Round 15 Scotch vs Unley Saturday 16th August 2008 A Grade Scotch 2 - 3 Unley In what was our most important game of the season so far, we were unfortunately very flat and considerably outplayed for the majority of the game. A win would have put us 6 pts above Unley and put them out of the title race, however the loss unfortunately puts us even on points and lower down the table on goals. The first half saw Unley attack the game with incredible intensity and had us looking unorganised and flustered for atleast the first 30 minutes, especially through our midfield. Again our boggy pitch made it difficult to play continuous posessional football for both teams, but ironically aided Unley in their 1st goal as the ball skidded awkwardly past two of our defenders into the path of the Unley forward who to his credit finished very neatly. It took until the last five seconds of the half for us to have a real threat, that luckily had Rooney finishing brilliantly lobbing the keeper from 20 yards following a fortuitous long ball from Johnny. 1-1 at the break. The 2nd half had us atleast looking more competitive and threatening, controlling probably 25minutes of the half and putting some pressure on the Unley defense. With 10 minutes to go it was 2-2, following a penalty to Unley then a scrappy Scotch goal following a free kick goal mouth scramble. In the closing minutes both teams were pushing and fighting hard, and it was unfortunate (for us!!) that Unley had the knock-out blow when a tepid shot somehow found the back of the net from about 15 yards. On the whole though Unley showed much more organisation and intensity over the 90 minutes and created the majority of chances. It was disappointing that we unfortunately were very flat and played far from our normal standard as a team, with our most positive performers being Rooney and Eirik. One positive from the game was that we could play so poorly and still be close to getting a result. Chin up though!! Three wins and a result to go our way and we are still in with a big shout!! B Grade Scotch 1 -4 Unley At 1-1 at the half and following several great chances and having rode our luck quite well, we were hoping that a shock result may be on the cards if we could hold it together for the whole 90 minutes. As the score reads, obviously we couldn't!! We were over run in the final 25 minutes by a fitter and much more experienced team that proved their worth for being at the top of the table. An honorable mention to Catton for a great individual performance, and a very big welcome back to some original Scotch OCSC founders Haydos and Marcus to the team following a long absence. Welcome back boys!!!