Match Report 5th February
Muckross v Avoca on 5th February 2010
With a squad of 13 players and three supporters we met in Pembroke Wanderers to take on a very young looking Avoca side. Birth certificates were produced by the opposition although some looked as though they were fakes!! The game got under way with a blast and Avoca put their feet hard onto the accelerator and scored within the first 2 minutes of the match with a 1 on 1 with Dynamite Dee who was caught off guard. Avoca struck again a few minutes later from a short corner which was beautifully struck and landed in the back of the goal off Bernie’s leg - bet she has a nice bruise to prove it. Half time came and the players insisted on switching positions so as to shore up the middle of the pitch - that told the manager how c**p she is at allocating positions.
With Nora moving into defence and Mary going to mid the team looked far better in the 2nd half and we probably should have scored at least twice, once with a break away by Vanessa from a through ball from Basher (I think - my apologies if that’s wrong) but she couldn’t make it count. The 2nd attempt was from a short corner which unfortunately Basher miscued.
Bernie, Nora and Jean worked tirelessly in defence to keep Avoca from scoring in the 2nd half and I am proud to say we drew this half!! Their umpire apologised for any mistakes she made at the end of the match explaining that she had never umpired before - this is a new one on me - whatever will happen next.
The final result was 2-0 to Avoca and Bernie O’Sullivan was awarded woman of the match.
Suzanne (Geriatrics Coordinator) will be missed as she heads off to Laos for about a year to work - her wonderful reports will be missed so you’ll just have to put up with me doing the job in her place.
Next match is Friday 12th February in Railway at 7.30pm against Botanic.
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