Adults Season 08/09
WELL WHAT CAN I SAY
OLD TOWN 3 V 0 MASSINGHAM
IN OUR LAST GAME OF OUR SEASON WE PROBABLY PUT ON OUR BEST SHOW AND WALLOPED A SIDE WE HAD LOST 3-1 TO RECENTLY WE STARTED WELL AND OUR PASSING WAS QUICK AND ACCURATE AND WITH EVERY PLAYER GETTING CLOSE TO THERE OPPONENT THE ONLY SUPRISE WAS IT TOOK SO LONG TO GO AHEAD BUT WE DID WHEN LAURIE STROKED HOME A GOOD GOAL WE THEN PEPPERED THE HOME GOAL BUT THERE KEEPER PULLED OF SOME GOOD SAVES HALF TIME CAME AND THE LADS HAD STOOD UP TO SOME ROUGH TACKLING ONCE AGAIN AND WITH SOME GOOD REFFING BY KINGY THE GAME SETTLED DOWN THE SECOND HALF WAS GOOD TO WATCH AND WE LOOKED DANGEROUS EVERY TIME WE WENT FORWARD AND DESERVEDLY WENT 2 UP WHEN SCOTT SCORED HIS 22ND OF THE SEASON TO SHOW HOW FOOTY SHOULD BE PLAYED WE WRAPPED UP A GOOD WIN WHEN LAURIE LASHED HOME HIS SECOND OF THE GAME WELL PLAYED OLD TOWN AND IF ONLY WE HAD PUT THIS EFFORT IN EVERY WEEK WHO KNOWS THANKS TO KINGY WHO DID BRILL JOB WITH THE WHISTLE AND WAS A GOOD AS ANY REF WE HAVE HAD THIS SEASON BUT MUST FINISH BY THANKING EVERY PLAYER WHO HAS PLAYED A MINUTE OF THIS SEASON AND HELPED US GET THROUGH SO ROLL ON NEXT YEAR
OLD HUNSTANTON 2 V 5 POTT ROW
WELL ONCE AGAIN MY SIDE SUPRISED ME WITH AN AWESOME DISPLAY AGAINST THE BEST SIDE WE HAVE PLAYED THIS SEASON AFTER LAST WEEKS EFFORT I THOUGHT WE WOULD STRUGGLE BUT WE MATCHED THE AWAY SIDE IN EVERY DEPARTMENT AND EARLY ON BOTH SIDES COULD HAVE GONE AHEAD AND IT TOOK YET ANOTHER DUBIOUS PEN TO PUT US BEHIND THE REST OF THE HALF WAS ENFD TO END BUT NO FURTHER GOALS WE LOST SCOTT AT HALF TIME WITH A INJURY AND WE GOT OF TO A BAD START WHEN WE WERE SLOW OUT OF OUR BOX AFTER CLEARING A CORNER AND A SHOT WAS DEFLECTED PAST DIXIE GIVING HIM NO CHANCE IT LOOKED BAD WHEN A MISTAKE FROM THE RETURNING DIXIE PUT US 3 DOWN BUT WE ONCE AGAIN SHEW WE CAN BE COMPETITIVE IN THIS DIVISION WITH A BRAINSTORMING COMEBACK WHICH ROW HAD NO ANSWER TO FIRST LAURIE BUNDLED HOME CLARKES CROSS AND THEN GILO THUNDERED HOME A UNSTOPABLE HEADER WE HAD POTT ROW ON THE BACK FOOT BUT A SAD CASE OF ILL DISCIPLINE COST US AND WHEN IT LOOKED LIKE WE WOULD GO ON TO WIN WE CONCEDED A SOFT GOAL AND WE WERE ROCKED BUT WE STILL KEPT GOING FORWARD BUT WERE PUNISHED WITH A LATE GOAL SO I HONESTLY BELEIVE THE SCORELINE FLATTERED A GOOD POTT ROW SIDE WHO WE CONGRATULATE ON WINNING OUR LEAGUE BUT I TAKE A LOT OF PRIDE FROM OUR PERFORMANCE AND SAY WELL DONE TO ALL THOSE WHO GAVE THERE ALL IN A LOSING PERFORMANCE
CASTLE RISING 6 V 2 OLD TOWN
OUR SEASON SEEMS TO BE ENDING POORLY AS WE LOST TO A SIDE WHO HAD RESERVE PLAYERS COMING IN AND SHEW US THAT YOU HAVE TO WORK SOMETHING WE DONT SEEM TO BE CAPABLE OF AT THE MOMENT WE WERE SECOND BEST ALL OVER THE PARK AND WE MUST LEARN THERE IS NO I IN TEAM AND UNTIL THAT STICKS WE WILL ALWAYS BE INCONSISTENT I KNOW WHAT WE ARE CAPABLE OF AND THIS WAS JUST NOT ACCEPTABLE SO LOOKING FOR A MUCH BETTER EFFORT WHEN POTT ROW COME TO TOWN IN OUR NEXT GAME
MASSINGHAM 3 V 1 OLD HUNSTANTON
WE PUT ON OUR WORST PERFORMANCE SINCE WE STARTED IN DIVISION 4 AND GOT WHAT WE DESERVED THE ONLY GOOD THING WAS WE DIDNT END UP WITH ANY PLAYERS IN HOSPITAL CANT WRITE ANYMORE AS WORDS FAIL ME
Adult Team 08/09
Old Hunstanton Team 08/09
OLD TOWN 2 V 4 DOCKING
OLD TOWN DIDNT DESERVE TO LOSE TO A TEAM WHO WERE ILL DISCIPLINED AND A SHADOW OF THERE FELLOW PROMOTED TEAM WE DOMINATED FOR LONG SPELLS BUT YET AGAIN WE GOT UNDONE BY SLOPPY DEFENDING AND 2 SOFT PENS WE WENT AHEAD AFTER WE HAD ALREADY HIT THE POST WITH THE BEST SHOT SEEN AT OLD TOWN FOR MANY A YEAR WHEN WARDY SCORED FROM CLOSE RANGE THE FIRST SOFT PEN GOT DOCKING BACK IN THE GAME WE WENT BACK AHEAD WHEN lAURIE SCORED A GOOD GOAL THE AWAY SIDE DREW LEVEL AND GOT ANOTHER SOFT PEN AND CAUGHT US WITH A FOURTH WHEN WE PUSHED UP LOOKING FOR A LEVELLER WELL PLAYED LADS A GOOD PERFORMANCE
DERSINGHAM A 0 V 4 OLD HUNSTANTON
WE PUT ON ONE OF OUR BEST EFFORTS OF THE SEASON TO OUTPLAY THE HOME SIDE WE STARTED WELL WITH GILO KEV KARL AND DALE LOOKING SOLID AT THE BACK WHICH ALLOWED US TO PUSH THE HOME SIDE BACK AND WHEN WOODY G CRACKED HOME A SUPERB STRIKE WE WENT DESERVEDLY AHEAD LAURIE THEN HIT HIS 5TH SINCE HIS MOVE AND WE WERE WELL ON TOP WITH AD AND SKIP AT LAST PLAYING LIKE A MIDFIELD 2 SHOULD WE POURED FORWARD AND GOT OUR THIRD JUST BEFORE HALF TIME THROUGH THE EVER YOUNG WOODY G THE SECOND HALF WAS NOT AS GOOD AS THE FIRST BUT WE STILL LOOKED IN CONTROL THOUGH STU IN OUR GOAL HAD TO BE ALERT A FEW TIMES BUT WHEN SUB WARD FRESH FROM HIS PHONE ANSWERING DUTIES SCORED OUR FOURTH WITH A STUNNING FINISH FROM 2 FEET THE GAME WAS WON
WELL DONE LADS ON A GOOD PERFORMANCE WITHOUT OUR INJURED LADS WHICH SHOWS WE CAN LOOK FORWARD TO NEXT SEASON WELL DONE TO MITCH FOR TAKING THE WHISTLE
OLD TOWN A V A GT MASSINGHAM
THIS GAME WAS ABANDONED AFTER A LATE TACKLE SENT SCOTT TO HOSPITAL FOR 8 HOURS AND ends UP WITH A BADLY GASHED LEG AND BAD TISSUE AND LIGAMENT DAMAGE FOR HIS TROUBLES SO OUR INJURIES KEEP COMING BEST WISHES TO SCOTT FOR A SPEEDY RECOVERY
OLD TOWN 2 V 3 HEACHAM
IN A BRILLIANT GAME OF FOOTBALL OLD TOWN GAVE THERE ALL AGAINST THE LEAGUE CHAMPIONS AND IT TOOK A DEFLECTED SHOT 3 MINS FROM TIME TO BEAT US EVEN THOUGH FOR LONG PERIODS OF THE GAME WE WERE UNDER PRESSURE FROM A VERY GOOD SIDE WHO AT TIMES SHEW HOW THE GAME SHOULD BE PLAYED WE WENT AHEAD FROM THE SPOT AFTER A HANDBALL GILO KEEPING UP HIS RUN OF NEVER MISSING FROM THE SPOT HEACHAM DREW LEVEL WHEN ANOTHER HANDBALL WAS SPOTTED BY THE IMPRESSIVE REF MR WAITE AND COLIN COOLLY BEAT STU HEACHAM WERE ON TOP BUT WE DEFENDED WITH SPIRIT AND STILL MANAGED TO MAKE CHANCES OF OUR OWN BUT FELL BEHIND WHEN COLIN GOT HIS SECOND WITH A BRILL HEADER FROM A CORNER WE CAME OUT FOR THE SECOND HALF AND PLAYED OUR PART IN AN ENTERTAINING 45 MINS WE DREW LEVEL WHEN LAURIE SCORED A BRILL GOAL WHICH SHOULD GIVE HIM CONFINDENCE TO KEEP IMPROVING AS A PLAYER BOTH SIDES KEPT GOING FOR GOALS AND JUST WHEN IT LOOKED LIKE EXTRA TIME WAS COMING A DEFLECTED GOAL ENDED OUR RUN IN THE CUP SO WELL DONE HEACHAM WHO WERE A CREDIT TO THEMSELVES ALL DAY BUT LAST WELL DONE TO MY 11 WHO PLAYERS WHO PLAYED THE WHOLE 90 MINS AS I HAD NO SUBS AS WE ALSO WERE MISSING PLAYERS IF WE LEARN FROM TODAY NEXT YEAR I BELEIVE WILL BE A GOOD ONE WE WISH HEACHAM GOOD LUCK FOR THE REST OF THERE SEASON
OLD TOWN 2 V 1 FLITCHAM
WE LEFT IT LATE BUT WE DESERVEDLY BEAT A SIDE WHO ENDED WITH 9 MEN WE KICKED OFF AGAINST THE WIND AND AT LAST WORKED HARD FOR EACH OTHER AND WE EVEN CREATED SOME GOOD CHANCES AFTER SURVIVING SOME PRESSURE MAINLY FROM SET PLAYS WE FELL BEHIND WHEN WITH 9 MINS TILL HALF - TIME A CORNER WAS MISSED BY WARDY AND STU WAS BEATEN FROM CLOSE RANGE WE HELD OUT TILL HALF TIME THE SECOND HALF WAS A DIFFERENT STORY AND WE PUSHED THE AWAY SIDE BACK BUT COULDNT GET THE GOAL OUR PLAY DESERVED WITH TIME RUNNING OUT WE STARTED TO GET THE BALL WIDE AND WHEN WE PUT A QUALITY CROSS IN GREG CONTROLLED THE BALL AND CALMLY DREW US LEVEL WE THEN WENT AHEAD WHEN GREG AGAIN PUT THE BALL IN THE BACK OF THE NET TO WRAP A GOOD WIN A MUCH BETTER EFFORT LADS AS WE PLAYED AS A TEAM AND IT SHEW
TERRINGTON 5 V 1 OLD TOWN
WE WERE OUTPLAYED BY AN HONEST SIDE WHO DIDNT HAVE TO GET OUT OF FIRST GEAR TO WIN A POOR GAME ON A POOR PITCH OLD TOWN WERE LIFELESS AND I WAS EMBARRESED THAT A SIDE OF MINE PLAYED WITH SUCH A LACK OF PRIDE BUT AT LEAST I KNOW A BIT MORE ABOUT MY SIDE
OLD TOWN 5 V 1 WATLINGTON
WE GAINED A GOOD WIN AGAINST A GOOD FOOTBALLING SIDE AND PROGRESSED THROUGH TO THE NEXT ROUND WE WERE SHARPER AND MOVED THE BALL QUICKER THAN OF LATE AND SHEW THAT NEXT SEASON WE WILL BE A LOT MORE COMPETITIVE IN THIS DIVISION WE WENT AHEAD WHEN SCOTT ENDED HIS BARREN RUN WITH A COOL FINISH AFTER A GOOD MOVE WE THEN WENT FURTHER AHEAD WHEN WARD SCORED FROM CLOSE RANGE AFTER KEV HEADED A CORNER DOWN THE AWAY SIDE THEN PUSHED US BACK BUT WE DEFENDED BETTER OF LATE WITH EVERY PLAYER MAKING AN EFFORT TO GET TACKLES IN THE SECOND HALF WE GOT ON TOP AND PLAYED SOME GOOD FOOTBALL WE ADDED 3 GOALS THROUGH HIBBARD WITH 2 AND MR BRASSETT TO WRAP UP A GOOD WIN WELL DONE LADS REF RODWELL DID A GOOD JOB
OLD TOWN 3 V 1 WEST WINCH
WE GANED A MUCH NEEDED 3 PTS WITH A GOOD SECOND HALF PERFORMANCE AFTER GOING BEHIND IEARLY WHEN WE YET AGAIN CONCEDED A SOFT GOAL WE THEN STRUGGLED TO GET BACK IN TO THE GAME AS WE WERE SECOND TO THE BALL BUT WE SLOWLY GOT BACK TO WORKING HARD AND WE PUSHED THE AWAY SIDE BACK AND CREATED CHANCES AND DREW LEVEL WHEN WARDY SCORED HIS FIRST LEAGUE GOAL OF THE SEASON FROM A SKIP CORNER WE THEN WENT AHEAD WHEN SKIP BUNDLED THE BALL HOME FROM CLOSE RANGE AFTER SOME GOOD MOVES WE WON A PEN WHEN SKIP WAS BROUGHT DOWN AND GILO KEPT UP HIS RECORD FROM THE SPOT AND THE GAME WAS OVER THIS GAME SUMS UP OUR SEASON WHEN WE WORK HARD WE ARE AS GOOD AS ANY TEAM BUT WE LOOK ORDINARY WHEN WE POSE AND WAIT FOR SOMETHING TO HAPPEN
QUICK THAN YOU TO ALL WHO ATTENDED THE FUNDRAISING EVENT FOR THE 2 PLAYERS WHO HAVE BEEN INJURED THIS SEASON IT WAS A BRILL EVENING ENJOYED BY ALL WHO ATTENDED THANKS TO MY MATE STAFFY FOR USE OF HIS DISCO GEAR GILO FOR HELP COLLECTING THE MONEY DEB AND DENICE FOR DOING THE RAFFLE BUT BIGGEST THANKS TO DJ SKIP WHO PUT ON A BRILLIANT PERFORMANCE ON THE MIKE I FOR ONE CANT REMEMBER THE LAST TIME I ENJOYED A NIGHT LIKE I ENJOYED THIS NIGHT
MARHAM 4 V 2 OLD TOWN
WE PUT IN A MUCH BETTER EFFORT IN A GAME WHERE WE WERE PUNISHED FOR GIVING THE BALL AWAY TIME AND TIME AGAIN WE HAVE TO LEARN TO KEEP THE BALL BETTER BUT WE CREATED SOME GOOD CHANCES SO WE WILL SOON BE BACK TO WINNING GAMES WELL DONE TO MARHAM WHO PLAYED SOME GOOD FOOTBALL EVEN THOUGH WE ALLOWED THEM TO AND PRAISE TO THE HOME REF MY MATE TREVOR WHO DID A FAIR JOB WHICH IS WHAT I HAD EXPECTED ROLL ON NEXT SATURDAY I SAY
OLD TOWN 1 V 3 INGOLDISTHORPE
OLD TOWN TURNED IN A POOR SECOND HALF PERFORMANCE AND WERE WELL BEATEN AND WE NEED TO IMPROVE OUR ATTITUDE TO MANY PLAYERS JUST ARENT GIVING THERE ALL AND IT SHEW IN THIS GAME IN AN EVEN FIRST HALF WE MISSED CHANCES AND THOUGH THE AWAY SIDE HAD CHANCES THEY WERE MAINLY DUE TO OUR MISTAKES HALF TIME CAME WITH NEITHER SIDE MANAGING TO SCORE BUT IN A SECOND HALF I WOULD LIKE TO FORGET THORPE SCORED 3 SCRAPPY GOALS AND OUR ONLY REPLY WAS A LATE EFFORT FROM WOODY G ALL IN ALL A DISSAPOINTING PERFORMANCE PLAYERS NEED TO MAKE AN EFFORT TO TRAIN AND AT LEAST LOOK LIKE THEY HAVE BEEN TO BED FOR A FEW HOURS IF WE ARE TO FINISH IN THE TOP 6
HUNSTANTON 1 V 4 OLD TOWN
OLD TOWN GAINED REVENGE ON THERE NEAR NEIGHBOURS IN A DOUR GAME OLD TOWN STARTED WELL BUT WENT BEHIND WHEN GILO BROUGHT DOWN A HOME PLAYER IN THE BOX AND THE PEN WAS PUT AWAY WE TOOK OUR TIME TO GET BACK LEVEL BUT ONCE AGAIN TO MANY FINAL BALLS FAILED TO FIND THERE TARGET WE DREW LEVEL WHEN GREG WHO LOOKED 20YDS OFFSIDE WENT THROUGH AND BEAT HIS PAL OLLIE IN THE HOME GOAL WITH THE HOME SIDE RESTRICTED TO ODD ATTACKS WE HAD TO WAIT TILL 15 MINS INTO THE SECOND HALF TO GET AHEAD WHEN WE WERE AWARDED A PEN WHICH GILO CALMLY PUT AWAY SCOTT THEN HIT A GOAL OF THE SEASON CONTENDER WHICH WE WILL FIND HARD TO BEAT THE HOME SIDE THEN THREW CAUTION TO THE WIND AND HAD A GOOD SPELL BUT WE WRAPPED UP THE POINTS WHEN CLARKY SOMEHOW BEAT OLLIE AGAIN SO WELL DONE LADS WELL DONE TO RON WHO HAD A GOOD GAME BUT BEST PLAYER ON THE PITCH WAS MR. TAYLOR THE REF WHO WAS BRILLIANT AND BY FAR THE BEST REF IVE SEEN FOR YEARS TALKED TO PLAYERS AND KEPT A LIVELY GAME WELL UNDER CONTROL
WATLINGTON 2 V 4 OLD HUNSTANTON
WE GOT 3 PTS IN A GAME WHERE THE HOME SIDE HAD PLENTY OF THE BALL BUT FAILED TO MAKE THE MOST OF IT WE WENT AHEAD EARLY WHEN GREG CROSSED FOR SCOTT TO SCORE FROM CLOSE RANGE THE HOME SIDE DREW LEVEL WHEN WE FAILED TO CLEAR THE BALL AND FLUFFY BUM WARD TRIPPED UP A HOME FORWARD AND THE HOME PLAYER EASILY BEAT STU FROM THE SPOT WE WENT BACK AHEAD WHEN SCOTT SCORED AGAIN BUT WE ALLOWED THE HOME SIDE STRAIGHT BACK AND HALF TIME CAME WITH THE SCORE AT 2-2 WE IMPROVED IN THE SECOND HALF BUT WERE GRATEFUL FOR SOME GOOD SAVES BY STU IN OUR GOAL WE THEN WENT AHEAD AGAIN WHEN SCOTT COMPLETED HIS HAT TRICK WE MADE CHANGES AND SUB LAURIE CREATED OUR 4TH GOAL WITH A GOOD CROSS TO PUT CLARKY AWAY AND HE COOLY SCORED NOT OUR BEST PERFORMANCE BUT A WELCOME 3 PTS AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO OUR DERBY GAME NEXT WEEK
OLD TOWN 1 V 2 WISBECH UTD
WE LOST A GAME WE DOMINATED FOR LONG SPELLS BUT WERE PUNISHED FOR GIVING THE BALL AWAY TO CHEAPLY ALL OVER THE PITCH CANT FAULT THE EFFORT WE PUT IN BUT TO OFTEN THE FINAL BALL JUST WASNT GOOD ENOUGH IN AN EVEN FIRST HALF WE FELL BEHIND BUT HAD ENOUGH CHANCES TO BE AHEAD AND IN A SECOND HALF WHERE ONLY A LONG BALL WAS GOING TO BEAT US AFTER WOODY G HAD BROUGHT US LEVEL AND WITH 5 MINS TO GO WE ALLOWED A BALL TO LAND IN OUR BOX AND THE REST IS HISTORY AS THEY SAY BUT LOTS OF POSITIVES TO TAKE FROM THE GAME AND WE HOPE STU DEADMAN RETURNS QUICKLY FROM A NASTY LOOKING LEG INJURY
Old Town 1 v 1 Watlington
We gained a valuable point from the best game of our season, after spending 5 hours making sure we had eleven players and our pitch was fit to play, to watch my side battle and scrap for every ball was very pleasing, we had stu deadman back from injury, hammy from suspension, we had a solid side.
We started well and created some good chances but failed to go ahead which our play deserved.
we allowed the away side into the game as we gave the ball away cheaply in our efforts to get the ball forward too quickly but when Dale fed clarky who skinned the full back and crossed for old man goodings to come sliding in and volley into the net we were ahead which our play deserved T
he rest of the half was end to end but no further goals were added
The second half started with the away side on top but with wardy and gilo playing well we restricted watlington to long shots and they wont beet bushy from out side the box.
Both sides continued to play the game in the right way and chances started to come for us but too many one on ones were missed and we were punished when a ball was missed through the middle and it ended up in the back of our net, but we didnt falter and apart from tiring legs we looked in control
The game then ended in controversey when the ref denied us a blatent penalty (ask their number 9) and then the ref lost the plot and started swearing at players and to cap his miserable performance he blew for full time early with us breaking away with a 3 on one chance.
but it doesnt ruin what was a very good game played by 2 sporting teams and old town wish watlington good luck for the rest of the season.
thanks to gooner for matchball well done to all 11 old town players but man of the match has to be stu deadman who lasted 90 mins and kept us going fwd good to play in a game where everyone tackled hard and fair
OLD TOWN 5 V 2 CASTLE RISING
FTER LAST WEEKS HORROR SHOW WE GOT BACK TO PLAYING 4-4-2 AND WORKING FOR EACH OTHER AND WE PUT IN A MMUCH BETTER EFFORT WITH STILL PLAYERS OUT INJURED OR OTHERWISE BUSY WE WELCOMED LUKE BACK IN GOAL BRASS AT THE BACK AND KEIRAN INTO THE MIDFIELD WHO ALL ADDED ENTHUSIASM AND KEENNESS TO OUR GAME WE STARTED OFF WITH SOME GOOD PASSING AND WHEN WOODY G SET UP GREG WE WENT ONE UP WE SOON ADDED ANOTHER WHEN THIS TIME GREG SET UP WOODY G FOR HIS 5TH IN 6 GAMES WITH OUR MIDFIELD DOMINANT SCOTT ADDED HIS 16TH OF THE SEASON TO PUT US IN CONTROL BUT IN TRUE OLD TOWN WAYS WE LOST OUR DISCIPLINE AND ALLOWED RISING BACK IN AND THEY PULLED ONE BACK JUST B4 HALF TIME WE STARTED THE SECOND HALF SLOWLY BUT LOOKED IN CONTROL AND WHEN DIXIE SCORED WE SEEMED TO HAVE THE MUCH NEEDED WIN IN THE BAG BUT A SOFT GOAL LIFTED THE AWAY SIDE BUT THE BACK 5 REMAINED SOLID AND GREG PUT THE GAME TO BED WITH A GLORIOUS CHIP PAST A STATIC KEEPER SO WELL PLAYED LADS AND SPECIAL MENTION TO BUSHY KEV KEIRAN AND OLD MAN GOODINGS BUT IT WAS TEAM WORK WHAT WON THE GAME CHEERS TO GOONER FOR MATCHBALL
FLITCHAM 3 V 0 OLD HUNSTANTON
AFTER LAST WEEKS EFFORT WE CAME DOWN TO EARTH WITH A BUMP WITH A POOR EFORT AGAINST A SIDE WHO DESERVED THERE WIN WE LOST STU DEADMAN IN THE WARM UP WITH A RECURRENCE OF HIS KNEE INJURY AND THE INJURIES KEEP COMING AS WE LOST KEEPER STU WYLLIE AND SCOTT DEADMAN BEFORE 30 MINS OF THE GAME HAD GONE BUT WE DIDNT DESERVE ANYTHING WITH TO MANY PLAYERS NOT WORKING AS A TEAM AND LETS HOPE THIS IS A WAKE UP CALL AS WEVE PLAYED WELL LATELY WE CONCEDED 3 BAD GOALS AND NEVER GOT OUR FORWARD PLAY GOING
WISBECH 3 V 3 OLD HUNSTANTON
IN A CRACKING GAME OF FOOTBALL WE TRAVELLED TO OUR OLD FOES WITH JUST THE BARE 11 WITH ADAM WATCHING SNOOKER AND DIXIE WORKING WITH STU STILL INJURED ALONG WITH LONG TIME ABSENTEE CHRIS WHO HAD ANOTHER OP ON HIS LEG ON A VERY NARROW PITCH WE KICKED OFF AND STARTED WELL AND BOTH SIDES HAD HALF CHANCES BUT WITH OUR NEW KEEPER SWEEPING WELL WE RESTRICTED THE HOME SIDE TO LONG SHOTS WE PUT OURSELVES UNDER PRESSURE BY GIVING THE BALL AWAY CHEAPLY BUT STILL CREATED 2 ONE ONE ONES WHICH THE HOME KEEPER KEPT OUT THE HOME SIDE WENT AHEAD WHEN WE WENT TO SLEEP FROM A SET PLAY AND ALLOWED DAYNE TO A FREE HEADER WHICH STU IN OUR GOAL DID WELL TO GET A HAND TO FOR THE REST OF THE HALF BOTH SIDES PLAYED SOME GOOD FOOTBALL WITH OUR DEFENDERS HOLDING OUT WELL UNDER A STERN TEST FROM THE HOME SIDES SPEEDY FORWARDS WE PUSHED WOODY G UP FRONT AT THE START OF THE SECOND HALF TO GO BACK TO MY FAV 4-4-2 BUT WERE STUNG WHEN DAYNE GOT HIS SECOND FROM TEN YARDS AFTER A LONG BALL CAUGHT US OUT THE HOME SIDE THEN WENT AHEAD WHEN THE REF GAVE THEM A SOFT FREE KICK WHICH WAS PUT AWAY WITH STYLE THE HOME SIDE SEEMED TO THINK THE GAME WAS OVER AS THEY DANCED AROUND THE PITCH BUT AS USUAL WE UPPED OUR GAME AND SKIPS CORNER WAS HEADED HOME BY THE LIMPING GILO AT THE BACK POST THIS LIFTED US AND SOON AFTER HAMMY SCORED FROM CLOSE RANGE FROM A WOODY G CORNER WE HAD OUR TAILS UP AND WITH LADY LUCK ON OUR SIDE FOR ONCE WE RODE OUR LUCK WITH THE HOME SIDE WASTING THE BALL WE KEPT GOING AND WHEN THE IMPRESSIVE WOODY G SCORED DIRECT FROM A CORNER A REMARKABLE 30 MINS ENDED WITH US BACK ON LEVEL TERMS BOTH SIDES HAD CHANCES TO WIN THE GAME BUT STU SAVED WELL AND TO SUM UP THIS BRILL GAME THE LAST ATTACK SAW US WITH 9 PLAYERS IN THERE HALF ATTACKING A LONG THROW BOTH SIDES DESERVE CREDIT FOR AN ENTERTAINING GAME IN WHICH BOTH SIDES PLAYED HARD AND FAIR SO WELL DONE ALL 11 OLD TOWN PLAYERS BUT SPECIAL PRAISE TO STU ON HIS DEBUT AND GILO AND HAMMY FOR PLAYING ON WITH INJURIES AND FOR ONCE ILL PRAISE DALE WHO CLEARED ONE OF THE LINE AT JUST THE RIGHT TIME ANOTHER BIT OF GOOD NEWS WE HAVE PUT IN SEVEN DAY NOTICE TO BRING KEIRAN BACK TO OLD TOWN WHICH CANT COME SOON ENOUGH AS WEVE MISSED HIS EFORTS FROM LAST SEASON
OLD TOWN 12 V 2 TERRINGTON RES
BOTH SIDES STRUGGLED TO FIELD SIDES DUE TO THE LEAGUES DECISION TO ARRANGE A GAME WITH SHORT NOTICE BUT CREDIT TO THE AWAY SIDE WHO TURNED UP SHORT AND NEVER GAVE UP OLD TOWN GAVE A DEBUT TO MY MATE MR HARNWELL WHO AT 53 PUT IN A GOOD HOURS WORK WITH NO REF GAFFER TOOK THE WHISTLE AND PROVED WHAT A LOUSY REF HE IS BY AWARDING THE AWAY SIDE A PEN WHEN HE WAS THE ONLY ONE WHO THOUGHT IT WAS A PEN BUT NEVER MIND WITH SOME OF THE LADS JUST BACK FROM THE STRIP CLUB OLD TOWN FOUND IT HARD GOING AT TIMES BUT SCORED GOALS AT REGULAR INTERVALS OLD TOWN GAVE THE BALL AWAY TO MUCH BUT AS WE KNOW PLAYING VERSUS TEAMS WHO ARE SHORT OF PLAYERS IT AINT ALWAYS EASY AND IN THE END THE SCORELINE DOESNT LIE SO WELL DONE LADS SCORERS WERE SCOTT WITH 4 GREG 2 GILO WOODY G AND WITH HIS FIRST GOALS FOR OLD TOWN KARL MY NEW MATE GOT 4 THANKS TO GOONER FOR ANOTHER MATCHBALL BUT LAST WORD GOES TO TERRINGTON WHO DESERVE BIG CREDIT FOR A STERLING EFFORT
OLD TOWN 2 V 3 INGOLDISTHORPE
IN A POOR GAME FOR FOOTBALL WE THREW AWAY A 2 GOAL LEAD AGAINST A SIDE WHO WERNT INTERESTED IN PLAYING FOOTBALL BUT ENDED UP WINNING A GAME WE HAD CONTROL OF BUT AGAIN POOR DEFENDING COST US DEAR WE STARTED WELL AND WENT AHEAD WHEN SCOTT SCORED WITH A HEADER FROM A SKIP CORNER FOR THE REST OF THE HALF WE STOOD UP WELL TO SOME DESPERATE TACKLES WHICH WENT UNPUNISHED EARLY IN THE SECOND HALF I WATCHED ONE OF THE BEST GOALS I HAVE EVER SEEN IN MY 40 YRS OF FOOTY WHEN WOODY G GOT THE BALL AND DRIBBLED ROUND 4 PLAYERS IN A TEN YD SPACE AND THEN COOLLY PUT IT PAST THE AWAY KEEPER WE LOOKED ON TOP BUT THEN DISASTER STRUCK AS IT HAS BEEN THIS SEASON WE ALLOWED A POOR SIDE BACK INTO THE GAME WITH A SOFT SHOT BUT EVEN TNE WE WERE OK BUT 2 MINS LATER WE DID IT AGAIN AND ALL OUR HARD WORK WAS UNDONE AND TO CAP IT ALL OFF WE LET IN THE WINNER WHEN A BALL INTO OUR 6YD BOX WENT UNCHALLENGED AND A PLAYER WHO WAS LUCKY TO BE ON THE PITCH WAS ALLOWD TO HEAD HOME FROM ON THE GOALINE SO A MAD 10MINS COST US A GAME WE SHOULD HAVE WON BUT AT TIMES WE PLAYED SOME GOOD STUFF SO THERES ALWAYS NEXT WEEK THANKS TO GOONER FOR ANOTHER MATCHBALL
POTT ROW 3 V 2 OLD TOWN
AS PER NORMAL THIS SEASON HETTING A SIDE ONTO THE PITCH WAS AGAIN HARDER THAN IT SHOULD BE BUT WE MANAGED TO START WITH TEN WHICH INCLUDED GAFFER TAKING TO THE PITCH WE COULDNT HAVE KNOWN THE DRAMA AND EXITMENT THE NEXT 90 MINS WAS TO BRING AS OLD TOWN PUT IN A COURAGEOUS EFFORT ONLY TO LOSE TO A LAST MIN GOAL AFTER 3 MINS WE WENT DOWN TO 9 AS GAFFER LIMPED OFF AFTER A PATHETIC EFFORT AND WAS REPLACED BY SCOTTS DAD WHO DID A BRILL JOB IN HIS FIRST GAME SINCE THE STANLEY MATHEWS CUP FINAL SO BACK TO TEN MEN OLD TOWN THEN PUSHED A GOOD HOME SIDE BACK AND IT WAS NO SUPRISE WHEN SCOTT PUT US AHEAD WITH A SCREAMER WHICH LEFT THE HOME KEEPER WELL BEATEN WITH EVERY PLAYER PUTTING IN A SHIFT OF IMMENSE WORK WE BATTLED AND BATTLED AND HELD FIRM TO HALF TIME WITH WOODY G ARRIVING WE STARTED THE SECOND HALF WITH 11 AND THE GAME WAS MUCH MORE EVEN WITH POTT ROW THROWING EVERYTHING AT US WE HAD TO RELY ON BREAKAWAYS BUT AS THE GAME WENT ON WE STARTED TO CREATE CHANCES AND JUST WHEN WE LOOKED LIKE POTT ROW WERE RUNNING OUT OF IDEAS THEY DREW LEVEL AND SOON AFTER WENT AHEAD WITH A GOOD FREE KICK FROM THE EDGE OF OUR BOX BUT THIS DIDNT STOP US AND WE DESERVEDLY DREW LEVEL WHEN WOODY G FINISHED A GOOD MOVE TO PUT US BACK ON LEVEL TERMS BUT FOOTY IS A CRUEL GAME AND IN THE LAST MIN POTT ROW SCRAMBLED THERE WINNER BUT EVEN THEN THERE WAS TIME FOR SKIP TO HIT THERE BAR WITH A THIRTY YD STRIKE WHICH WOULD HAVE GIVEN US THE DRAW OUR EFFORTS DESERVED BUT IT WASNT TO BE SO WELL DONE POTT ROW IN A SPORTING BUT PULSATING GAME AND WELL DONE TO THE REF SIMON DEAN FOR KEEPING THE GAME FLOWING BUT THE BIGGEST AND MOST HEARTIEST THANKS GO TO THE FOLLOWING PLAYERS WHO DESERVE THE BEER WE HAD IN THE EVENING DIXIE-GILO-ROB-KEV-DALE-AD -SKIP-HAMMY-SCOTT-RICHARD-WOODY G WELL DONE LADS
WEST WINCH 3 V 6 OLD TOWN
WITH PLAYERS INJURED AND OTHERS CHOOSING TO DO OTHER THINGS WE HAD 9 MEN UNTIL WOODY G AND COLIN BRASS SAVED ME FROM PLAYING WHICH CAN ONLY BE A GOOD THING WE STARTED WELL AND PLAYED SOME GOOD STUFF AND DESERVEDLY WENT AHEAD WHEN GREG SMASHED HOME AFTER A GOOD MOVE SCOTT SOON ADDED HIS FIRST AND SKIP PUT US 3 UP WITH WINCH HAVING NO ANSWER TO OUR PASS AND MOVING AND WHEN SCOTT PUT US 4 UP BUT THIS SEEMED TO SAY WE HAD DONE ENOUGH AND WE ALLOWED WINCH TO GET ONE BACK WITH SOME SLOPPY DEFENDING THE SECOND HALF WAS A NIGHTMARE FOR 30 MINS IN WHICH WE ALLOWED WINCH TO PUSH US BACK AT WILL WITH NO ONE KEEPING THE BALL IT BECAME ONE WAY TRAFFIC TOWARDS OUR GOAL AND YET EVEN MORE POOR DEFENDING ALLOWED WINCH TO GET BACK TO 4-3 AND IT LOOKED LIKE WE WOULD THROW AWAY OUR LEAD BUT IN TRUE OLD TOWN STYLE WE ALL OF A SUDDEN CAME ALIVE AND FINISHED THE GAME STRONGLY AND SKIP AND ANOTHER FROM SCOTT TO COMPLETE HIS HAT TRICK IN HIS 100TH GAME SO WE MANAGED TO GAIN 3 WELCOME PTS BUT MUST LEARN TO PLAY FOR 90 MINS WHICH I KNOW IS HARD IF YOUVE BEEN IN THE PUB TILL EARLY HOURS OF THE MORNING WELL DONE TO COLIN WHO PUT IN A MAN OF THE MATCH PERFORMANCE IN HIS FIRST GAME FOR 8 YEARS WELL DONE TO THE HOME REF WHO HAD A BRILL GAME
OLD TOWN 3 V 1 MARHAM
OLD TOWN AT LAST GOT A LEAGUE WIN THEIR PLAY DESERVED, BUT HAD TO WORK HARD IN A GAME THEY WENT BEHIND BUT NEVER LOOKED LIKE CONCEDING THE SOFT GOALS WHICH HAS PLAGUED OUR SEASON.
PLAYING INTO THE WIND WE DEFENDED WELL WITH BRASS RETURNING FROM UNI TO SIT IN FRONT OF THE BACK FOUR HE GAVE US STABILITY WHICH ALLOWED STU AND SKIP TO PUSH ON
WE FELL BEHIND TO A SUPER STRIKE BUT WE HELD FIRM AND JUST BEFORE HALF TIME GREG CROSSED FOR SKIP TO TAP IN FROM 1YD OUT.
THE SECOND HALF SAW US DOMINATE BUT WITH MARHAM QUICK ON THE BREAK WE NEEDED A SECOND GOAL AND WHEN SCOTT WAS BROUGHT DOWN IN THE BOX SKIP CALMLY PUT US AHEAD WITH A GOOD PEN WE WON THE GAME WITH OUR THIRD GOAL WHEN SKIP COMPLETED HIS FIRST EVER HAT TRICK FOR OLD TOWN SO WELL DONE LADS AND LETS HOPE WE CAN BUILD ON THIS GOOD WIN THANKS TO GOONER FOR MATCHBALL AGAIN
OLD TOWN A V A GT MASSINGHAM
THE GAME WAS ABANDONED IN THE FIRST HALF WHEN A LATE TACKLE ENDED THE GAME AS THE HOME SIDE HAD A PLAYER TAKEN TO HOSPITAL WITH A DOUBLE FRACTURE OF A LEG OLD TOWN THANK JEFF AND HIS AMBULANCE TEAM FOR THERE AWESOME WORK AND TO A LADY FROM MASSINGHAM WHO DID A GOOD JOB OLD TOWN OBVIOUSLY WISH THERE PLAYER ALL THE BEST IN HIS LONG ROAD BACK TO FITNESS
DOCKING 7 V 2 OLD TOWN
GOING BACK TO MY HOME TOWN, WE PLAYED OUR PART IN A GOOD GAME OF FOOTBALL WHERE WE WERE BEATEN BY THE PACE OF PJ BUT WERE NOT DISGRACED, AND CREATED PLENTY OF CHANCES.
THE SCORELINE FLATTERED THE HOME SIDE BUT WE HAVE TO LEARN TO COMPETE FOR EVERY BALL. AFTER AN EVEN START THE HOME SIDE SCORED 2 QUICK GOALS, WHICH KNOCKED US BACK BUT WE MISSED CHANCES WHICH COST US DEAR, AND WE FOUND OURSELVES FURTHER BEHIND AT HALF TIME. WE DECIDED TO HAVE A GO IN THE SECOND HALF AND WE PUSHED THE HOME SIDE BACK REGULARLEY BUT WE WERE CAUGHT ON THE BREAK TO OFTEN.
WE DID MANAGE TO SCORE 2 GOALS THROUGH CHRIS AND GREG SO IT WAS NOT ALL DOOM AND GLOOM AND I AM SURE WINS WILL COME IF WE PUT THE SAME EFFORT IN EACH WEEK.
SO WELL DONE DOCKING WHO SHOWED US THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN DIV 3 AND DIV 2
THANKS TO DOCKING FOR AFTERMATCH FOOD IN MY OLD LOCAL ENJOYED BY THE FEW WHO MADE THE EFFORT TO GO THERE
PRAISE TO FOR OUR OLD FREIND MR GRIFFIN WHO DID A GOOD JOB WITH THE WHISTLE
OLD HUNSTANTON 9 V 0 HEACHAM AFTER LAST WEEKS POOR EFORT OLD TOWN PLAYED OUR RIVALS FROM DOWN THE ROAD AND PUT IN A MUCH BETTER EFFORT AGAINST A SPIRITED SIDE WHO NEVER GAVE UP KEEPING THE BALL ON THE DECK WE PLAYED SOME GOOD STUFF IN OUR LAST PRE SEASON GAME AND SCORED OUR GOALS AT REGULAR INTERVALS WITH THE SQUAD STRETCHED EVEN GAFFER GOT ON THE PITCH FOR 20 MINS AND SCOTT WAS HEARD TO SAY "WHAT A BALL MORE THAN ONCE" SCORERS ON THE NIGHT WERE 6 FROM DAN AND ONE A PEICE FROM SKIP SCOTTAND IVE FORGOT BUT THINK IT WAS CHRIS SO WELL DONE ALL AND NOW WE WAIT FOR THE MIGHTY DERSINGHAM TO ARRIVE FOR OUR FIRST LEAGUE GAME THANKS TO RAY VENEMORE FOR TAKING THE WHISTLE
4 SHORE CUP OLD TOWN 4 V 3 MITHDON IN A GAME WHICH HAD A BIT OF EVERYTHING GOOD FOOTBALL POOR FOOTBALL A SCUFFLE MISSED PEN AND A CRAP REF SMITHDON DESERVE CREDIT FOR A PERFORMANCE WHICH WAS UNLUCKY NOT TO TAKE THE GAME TO PENALTIES SMITHDON TOOK THE LEAD WHEN OLD TOWN ALLOWED A BALL TO STAY IN THERE BOX EVEN THOUGH THEY HAD 4 CHANCES TO CLEAR AND SAM PUNISHED THEM WITH A COOL FINISH OLD TOWN STRUCK BACK WHEN SCOTT HIT A SCREAMER WHICH WE WILL DO BETTER TO IMPROVE ON THIS SEASON SMITHDON REGAINED THE LEAD WHEN A HOPEFUL PUNT WAS ALLOWED TO RUN BEHIND THE HOME DEFENSE AND MATT CRACKED THE BALL INSIDE DIXIES NEAR POST DAN BROUGHT US LEVEL AND WHEN LIAM SCORED EARLY IN THE SECOND HALF WE SHOULD HAVE GAINED CONTROL BUT WE ALLOWED A SOFT GOAL SCORED BY MATT I THINK AND THE GAME WAS LEVEL AGAIN THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY A SCUFFLE IN WHICH A LOT OF HOT AIR WAS DISHED OUT OLD TOWN MISSED A PEN BUT CLINCHED THE GAME WITH 4 MINS TO GO WHEN DAN SCORED HIS SECOND TO BREAK SMITHDONS RESSISTANCE OLD TOWN GAVE THE BALL AWAY TO EASILY BUT A WIN IS A WIN SO WELL DONE ALL AND ONE MORE BEFORE THE REAL STUFF GOOD LUCK TO SMITHDON IN THERE SEASON
friendlies old town 0 v 4 ders res
in our first game we put in a good efort against a good side having just 11 players didnt help but all who turned up put in a brill effort ders went ahead early but we then didnt conced till the 80th min when tired legs took over and we let in 3 late goals well done lads great effort thanks to bushy and ollie for helping out old town wish danny and his side all the best for the season
FAKENHAM A 0 V 5 OLD TOWN
WITH 9 OF LAST SEASONS SIDE AT LAST ALL TURNING UP AND WITH 2 NEW SIGNINGS WE PUT OUT A SIDE CAPABLE OF PUTTING ON A BETTER PERFORMANCE AND THEY DID DOMINATING THE HOME SIDE FROM THE START WE PASSED THE BALL AROUND WELL WITH BOTH STU DEADMAN AND ROB CARDEW FITTING IN WELL AND SHOWING THE QUALITY THEY WILL ADD TO OUR SIDE WE CREATED A HATFUL OF CHANCES AND SOME OF THE MOVEMENT BODES WELL FOR OUR SEASON IN A NEW DIVISION THE GOALSCORERS WERE GREG WITH 3 SCOTT AND A 30 YD SCREAMER FROM SKIP WHO PASSED THE BALL MORE TIMES IN THIS GAME THAN HE DID ALL LAST SEASON WHERE WERE YOU MANNY!!! SO WELL DONE ALL BUT SPECIAL MENTION TO THE NEW LADS WHO EVEN THOUGH SHORT OF MATCH PRACTISE STOOD OUT ALSO THANKS TO FAKENHAM FOR THE GAME AND ALSO THE IMPRESSIVE REF
OLD TOWN 2 V 0 WILLIAM BURT
IN A GAME WHICH WILL NOT STAY IN MY MEMORY FOR LONG NEITHER SIDE GAINED MUCH AS VERY LITTLE FOOTBALL WAS PLAYED WITH BOTH SIDES HAPPY TO TACKLE ANYTHING THAT MOVED IT WAS MORE LIKE A CUP FINAL BUT AT LEAST WE WON WITH GOALS FROM SCOTT AND SKIP AND HAVING A THIRD DISSALLOWED EVEN IF THE BALL WAS AT LEAST 2 FT OVER THE LINE THE PLUSSES BEING ANOTHER CLEAN SHEET AND SOME PLAYERS HAD A RUN OUT BUT WE WERE VERY FLAT AND NEED TO LEARN FROM A PERFORMANCE WAY SHORT OF WHAT WE CAN PRODUCE PERHAPS WE WERE WORRYING ABOUT ED AND HIS SMITHDON SIDE COMING TO OUR PLACE ON WEDS (HOPE HES BACK FROM DENMARK ) LETS HOPE THE REAL OLD TOWN TURNS UP AND PERFORMS AS WE CAN THANKS TO GOONER FOR MATCHBALL AND HIS MASTERLY PERFORMANCE WITH THE WHISTLE GOT A FEELING HE WONT OFFER TO DO IT WEDS LOL
OLD TOWN 9 V 1 HOLT UTD A AFTER LAST WEEKS POOR PERFPRMANCE OLD TOWN RESPONDED WITH THERE BEST PERFORMANCE FOR A LONG WHILE AFTER A GOOD CHAT ABOUT THE WAY WE SHOULD PLAY WE WENT OUT AND PASSED THE BALL BETTER THAN WE HAVE FOR A LONG WHILE AND A YOUNG HOLT SIDE HAD NO ANSWER TO THE SLICK MOVES WHICH TORE THERE DEFENSE TO SHREDS FROM A WATCHING POINT OF VEIW THIS IS THE WAY FOOTBALL SHOULD BE PLAYED AND WOULD RATHER LOSE TRYING TO PLAY THE GAME THIS WAY GOALS CAME FROM WOODY G X3 SCOTT X 2 GREG SKIP A PEN FROM GILO AND A WELL DESERVED GOAL FOR CHRIS IN A VERY GOOD TEAM PERFORMANCE SPECIAL MENTION TO STU KEV AND CHRIS BUT THE FINAL WORD HAS TO BE TO GAFFER FOR ROLLING BACK THE YEARS WITH A CAMEO APPEARANCE OF 2 MINS IN WHICH HE MANAGED A DEFENSE SPLITTING PASS WHICH HASNT BEEN SEEN AT OLD TOWN FOR A LONG WHILE
Match Reports
6th September Dersingham Rovers - Home
well what can i say we were out played and out fought and put in a pathetic effort with only a few players coming out of the game with any credit greg scored our only goal thanks to bob and deb for after match sarnies man of the match the ref