Both Town End and New Tavern ejected from the League.
Redhouse Fusion 3 Downhill Impact 2. Redhouse Fusion only had five players, but took the game to Downhill Impact. An early goal was replied to with an Impact equaliser. Eventually, Fusion, now with a full six players, took a 3-1 lead. Impact scored again to reduce the arrears to 3-2, but failed to gain an equaliser.
WWC FC 5 Sassco.co.uk 0. Due to Town End being unable to field a team (and subsequently being ejected from the League), Sassco hastily put together a team to take on WWC. Gordon Robson made his first appearance for Sassco for five years and immediately had a shot on target in the opening seconds. However, it was WWC who were far more clinical, as they raced into a 3-0 lead. Two second half goals added to the tally as WWC and Fusion are the obvious favourites in this four-team league.
Heavy wins for the contenders.
Wednesday, 24 February 2010 18:02
Town End "Thunder" past a sorry Sassco.
WWC 4 Downhill Impact 0. Downhill's last game was the historic 1-0 victory over the Champions, but this week (after a one week break), it was back down to earth with WWC handing out a resounding thumping. Downhill performed resiliently enough, but struggled to find the back of the net.
Redhouse Fusion 8 Sassco.co.uk 0. A weakened Sassco team faced Fusion again, this after New Tavern Predators had been suspended (albeit temporarily). The resilient performance last week was a distant memory as Fusion raced into an early lead and never looked back. Every outfield players scored. Wooton with four, both Lays with one each and Baxendale and Andrew Turner with one each.
Town End Thunder 6 Sassco.co.uk 1. More disappointment in the second game against the revived Town End Thunder, now under the control of Marc McDermont, after Paul "Tyson" Stokoe had forced the previous version into administration. 6-1 was the final score. Neil Richardson scored two, McDermont and Tyson scored one each.
Fusion's last gasp winner.
Wednesday, 17 February 2010 08:06
New Tavern annihilated by Teeb FC.
WWC FC 9 New Tavern Predators 0. Another disappointing performance from the Predators as they failed to make an impact in their first official league game. WWC struck very early and never looked back. Teeb (Steve Farrer) was in particularly good form and scored a rare header on the 6-a-side. WWC didn't have Steve Anderson in the side as he claimed he was "getting his teeth whitened." He eventually turned up and we told him to stand under the damaged floodlight and just smile.
The picture inset shows Steve Anderson and Thomas Bell celebrating after the game. The lights were dim, but with Borat's new teeth, they won't be scrabbling around for any dropped change as the natural light meant that you could read a book outdoors with Anderson up until 11:00pm.
A very difficult start for New Tavern. As a new team coming in, they'll be facing the two strongest teams within the league for their first two games (the second being against Redhouse Fusion). Chris Balmer's team probably need just to get a good performance out for their next game.
Redhouse Fusion 1 Sassco.co.uk 0. A wholly negative performance from Sassco nearly got them a result. It was in the dying minutes when Liam Wooton scored the winner after constant pressure throughout the game. Simpson was excellent in the Sassco goal. McConville had a glorious chance to score for Sassco just before they conceded, when he scooped the ball over the bar. Sassco were missing Muers and Mouat, but Danny Lay made his first appearance for a strong looking Fusion side, this season.
Both Brian Marley and Rikki Kennedy were sent off late in the game (on video). Also, full marks to Paul McCluskey for answering a late call from Sassco and also somehow squeezing the tight Kappa top over a tracksuit top.
Impact defeat Fusion!
Tuesday, 09 February 2010 22:26
A stunning win for Impact over the Champions.
Downhill Impact 1 Redhouse Fusion 0. A truly astonishing win for Impact. The score was 0-0 and in the dying minutes, Impact broke clear and fired in the eventual winner. A fully depleted Impact team did their Manager, Pearson, proud. His goalkeeper, replacing the increasingly unreliable Logan, pulled off some extraordinary saves. A great performance and a memorable result.
WWC 5 Sassco.co.uk 0. A very poor Sassco team; unchanged from last week, faced a stronger WWC side who rattled five goals past Simpson. The result, combined with Fusion's loss, puts WWC well back into the race.
Sassco.co.uk 9 New Tavern Predators 2. The new team started well, but struggled in keeping a man in defence and suffered a heavy defeat against a rampant Sassco team.
Champions back in action.
Tuesday, 02 February 2010 21:00
Four goal win over WWC sees Fusion head the pack.
Sassco.co.uk 3 Downhill Impact 0. An almost unrecognisable Impact team suffered a trouncing at the hands of Sassco.co.uk, who had Keith Mouat in as a replacement for Stephen Conlin. Bri Marley also made an appearance, but it was Lee Ramsay who opened the scoring, before Muers added two goals.
Redhouse Fusion 4 WWC 1. A thrilling end-to-end game in the treacherous conditions saw Josh Lay fire in two goals, along with Andrew Turner and Liam Wooton adding the others.
Season 15 to start.
Tuesday, 02 February 2010 09:38
Season 15 kicks off on the 2nd February. Unfortunately, only four teams will be taking part, but as with most seasons which started with a lack of teams; new teams tend to come in once it's started.
Sassco.co.uk play Downhill Impact at 7:00pm, while Tommy Bell's WWC team (to be renamed) will be playing the Champions, Redhouse Fusion at 7:30pm. The short season will see teams playing each other four times, and then the top two in the League, playing off against each other to decide the League winner. If more teams are added, then the format would probably change to a standard league format.
Sassco's first win since July.
Tuesday, 03 November 2009 20:58
Sangha defies Bell, Walker, Anderson and co. (Kyle wasn't that good).
Sassco.co.uk 2 WWC 0. The last game of the night sprung a surprise. Sangha drafted in two ex-Hendon players, McConville and Lee Ramsay, while WWC had the full complement on show, with Grant Foster, Bell, Robinson, Anderson, Walker and even Teeb!. Thirty minutes later, the aging Sangha, with several body parts hit, smugly walked off with a 2-0 win under his belt. An ultra-defensive performance with Ramsay and Conlin scoring for Sassco in the last five minutes.
Redhouse Fusion 5 Downhill Impact 2. No Logan or Mickey Pearson saw a depleted side taken apart by Redhouse Fusion. An impressive set of goals in a good performance from Fusion. Especially considering that WWC lost later.
Wear Consulting 1 Town End Thunder 1. A solid performance from both teams. Wear Consulting struck in the first half with an excellent goal, but Tyson responded with an equaliser in the second. An evenly balanced game. A draw was a fair result.