Fri July 6th 19:00 Wesley College -v- Stab City Strikers - CUP GAME

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We play Stab City Strikers on Friday, in the Cup. They play in Division Six, where they have played twelve games. They won their first game, and have drawn two others, losing nine.

But we all know the form book goes out the window in Cup Competitions

I hope everyone can make it lads, it's be nice to put a cup run together I think.

Same drill as for the other matches.

Jules - Holidays
Carl (keeper) - unknown
Colm Larkin - unknown
Michael - unknown
Darragh - unknown
Ste - unknown
Shay - unknown
John - unknown
Mikie - unknown
Colm Field - unknown
Niall - unknown
Ed - unknown
Keith - unknown
Joe - Will be there
Enda - unknown
Geoff - unknown
Others - none yet

LoBo

by the way wesley college is between marlay park and sandyford

LoBo

Jules - Holidays
Carl (keeper) - unknown
Colm Larkin - probably can't
Michael - unknown
Darragh - unknown
Ste - unknown
Shay - unknown
John - unknown
Mikie - unknown
Colm Field - unknown
Niall - unknown
Ed - unknown
Keith - unknown
Joe - Will be there
Enda - unknown
Geoff - unknown
Others - none yet

I think I will be stuck out in punchestown at ******, working. Not as good as it may sound. Would really much prefer to play so we'll see what the story is closer to friday.

bugs90

Thanks for volunteering me:p but yeah I'll be there

LoBo

LoBo wrote:

Jules - Holidays
Carl (keeper) - unknown
Colm Larkin - have to work
Michael - unknown
Darragh - unknown
Ste - unknown
Shay - unknown
John - unknown
Mikie - unknown
Colm Field - unknown
Niall - unknown
Ed - unknown
Keith - unknown
Joe - Will be there
Enda - unknown
Geoff - unknown
Others - none yet
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heh, dunno how I managed that but there ya go. I can't play tomorrow anyway, confirmed

emc2

Jules - Holidays
Carl (keeper) - unknown
Colm Larkin - have to work
Michael - Will be there
Darragh - unknown
Ste - unknown
Shay - unknown
John - unknown
Mikie - unknown
Colm Field - unknown
Niall - unknown
Ed - unknown
Keith - unknown
Joe - Will be there
Enda - unknown
Geoff - unknown
Others - none yet

Quball15

hey guys, im in france for the next 5 weeks on holidays. apologies for not posting sooner but i didnt get near the internet until now.
best of luck with the games.

ciao

niallnow

Jules - Holidays
Carl (keeper) - unknown
Colm Larkin - have to work
Michael - Will be there
Darragh - unknown
Ste - unknown
Shay - unknown
John - unknown
Mikie - unknown
Colm Field - unknown
Niall - Will be there
Ed - unknown
Keith - unknown
Joe - Will be there
Enda - unknown
Geoff - unknown
Others - none yet

I'll have my cousin (Mike) with me either way, so you can play him if you want.

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Jules - Holidays
Carl (keeper) - unknown
Colm Larkin - have to work
Michael - Will be there
Darragh - unknown
Ste - unknown
Shay - unknown
John - unknown
Mikie - unknown
Colm Field - unknown
Niall - Will be there
Ed - unknown
Keith - unknown
Joe - Will be there
Enda - Holidays
Geoff - Will be there
Others - none yet

I'll have my cousin (Mike) with me either way, so you can play him if you want.

kaizersoze1980

Jules - Holidays
Carl (keeper) - unknown
Colm Larkin - have to work
Michael - Will be there
Darragh - unknown
Ste - unknown
Shay - Will be there
John - unavailable
Mikie - unknown
Colm Field - unknown
Niall - Will be there
Ed - unknown
Keith - unknown
Joe - Will be there
Enda - Holidays
Geoff - Will be there
Others - none yet

mrgavo

Jules - Holidays
Carl (keeper) - Will be There
Colm Larkin - have to work
Michael - Will be there
Darragh - unknown
Ste - unknown
Shay - Will be there
John - unknown
Mikie - unknown
Colm Field - unknown
Niall - Will be there
Ed - unknown
Keith - unknown
Joe - Will be there
Enda - Holidays
Geoff - Will be there
Gav - Will be there
Others - none yet

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Cheers lads

BlackWizard

I'm going to try make it out to this tomorrow straight from work. I couldn't make the last game we played at 6:45 so I don't want to say I'll be there when I've no idea if I'll make it or not.

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It doesn't look like we'll mke the numbers, or we'll be stretched at the very best.

I'm sticking an appeal for players in the Soccer Forum.

Guy:Incognito

Jules - Holidays
Carl (keeper) - Will be There
Colm Larkin - have to work
Michael - Will be there
Darragh - unknown
Ste - Will Be There
Shay - Will be there
John - unknown
Mikie - unknown
Colm Field - unknown
Niall - Will be there
Ed - unknown
Keith - unknown
Joe - Will be there
Enda - Holidays
Geoff - Will be there
Gav - Will be there
Others - none yet

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Lovin' the pink Ste

Guy:Incognito

Had to be different.

It's actually a very manly Magenta I'll have you know.

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Jules - Holidays
Carl (keeper) - Will be There
Colm Larkin - have to work
Michael - Will be there
Darragh - unknown
Ste - Will Be There
Shay - Will be there
John - Unavailable
Mikie - unknown
Colm Field - unknown
Niall - Will be there
Ed - unknown
Keith - unknown
Joe - Will be there
Enda - Holidays
Geoff - Will be there
Gav - Will be there
Special Guest Appearance - Sav
Others - none yet

homerjay2005

Jules - Holidays
Carl (keeper) - Will be There
Colm Larkin - have to work
Michael - Will be there
Darragh - unknown
Ste - Will Be There
Shay - Will be there
John - Unavailable
Mikie - unknown
Colm Field - unknown
Niall - Will be there
Ed - still injured
Keith - unknown
Joe - Will be there
Enda - Holidays
Geoff - Will be there
Gav - Will be there
Special Guest Appearance - Sav
Others - none yet

should be ok to play on tuesday

Wobbler

Jules - Holidays
Carl (keeper) - Will be There
Colm Larkin - have to work
Michael - Will be there
Darragh - unknown
Ste - Will Be There
Shay - Will be there
John - Unavailable
Mikie - unknown
Colm Field - injured
Niall - Will be there
Ed - still injured
Keith - unknown
Joe - Will be there
Enda - Holidays
Geoff - Will be there
Gav - Will be there
Special Guest Appearance - Sav
Others - none yet

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Jules - Holidays
Carl (keeper) - Will be There
Colm Larkin - have to work
Michael - Will be there
Darragh - unknown
Ste - Will Be There
Shay - Will be there
John - Unavailable
Mikie - unknown
Colm Field - injured
Niall - Will be there
Ed - injured
Keith - unknown
Joe - Will be there
Enda - Holidays
Geoff - Will be there
Gav - Will be there
Special Guest Appearance - Sav
Others - Michael

Only ten players lads :eek:

We need at least one more - anyone any mates that want to play?

Mikie

Jules - Holidays
Carl (keeper) - Will be There
Colm Larkin - have to work
Michael - Will be there
Darragh - unknown
Ste - Will Be There
Shay - Will be there
John - Unavailable
Mikie - Will be there.
Colm Field - injured
Niall - Will be there
Ed - injured
Keith - unknown
Joe - Will be there
Enda - Holidays
Geoff - Will be there
Gav - Will be there
Special Guest Appearance - Sav
Others - Michael

Only ten players lads

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Jules - Holidays
Carl (keeper) - Will be There
Colm Larkin - have to work
Michael - Will be there
Darragh - unknown
Ste - Will Be There
Shay - Will be there
John - Unavailable
Mikie - Will Be There
Colm Field - injured
Niall - Will be there
Ed - injured
Keith - unknown
Joe - Will be there
Enda - Holidays
Geoff - Will be there
Gav - Will be there
Special Guest Appearance - Sav
Others - Michael, Darren from last season, Niall's Friend Larry

And possibly one or two more...

Guy:Incognito

Sorry des , only in the door now. Dont know how i mixed up the times. coild have sworn it was kicking off at 9, would have brought my gear to work otherwise. Counting above you should have had enough hopefully. Appologies again.

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Yeah, no bother Ste.

Well lads, that's one of my proudest moments as manager of this team, well done to you all, great effort put in, and finally we got our rewards for that. Too many games have gone by when we've said 'We should've won that one' or 'We didn't deserve to lose'. Remember, that team play five divisions above us, and we matched them in every area of the pitch tonight. I can't fault anyone's performance or effort, we kept going for the full match. Well done.

Feck it, I'm doing a match report.

We were forced to start with nine players when new player Michael was told to leave because of having no shin pads, fair play to the other team for lending us a pair! Then the ref was going to put us a goal down for having no ball, when Mikie said he had one in the boot of his car, and ran off to get it. Anyway, the game started, and we were unlucky to go one down after about ten minutes. They made some slick passes and the final ball looked to be sneaking wide before a toe poke took it past Carl. Unlucky. The heads didn't drop though, and we kept going. Dogged defending from the new look back four, calm on the ball and always trying the easy, simple ball allowed us to string passes together and keep the ball.

Michael, our usual left back, swung in a couple of nice free kicks from around the half-way line, but no-one was able to get on the end of them. Indeed, he seemed to injure himself, so our threadbare squad was stretched even further when a re-shuffle in the back four at half time was needed. Geoff, who started at centre back, moved to left full, and new man Stuart went centre half beside Manchester Mike, and the first of the returning old boys, Darren, put in a sterling performance at right full.

Just in front of the back four, in the holding midfield role, with his usual never-say-die performance was Shay. Further up the field, in the attacking midfield/playmaker role was the other returning old boy Sav, full of his usual composure on the ball. Laying off the ball, and trying to create the chances.

On the flanks we had Niall and Larry, who both put in tireless effort. Both in coming to the aid of the full backs, and giving a dig out in the middle. All that with attacking and feeding the forwards too.

The versatile Joe and Mikie led the line, fought for every scrap and never gave up chasing.

Midway through the second half I felt we needed a little extra up front, so a bit of chopping and changing, I brought Michael back into the fray, moved Manchester Mike into the midfield and pushed Sav up front, Geoff went back to centre half and Michael back to left back. Mikie made way. Manchester Mike's composure on the ball was a great plus in the middle of the pitch, and the changes soon paid off as Sav finished off one of our attacks to make it 1-1 with about fifteen to go. We were attacking all second half, and the goal was inevitable. We deserved it.

We were starting to tire, so to add a bit of steel to the midfield swapped winger Niall with Joe. We could have won it when a couple of opportunities came our way from outside the box, it wasn't to be though.

The ref blew for full time, and the resulting penalties. We all came together in the middle, and I asked who'd take the penalties. The brave men were Manchester Mike, Sav, Michael, Joe and Niall. Captain for the day Shay won the coin toss, and elected to go second in the shoot out. The tension was unbelievable. I now hate penalty shoot outs because of it, all sympathy to all other managers in the world!

SCS scored their first. 1-0.

Up stepped Manchester Mike. He coolly slotted home. 1-1. Nice one.

SCS missed the next one. Hit the bar. Still 1-1.

Sav, with the pressure on to put us ahead, was calmness personified. 2-1.

The third SCS penalty was saved by the ever-reliable Carl.

The brave, injured, Michael went to the spot. Unfortunately his kick was saved. Still 2-1 to Boardeaux.

SCS up again. Hit the bar again. Still 2-1!

As Joe climbed into the pressure cooker, knowing his shot could send us through, he was unruffled.

The net bulged.

Boardeaux were through!! 3-1 on penalties!

A night to remember from those heroic Boys of Boardeaux!

Enough to bring a tear to the eye of even the coldest-hearted bastard!

Well done lads. I enjoyed it.

Gileadi

fair play lads,well done

BlackWizard

Nice one lads and thanks to those who helped out!

After lugging a gear bag half away across the city center twice on Friday, my effort was in vain. I didnt get outa work till 8 that evening.