Northern Canaries 9 Rangers 6
Wednesday night isn’t Rangers night!
A change of days didn’t lead to a change in fortunes for Bramhall Rangers, facing up to a fellow mid-table team Northern Canaries. The game had to be switched as neither team could get the players together for an early Thursday KO.
Even on the Wednesday numbers were sparse. NC had just 5, and the Rangers were made up to 5 with the return of Mr T and Piggy. The other players included Mini, Dr H and Belly. Shiz and Pie missed their final game, Hedderz was packing for his big move and Rascle was conspicuous in his absence, pulling out at the last.
Thankfully it was cooler at 7.30, and despite the lack of rotation both sides did OK. It was a slow game but yielded the same score as the week previous, 9-6 in the favour of the opposition. NC started the brightest, quickly nipping into a 3-goal lead. Rangers found their feet soon enough though, Piggy slotting home to give the score line some parity after Dr H had found him off the boards.
The bespectacled number 6 was his usual cheating self, with blatant pushes and trips, and shameless handballs. Half time came round and it finished quite even, 5-3 IIRC, Mini and Dr H picking up a couple more for the Rangers. The Rangers had conserved energy quite well it seemed as no one seemed that pooped at HT.
The usual second half collapse set in and NC cemented their lead after taking on 2 more easy goals. It was difficult to keep track of when the goals went in but safe to say Rangers only managed 3 more in the half. Piggy side footed into an open goal after Mini squared it across the box. This came after Piggy missed another open goal (again after Mini squared it across the area!) when it looked harder to miss. Shades of Kanu!! That was the story of the game really, not clinical enough in front of goal.
As ever, it was a great moment when Mr T popped up to knock in a goal. A couple of successive free kicks (probably given away by bespectacled man!) meant the Rangers could edge toward goal. Dr H took a quick one after Mr T had been felled and it was the tenacious fighter who connected well with a right boot to guide it into the bottom corner. It is always a great moment when Mr T gets a goal and you can tell how much it meant to him!
(Also, this one of very few games where every outfield player scored!)
The game finished and although not a crushing defeat, the Rangers were slightly disconsolate as games against NC are ones they need to start winning to make that step up to the next level.
Yes, Rangers only had 5, but so did the opponents. Next week though will see the return of Pie and Shiz who will hopefully be chomping at the bit!
Final score:
Northern Canaries 9 Rangers 6
Goals: Dr H (2), Piggy (2), Mini (1), Mr. T (1).
A change of days didn’t lead to a change in fortunes for Bramhall Rangers, facing up to a fellow mid-table team Northern Canaries. The game had to be switched as neither team could get the players together for an early Thursday KO.
Even on the Wednesday numbers were sparse. NC had just 5, and the Rangers were made up to 5 with the return of Mr T and Piggy. The other players included Mini, Dr H and Belly. Shiz and Pie missed their final game, Hedderz was packing for his big move and Rascle was conspicuous in his absence, pulling out at the last.
Thankfully it was cooler at 7.30, and despite the lack of rotation both sides did OK. It was a slow game but yielded the same score as the week previous, 9-6 in the favour of the opposition. NC started the brightest, quickly nipping into a 3-goal lead. Rangers found their feet soon enough though, Piggy slotting home to give the score line some parity after Dr H had found him off the boards.
The bespectacled number 6 was his usual cheating self, with blatant pushes and trips, and shameless handballs. Half time came round and it finished quite even, 5-3 IIRC, Mini and Dr H picking up a couple more for the Rangers. The Rangers had conserved energy quite well it seemed as no one seemed that pooped at HT.
The usual second half collapse set in and NC cemented their lead after taking on 2 more easy goals. It was difficult to keep track of when the goals went in but safe to say Rangers only managed 3 more in the half. Piggy side footed into an open goal after Mini squared it across the box. This came after Piggy missed another open goal (again after Mini squared it across the area!) when it looked harder to miss. Shades of Kanu!! That was the story of the game really, not clinical enough in front of goal.
As ever, it was a great moment when Mr T popped up to knock in a goal. A couple of successive free kicks (probably given away by bespectacled man!) meant the Rangers could edge toward goal. Dr H took a quick one after Mr T had been felled and it was the tenacious fighter who connected well with a right boot to guide it into the bottom corner. It is always a great moment when Mr T gets a goal and you can tell how much it meant to him!
(Also, this one of very few games where every outfield player scored!)
The game finished and although not a crushing defeat, the Rangers were slightly disconsolate as games against NC are ones they need to start winning to make that step up to the next level.
Yes, Rangers only had 5, but so did the opponents. Next week though will see the return of Pie and Shiz who will hopefully be chomping at the bit!
Final score:
Northern Canaries 9 Rangers 6
Goals: Dr H (2), Piggy (2), Mini (1), Mr. T (1).
posted by Mini at 8:21 am
5 Comments:
Unlucky rangers.
was going to say I won't be around on Fri - due to work's do.
But, have had bad throat forpast 8 days and it's been getting worse.Took day off work today to go to Doctors - I have a viral infection, so won't be out on fri anyway. On anti-biotics and can't drink this weekend, but maybe out on sat.
good work mini. Report is well written.
I must offer my apologies again. The extra man would've helped against canaries. I'm still not well today. Frequen dives to the bog, and still aching all over. was asleep from 10 til 630 so no idea why i still ache. The humid weather doesnt help. Had perpetual headache since monday. And think i've strained my eyes. Hope they're better for live8!!
Anyway, how come anton posted a non football related comment?!!!
Hey eastern european travellers, we are contemplating a day trip to minsk from vilnius. i have looked into train times and its very much doable.
but, we will need visa (or will we?) for a day trip...im guessing it is too late to get one now, would we get shot if we shimmied in for a day and then out agin or would we be stopped at the border.
basically, are the visas compulsory or would you wing it for a day if possible?
cheers.
and its on your head if we die.
No I got my throat infection from Britain. I posted here 'cos I can't get access to my work email. I suppose I could've emailed from yahoo or something but anyway...
Mini- you could get a visa but it will be stupidly expensive. If you want one ready in a day it'll be something like $100. I'm not sure they'll let you on the train if you don't have a visa. Or you'll just be kicked off the train on the Lithuanian side of the border and will have to wait for the next train back. When I went to Belarus in 2003 I was on a group visa and it still cost me about $30 with two weeks waiting time. Minsk isn't particularly exciting and it's much more expensive than Vilnius. They're aren't really any cafes or bars and you could end up paying $5 for a slice of pizza.
If you want to see a Soviet town you could try going to Visaginas in Lithuania. But again there is hardly anything there.
Just to clarify - yes you will need a visa! However, I've no idea what actually happens if you try and do it without...you probably just spend 3hours in an empty room with border guards going through your belongings, before being escorted back onto a later train or something-want to find out?!
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