Farnborough Old Boys Guild FC
5-a-side
Festival - Saturday 15th May 2004
A
Pictorial Record
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They
all came full of hope...but only one team would find glory...
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The
group games get underway...
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| LEAGUE
ONE |
The
Whinging Wankers find they
have alot to whinge about with a morale sapping 0-1 defeat
against the Globetrotters  .
Hopefully they'll find something to w**k about in their
next game. Thinking about it, hopefully not. Meanwhile the
Sulky Seven's vigorous pre-tourney
fitness regime pays off with a resounding 2-0 win against
the Young Ones, leading to
comments along the lines of..."are you sure
the Sulkies won? They were the team from the Third XI squad
- did you get the teams mixed up?" Just goes to prove
that you can't beat experience - it's just a shame that
the SLA div. 3 is packed with experienced teams. The Young
Ones hit back with a 3-0 demolition of the Whingers
  
whose keeper Neil Connelly takes his frustrations out on
the unfortunate forward who is left with a one on one with
him. The Sulky Seven continue
their serene progress with a single goal victory over the
Globetrotters
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In the final group games, the Wankers
retrieve some pride with a 2-0 defeat
of the Sulkies, but it's too
little too late for them to avoid the wooden spoon. The
1-1 draw between the Globetrotters
and Young
Ones  is
enough for
the latter to go through on goal difference.
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Final
table:
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P
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W
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D
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L
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F
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A
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GD
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Pts
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| Sulky
Seven |
3
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2
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0
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1
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3
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2
|
1
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6
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| Young
Ones |
3
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1
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1
|
1
|
4
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3
|
1
|
4
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| Globetrotters |
3
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1
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1
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1
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2
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2
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0
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4
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| Whinging
Wankers |
3
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1
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0
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2
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2
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4
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-2
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3
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| LEAGUE
TWO |
Black
Stars & Jon begin their campaign with a 3-0
win against the Fourth Team
(whenever did we play in green and white stripes??). The
controversy was all on the adjoining pitch where the Pegasus
veterans and fashion icons 
came up against Matt Wilson's Massivo
Belendo (phnarr phnarr). The
Pegasus team, packed with 5-a-side_2004 know-how, are disorientated
when the ball doesn't bounce back off the walls...but battle
well and a very tight game which grabbed the
rapt attention of the huge attendance  is
decided by a ridiculous ball-to-hand penalty award for Massivo
by the guest referee, the manager of the Whinging
Wankers  who,
knowing how difficult the job is, has never been known to
question a referee's competence ever - take no notice of
his match reports, he's only jesting (in case this is read
by any Kent League officials). No hard feelings though Couch
- thanks for volunteering, he said through gritted teeth.
Anyway, the show goes on, with Massivo
Belendo going down by a solitary late goal to the
Black Stars & Jon, and
Pegasus drying their tears
with a 2-0 win over the Fourth Team.
All this left Black
Stars & Jon certain
of qualifying and Pegasus needing to beat them by more than
Massivo
Belendo could beat the injury-hit Fourth Team. Or something
like that.
Pegasus warmed up for the task
ahead like men possessed  and
took the game to the favourites. To be honest, for a few
minutes I discovered how those college basketball players
must have felt when they played the Harlem Globetrotters,
but Pegasus stuck to their task and refused to be downhearted
when a swift counter attack led to the opening goal for
the Stars  . Just
before half time Colin Brazier pulled the ball back 
for Alan
Black to drive a shot into the arms of the Stars', er, defender.
Penalty! Well in the eyes of
the Silver Fox, anyway. The old adage that rough decisions
even themselves up over a season proved itself again - over
3 matches! Alan Black was volunteered to take the spot kick,
which he did with such panache that even Jon Unbeaten-in-the-Shootathon
Cobham was left helpless  .
The
match then took on the air of a chess game with both teams'
possession-based styles cancelling each other out  
(well write your own match report
then!). A 1-1 result was a fair reflection of the match.
Any rumours that the Black Stars were taking it easy were
totally founded. btw thanks to Jane Wright, wife of the
erstwhile Pegasus keeper Dynamo Kev, for
taking the role of cameraperson
for this game.
Oh yeah, the Fourth Team
scored their first goals of the tournament against Massivo
Belendo but went down 2-4. Yes, they
didn't get a point, but they competed and enjoyed the day,
which reminds me - where was the Vets' team?
The final table looked like this:
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P
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W
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D
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L
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F
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A
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GD
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Pts
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| Black
Stars & Jon |
3
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2
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1
|
0
|
5
|
1
|
4
|
7
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| Massivo
Belendo |
3
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
5
|
3
|
2
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6
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| Pegasus |
3
|
1
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1
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1
|
3
|
2
|
1
|
4
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| Fourth
team |
3
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0
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0
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3
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2
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9
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-7
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0
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So,
on to the semi finals...
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The
Black Stars & Jon eased
through to the final with a 3-0 win over Young
Ones. The game that your reporter
watched was the clash between the tournament's surprise package
Sulky Seven and Massivo
Belendo  .
Paul Eddleston, in charge of a winning team for the first
time in a while, was taking it all in his stride 
while his Sulky Seven played
their full part in an enthralling end to end match  .
The Sulkies created and missed chance after chance, but Belendo
rode their luck and in time-honoured fashion punished this
profligacy with the winning strike midway through the second
half. This left the Sulkies' keeper throwing his toys out
the pram 
- not for the first time, I can tell you. |
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and
so to the final...Black
Stars & Jon
v. Massivo Belendo
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The
crowd gathered in anticipation 
as the unfancied Massivo 
took on the heavily backed favourites Black Stars  ,
who had conceded just one goal up to now, a Des-awarded penalty
against Pegasus in
the group stages. The finalists both came through the same
group, with the Stars edging a tight contest 1-0 with a late
winner in their group match. They did indeed dominate the
early play   but
were rocked when Belendo took the lead with a fine goal.  So
were all the pundits  to
be proved wrong? Well, er, no.   Three
stunning goals from the Black Stars turned the game in their
favour, and impressed the crowd  so
much that even Benny was left speechless for once.  So
the best team in most people's opinion went on to lift the
trophy  while
the rest of the teams have vowed to take it off them next
time...
Thanks to everyone for playing
their part in a thoroughly entertaining day - all players,
team managers and supporters, Neil Smith
for spawning the idea, referees Des
Fallon, Paul
Eddleston, Paul Parsons and yes, even
Ian Couchman. Also Vic
for being Vic,
Eddie Hill for marking out the pitches, Vicky
Parsons for keeping score, Shirley,
Gemma and the volunteer barstaff for keeping us all
fed and watered, Sara for saving
the club money by washing the kit, but especially to Shaun
Keddle for organising the event,
which is sure to be a regular fixture on the FOBG calendar
from now on. |
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