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We finally made our break through win tonight against “Sorta United” in convincing fashion (5-1 for the good guys/gals). At the end of the game “Sorta United” changed their team name to “Sorta Broken UP”.
All the heartaches we went thru together from previous loses were put to rest tonite. It wasn’t easy…at times in the previous games we were frustrated, disappointed, and yelled at each other, but in a constructive way, because we cared and wanted our teammates to play the right way…to stop making bone-headed passes, to moving into open space, to getting back on defense, to passing to the open man on the wing, to picking up the ball instead of kicking it away to kingdom come, to being loyal to the team. Through the conflict we figured out how to play together and it all came together tonite like a perfect symphony. I hope it was as rewarding for everyone as it was for me to take this journey together as a team and come out victorious. Lets keep the momentum going by taking down last season’s champs next week!
There are so many highlights in this game but three really stood out.
The first, Steven scored his first goal of the season to put us in the lead 1-0 in the first half. To me, it was the most exciting goal we made so far. He received a pass from Captain Connor while streaking down the right wing with only the keeper to beat just a few yards ahead, then stopped on a dime a few feet in front of the keeper, and quickly turned left evading the keeper for a left-footed chip towards the goal. But the keeper was able to recover just in time for a diving save and knocked the ball away from the goal. Then a scramble between Steven and the keeper ensued; I saw ten arms, legs and feet flying in the air and somehow Steven was able to knock in the goal. I nearly jumped out of the pitch in celebration.
The second was a well-constructed goal by Mark. He probably drew it up on the dashboard of his car while driving to the game. I can see him thinking…hmmm…what if I hustled really hard after a loose ball and kick it as hard as I can off the leg of an opponent and have the ball fly twenty feet in the air toward the opponent’s goal and lob inches over the out-stretched hands of a six-foot-three-inch keeper for a goal??? That might just work. It did! And that goal let us know it was our nite to win.
The scottish version of this would go:
BOYS!
YOU WERE ALL PISH! STEVEN. AT F**ING LAST! I THOUGHT YOU WOULD NEVER F**CKING SCORE! MARK!! WHAT A TOE POKE!! YOU HAD YOUR EYES SHUT TOO YOU JAMMY B**TARD!! SHANNON YOU BIG GIRL! YOU FELL OVER LIKE YOU’D BEEN SHOT. NEXT TIME. KICK HIM BACK.
I’M TOO GOOD FOR THIS SIDE I DON’T KNOW WHY I BOTHER WITH YOU BAWBAGS!
THE BIG MAN.
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About the Author
Iain “Toddinho” Todd mistakenly believes he could have been a professional footballer if only the ‘The Claude Makelele role’ had been invented in the 1980’s. Unfortunately his ability to be neither a defender or a midfielder meant he could often be found on the bench. His greatest achievement was a match winning hat trick which the local paper reported as been scored by his twin brother and his brother wasn’t even playing that day. He recently celebrated 25 years of playing 5 aside footy and has nothing to show for it other than a dodgy hip.
Iain Todd graduated from Charlie Ross’s comedy class and has subsequently shown why Charlie should fail some students. He does open spots as one half of “The Brothers Todd” – the third best comedy twin
act in the world! Only three comedy twin acts are in the world so they are also the world’s worst. They make Jedward look talented.
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