Round 10 Scotch vs Uni Black Saturday 28th June 2008 A Grade Scotch 4 - 2 Uni Black It was a game that we were expecting to win and all in all we did our job very convincingly. We had all of the ball and several brilliant chances that we wasted in the opening 20 minutes that could have put the game out of reach already, but we only snagged one of those chances when Fergie cleverly rounded both their left full back and keeper to easily slot the ball into the net. Uni black quite quickly then caught us on the break with one of their first attacks to make it 1-1 with 25 minutes gone. Dunsy repayed the favour Chrissa gave him last week by putting in a wonderful ball from the left following a corner that Chris slotted in with his head. 2-1 at the break. The second half saw us go 3-1 up with 15 minutes gone when Matty scored a cracker volley from 20 yards, that makes two this year!!!!! He then got his second 10 minutes later when some excellent work down the right from Fergie and a square ball across the 6yard box left an easy tap in for Matty. With 10 minutes to go we had an unfortunate own-goal deflected header (thanks Geordie!!!) to give Uni Black their second. Considering Rooney missed 3 or 4 chances he would normally bury, and Welly miscalculating a couple close chances he has been slotting regularly, the game could have been a much bigger blow-out. But to Uni Blacks credit they hung in there and used their well-known pace and individual skill to good effect at times. Overall Matty was unstoppable down the left all day, Eirik was dominant as holding midfielder, Fergie and Chrissa were always involved and looking dangerous, and Gazza pulled out some great punches from dangerous crosses that otherwise could have been more threatening. Disappointingly, and probably more due to the fact the ref failed to blow his whistle on many obvious and quite rough fouls that would normally see yellow cards, the game came to a forced end through abandonment with two minutes to play. Following another unnecessary and cynical foul on Chrissa, there were a some words said and a few pushes given by both teams as we were frustrated at the regularity of the unpunished poor fouls against us. We are not shirting any of the blame for the situation to this point, but this then sadly escalated when the Uni Black captain got very physical and grabbed one of our players in a headlock and Uni Black fans from the sideline ran on getting involved for no reason. A disappointing was to end the game considering most of it was played in good spirit, and a scene that Uni Black, and especially their captain, should certainly not be proud of. 3 votes: Matty 2 votes: Fergie 1 vote: Eirik B Grade Scotch 0 - 2 Uni Black Aaargh!! Another disappointing result for us!!! And another game that we started very slowly in again being very flustered and rushed to go forward with the ball. Understandably it didn't help having several players become doubtful for a start throughout the morning due to illness and injury, and meaning several early changes were forced upon us through the 1st half due to guys not being able to continue. To Uni Blacks credit they played the much better soccer for the most part, and it wasn't until the last 20 minutes when we were 2-0 down that we had control of possession and started to create several dangerous chances. 3 votes: Chan 2 votes: Paul 1 vote: Willy