EAST THURROCK 0-1 WINGATE & FINCHLEY It’s always nice to see players that once played for your club again and of course due to the fluid nature of transfers in non league football the opportunity for your paths to cross can be quite frequent. However it was quite a surprise to bump into former Blue God Wayne O’Sullivan at East Thurrock Football Club on Saturday. Well I say at East Thurrock Football Club in fact Sharky and I happened across him in the pikey campsite next door. After exchanging pleasantries with Sully and somehow ending up purchasing his dog we ambled over the The Bull pub opposite the ground in search of pre-match food to quell Sharky’s rumbling tummy. We were in quite a rural area and it had just gone midday so I assumed the pub would contain a bored barmaid and the local farmer having a sneaky ploughman’s for lunch. However as we flung the door open the entire pub which was split on a 50/50 ratio of old contenders and blokes who looked like they’d drank to much Sunny Delight stopped in unison to stare at these two strangers who had just walked into their boozer wearing matching outfits. To be fair the shock of seeing two people who’s skin pigmentation was normal for the amount of sun over the past month or two soon died down and no one gave us another look as we supped our drinks and Sharky proceeded to chuck as much money as is humanely possible into a Deal or no Deal fruit machine. We ambled back through the churchyard towards the ground when we heard that more of a travelling army had arrived. Hot Legs apparently was arriving in a vehicle which he dubbed the MWTCC. What this set of initials actually stands for remains a mystery to me although it was theorised that it possibly could stand for Mainly Wingate Time-Travelling Cockney Carriage. So I was most disappointed when Hot Legs didn’t turn up in a Cockney Flying DeLorean. Without Milky Tom present nobody seemed the slightest bit interested in getting their mits on the team sheet while the ink was still drying and in the end it was Paul who eventually wandered through with today’s line up which looked like it’s usual inconsistent car-crash of a Frankenstein’s monster that had been cobbled together at the last minute. However I do understand the selection woes that Gaffer Nielson is currently experiencing due to suspension, injuries and general unavailability. When an enquiry came regarding the admission of everyone’s favourite Spaniard Hector Morante, Old Father Cesc Crime informed us that Hector had returned back to Spain due to work commitments and also interestingly that he was previously in the youth team at Racing Santander, either that or he once banked with Santander, he wasn’t sure which. Another player who has been conscious by their absence recently is Daniel McGonigle. Once again Old Father Cesc Crime was the man in the know regarding the whereabouts of Dan. “Dan is one of those rare breed” He explained “He is basically what is known as a Popper. Which is hybrid between a player and ground hopper, Dan has now visited all ground in the Ryman Premier and has asked to be dual registered with Staines Llamas of the Combined Counties League so that he can start to tick of the grounds in that division.” At Wingate & Finchley we also like to rotate our fans nearly often as we like to rotate our players and once again we welcomed back Son of Rob who for some reason turned up dressed as an extra from The Matrix. I’m not sure exactly what will happen when Rob and Son of Rob meet, but it should be quite a show. Following Kieran Street’s injury picked up in the pre-match warm up on Wednesday, this time it was turn of Steve Clarke. I may have to turn up sufficiently early one game and witness for myself exactly what it is we actually do during the pre-match warm up that keeps on injuring so many players. Does Danny Nielsen locate himself on the top of the stand and start taking potshots with his favourite sniper rifle at any players who are lagging behind in the pre-match lap of the pitch? So a slightly unfamiliar set of Blue Gods took the pitch containing two debutants in the form of Dean Smith and Jamie Watters. The goalkeepers at both ends had to be alert to maintain the goalless score line early on. Our Bobby thwarted Sam Higgins, at the other end Josh Kennett’s cross saw Spence shoot which was parried by the East Thurrock goalkeeper, the rebound fell to Josh Kennett however his shot was also blocked by the goalkeeper. The host’s keeper was having a stormer as he then denied Ahmet at the back post from the resulting corner. A few minutes later McCall’s clever ball released Adam Bolle however his shot beat the keeper and unfortunately also the post. The rest of the half was played almost exclusively in midfield and contained no real incidents of note. Us fans of Wingate & Finchley who regularly attend away games accept that although we may not have the largest support in terms of numbers, we do have the nicest collection of flags in the league and once again the half time activity behind the goal The Blue Gods would soon be attacking resembled a scene from the hit MTV show “Pimp My Away End” as we successfully hung six flags and one sandwich in a personal best record time of 7 minutes and 13 seconds, the only casualty was Sharky who lost an eye when Hot Legs accidently stabbed him in the face with a pair of scissors. In the second half Wingate looked extremely secure at the back as the old partnership between Ahmet and Weather purred into action, as we occasionally hitting our hosts on the break, halfway through the second half one of these breaks proved to be the decisive moment of the game. Bolle-wood held up the ball well before squaring it to Josh Kennett who curled a delightful shot past the keeper into the corner of the net to secure his first goal for the club. With both Tom and Fat Carshalton Tyler not present I was at a loss as to harass when we scored, finally settling on Sharky. The second half finished without further incident apart from a few wayward efforts from distance by both sides, even the introduction of Anton The Albatross, who despite playing very well hadn’t yet managed to end up on the winning side in any game he had participated in couldn’t defeat the power bestowed on the team by the lucky sandwich. Unfortunately at this point my good day ended as Sharky decided to listen to his Eurovision CD all the way home. The Blue Gods: 1-Bobby “We’re Just A Team Full of Bobbies” Smith 2-Bobby “We’re Just A Team Full of Bobbies” Aisien 3-Paul “Always Stay Cool Like a Swimming Pool” Wright 4-Dean “Is That The One With The Boat Race?” Smith 5-Ahmet “Save All Your Kisses For Me” Rifat 6-Marc Weatherstone 7-Josh “Desmond Dekker” Kennett 8-Spencer McCall 9-Adam “Genghis Khan” Bolle 10-Tommy Tejan – Sie 11-Jamie “The Beard” Watters Subs: 12-Nipper Read (replaced Josh Kennet) 14-Dave Norman 15-Joe Sharpe 16-Danny Hart (replaced The Beard) 17-Anton “Broken Duck” Olondo (replaced Dean Smith) Attendance – 155 (12 Wingate, 1 Ham & Cheese Sandwich and Morpheus) The We Always Win When Tom Isn’t There MOTM – Dean Smith March 10, 2014Leave a reply
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