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19/10/2008 - League

Bell Bell on his debut...
Something about a slats penalty
...and the cavalry comeover the hill with Ickle Nathe

12/10/2008 - League

fair game and a fair result.

USRC took the initiative rather against the run by scoring from a corner. first half saw some excellent football. second half a little more scrappy and SQN took risked going 3-5-2 to get the equaliser. it duly came direct from Ryan's corner and Kitty missed making sure from 0.1 cm.

Fair dues.

21/9/2008 - League

Goals - Greg Turner (2)
MOM - Greg Turner
Moment -
Referee -

Another year another victory over the KCC. A fairly even game but KCC's route 1 tactics didn't really trouble the Squaddie defence, particularly with Matt Brown and Arch in good form. Greg and Iain were lively all game and Gregs 2 goals taken composedly. Just about worth the victory...

14/9/2008 - Friendly

Goals :-
Slatts --long range looper!
Arch - last minute win after good work from Robin. Surprising Arch could still get in the box!

31/8/2008 - League

Greg header from an Ethan cross.

24/8/2008 - Friendly

Lots of new players to try out.
Not sure who got the goals but the opposition lacked a deep squad and got tired in the last 10 minutes conceding the late goals.
great training work going on on the side line lead by Ickle Nathe for those off pitch...

30/9/2007 - League

man of the match - Slats
moment of the match - Slats
Referee - 3/7

We were second best ...enough said!

23/9/2007 - League

Man of the match Mr Grumpy toiled tirelessly with his heavy load to help the Squaddies kickstart the season with a well earned win against an improving Spartans side. So happy was Mr Grumpy with his performance that he even came to the bar just so he could not have a drink with the boys again. Having avoided actually scoring (other than in his own net) in order to avoid tequila recriminations the YYFL golden boot took to piling on the pounds with rounds of America’s favourite beverage when he could have been slimming to a Juri iron curtain concoction.

Anyway Gavin scored with an overhead comedy pass back and Grimmy hit high into the net with his long range free kick having missed his intended ground target and Shurley will probably claim another tap in from 6 inches.

So onto round 2 and 816…the surprise victors against USRC….clearly not to be taken lightly !

Lets get at em!

Champions…Champions…Champions.

9/9/2007 - Friendly

SQN clawed their way back from 2 down in the first half to win a tough encounter against FA D2 outfit Yau Tsim Mong. Goals all came from crosses and Shurley got the winner with a bullet header. Anders must have scored from 6 inches as usual, probably from a Trampo assist off the bar that he should have scored….. Who got the other ? Slats?

29/4/2007 - League

Wow, what a season. We won it! Thank goodness. Ah men. Yipee. It has been a struggle indeed but the victory in the final two matches put it to bed and the trophy is ours, deservedly so. The season started with immediate disappointment. Joshi and Andy Mitch left to follow Coach Richard to USRC. Well, after the debacle of organisation in the previous season following Tricky Dicky’s departure, we could hardly blame them. I too moved team, to Squadron, in the hope of improving my game through a real coach (of course you are all witness to the success of this decision). Now, I’m not saying Joey Livesey is not a real coach, but….. Joey Livesey, where to begin? Training – fantastic, thank you. Commitment – your body was always there son. The pre-match team talks just got more and more sinister and bizarre as the year went on – “Stewie, me and you are gonna have a fallin out after today!” - to be greeted by team silence. This was the magic of Livesey. While Coach Richard was scouring the world to replace his loyal charges with more able (that’s less carthorsish to others) players in a maniacal bid to win the Champions League (oops, typo, I meant Yau Yee League) Joey was scouring Wan Chai in a desperate bid to claim the Guinness World record for staying awake longer than any human has ever managed before! But Joey did know about football, he kept it simple, never blew his top and trusted his players to deliver.

And of course there was the Pimmington Bear, what an individual! You have to hand it to them Wandering boys, within a year he is semi-literate. Being able to make simple factual descriptions is a clear step in the right direction. Sidders is rubbish at football, Barry is old, grass is green and birds can fly – incredible! But boys, I hope you are not finished yet and his instruction will continue. It has been an amazing job so far but can I make some suggestions? After mastering these elementary productions it is now the moment to develop the bear’s critical thinking skills, who knows how far he can step up the evolutionary ladder? Let me give you a few exemplars that you may wish to test him on. Due to the subjects limited powers of cognition I have used a multiple-choice format:

1 In the context of Sunday football, which of the following is not considered to be disgraceful behaviour?
A – Being the least talented on the field.
B – Unnecessarily haranguing the referee.
C – Trying to verbally bait the opposition.
D – Trying to dismember the opposition.

2 Which of the following is an unfathomable cheap-shot and the true measure of a man’s character?
A – John Pimlott’s Sunday performances are detestable.
B – Steven Sidley’s Sunday performances are laughable.
C – Barry Wilson is old and hopeless.

3 Which of the following reflects poor decision making?
A – Elbowing and opponent in the face leaving you banned from a Saturday league cup final.
B – Mindlessly insulting the entire Mobsters team.
C – Taking up your pen against mine
D – A, B and C represent unique depths of stupidity and cannot be differentiated.

4 When faced with an opponent who is clearly your master and who has quite hilariously and correctly upheld you to public ridicule twice already, do you:
A – Keep your head down and your mouth closed.
B – Be a man, admit that you are wrong and do your best to rectify.
C – Ignore A and B and try your best to make a fight of it only to leave the door open for one final flaying that leaves you universally appreciated as a mind boggling nit-wit.

So readers, I didn’t want to let you down and had to extend myself a tad this time but as you must admit the results are rather agreeable. Yes, it was a physically and mentally draining season. In the absence of Mike Hanson due to injury, Joey (in his infinite wisdom) saw something in the cart-horse that no other had spotted and appointed me to captain the team. This was an honour indeed. To captain players of the calibre of Paul Slatter, Jan Soulayman and Nathan Hayward, etc, was fantastic and to win the league in so doing - a memorable experience. Now we get to chill and then anticipate the new season ahead. “But Sidders, what are you going to do with the bear’s corpse?” Dudes, never fear. I’ve arranged for the carcass to be skinned and the head stuffed and then mounted above my mantle piece where it will take pride of place next to the league winner’s trophy. Ta-ta.