Woodford Hammers vs North Romford - 9/10/2005

NRFC's tremendous start to the season came to a shuddering halt on Sunday when they were beaten 2-0 away from home by Woodford Hammers.

After much confusion about who was going to ref the game it was decided that Timid Mick would be the man with the whistle so David Wadsworth was drafted in to conduct team affairs in a Director of football style roll. The team remained unchanged from the previous game and it also had a guest appearance from Erik the Turk on the subs bench. This could have turned nasty because Sid the Greek was in attendance as well so both men had to be kept apart.
We would have had more subs if Nev's mate Jason and Nev's mate Jason's brother Simeon had turned up and this is matter for Timid to address.

The game started brightly for both teams but it was Woodford Hammers who took an early lead when Shrek just managed to beat an on rushing Big man and just about touch it over his head and into the net. With the amount of Ginger players that Woodford had it was like playing against a multi pack of Scotch eggs. North Romford then managed to create a few good chances with Nev flicking the ball over a defenders head to Marky P who managed to create a yard for himself and force a smart save from the Woodford keeper. Marky P also had another chance which I wont mention for the fear of him killing me!
Woodford then managed to get on top and they created several chances with the Big man outstanding again as he acted like a one man human wall. NRFC couldn't really get back into the game and a few people then started to get frustrated and commit some silly fouls (Waddy/Bosh petulant) with Waddy attempting to create the famous 2 footing of Marky P on the Flairs dancefloor and in they went 1-0 down at half time.
The 2nd half started much better for NRFC and after seeming down and out could maybe see a way back into the game. A few more chances came their way with Nev heading straight at the keeper after some good work from Rossell.
With NRFC becoming more and more annoyed with themselves the fouling started again with Nick committing the latest tackle ever seen in the history of football. The ball had been played then Nick cut the player into 2. The player then tried to stand up saying it never hurt then his legs gave way which resulted in several players pissing themselves laughing and Spicy treading on his hand for good measure. The ginger!!!!!
With NRFC pressing forward it was once again left to the Big man to keep them in the game with a string of world class saves (England's number 1) and we even had time for Smiler nearly giving a penalty away and a rather camp Ohhhhhh from Waddy.
The 2nd goal was a killer blow to NRFC's hopes of getting anything from the game. NRFC players didnt let their heads drop but a few players seemed to become very tired and maybe a bit of complacency had come to the team. Timid Mick and his director of football have got a few discussions to have this week but is Timid man enough to make changes with Sutton avalible for the first time this season? Hopefully Puffin will be back next week to write the report as this bit takes to long!!!
Report by Jamie Rabey.
Team:
Big Man, Veteran, Cordelli, Spicy, Smiler, Student (Erik the Turk) , Ace, Bugs, Waddy, Dangerous, Rossell.