going off on tangents.
Isy: Its packed here! Crazy! 19-Feb-07 18:52:32
Sue: Are u ok, tho? Is shaz ok? Can u c anything? 19-Feb-07 18:55:36
Sue: Pls txt wen goal.or at halftime. Am there w u in spirit! 19-Feb-07 19:14:29
Isy: Yeh everything is great, 1-0 to us already! 19-Feb-07 19:27:51
Sue: Yay! 19-Feb-07 19:29:18
Isy: 1-1 now oops! 19-Feb-07 19:29:18
Sue: Any hot young talent? On or off the pitch? Do u have real souvenir tix? How much programmes? 19-Feb-07 19:39:46
Isy: Our goalkeepers not bad, just saved a penalty, jens would be proud, yep hav ticket and free paper programme! 19-Feb-07 19:59:49
Isy: 3-1 to us! 19-Feb-07 20:03:55
Sue: Wow!!gunas!!sounds promisingly emphatic, but won’t tempt fate! Hope shaz isn’t bored to tears! 19-Feb-07 20:08:23
Sue: P’raps u cn intro yrself to hot tot, as in tottie and not little child as sports journo and interview 4 izzyfootyblog. 19-Feb-07 20:13:57
Isy: Great idea sue! In fact we were sitting in the press bit with little tables and everything, then we got kicked out! Hows uni challenge going? Luv t! 19-Feb-07 20:17:10
Sue: Thx 4 reminder, so xcited re. Footie and future goalie son in law, forgot. But 3 so far. 19-Feb-07 20:24:57
Sue: 6. But only watched ten mins! So wd really have got 18! Lol!only 15 mins left of match, now! Can they hold lead? 19-Feb-07 20:32:52
Sue: Hiya, isy, wonder how much injury time?guess yr exit may b staggered. Hve fruit, chocs. Cat toy 4 u at home! Prob not 2 much credit! 19-Feb-07 20:46:50
Isy: 1610 in attendance, I think its 3-2, not long I dont think! Luv u! 19-Feb-07 20:58:17
Sue: Snooks! Y no txt? Must have finished? 19-Feb-07 20:59:28
Isy:Cardiff jus score late equaliser! Crap! 19-Feb-07 20:59:47
Sue: Soz, got yr txt just as sent mine! Omg, they had 2 much xtra time! Abouot 14 mins! Honest! There’ll b another 3omins. Mebbe sum pens. R u staying?! 19-Feb-07 21:05:18
2 visits to Emirates within 3 days, now that’s rock n roll for ya! This time it was to see the Arsenal under 18s team for the FA youth cup 6th round against Cardiff City, for the extremely reasonable price of £3-we did try to get a student concession as concessions were just £1 but we didn’t qualify, but I’d say £3 was fair enough. Before I ramble on I thought I’d report the match with the text messages that were exchanged between me and my mum as they basically give the narrative of what happened with me going off on tangents.
Isy: Its packed here! Crazy! 19-Feb-07 18:52:32
Sue: Are u ok, tho? Is shaz ok? Can u c anything? 19-Feb-07 18:55:36
Sue: Pls txt wen goal.or at halftime. Am there w u in spirit! 19-Feb-07 19:14:29
Isy: Yeh everything is great, 1-0 to us already! 19-Feb-07 19:27:51
Sue: Yay! 19-Feb-07 19:29:18
Isy: 1-1 now oops! 19-Feb-07 19:29:18
Sue: Any hot young talent? On or off the pitch? Do u have real souvenir tix? How much programmes? 19-Feb-07 19:39:46
Isy: Our goalkeepers not bad, just saved a penalty, jens would be proud, yep hav ticket and free paper programme! 19-Feb-07 19:59:49
Isy: 3-1 to us! 19-Feb-07 20:03:55
Sue: Wow!!gunas!!sounds promisingly emphatic, but won’t tempt fate! Hope shaz isn’t bored to tears! 19-Feb-07 20:08:23
Sue: P’raps u cn intro yrself to hot tot, as in tottie and not little child as sports journo and interview 4 izzyfootyblog. 19-Feb-07 20:13:57
Isy: Great idea sue! In fact we were sitting in the press bit with little tables and everything, then we got kicked out! Hows uni challenge going? Luv t! 19-Feb-07 20:17:10
Sue: Thx 4 reminder, so xcited re. Footie and future goalie son in law, forgot. But 3 so far. 19-Feb-07 20:24:57
Sue: 6. But only watched ten mins! So wd really have got 18! Lol!only 15 mins left of match, now! Can they hold lead? 19-Feb-07 20:32:52
Sue: Hiya, isy, wonder how much injury time?guess yr exit may b staggered. Hve fruit, chocs. Cat toy 4 u at home! Prob not 2 much credit! 19-Feb-07 20:46:50
Isy: 1610 in attendance, I think its 3-2, not long I dont think! Luv u! 19-Feb-07 20:58:17
Sue: Snooks! Y no txt? Must have finished? 19-Feb-07 20:59:28
Isy:Cardiff jus score late equaliser! Crap! 19-Feb-07 20:59:47
Sue: Soz, got yr txt just as sent mine! Omg, they had 2 much xtra time! Abouot 14 mins! Honest! There’ll b another 3omins. Mebbe sum pens. R u staying?! 19-Feb-07 21:05:18
Sunday, 18 February 2007
Yesterday Arsenal V Blackburn Rovers!!!
Gunners lack fire (but I don’t care coz I was there!)
The bookies had put the score 3-2 to Arsenal on the posters in the windows so this promised to be a good match, especially after Arsenal were fresh from the electric match at Bolton and Blackburn Rovers were having a good run in the Premiership. However bookies are there to make money so perhaps their predictions are not to be taken seriously. This was a match of no goals. It was a disappointing result but I loved every minute of it. Not impressed by the score or rather the lack of scoring, but when you are there at the stadium it doesn’t really matter. This was my first ever match, I was simply in awe of everything and whether they scored or not didn’t affect me that greatly-although obviously I would have absolutely loved it if they had-I was just grateful to be sitting there, just rows away from Wenger and Tomas and Adebayor who were sitting on the sub bench which was oh so near us!
It was a bit of a rollercoaster of emotions before we had even got into the ground. Sue and I got there early and were soaking up the atmosphere and looking at the stalls selling fake Arsenal t shirts and scarves. We paid our respects at the semi demolished Highbury and then found our way to the spanking new, shiny Emirates. Posed on a giant A for a photo and hung around for a bit waiting for Adam. We waited and waited and still there was no sign. I tried calling but his phone was off. We started to panic-what if he was hungover from the night before and had forgotten about the match? My instructions had been rather vague (although he kindly said that they were “very good”)-what if he was standing outside Highbury station wondering where we were? Finally I managed to get in touch with him and he was on his way! I reprimanded Susan for not having faith in Ads-of course he would be there-brilliant guy that he is (although not one to reply to text messages which would have soothed our frayed nerves somewhat)!
Absolutely stoked when Jonas walked his way over to us-just as I was singing “Adam Robertson Jonas”-Brad Schmauss style. We took our magical season passes and scanned them through the turnstiles and we were in! Adam’s first move was to head towards the man in fluorescent clothing with BEER in huge letters on him, but we were turned down for not having ID. I’m never usually asked for ID-was shocked and appalled naturally! We found our section and were walking down the stairs to locate our row and the brilliant thing was that we had to walk further and further down, closer and closer to the pitch! Sitting happily in Block 2, Lower Tier, Row 10 seat 36 and seat 35 we were about 5m from the pitch and had the best possible view, a view similar to that of our near neighbour Mr Wenger. We were totally on the same level as Arsenal-practically. It was incredible; I was totally taken aback when we stepped into the stadium the sun shining down upon us on this beautiful sky blue day-awe struck. It was huge, rows upon rows of red seats towering everywhere and a beautiful green crisp looking pitch with Arsenal players warming up. Rosicky and Adebayor were right there in real life kicking the ball about to each other-I think I squeaked quite a lot before finding my seat where we continued to squeak and exclaim whenever we spotted a player: “There’s Walcott, there’s Henry!” A giant dragon thing came on and a little kid was kicking the ball at it. It was totally surreal, bizarre and unreal sitting there-it didn’t really sink in until the second half that I was actually there. The pitch looked a bit smaller than I’d expected at first. We also saw Almunia practising his dives and leaps as Theo shot at him, he saved each of Walcott’s attempts-I never knew goalkeeping could be so exciting.
It seemed to get off to a relatively high tempo start, but being Emirates which seems to have a lackadaisical influence over the players (remember their first ever match here-the opposing team scored the first ever goal to be scored on this hallowed turf), this quickly deteriorated ooh Manchester United are on TV now, I’ll just go and watch my other team-hopefully victory here-Adam said I was “scum” for supporting two teams-he was joking, c’mon Ronaldo-low life that I am! It’s more fun having two teams! OK I’m back now, another draw, but this was 1-1 with a goal struck with conviction by Carrick and a curling header from the
Arsenal played beautifully, gracefully passing the ball to each other, Theo would make an impressive run with the ball demonstrating the pace he possesses and would then lose the ball, but there was no urgency in their game. They seemed happy to pass the ball around all afternoon, and I’d have happily watched them do so, and probably procured around 70% worth of possession, however they could not convert this into goals. Why not?! I’d made an effort this morning; I was in my smart black jeans, blue Tommy Hilfiger Miaow cat top and my smooth black Corey Martinez Orchid shoes, surely they could have too-dare I say it, but Rosicky’s hair looked a little greasey-oh the blasphemy-mine in contrast was looking rather shiny if I don’t say so myself.
Didn’t see much from Henry in the first half, Senderos seemed to be delivering lots of headers and defending well, Cesc was running about holding the fort and passing with skill and accuracy, Walcott was working hard, Ljungberg was looking good-there seemed to be lots going on, but not near to the goals, I don’t think either goalkeeper was tested at all in the first half. Wenger seemed happy enough with their play and while he stood up now and again he mainly sat back and relaxed-perhaps this was their plan, pass the ball elegantly around for the entire first half and try to score in the last 10 minutes-this is certainly how the game was played out-I don’t think the fans were too happy about this. In fact they scared me quite a bit! The singing was fun -“we love Cesc Fabregas” to the tune of one of Mozart’s arias- but there was a lot swearing “you fucking muppet” and aggression towards all things Blackburn as well as the Ref “are you a
The second half was still rather complacent but there was more attacking from Arsenal this time and Wenger seemed to get more fired up towards the very end pacing about and puffing his cheeks as only he can. We were delighted to see the subs Rosicky, Adebayor and
Now Arsenal suddenly realising that they needed to find the back of the net, piled on the pressure and it got a lot more exciting. At one point the ball soared high into the air and then was freefalling into our path-I just saw this silver ball heading right at me while I ducked and everyone else leaped up to catch it. There were lots of attempts on goal and Rosicky came close many times and one time in particular which was just about saved, he and Cesc were working hard to keep the ball heading goalwards and Henry and Adebayor were certainly trying to get it in from the passes of Cesc and Tomas but to no avail. Hope was slipping away until we had to settle with a draw. Arsenal will be heading up north for a replay (which I bet they will win as the stakes will be higher which for sure will motivate them as well as not being in the comfort of their own home)-they like to make life hard for themselves as well as the fans. We cheered and clapped them as they walked off the pitch. I saw Flamini shirtless and Adebayor. Cesc kept his shirt on while I think Ros changed shirts with a Blackburn player but still had his vest on damn it-not that I went to the match to see shirtless men-there are strip clubs for that (joking!)
Us fans somewhat dejectedly left the stadium, while there had been no goals, I was extremely happy with my first ever football match experience, from the electronic turnstiles to the misfiring of Henry to Adam losing his crossiant (and then locating it later at the bus stop), it was absolutely brilliant seeing it first hand, for real, I can’t really explain how different it is from watching on TV but believe me-there is a big difference! Although I didn’t always believe I was there, it didn’t really register properly. I can’t wait to return with my Match Buddy Adam and whoever else I manage to drag along and see some goals next time. And I plan to buy a scarf too!
Friday, 16 February 2007
Arsenal and Adam tomorrow!
Adam Jonas-what a god! Love him! What a sublimely cool dude! We are off to see Arsenal and Blackburn Rovers this Saturday at Emirates. Can’t quite believe it! A full and very detailed match report of everything single thing that happens will be up here after the match! We will be 3 rows behind Wenger so look out for us on TV. I will be waving wildly and possibly crying each time Cesc runs past! (note to self: keep your cool izzy!)
Rock on guys and see you all soon!
Rock on guys and see you all soon!
Thursday, 15 February 2007
Guys-amazing news!
Two things to report:
Firstly-click on "The Team" post and check out the brilliant photos of yourselves!
Secondly-I have the time off work and the man with the Arsenal ticket is going to call back soon so we will know if I'm going this Saturday or not shortly! Fingers crossed! Izzy
Firstly-click on "The Team" post and check out the brilliant photos of yourselves!
Secondly-I have the time off work and the man with the Arsenal ticket is going to call back soon so we will know if I'm going this Saturday or not shortly! Fingers crossed! Izzy
Here are some photos! Thanks to Craigy G Big up yoself!
Playing football in the snow-how hardcore is that?
Amazing Arsenal-amazing news!
Ok the news first! I just got a text from my mum saying this guy has Arsenal tickets for this Saturday for £40 sitting behind Arsene Wenger...and she turned them down because I have to work at the dumpy library-boo I hear you all cry! Can't quite believe it-so close and yet so far away-but next time an offer like this comes up-I will not be refusing! I'm so sorry Cesc and Tomas, I'll be there next time!
Now to last nights match! What can I say, I am almost speechless, but not quite as in fact I have loads to say about it-it is perhaps one of my favourite ever matches of all time (bearing in mind that I'm relatively new to this football malarky!) I've come up with a headline to sum it all up-hopefully The Sun wont steal it for their back page-Missfiring Gunners (hehe!)
I was quite torn last night as there was so much good TV which all happened to clash-Desperate Housewives, Nevermind the Buzzcocks, The Brits and of course the Arsenal match! Of course we watched Arsenal V Bolton match but every now and then I did flick over to the Brits because I love Russell Brand; it was a night of Russel Vs Rosicky. As the remote does not work, I had to keep on climbing out of bed and changing the channel by hand, so it did stay on Arsenal for most of the time. The match was brilliant, explosive, ummm suggestions for other amazing adjectives?
It was a very fast paced start, both teams raring to go, Arsenal perhaps knowing that scoring first was vital to securing a win agains their bogey team. There were loads of free seats at the Reebok stadium which I resented becuase I could have sat there and cheered away-was it becasue all the men were at home for Valentine's Day? or perhaps a protest at the extortionate prices that are being charged for tickets these days. I would have loved to have spent the night watching Rosicky and all those lovely players. Of course there was lots of elegant paasing from the Arsenal boys and after just 13 minutes of high tempo action the toned and long limbed Adebayor found the back of the net with the help of a Bolton defender. Much respect to Jussi Jääskeläinen, known for his impressive saves, but he couldn't get this one. Stealing a stat from the Match of the Day commentators-every match in which Adebayor has scored, Arsenal have won. I then flicked over to the Brits and say Snow Patrol singing Chasing Cars so flicked back over to the match.
Tomas Rosicky was outstanding, he was in the midst of it all, almost scoring himself early on in the match (and looking absolutely gutted to see it narrowly zoom past) and setting up chances for the other players, such as when he played a beautiful cross into the penalty area which Baptista failed to convert into a goal. He was propelling Arsenal forward with his little curtain hairstyle bobbing about which looked ever so appealing! (Keep it professional Izzy!) We’ve noticed that Rosicky seems to really excel when Cesc is not playing, has anyone else noticed this? A quick switch to the Brits to observe Russell Brand who is almost as elegant as Arsenal’s play; Amy Winehouse is on collecting an award or something-lose interest and return to the footy. Arsenal still putting the pressure on Bolton. I love Russell Brand-his style, his mockney accent combined with his impressive grandiloquence. Some people are very critical of him; I think he’s a Marmite case-you either love him or hate him, what with his werewolf appearance and obsession with his genitalia (everyone complains about this latter characteristic but whenever I see him, he’s never talking about it), but I learn something new every time I watch him and for this I am grateful and reverential. The Brits are a joke, but Brand is aware of the joke and therefore escapes the ridicule that the others receive-no wonder the Arctic Monkeys sent a video message. James Morrison won an award, dedicating it to “every singer songwriter who’s still playing in pubs-this one’s for you”.
At the 42nd minute Bolton surge and in quick succession produce three fine chances which are all sadly missed. One was extremely unlucky as it hit the top corner of the post. Arsenal then go on the counter attack and fly down to the other end of the pitch where it was one on one but Baptista falls over and doesn’t score. He appears to be a rather mercurial player-he can play awfully and then have moments of brilliance and totally redeem himself. Turn over to see Take That-sounds like a lot of high pitched screaming-lots of “aaaaarrrrrrrr” in the highest octave possible, sing along for a bit before returning to Arsenal where the Bolton fan’s relentless singing is more in tune than the stuff on the Brits.
At half time Match of The Day shows yesterday’s Middlesbrough v. Bristol City match which looked absolutely intense and explosive. Probably would have supported Bristol City had I watched it having just recently visited the city of Bristol and found it much to my liking.
The appearance of the Red Hot Chili Peppers singing Dani California mean that we miss the start of the second half-was surprised to see that Anthony has copied my hair cut-we look exactly the same-same length, colour and style (slightly layered). There was frenergetic (a combination of energetic and frantic) drumming from Chad and as we returned to the match this pace was paralleled here too.
Players are on the floor all over the place-I’ve never seen so many fouls and tackles-so it was inevitable that it would happen in the penalty box. Baptista is the one to go down, although from other angles it does look as if the Bolton player did touch the ball which would have invalidated the claim for a penalty, the ref doesn’t see this angle though-and Gilberto (standing in as captain for Henry) steps up for the spot kick which he sends flying high into the sky, “a wild penalty”. What happened? Did the fierce booing of the Bolton fans put him off? It was hit with conviction but lacked direction, as if the ball had taken a Stellious easyJet flight as far from the goal as possible.
The pace is still going strong from both sides-it’s almost tiring to watch. Ljunberg was about to come on as a sub but I wondered whether he would want to launch himself into this frenetic orgy of tackles which is not exactly easing himself into it. That shows how much I know Ljunberg-he was absolutely fine, played really well in fact-sorry Freddie for doubting you for a moment.
Campo tried to get a penalty of Rosicky but it was clear to all that the Little Mozart had been trying to leap out of his way and had not stopped Campo in anyway who was then promptly booked for his diving antics.
Adebayor then flew down the other end, dodged and danced around Jussi and then went for goal only to see it ricocheted against the post, the MOTD commentators exclaiming “a worse miss than the penalty” however, if you ask me, Adebayor’s attempt was closer than Gilberto’s.
With only two and a half minutes left, it looked as if Arsenal had clinched a narrow and extremely tight 1-0 win; however the perseverance of Bolton and the belief of their fans saw them grab a last minute goal just when we thought it was all over. The stadium literally erupted (well almost literally). This meant 30 minutes of extra time was to be played, but being 10 o’clock on a Wednesday night meant Desperate Housewives time so we turned over to visit Wisteria Lane. In one of the many and lengthy commercial breaks we turned over to see that Arsenal were 2-1 up at 19 minutes of extra time. My heart was in my mouth as Anelka almost scored from a free kick. And the rest I’m afraid to say I don’t know-I didn’t see it but did hear about another missed penalty from Baptista this time, and two goals-another from Adebayor and one from Ljunberg to secure a 3-1 victory. Love all round on Valentine’s Day for Arsenal and Bolton’s exquisite play. (Especially for Rosicky, my main man, and man of the match.)
Now to last nights match! What can I say, I am almost speechless, but not quite as in fact I have loads to say about it-it is perhaps one of my favourite ever matches of all time (bearing in mind that I'm relatively new to this football malarky!) I've come up with a headline to sum it all up-hopefully The Sun wont steal it for their back page-Missfiring Gunners (hehe!)
I was quite torn last night as there was so much good TV which all happened to clash-Desperate Housewives, Nevermind the Buzzcocks, The Brits and of course the Arsenal match! Of course we watched Arsenal V Bolton match but every now and then I did flick over to the Brits because I love Russell Brand; it was a night of Russel Vs Rosicky. As the remote does not work, I had to keep on climbing out of bed and changing the channel by hand, so it did stay on Arsenal for most of the time. The match was brilliant, explosive, ummm suggestions for other amazing adjectives?
It was a very fast paced start, both teams raring to go, Arsenal perhaps knowing that scoring first was vital to securing a win agains their bogey team. There were loads of free seats at the Reebok stadium which I resented becuase I could have sat there and cheered away-was it becasue all the men were at home for Valentine's Day? or perhaps a protest at the extortionate prices that are being charged for tickets these days. I would have loved to have spent the night watching Rosicky and all those lovely players. Of course there was lots of elegant paasing from the Arsenal boys and after just 13 minutes of high tempo action the toned and long limbed Adebayor found the back of the net with the help of a Bolton defender. Much respect to Jussi Jääskeläinen, known for his impressive saves, but he couldn't get this one. Stealing a stat from the Match of the Day commentators-every match in which Adebayor has scored, Arsenal have won. I then flicked over to the Brits and say Snow Patrol singing Chasing Cars so flicked back over to the match.
Tomas Rosicky was outstanding, he was in the midst of it all, almost scoring himself early on in the match (and looking absolutely gutted to see it narrowly zoom past) and setting up chances for the other players, such as when he played a beautiful cross into the penalty area which Baptista failed to convert into a goal. He was propelling Arsenal forward with his little curtain hairstyle bobbing about which looked ever so appealing! (Keep it professional Izzy!) We’ve noticed that Rosicky seems to really excel when Cesc is not playing, has anyone else noticed this? A quick switch to the Brits to observe Russell Brand who is almost as elegant as Arsenal’s play; Amy Winehouse is on collecting an award or something-lose interest and return to the footy. Arsenal still putting the pressure on Bolton. I love Russell Brand-his style, his mockney accent combined with his impressive grandiloquence. Some people are very critical of him; I think he’s a Marmite case-you either love him or hate him, what with his werewolf appearance and obsession with his genitalia (everyone complains about this latter characteristic but whenever I see him, he’s never talking about it), but I learn something new every time I watch him and for this I am grateful and reverential. The Brits are a joke, but Brand is aware of the joke and therefore escapes the ridicule that the others receive-no wonder the Arctic Monkeys sent a video message. James Morrison won an award, dedicating it to “every singer songwriter who’s still playing in pubs-this one’s for you”.
At the 42nd minute Bolton surge and in quick succession produce three fine chances which are all sadly missed. One was extremely unlucky as it hit the top corner of the post. Arsenal then go on the counter attack and fly down to the other end of the pitch where it was one on one but Baptista falls over and doesn’t score. He appears to be a rather mercurial player-he can play awfully and then have moments of brilliance and totally redeem himself. Turn over to see Take That-sounds like a lot of high pitched screaming-lots of “aaaaarrrrrrrr” in the highest octave possible, sing along for a bit before returning to Arsenal where the Bolton fan’s relentless singing is more in tune than the stuff on the Brits.
At half time Match of The Day shows yesterday’s Middlesbrough v. Bristol City match which looked absolutely intense and explosive. Probably would have supported Bristol City had I watched it having just recently visited the city of Bristol and found it much to my liking.
The appearance of the Red Hot Chili Peppers singing Dani California mean that we miss the start of the second half-was surprised to see that Anthony has copied my hair cut-we look exactly the same-same length, colour and style (slightly layered). There was frenergetic (a combination of energetic and frantic) drumming from Chad and as we returned to the match this pace was paralleled here too.
Players are on the floor all over the place-I’ve never seen so many fouls and tackles-so it was inevitable that it would happen in the penalty box. Baptista is the one to go down, although from other angles it does look as if the Bolton player did touch the ball which would have invalidated the claim for a penalty, the ref doesn’t see this angle though-and Gilberto (standing in as captain for Henry) steps up for the spot kick which he sends flying high into the sky, “a wild penalty”. What happened? Did the fierce booing of the Bolton fans put him off? It was hit with conviction but lacked direction, as if the ball had taken a Stellious easyJet flight as far from the goal as possible.
The pace is still going strong from both sides-it’s almost tiring to watch. Ljunberg was about to come on as a sub but I wondered whether he would want to launch himself into this frenetic orgy of tackles which is not exactly easing himself into it. That shows how much I know Ljunberg-he was absolutely fine, played really well in fact-sorry Freddie for doubting you for a moment.
Campo tried to get a penalty of Rosicky but it was clear to all that the Little Mozart had been trying to leap out of his way and had not stopped Campo in anyway who was then promptly booked for his diving antics.
Adebayor then flew down the other end, dodged and danced around Jussi and then went for goal only to see it ricocheted against the post, the MOTD commentators exclaiming “a worse miss than the penalty” however, if you ask me, Adebayor’s attempt was closer than Gilberto’s.
With only two and a half minutes left, it looked as if Arsenal had clinched a narrow and extremely tight 1-0 win; however the perseverance of Bolton and the belief of their fans saw them grab a last minute goal just when we thought it was all over. The stadium literally erupted (well almost literally). This meant 30 minutes of extra time was to be played, but being 10 o’clock on a Wednesday night meant Desperate Housewives time so we turned over to visit Wisteria Lane. In one of the many and lengthy commercial breaks we turned over to see that Arsenal were 2-1 up at 19 minutes of extra time. My heart was in my mouth as Anelka almost scored from a free kick. And the rest I’m afraid to say I don’t know-I didn’t see it but did hear about another missed penalty from Baptista this time, and two goals-another from Adebayor and one from Ljunberg to secure a 3-1 victory. Love all round on Valentine’s Day for Arsenal and Bolton’s exquisite play. (Especially for Rosicky, my main man, and man of the match.)
Tuesday, 13 February 2007
Photo time! Some thoughts on the weekend's premiership action and Adam's brilliant goals
The photos-they are finally here! Hooray I hear you cry, just as you did when Rosicky headed that goal in the other day, and when England finally win a match. I'll try to figure out how to put them on this blog! Football with the Sixth form sharks has resumed after a break because of poor conditions-Ads was racing around scoring loads of brilliant goals, so brap brap and much respect to him!
Ooohhh Premiership action...did Wigan deserve at least a point? Were they "robbed"? Manchester United's match wasn't that exciting, I think the Mirror summed it up beautifully with the headline "Park Life" hahahah for all you Brit Pop fans!
Ooohhh Premiership action...did Wigan deserve at least a point? Were they "robbed"? Manchester United's match wasn't that exciting, I think the Mirror summed it up beautifully with the headline "Park Life" hahahah for all you Brit Pop fans!
Thursday, 8 February 2007
Play cancelled due to SNOW!!!!
But the team made an equally brilliant snowballer team as we fought against the year 10s. Notable snowball throwers were Adam, Anamul, Jake, Craig...everyone! Good job guys! Love it!
"For Crouching out loud!" as my mum so aptly put it.
So last nights match! And another disappointment, but surely you can't be disappointed because you should know what to expect from England by now! I was supporting Spain (but was upset to see Alonso was not playing and Cesc only got a couple of minutes) not just because of their handsome players (cough, Cesc, Alonso, Villa, Torres and Puyos hair is something else!) but because whatever they do will be more exciting than England and I've heard great things about Villa and Cesc is such a talent, so Spain all the way! Not much to report match wise (the England team should watch the 6th form Sharks to get some inspiration and learn how to play a good match). England began really well and set a fast tempo, then things just tailed off. The Spanish goal keeper had practically nothing to do. It proved to be extremely boring and I had to force myself to carry on watching...I started to wonder what I liked about football, then I remembered that any match that is not England is usually thrilling, with skills, beautiful footwork, passion, goals on target etc. There was one decent shot on target from Michael Carrick (who is growing on me, was never that impressed before, but he's winning brownie points these days!) and that's about it. Roll on Israel!
Obviously this was a bad match because, although it was planned, Craigy G did not make his debut.
Craigy G why was this?
What do you think you would have brought to this match?
Would you have been able to turn it around?
Keenly awaiting your response.
"For Crouching out loud!" as my mum so aptly put it.
So last nights match! And another disappointment, but surely you can't be disappointed because you should know what to expect from England by now! I was supporting Spain (but was upset to see Alonso was not playing and Cesc only got a couple of minutes) not just because of their handsome players (cough, Cesc, Alonso, Villa, Torres and Puyos hair is something else!) but because whatever they do will be more exciting than England and I've heard great things about Villa and Cesc is such a talent, so Spain all the way! Not much to report match wise (the England team should watch the 6th form Sharks to get some inspiration and learn how to play a good match). England began really well and set a fast tempo, then things just tailed off. The Spanish goal keeper had practically nothing to do. It proved to be extremely boring and I had to force myself to carry on watching...I started to wonder what I liked about football, then I remembered that any match that is not England is usually thrilling, with skills, beautiful footwork, passion, goals on target etc. There was one decent shot on target from Michael Carrick (who is growing on me, was never that impressed before, but he's winning brownie points these days!) and that's about it. Roll on Israel!
Obviously this was a bad match because, although it was planned, Craigy G did not make his debut.
Craigy G why was this?
What do you think you would have brought to this match?
Would you have been able to turn it around?
Keenly awaiting your response.
Tuesday, 6 February 2007
Weekend Premiership Action!
Arsenal fail to relieve my ills but United lift my spirits considerably
I’ve been called a glory hunter, but this is not true, my loyalties are split and it’s not all fun and games-sometimes it means double the pain and things get awkward when they play against each other. I support Man United because my mum is from Manchester and supported them as a child so who am I to deny tradition? Then I support Arsenal as I was born and have been bred in London and they are the most stylish London team who are not funded by a Russian billionaire and they have several attractive and extremely skilled young players-Cesc…When it comes to the crunch and they are playing against each other I go for United-but this has proved to be an unwise move as both times the Gunners have prevailed.
In true Izzy style I’ve been ill all weekend with the flu (I’m always ill on weekends and holidays-never during school time-this can be quite frustrating) and all I can do is sleep, lie awake going hot and cold and feeling dizzy and sleep some more. I just about managed to stay awake for Match of the Day hoping Arsenal would bring some cheer to my miserable day-however all they could muster was a 1-1 draw against Middlesbrough so the less said about that the better-it hardly mattered anyway-by this time I was hallucinating Arsene Wenger standing pitchside in his boxers singing the French national anthem.
By Sunday my state of well being had deteriorated further and I spent the day sleeping and feeling ill. My recovery rested solely on United. I lay in bed listening to the match on the radio.
The first half was poor play by United-scrappy, rough, ill disciplined, very uncharacteristic of their usual cool, controlled and confident temperament. The twinkle toed Ronaldo epitomised the way this was going as he fouled himself and later tripped over the ball (this seems hard to believe and I didn’t see it with my own eyes, but we’ll have to trust the radio commentators on this one). Things did not improve for Ronaldo when he sent a cross from which he should have scored sky high. Tottenham were playing well and looked as if they deserved to be in the lead when minutes before half time Ronaldo dived in the penalty box and won a dubious penalty. From where the ref was standing it did look to be a penalty but after seeing the incident from every angle possible from the cameras I wonder if Ronaldo was even touched at all. He goes down like a tower of Jenga blocks. The ref also missed a more valid call for a penalty when Larrson was pushed down in the box and a penalty call for Tottenham when Gary Neville rugby tackled a Tottenham player-although according to a MOTD 2 pundit this sort of grabbing and groping goes on all the time and is part of the modern game. Ronaldo’s amateur dramatics upset me greatly-a player of his calibre is above this (although evidently he doesn’t think this as it has become quite a habit and is at its most prolific when playing for his country)-he should be above it-he’s so talented that he doesn’t need to cheapen himself in this way. It’s ridiculous and he’s earning himself a bad reputation (on top of his reputation for his penchant for Hollyoaks girls). He certainly ensured he is not popular with the Tottenham fans. He swiftly converted the penalty, in what was reminiscent of the World Cup 2006 penalty shoot out, and United were one nil up at half time.
Perhaps Tottenham were dispirited by the injustice of it all but rather it should have conjured a fighting determination. It was United that returned to the pitch, no doubt after some words for Sir Alex about their style of play, with steely tenacity and before the second half could barely get started there was a multitude of goals. This softened the blow of the debateable penalty as United showed that they could earn goals by skill and merit rather than employing underhand tactics, and now in their stride, Spurs didn’t stand a chance. From a Carrick free kick, Vidic ran forward unmarked and sent in a beautiful header-and what a beautiful head Vidic has! His fourth goal of the season. The third goal was bundled in by Scholes after an awesome cross by Ronaldo. Some nice play between Saha and Giggs saw Giggs put away the fourth goal.
Just when victory looked sealed for United and a clean sheet for Van der Saar-the goal keeper was hit in the face by Keane’s knee and suffered a broken nose-rolling about on the pitch he looked worse than I did and that is saying something. Having used all their subs United had to improvise and for a moment it looked as if Ferdinand was going to put on the goalkeepers jersey and gloves, but then O Shea did the honours and took his place between the sticks which must have been a funny sight as it made Wayne Rooney chuckle. He made one good save, stopping his fellow Republic of Ireland team mate, which the MOTD2 pundits declared, Keane, “he’ll never live it down”. O’Shea managed to maintain the clean sheet and a comfortable 4-0 win for United which secures their 6 point lead ahead of Chelsea and made me feel a whole lot better.
I’ve been called a glory hunter, but this is not true, my loyalties are split and it’s not all fun and games-sometimes it means double the pain and things get awkward when they play against each other. I support Man United because my mum is from Manchester and supported them as a child so who am I to deny tradition? Then I support Arsenal as I was born and have been bred in London and they are the most stylish London team who are not funded by a Russian billionaire and they have several attractive and extremely skilled young players-Cesc…When it comes to the crunch and they are playing against each other I go for United-but this has proved to be an unwise move as both times the Gunners have prevailed.
In true Izzy style I’ve been ill all weekend with the flu (I’m always ill on weekends and holidays-never during school time-this can be quite frustrating) and all I can do is sleep, lie awake going hot and cold and feeling dizzy and sleep some more. I just about managed to stay awake for Match of the Day hoping Arsenal would bring some cheer to my miserable day-however all they could muster was a 1-1 draw against Middlesbrough so the less said about that the better-it hardly mattered anyway-by this time I was hallucinating Arsene Wenger standing pitchside in his boxers singing the French national anthem.
By Sunday my state of well being had deteriorated further and I spent the day sleeping and feeling ill. My recovery rested solely on United. I lay in bed listening to the match on the radio.
The first half was poor play by United-scrappy, rough, ill disciplined, very uncharacteristic of their usual cool, controlled and confident temperament. The twinkle toed Ronaldo epitomised the way this was going as he fouled himself and later tripped over the ball (this seems hard to believe and I didn’t see it with my own eyes, but we’ll have to trust the radio commentators on this one). Things did not improve for Ronaldo when he sent a cross from which he should have scored sky high. Tottenham were playing well and looked as if they deserved to be in the lead when minutes before half time Ronaldo dived in the penalty box and won a dubious penalty. From where the ref was standing it did look to be a penalty but after seeing the incident from every angle possible from the cameras I wonder if Ronaldo was even touched at all. He goes down like a tower of Jenga blocks. The ref also missed a more valid call for a penalty when Larrson was pushed down in the box and a penalty call for Tottenham when Gary Neville rugby tackled a Tottenham player-although according to a MOTD 2 pundit this sort of grabbing and groping goes on all the time and is part of the modern game. Ronaldo’s amateur dramatics upset me greatly-a player of his calibre is above this (although evidently he doesn’t think this as it has become quite a habit and is at its most prolific when playing for his country)-he should be above it-he’s so talented that he doesn’t need to cheapen himself in this way. It’s ridiculous and he’s earning himself a bad reputation (on top of his reputation for his penchant for Hollyoaks girls). He certainly ensured he is not popular with the Tottenham fans. He swiftly converted the penalty, in what was reminiscent of the World Cup 2006 penalty shoot out, and United were one nil up at half time.
Perhaps Tottenham were dispirited by the injustice of it all but rather it should have conjured a fighting determination. It was United that returned to the pitch, no doubt after some words for Sir Alex about their style of play, with steely tenacity and before the second half could barely get started there was a multitude of goals. This softened the blow of the debateable penalty as United showed that they could earn goals by skill and merit rather than employing underhand tactics, and now in their stride, Spurs didn’t stand a chance. From a Carrick free kick, Vidic ran forward unmarked and sent in a beautiful header-and what a beautiful head Vidic has! His fourth goal of the season. The third goal was bundled in by Scholes after an awesome cross by Ronaldo. Some nice play between Saha and Giggs saw Giggs put away the fourth goal.
Just when victory looked sealed for United and a clean sheet for Van der Saar-the goal keeper was hit in the face by Keane’s knee and suffered a broken nose-rolling about on the pitch he looked worse than I did and that is saying something. Having used all their subs United had to improvise and for a moment it looked as if Ferdinand was going to put on the goalkeepers jersey and gloves, but then O Shea did the honours and took his place between the sticks which must have been a funny sight as it made Wayne Rooney chuckle. He made one good save, stopping his fellow Republic of Ireland team mate, which the MOTD2 pundits declared, Keane, “he’ll never live it down”. O’Shea managed to maintain the clean sheet and a comfortable 4-0 win for United which secures their 6 point lead ahead of Chelsea and made me feel a whole lot better.
Friday, 2 February 2007
Friday Lunch time game
Anamul was in goal-the next Jens, but not as mad hopefully! And had kept a clean sheet for all the match however this was then tainted as Mike managed to get the ball past Anamul.
Ashley scored 2 great goals, ending his break time dry spell, and made it a hat trick, but I missed the first goal as I was having lunch. Brilliant goals they were; from long distances and hit with force-had to be seen to be believed!
This match saw the welcome return of Fred.
Teague, in the words of Jake, "just skilled everybody" to score, in the words of Mike, "a bursting run followed by a placed finish".
And that's it for this week folks! Enjoy the Premiership action this weekend!
Ashley scored 2 great goals, ending his break time dry spell, and made it a hat trick, but I missed the first goal as I was having lunch. Brilliant goals they were; from long distances and hit with force-had to be seen to be believed!
This match saw the welcome return of Fred.
Teague, in the words of Jake, "just skilled everybody" to score, in the words of Mike, "a bursting run followed by a placed finish".
And that's it for this week folks! Enjoy the Premiership action this weekend!
Break time and lunchtime reports, inclu. marks out of 10...how did you score?
Tenacious Teague Triumphs again!
Friday 2nd February 2007 Breaktime
Score: 3-3
Team 1: Peter Pick, Adam, Mike, Craig, Teague, Anamul
Team 2: Orun, Richard, Anton, Ashley, Shaz
Just a brief report today as it’s a Friday afternoon and I want to get home!
As soon as the game began there were attempted shots on target by Mike setting the tone for a fast paced and ferocious match. This game also saw the debut of Shaz, however sadly after only a couple of minutes she returned to the bench with an injury, “I feel gutted I can’t play for my team!” Peter made many good saves today stopping the advancing strikers with his foot and demonstrating some impressive punches that Jens Lehmann would be proud of! Craig and Adam were playing some lovely 1-2 football (just like Rooney and Larrson-although everyone knows Ads is Rosicky really) and Adam went for goal, however this was stopped by Peter’s foot. Good work from the pair. Teague and Anamul then showed why we call this the beautiful game by playing 1-2 with Anamul sent a low shot flying past Anton who didn’t stand a chance. During half time Patricia entertained the crowd with her saxaflute which was an experience not to be missed-see photo for full effect. Teague then scored a goal from his own end of the pitch, a volley which soared and arced across the sky, as Xabi Alonso’s did against Charlton a while back, leaving the crowd speechless. After this marvellous (I’m seriously running out of adjectives for good and amazing…any suggestions?) performance Teague then proceeded to work with Anamul, the duo becoming like a force of nature, and Teague went for goal putting serious pressure on the goalkeeper but which Richard managed to save. Anamul then made a run down the pitch and with immense style coupled with some step-overs (to make Ronaldo drool) neatly chipped the ball into the “net”. Possibly a match highlight. A set piece from Ashley’s side (which had seen little of the ball until this point-the match being dominated by Teague, Craig and Anamul) with a lovely free kick delivered competently by Ashley almost created a goal opportunity but not quite as Peter Pick made another save as Kevin tried to kick it in. Kevin was then hit in the face and there was some injury time as he recovered. A penalty was then given for handball, although it was very controversial and was met with much opposition "I believe it wasn't a penalty"-Anamul, and this was executed by Adam (although I thought he was on the other team-sorry for any confusion). The final game was delivered by Mike and then the game was broken up by Ms Taylor.
Man of the Match: Teague, he was all over the match like a rash, popped up everywhere.
Captain Anamul remarked after the match: “Ref made the wrong decisions which changed the course of the game. I am a dickhead.”
Mark for the match-compiled by Izzy and Shaz-don't take them seriously though, it was a difficult process rating you guys!
Team 1
Peter 7
Adam 8
Mike 8
Craig 7
Anamul 8
Teague 9
Team 2
Anton 6
Orun 6
Shaz 100
Richard 6
Ashley 7
Kevin 6
Friday 2nd February 2007 Breaktime
Score: 3-3
Team 1: Peter Pick, Adam, Mike, Craig, Teague, Anamul
Team 2: Orun, Richard, Anton, Ashley, Shaz
Just a brief report today as it’s a Friday afternoon and I want to get home!
As soon as the game began there were attempted shots on target by Mike setting the tone for a fast paced and ferocious match. This game also saw the debut of Shaz, however sadly after only a couple of minutes she returned to the bench with an injury, “I feel gutted I can’t play for my team!” Peter made many good saves today stopping the advancing strikers with his foot and demonstrating some impressive punches that Jens Lehmann would be proud of! Craig and Adam were playing some lovely 1-2 football (just like Rooney and Larrson-although everyone knows Ads is Rosicky really) and Adam went for goal, however this was stopped by Peter’s foot. Good work from the pair. Teague and Anamul then showed why we call this the beautiful game by playing 1-2 with Anamul sent a low shot flying past Anton who didn’t stand a chance. During half time Patricia entertained the crowd with her saxaflute which was an experience not to be missed-see photo for full effect. Teague then scored a goal from his own end of the pitch, a volley which soared and arced across the sky, as Xabi Alonso’s did against Charlton a while back, leaving the crowd speechless. After this marvellous (I’m seriously running out of adjectives for good and amazing…any suggestions?) performance Teague then proceeded to work with Anamul, the duo becoming like a force of nature, and Teague went for goal putting serious pressure on the goalkeeper but which Richard managed to save. Anamul then made a run down the pitch and with immense style coupled with some step-overs (to make Ronaldo drool) neatly chipped the ball into the “net”. Possibly a match highlight. A set piece from Ashley’s side (which had seen little of the ball until this point-the match being dominated by Teague, Craig and Anamul) with a lovely free kick delivered competently by Ashley almost created a goal opportunity but not quite as Peter Pick made another save as Kevin tried to kick it in. Kevin was then hit in the face and there was some injury time as he recovered. A penalty was then given for handball, although it was very controversial and was met with much opposition "I believe it wasn't a penalty"-Anamul, and this was executed by Adam (although I thought he was on the other team-sorry for any confusion). The final game was delivered by Mike and then the game was broken up by Ms Taylor.
Man of the Match: Teague, he was all over the match like a rash, popped up everywhere.
Captain Anamul remarked after the match: “Ref made the wrong decisions which changed the course of the game. I am a dickhead.”
Mark for the match-compiled by Izzy and Shaz-don't take them seriously though, it was a difficult process rating you guys!
Team 1
Peter 7
Adam 8
Mike 8
Craig 7
Anamul 8
Teague 9
Team 2
Anton 6
Orun 6
Shaz 100
Richard 6
Ashley 7
Kevin 6
Exciting times for the 6th form team and blog...
The one and only Craigy G (not to be mistaken for Stevie G) has created some super cool logos for the Dunraven football boys! Rock on! How professional is this getting!? Coming soon...some photos by Shaz feat. Pat and Kevin as well as the profile photos of the team!
I love you guys!
After problems with leaving comments, all has been sorted and I'd just like to thank you beautiful people for your enlightening messages as well as express my surprise and happiness at the comments from Stevie himself and the super sexy and lovely Cesc (blush blush!)
Keep up the good play because I'll be watching you-in a non voyeuristic way! And good luck to Craigy G's debut for the England team coming next Saturday. I'll be supporting Spain (England are boring and disappoint!) but cheering for Craig all the same!
Rock on, love izzy
Keep up the good play because I'll be watching you-in a non voyeuristic way! And good luck to Craigy G's debut for the England team coming next Saturday. I'll be supporting Spain (England are boring and disappoint!) but cheering for Craig all the same!
Rock on, love izzy
Betts Triumphs against the odds!
(do you get the pun about Betts and odds? I'm not much of a journalist if I have to spell out the headline for you!)
Having retired from 6th form football for the past couple of weeks, Danny marked his return and made his presence felt by scoring an astonishing 6 goals! And emphatic ones at that, not scrappy and lucky goals but decisive and skilled ones. He was surely the force leading his side to victory as the other team struggled for posession of the ball. His goals were like Drogba on crack (not that Drogba would ever be stupid enough to dabble in drugs!)
Anamul and Ashley were working hard and put in a massive work rate for their teams-but this failed to manifest itself in goals.
Man of the match: Danny Betts
Having retired from 6th form football for the past couple of weeks, Danny marked his return and made his presence felt by scoring an astonishing 6 goals! And emphatic ones at that, not scrappy and lucky goals but decisive and skilled ones. He was surely the force leading his side to victory as the other team struggled for posession of the ball. His goals were like Drogba on crack (not that Drogba would ever be stupid enough to dabble in drugs!)
Anamul and Ashley were working hard and put in a massive work rate for their teams-but this failed to manifest itself in goals.
Man of the match: Danny Betts
Thursday, 1 February 2007
Pain and Jokes!
Pain and Jokes
Thursday 31st January 2007
Team 1: Anamul, Orun, Adam, Ashley, Craig
Team 2: Mike, Lewis, Kevin, Teague
Final score: 5-4 to Team 2
This was a pretty hectic and dangerous match which also provided moments of comic entertainment by Craig and Orun. Teague had a massive injury as Mike smacked into him with the power of an atomic bomb. Poor Teague was withering about on the ground in pain while Team 1 proceeded to take advantage of Team 2 having one man down and sprinted down the other end of the pitch for Lowe to score. No sportsmanship here! But there was a slight break in play after the goal for Teague to recover, which he did very heroically. He went on to fire a brilliant shot at Orun which the goalkeeper saved between her legs but released, allowing Teague to tuck it in behind her for his much deserved goal. Teague was then hit in the face by Dan.
Anamul was teasing and tantalising Anton with some fancy footwork and ball tricks.
The moment of comedy was provided when Kevin tried to score but it was saved by Orun who then kicked the ball out, whacking it straight into an unsuspecting Craig. As she was laughing evilly at his misfortune, the ball rolled away to the feet of Kevin who then gently passed it into the net while Orun was looking the other way and still laughing…until she realised she had just let a goal. However, Orun as in the previous match played with courage; “It hurts, it hurts, I have bruises” she cried but continued to play on.
Speaking to the defeated captain after the match Anamul said he was “Gutted, absolutely gutted. We tried so hard, could have been worse if it wasn’t for our goalkeeper.” Adam said he was “frustrated”
Spectators Pat and Emma remarked:
“Superfabulous match today, some excellent players, fouls, fancy footwork, Kev Bev does it for me!”-Patricia
“Fast paced, very impressive, top quality players, professional, go whoever!”-Emma
Thursday 31st January 2007
Team 1: Anamul, Orun, Adam, Ashley, Craig
Team 2: Mike, Lewis, Kevin, Teague
Final score: 5-4 to Team 2
This was a pretty hectic and dangerous match which also provided moments of comic entertainment by Craig and Orun. Teague had a massive injury as Mike smacked into him with the power of an atomic bomb. Poor Teague was withering about on the ground in pain while Team 1 proceeded to take advantage of Team 2 having one man down and sprinted down the other end of the pitch for Lowe to score. No sportsmanship here! But there was a slight break in play after the goal for Teague to recover, which he did very heroically. He went on to fire a brilliant shot at Orun which the goalkeeper saved between her legs but released, allowing Teague to tuck it in behind her for his much deserved goal. Teague was then hit in the face by Dan.
Anamul was teasing and tantalising Anton with some fancy footwork and ball tricks.
The moment of comedy was provided when Kevin tried to score but it was saved by Orun who then kicked the ball out, whacking it straight into an unsuspecting Craig. As she was laughing evilly at his misfortune, the ball rolled away to the feet of Kevin who then gently passed it into the net while Orun was looking the other way and still laughing…until she realised she had just let a goal. However, Orun as in the previous match played with courage; “It hurts, it hurts, I have bruises” she cried but continued to play on.
Speaking to the defeated captain after the match Anamul said he was “Gutted, absolutely gutted. We tried so hard, could have been worse if it wasn’t for our goalkeeper.” Adam said he was “frustrated”
Spectators Pat and Emma remarked:
“Superfabulous match today, some excellent players, fouls, fancy footwork, Kev Bev does it for me!”-Patricia
“Fast paced, very impressive, top quality players, professional, go whoever!”-Emma
The Team!
Wow-what dashing photos! Sorry they're all over the place-tried to order them but proved too difficult a task!
The team-Photos coming soon!
Name Anamul Hassan
Form TB6
Position Central Midfield
DOB 04/03/1989
Favourite team Arsenal
Favourite player Fabregas
Name Adam Jonas
Form SC6
Position Central Midfield
DOB 25/09/1988
Favourite team Arsenal
Favourite player Fabregas
Name Ashley Lowe
Form AF6
Position Central Midfield
DOB 23/01/1989
Favourite team Arsenal
Favourite player van Persie
Name Teague Johnstone
Form SC6
Position Left wing
DOB 12/5/1989
Favourite team no team
Favourite player Anamul Hassan
Name Anamul Hassan
Form TB6
Position Central Midfield
DOB 04/03/1989
Favourite team Arsenal
Favourite player Fabregas
Name Adam Jonas
Form SC6
Position Central Midfield
DOB 25/09/1988
Favourite team Arsenal
Favourite player Fabregas
Name Ashley Lowe
Form AF6
Position Central Midfield
DOB 23/01/1989
Favourite team Arsenal
Favourite player van Persie
Name Teague Johnstone
Form SC6
Position Left wing
DOB 12/5/1989
Favourite team no team
Favourite player Anamul Hassan
Mike and Teague secure victory with last minutes goals (on a beautiful sunny January day)!
Thursday 31st January 2007, break time
Team 1: Orun, Ashley, Craig, Anamul, Adam
Team 2: Lewis, Mike, Teague, Anton, (subs. Patricia and Sabrina, played for a couple of minutes)
Final score :3-2 (or possibly 3-1)
My debut footy blog! And getting it started was met with some reluctance as some players refused to have their photos taken; but all worked out for the best as I used my powers of persuasion and charm to get some lovely, dashing photographs of the team. I think I’m also winning them round to this idea of reporting on their play.
It was a short game due to the nature of it being break time, but full of action and pace nevertheless. The first couple of minutes saw a great run down the side of practically the entire pitch by Lowe who put a lovely driving shot past Lewis. This was followed by some two good shots on target by Jonas-the next Rosicky- which were saved by Lewis. The game then turned a bit messy and scrappy, with players piling on top of one another and trying to get the ball away from the trees. Patricia left her team (after a promising performance, but is returning to her rugby roots after this cameo football appearance) and Sabrina wondered off somewhere, but Orun remained as goalkeeper representing for the girls and made some brave and crucial saves, sacrificing herself as the ball was wacked at her. This rugged style of play is characteristic of the 6th formers and hailed back to the good old day of “scrambles”. It would have Arsene Wenger up in arms and all the Arsenal players weeping until the Emirates was filled with their tears-their smooth and controlled play is the antithesis to what is witnessed here. This is not a criticism of the 6th formers play, just an observation, and they always make for an exciting match as well as delivering goal wise.
At one point there was a debate over a “goal” by Ashley, it was not a goal, it was just over the invisible posts, but Dan appealed and it was promptly quashed. Just as the bell was about to go and it was thought the match would be a draw, Mike delivered a last minute goal as he hit a forceful shot which slipped past Orun sending her the wrong way. With only seconds, Teague furthered the lead and sealed victory for Team 2 with an impressive goal. Orum, who had given a top class performance all match was forced to surrender to the might of the two tall and long haired ginger and brunette respectively.
Man of the Match: Orun (for some great saves on her debut)
Scores out of 10:
Ashley
Anamul
Craig
Adam
Teague
Lewis
Mike
Teague
Anton
(ummmmm, I’m not sure about giving scores for play for this match, it was very short so I didn’t really get a chance to watch each player and give a mark that is reflective of their performance.)
Thursday 31st January 2007, break time
Team 1: Orun, Ashley, Craig, Anamul, Adam
Team 2: Lewis, Mike, Teague, Anton, (subs. Patricia and Sabrina, played for a couple of minutes)
Final score :3-2 (or possibly 3-1)
My debut footy blog! And getting it started was met with some reluctance as some players refused to have their photos taken; but all worked out for the best as I used my powers of persuasion and charm to get some lovely, dashing photographs of the team. I think I’m also winning them round to this idea of reporting on their play.
It was a short game due to the nature of it being break time, but full of action and pace nevertheless. The first couple of minutes saw a great run down the side of practically the entire pitch by Lowe who put a lovely driving shot past Lewis. This was followed by some two good shots on target by Jonas-the next Rosicky- which were saved by Lewis. The game then turned a bit messy and scrappy, with players piling on top of one another and trying to get the ball away from the trees. Patricia left her team (after a promising performance, but is returning to her rugby roots after this cameo football appearance) and Sabrina wondered off somewhere, but Orun remained as goalkeeper representing for the girls and made some brave and crucial saves, sacrificing herself as the ball was wacked at her. This rugged style of play is characteristic of the 6th formers and hailed back to the good old day of “scrambles”. It would have Arsene Wenger up in arms and all the Arsenal players weeping until the Emirates was filled with their tears-their smooth and controlled play is the antithesis to what is witnessed here. This is not a criticism of the 6th formers play, just an observation, and they always make for an exciting match as well as delivering goal wise.
At one point there was a debate over a “goal” by Ashley, it was not a goal, it was just over the invisible posts, but Dan appealed and it was promptly quashed. Just as the bell was about to go and it was thought the match would be a draw, Mike delivered a last minute goal as he hit a forceful shot which slipped past Orun sending her the wrong way. With only seconds, Teague furthered the lead and sealed victory for Team 2 with an impressive goal. Orum, who had given a top class performance all match was forced to surrender to the might of the two tall and long haired ginger and brunette respectively.
Man of the Match: Orun (for some great saves on her debut)
Scores out of 10:
Ashley
Anamul
Craig
Adam
Teague
Lewis
Mike
Teague
Anton
(ummmmm, I’m not sure about giving scores for play for this match, it was very short so I didn’t really get a chance to watch each player and give a mark that is reflective of their performance.)
The idea!
It has all the ingredients to turn out a shambles; an amateur team with Adam Jonas (him alone indicating chaos to come) on a pitch 15m by 10m or so which is basically a mud bowl (in the summer a dust bowl-making the 1930s American South look like a mere sand pit in comparison) and an excitable, never over zealous, new-to-the-game footy fan by the name of Izzy who is struggling to work out the offside rule and accidentally calls Cesc "Sex" (an easy mistake to make). Yet each break time and lunchtime, hidden away behind the gym, the beautiful game is in full throttle and its about time our players got some recognition, and that the moments of brilliance are recorded for future Dunraven Sixth Formers who reject the Learn Centre and Common room and brave it whatever the weather. So here it is, after much anticipation (even more than when Sheva came to Chelsea), the arrival of the footy blog (and this is probably worth £30million, cough cough) If it all goes wrong, I can console myself with the knowledge that it won't be as bad as Paul Robinson's blunder.
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