Match Report
Lucky 7 , the magnificent 7, 7th heaven, Aston Villa 7 … 7 is a lot of people’s lucky number, not if you’re from Eastham though, as the visitors from the Wirral were brushed aside by a rampant Vets side led by the Duracell bunny Gendall. You know its your day when the Pressie scores with his left foot after a minute, and Power is pulling off wonder saves.
Sometimes it all just clicks. The first was via yet another dangerous corner from the right boot of Clay, we’re all of a sudden a real threat from set pieces. The visitors equalised when the Ramblers decided we had cleared our lines long before we had and evacuated the penalty area. From there on in it turned into the Gendall show, interrupted by a fine finish from Rogers, and a scuffed penalty from Mornington that surprised the keeper with its lack of ferocity. Having seen Jordan blaze the ball over the bar several times already he was expecting a howitzer, instead he got a party popper, but it went in. Job done as the saying goes.
Of James’ 3 goals. his left foot strike from the edge of the area was the most memorable. In other words, I can’t remember what the other two were like…. but I think they were tidy finishes. Mornington got his second of the day after battering the clubhouse shutters several times previously. Maybe we should paint the goals blue and put them 20 yards further back. A very good team performance with more than a few outstanding personal games. The Pressie at the back was calm personified, Rogers excelled at left back, Harthan on both flanks. The midfield controlled the game, Thomas slotting back in, Killen’s bike rides to work paying off with a fine display, and Farrelly doing what he does, making things look easy, it is when you can control and pass it I suppose, so I believe anyway. Nigel saved stuff, and I got shouted at by a big angry meat head several times….
It rained a lot but we didn’t really notice. On we go.