Muckross v Old Alex
Muckross v Old Alex on Friday 23rd January 2009
With a massive squad of 22 players 11 turned up last Friday to take on last year’s league winners Old Alex who only had 10 players. This match turned out to be very hard fought with some interesting stick tackling from both teams. Bernie took matters into her hands from the very start of the match and outshone everyone else in defence with her accurate clearing of the ball which invariably found another Muckross (or even ex Dalkey) player. Our intrepid team, which actually had 3 forwards for the first time this season, got a great break in the first half with the ball being sent up the right hand side of the pitch, for the first time in the game, by Ursula who made a superb pass to Vanessa who jumped over an Alex player who had lost her footing in their circle and smashed the ball past their mature goalie to put us 1-0 up.
Half time arrived soon after and our 2 supporters, Dynamite Dee and ex GB international Elaine gave us a team talk suggesting that perhaps using the right had side of the pitch would be a good idea. The match restarted and Alex drove hard at our defence putting the ball perilously close to the post on several occasions. Several short corners were awarded to them and each time the defence managed to clear them. The last shot on goal came as the final whistle blew and for once our goalie (me) was in the right place at the right time for the ball to ricochet of her kicker.
A brilliant win was recorded and Bernie was awarded player of the match.
Our next match is not until 6th March so you can all have a rest but don’t overdo the eating and drinking.
Judy
Official Manager of the mighty Muckross Vets Team
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