Bramhall Rangers 5 Northern Canaries 8
Mr T pities the foos!!!
An absolute humdinger of a battle this week saw Northern Canaries, the old adversary with whom the Rangers normally have a close game, facing a depleted BRFC. Again a threadbare team turned up for BRFC, Nev a late addition, overcoming a cold to make a 6th man. Pie started in goal, Shiz and Mr T made the defensive duet and Piggy and Mini lead the line.
Kicking off at 22:00 the conditions were good, not too cold, no rain or wind. A tentative start by both teams was not how the game would pan out, with some fiery challenges, great goals, interesting goal keeping and penalties littered throughout the game.
Rangers did take the lead, collecting inside the Canaries half and guiding a well place effort past the keeper. 1-0 and all looked rosy. Pegged back to 1-1, it was end to end stuff, chances for both sides and the score kept low by some wayward finishing by the Rangers and some “interesting” keeping by Pie. Elbows, knees, tits and arse were all used at some point to repel the shots.
Then came a great moment in BRFC folklore, Mr T chased a hopeful ball into the left hand corner, and after good battling created some space. Mini was screaming for the ball to be laid off to the edge of the area for a tap in, but T, showing the killer instinct that has been lacking fired home from an angle that seemed to defy the laws of physics. Cue wild celebrations as T’s first goal in two seasons gave the Rangers the lead back, and more importantly put him ahead of Rascle (who incidentally was nursing a toe injury!) in the scoring charts for the season.
Other notable incidents in the first half were Pie (in another bizarre attempt to catch the ball) clattering backwards into the post/crossbar and lying face down in the sand. A sight that has become all too common! The fouling little number 6 with the specs was playing his usual games, shirt pulling and blatant pushes which got very frustrating. However, he did get his comeuppance in the 2nd half….
Half time came and it was about 5-3 to the Canaries. Piggy had added his first goal of the game, a rasping drive from someway out, showing glimpses of what he has to offer.
Second half and the Rangers started brightly, and created some good opportunities with some good football. Mini did the speccy guy all ends up in the corner only to be cynically yanked back by the shirt. Seeing a red mist, a few moments later Mini steamed in and performed what can only be described as a magical tackle* to dispossess the cheating get.
The two sides exchanged goals and Canaries were never more than 2 ahead. Mini and Pie swapped for the last 15-20 minutes allowing Pie to give Rangers some fresh legs!! And, true to fashion Pies impact was almost immediate, dancing wildly on the edge of his own area to control a bouncing ball, Pie managed to avoid contact with the ball but did end up in the area, and a penalty was harshly awarded. It was the big guy versus Mini. And it was the keeper that came out on top, diving to his right to claw away a very poorly struck shot.
The game panned out, much as it had begun, with end to end football. After Mini went in goal one more was conceded due to lapse defending from a free kick. That was a feature of the game and something that needs to be worked on, concentrating all the time.
Piggy added to his tally, grabbing two more goals to complete his hat-trick, with some excellent finishing. There were opportunities for more but a failure with the final ball was the main reason why the score line finished 8-5. One more game before Xmas, and the Rangers should be somewhere near full strength with Belly returning in the sticks and hopefully Hedderz able to make the early kick-off.
Final Score: Bramhall Rangers 5 Northern Canaries 8
Goals: Mini (1). Piggy (3), Mr T (1)
* For “tackle” read: “absolute snorter of a foul that led to a bit of a flare up that didn’t actually involve Mini as he was satisfied his work was done, but involved Pie (who else:)) and the big guy exchanging words”.
An absolute humdinger of a battle this week saw Northern Canaries, the old adversary with whom the Rangers normally have a close game, facing a depleted BRFC. Again a threadbare team turned up for BRFC, Nev a late addition, overcoming a cold to make a 6th man. Pie started in goal, Shiz and Mr T made the defensive duet and Piggy and Mini lead the line.
Kicking off at 22:00 the conditions were good, not too cold, no rain or wind. A tentative start by both teams was not how the game would pan out, with some fiery challenges, great goals, interesting goal keeping and penalties littered throughout the game.
Rangers did take the lead, collecting inside the Canaries half and guiding a well place effort past the keeper. 1-0 and all looked rosy. Pegged back to 1-1, it was end to end stuff, chances for both sides and the score kept low by some wayward finishing by the Rangers and some “interesting” keeping by Pie. Elbows, knees, tits and arse were all used at some point to repel the shots.
Then came a great moment in BRFC folklore, Mr T chased a hopeful ball into the left hand corner, and after good battling created some space. Mini was screaming for the ball to be laid off to the edge of the area for a tap in, but T, showing the killer instinct that has been lacking fired home from an angle that seemed to defy the laws of physics. Cue wild celebrations as T’s first goal in two seasons gave the Rangers the lead back, and more importantly put him ahead of Rascle (who incidentally was nursing a toe injury!) in the scoring charts for the season.
Other notable incidents in the first half were Pie (in another bizarre attempt to catch the ball) clattering backwards into the post/crossbar and lying face down in the sand. A sight that has become all too common! The fouling little number 6 with the specs was playing his usual games, shirt pulling and blatant pushes which got very frustrating. However, he did get his comeuppance in the 2nd half….
Half time came and it was about 5-3 to the Canaries. Piggy had added his first goal of the game, a rasping drive from someway out, showing glimpses of what he has to offer.
Second half and the Rangers started brightly, and created some good opportunities with some good football. Mini did the speccy guy all ends up in the corner only to be cynically yanked back by the shirt. Seeing a red mist, a few moments later Mini steamed in and performed what can only be described as a magical tackle* to dispossess the cheating get.
The two sides exchanged goals and Canaries were never more than 2 ahead. Mini and Pie swapped for the last 15-20 minutes allowing Pie to give Rangers some fresh legs!! And, true to fashion Pies impact was almost immediate, dancing wildly on the edge of his own area to control a bouncing ball, Pie managed to avoid contact with the ball but did end up in the area, and a penalty was harshly awarded. It was the big guy versus Mini. And it was the keeper that came out on top, diving to his right to claw away a very poorly struck shot.
The game panned out, much as it had begun, with end to end football. After Mini went in goal one more was conceded due to lapse defending from a free kick. That was a feature of the game and something that needs to be worked on, concentrating all the time.
Piggy added to his tally, grabbing two more goals to complete his hat-trick, with some excellent finishing. There were opportunities for more but a failure with the final ball was the main reason why the score line finished 8-5. One more game before Xmas, and the Rangers should be somewhere near full strength with Belly returning in the sticks and hopefully Hedderz able to make the early kick-off.
Final Score: Bramhall Rangers 5 Northern Canaries 8
Goals: Mini (1). Piggy (3), Mr T (1)
* For “tackle” read: “absolute snorter of a foul that led to a bit of a flare up that didn’t actually involve Mini as he was satisfied his work was done, but involved Pie (who else:)) and the big guy exchanging words”.
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