Frimley Falcons 2 v 2 Rose and Thistle        (Division 3 League Match)

Not a bad start to the season, still unbeaten AND Phil Leach has found God!

Sunday morning, manager Davison had been there since 5 in the morning trying to work out the team and by 10am it was sorted..only to be told that someone was on holiday !! No rest for the wicked and boy was I wicked in my previous life.

After getting into our kit, the away kit white and black, we headed off to the pitch only to find no nets up..the grounds man had a heavy night and was late. Now all credit to the lads, the Sunday morning training at home in putting nets up worked a treat.

 The team, much the same as the friendly in style but some changes in position. The tough bit for the Manager this season is is that with good players a plenty its going to be tough picking a side. The team Conetti, Leach, Lindley, Gray, Goucher, Gadsen, Marsden, Waygood (C), Holman, Marshall, Scales. Subs..Winnard, Harris, Sutton, Davison. Not available for this match Bunce(admin cock up), Oakey (holiday), Milburn( to busy being a thespian..the lads think that means Gay). 

1st Half - Frimley Falcons relegated from Div 2 last year were going to be a tough team but we had a really positive start. Pushing them back early on resulted in a goal from that man again “shinner” Waygood. A trademark goal off his shin gave us the goal advantage, he chased down a long ball it bounced off the post onto his shin and GOAL !! The wind was in our favour and you could tell as “Just one” Conetti kicks were reaching the edge of the penalty box...that gave us the edge. “Massive C**t” Marsden was a bit under par during the game but he had two fantastic chances the second hitting a defenders head on the goal line and bouncing away. The other main talking point was Phil “Gay” Gray, a question that we long to have answered, and it’ll be asked in his 1 2 1 interview..will he kiss the ball before freekicks even if Dogsshit is on it? The other being the goal/no goal...a corking freekick, OK it was poor but the wind took it, bounced in the area over the keeper and into the net... “Gay” Gray was jubilant until the ref blew his whistle free kick. Half-time 1-0 to the Thistle.

2nd Half(touched By GOD) - No Subs at half time, Harris still smarting after his telling off for trying to break Bobby Winnards legs during the warm up. After the usual distrubing team talk, back out as usual, everyone asking if Davison is on drugs...YES is the answer.

Now, it is in this half that we witnessed a Holy Miracle, a sign from the big man above, via Leachy. Falcons started off brightly and used the wind to their advantage, pushing for the equalizer as quickly as possible. A big kick from their keeper resulted in Johnny “Awesome” totally missing an easy header, no blame there then!!, the ball falling between Conetti and the striker, some scrambles happened and resulted in a stinging shot towards goal...will it go in? miracles happen? God exists? Read On!

At this point the ball traveled in slow motion towards Leachy, little did he know that he was about to perform a miracle that has only ever happened on the world stage and makes you famous...”THE HAND OF GOD”.. yes I kid you not, it happened, right here in Frimley, out of the blue, hallelujah I hear you cry ? Well......Err....No...... Firstly Leachy forgot two things that his hero did 1) the miracle happened in the oppositions goal, England’s to be exact, and scored a goal for his team, Argentina in case you forgot & 2) and most importantly THE REF DIDN’T SEE IT ! So poor old Leachy not content with getting HIS miracle totally wrong he got sent off and gave them a penalty. Phil “God” Leach was so embarrassed he even kept thumping his chest to make a red mark to try and deny all knowledge of this miracle. Goal from the spot...1-1. At this stage Thistle were so overcome by the whole Hand Of God incident that they fell apart for 5 mins and conceded a second, 2-1 to the falcons and thistle against the wind and down to 10 men. If only Awesome had made that simple header, but no blame... By this time Dick Holman had come off struggling with a virus...we don’t think its AID’s.. with “Smasher” Harris coming on, he took up defensive mid and Big Dave was allowed to roam. A short while later a double substitution, Scales off Winnard on, Marshall off Davison on. Davison taking up right back position and Awesome going out to the right, well you can’t trust someone who missed a simple header can you? Not blaming him though. This seemed to work as we pushed forward looking for at least one goal. It came via Waygood, who else, a ripping shot through a crowded penalty box in to the net, 2-2 and just deserved. Both teams had chances with Tony making a fantastic save right at the end.

M.O.M - Waygood - two goals and constant running, good captain’s example. A special well done for Graeme Bunce for turning up and supporting the team even though he knew he couldn’t play...long may that sort of attitude continue. Well done all subs, its shows you that this is a team game and WE ALL matter. 

A Fantastic effort lads, good attitude in wanting to fight back, just what I want to see..