North Romford v Ladzio 26/02/2006

NRFC went down to an embarrassing 7-1 defeat in a game that actually saw them on top at half time!!!

Playing on the show pitch with a strong wind whipping from end to end, it was always going to be a tough game. But NRFC could not have been prepared for such a huge second half collapse.

Romford started the stronger, with both wingers pushing on and the midfield trio bossing the tempo of the game Ladzio were made to look very ordinary.
The early pressure was soon converted into a goal for the home side. JJ whipped in a deep corner, Nev headed it back across goal, and Bosh arrived to smash it home on the volley.

Then came a blip. After some poor Refereeing from a Peter Kenyon look 'a' like, the home side were clearly rattled and picked up two tame bookings in quick succession. First Rabey was booked for saying "its too late now Ref" then Sutton for saying "well done Ref you have got what you want now, you idiot".

Romford did manage to re group and seemed determined to put on a show for their biggest home crowd of the season. Chances came and went but NRFC failed to really test the keeper. Even top scorer Sutton could not find the answer, he was put clean through by JJ just before half time, but thought twice about a lob, before scuffing a shot wide.

Half time arrived and NRFC were in confident mood, however the second half was to be nothing like the first.

Playing into the strong wind, Romford looked like a different side.
Their attempt to repeatedly hit long balls played right into Ladzios hands, and as the ball held up in the wind the Ladzio defenders simply smashed through the back of anyone that tried to stand in their way, returning the ball deep in to the Romford half.
This took the strong North Romford midfield out of the game and allowed the Ladzio wingers to run at the home defence as they were trying to push out. The result was cross after cross leading to chance after chance, and eventually goal after goal.

As the goals went in, the Romford heads dropped and the game turned nasty.
JJ became the third NRFC player to find his way into the book. After being blatantly brought down in the box and denied a penalty he took his frustration out on the weak Ref by calling him a C**T!! I guess the only reason he did not walk was that the Ref actually agreed with him??

Next up in the book was Bosh... For fighting! That is not a miss print! Bosh was fighting!
After thinking he was clean through Bosh was savagely brought down by the last man and the red mist descended. Bosh ran at his opponent, swung a few windmills, then ducked his head low, wrapped his arms round him and gave him a manly squeeze. I guess the only reason he did not walk was that it was such a gay fight??
The incident would not have boiled over had it not been for Pube Head, at right back. He put in his penny worth, and everyone else decided to put in theirs.
It was calmed down and Nev struck the bar with the resulting free kick.

Minutes later Pube Head was at it again! This time his tackle on the edge of the box was one step too far for most of the NRFC players and he received a quick jab from Waddsy. This lead to Pube Head (Art Garfunkle) bouncing on his toes and bobbing and weaving like an old school boxer looking for a bit of action with anyone. Ricky ("I'm losing my temper with you") and Clifton were in the thick of things pushing and shoving, and Browno ran the length of the pitch to straighten someone out.
Meanwhile the Ref, who would have been out of his depth in charge of a subbuteo match, just stood back, made notes and licked his lips at the amount of bookings he was about to hand out.
Browno was an obvious choice and picked up NRFC's 5th booking, but Waddy seemed to have got away with it when the Ref had a look around for him and could not find him.
Cue Bertie 'Spice' Smalls...
"number 4? he's over there Ref!"
Waddy later got his own back by getting Tight Shorts (who was playing on the next pitch - but his arse was on our pitch) to admit that Spice was the downs kid in the Fantana match report.

All jokes aside, it was a second half performance that lacked any real quality and passion (the right sort of passion anyway). When things are not going right you need to be able to change it around, dig in, and get back to playing your football. North Romford just could not do that.

Brown
Hollamby (6 booking and he did not get one??) - Rabey - Cordell - Ricky
Bosh - Nev - JJ - Waddy - Clifton
Sutton

Racing Club Fantana vs North Romford 12.02.06 Result 0-4

Goals: Ask (3)
Kev Nev

North Romford beat Racing Club Fantana 4-0 on Sunday.

NRFC started the game with 8 players playing a 4-3-0 formation and really just running their bollo.cks off.

This was due to Cordell, Ask and our really slow Right back being stuck in traffic.
When 2 finally turned up the player count was up to 10, you do the maths, and this still saw Nick "I don¹t mind being late and strolling over" Hollamby take the slowest walk over while the rest of us got caked in mud.

When NRFC finally had 11 players on the pitch they produced some good football but still needed Colin "The salad dodger" Brown to keep them in the game with a couple of vital saves.
"Wadsy I've been called fat twice in 2 seasons"

NRFC then started to create more chances with the best being from Kev Nev who rattled the bar from distance.
Oh that was a ting!!

NRFC then took the lead with good passing move involving Cordell, Ask and Nev led to Cordell getting in behind the right back, with time and plenty of space looked up and drove a delightful ball in to the Racing area, a great step over dummy from Ask completely bamboozled both centre backs and left Nev free on the back post to slide in.

A long kick from Browny led to the second, the ball was flicked on by Nev who was putting in his usual skippers performance and was brought down first time by Ask, with a neat turn he found himself facing goal 40 yards out, with minimal backlift he produced a fantastic strike that Pascal Chimbomba got nowhere near(maybe he should have left them bigger gloves on), a more casual celebration hasn't been seen since the Shearer one handed salute.

NRFC went in 2-0 up at Half Time hutch.

The 2nd half started with NRFC playin with create confidence and playing some good football.
The back four were holding firm even with the rubbish right back playing and this even allowed Ricky to perform the slowest backheel ever seen!!
Once the banter started it was left to Wadsy,Spicy and Jason to be in the thick of it.
With the Racing number 9, Spicer, able to use the lines "We are having a day out on the 9th April" and "What division you playing in next season?".
As he used the 2nd one his left back completely shanked the ball out of play!

The second half onslaught that every Romford player expected at half time didn't ever materialise from Racing, with The Big man(getting bigger by the season??) rarely called in to action and when he was fully milking every save.

Good pressure from the Romford midfield 3, saw the ball broke to Bosh who took the full back on and skinned him for pace, the covering centre half come across and manage to get a block in at the last moment, corner to Romford. From the resulting corner, Cordell delivered a inch perfect near post cross and Ask done it all the justice it deserved, rising like a salmon on a cold winters morn and bulleting the ball in to the back of the
net.
3-0.

Again Romford look dangerous down the right with Bosh working hard offensively and defensively, another corner to Romford saw another great delivery from Cordell, this time slightly deeper it was met by JJ who headed just wide of the Racing upright. A quick break from Romford saw Ask taken out on the halfway line and the usual few seconds of Romford madness to begin, only for Danny "E.T Hawk eye" Curran to remind everyone that the score was 3-0, thanks Sherlock.

Romford pushed forward and always looked the more likely team to score again.
Racing did all they could to get a goal back and this including throwing on the Stuart Nethercott "Tight shorts" midfielder from the subs bench.
He should have stayed there really, either that or loosened them shorts!

Romford continued to press forward, from yet another good corner from Cordell the ball broke to the edge of the area where Wadsy collected the lose ball, he cut inside and was caught(just) and went down easier than most of the birds in Envy on a Saturday night, his dive was so slow he looked like he went down in instalments, from the resulting free kick JJ got the ball up and over the wall but unfortunately never come down quick enough to trouble the goal keeper.

The 4th goal was a carborn copy of the 3rd with Cordell delivering a inch perfect near post cross and Ask done it all the justice it deserved, rising like a salmon on a cold winters morn and bulleting the ball in to the back of the net.
That was copied and pasted as I couldn¹t be bothered to write anything
different. 4-0

It was at 4 that the real banter started number 10 who constantly kept referring to Hollamby's lack of hair was told in no uncertain terms by Waddy "Not being funny mate, keep the banter going because its funny, but if you are gonna do it, raise your f*cking game, because you playing like a c*nt" which pretty much summed up what everyone else was thinking.

The tempo of the game continued to be as high from Romford in the last few minutes as it had been in the first few, what do they put in the kebab meat in the Pinar? With Bosh showing great desire tracking back and earning himself a caution for his troubles.

Romfords team spirit was a joy to watch with everyone working hard for each other.
In the dressing room after the players were jubilant after such a good win and hopefully we can continue like this for the remainder of the season.

Match report by
Jamie Rabey & Daniel Wadsworth

Team
Fatty, Old man, Ricky, Spicy, JJ
Wadsworth, Clifton, Kev Nev, Bosh, Cordelli Ask

SKIPPER done like a KIPPER!!!

The internet...
A wonderful way to meet new people, and in particular, very handy if you are struggling to pull the birds, or on a baron spell.

However it is rare that you would ever find a NRFC player on such a site as we pride our self on being the best looking team in the league (if not the world).

HOWEVER...
Looks like there are some amoungst us that are not as studly as they would have us all belive.
The following was spotted on one such site by the sister of a former NRFC player (and Legend) when she was searching the site with her mates at work.

If everyone could find the time to go to http://www.mysinglefriend.com (you dont need a username or password) and search as a female, looking for a male, in the 24-29 age range, in Essex, you might see someone you recognise???

Never thought you would have to resort to these tactics skip?

Racing Fantana v North Romford 12/02/2006

This week NRFC have a tough League game away to Racing Fantana, in a game that brings back memories of the epic Cup clash just a few weeks ago.


Even though its an away game players have to meet at the home dressing room at 9.45 am.

Kick Off 10:30


NRFC received some good news this week as Garry (is his real name) Smith announced that he will be moving back into the area and making his NRFC comeback very soon. Smith, who has played just a handful of games as a left winger for the club, hopes to be available before the end of the season, but his realistic target is the start of next season.