End of!
Friday, December 16, 2005
No game on the 21st. See you all in 2006.
Happy non-reglion specific celebration of the winter solstice holiday.
Rubbish!
Thursday, December 15, 2005
It was close for a bit but then the Tatties defence just seemed to give up. Slow to mark and too loose combined with an inablility to score!
Onwards and upwards. Last game of the season next week. I will be playing but I won't be in work, nor will I be checking email so if you can't play, then you need to let me know today please so I can sort it all out tomorrow. Foxy and Stuart are banned from picking teams after last night's disaster so it's back to me I suppose! ;)
Currently, it's everyone who played last night apart from Karl who's off to Finland. So we need one more but Craig reckons he might be OK to come back for the last game. Any other call offs, today please or you will be expected to play!
Penultimate Game
Wednesday, December 14, 2005
Gordo's back. Creeky and Craig still out. Jon in as normal. Foxy and Stu picked the teams again. End.
Friday Night "Transcript"
Monday, December 12, 2005
I hope you all enjoyed Friday night as much as I did. Great night and a good laugh. Thanks to all of you for coming and thanks again for my giant football set and "tickets" to the mighty Gers! I really appreciate it chaps!
Below you'll find details of the awards - who got what and why - in case anyone is interested. If anyone wants an electronic copy of their award then I've put them all onto flickr for you to download.
Thanks
Foxy for booking the pitch every week.
Si & Martie for helping me get hold of players.
Creeky for keeping the website going when I've been away.
All the reserves for making up the numbers.
Summary
Our first full season (though we did miss one game due to the weather breaking the pitch)
Lost the Brothers Barker - Luke to retirement and Tom to the English Premiership
But had the promotion of young Karl
We had out first proper injury with Neil's broken leg (Si just fell over last year and was out for months - doesn't count!)
We unfortunately saw the rise of the pitch from £45 to £46.95, enabling me to embezzle my 5p/week again. Excellent!
We finished the season with Creeky's nose smashed all over the place which put him out of the running leaving a two horse race on the final game of the season.
All in all, I'm sure you'll all agree, a very exciting and enjoyable season.
Stats
Number of proper games = 47
Number of games abandoned due to broken bones = 1! Not 2 even though Neil almost detroyed his leg!
Number of wins for the Mincer = 29
Number of wins for the Tatties = 15
Number of draws = 3
Number of goals for the Mince = 615
Number of goals for the Tatties = 540
Total number of goals = 1155
Ave number of goals per game = 24 and a bit
Ave score per game = 13 - 11.5
Awards
Karl - Right Place, Right Time Award. He nornally scores about the same as most people but I lost track of the number of times Mr Reid popped up at the end of games to net the one goal that either snatched a draw or grabbed the winner for his team. Not only that but he also popped up to score that magical 1000th goal of the season. Also special recognition for Karl's hair for never moving during the game.
Alan - Peter Crouch Award - This one was between Creeky and Alan but the winner is Alan for being very tall, pretty handy but not really managing to score that many!
Martie - "Should have taken up bowls" Award for failing to get into double figures of wins this year.
Creeky - Stookie Award which was between Neil and Creeky but he wins it for him looking so rediculous with that thing on his nose!
Gordo - Left Slipper Award for managing to send the ball anywhere and everywhere with his magic left peg. Also well played for sharing the MOTM award with Si.
Si - Megged by Foxy. This was hotly contested between Alan and Si but due to the frequencey of Foxy playing the ball through Si's gapingly wide legs (at least twice a week), Si win this one hands down. On another note, Si did manage to rack up the most MOTM votes!
Neil - Henrick Larsson Award for his spectacular comeback to form after a broken leg. Unbeaten since his return!
Craigo - The Handbags at Dawn Award for consistently managing to get himself into every scrape, argument or altercation that happens on the pitch regardless of his actual involvement!
Jon - Dennis Bergkamp Award for his weekly appearances "off the bench"
Stu - Almost Player of the Year - He lead the league from week four (I was top for the first three weeks - oh how the mighty have fallen) only to go second a few weeks ago. He quickly regained top spot and held it right up until the last 2 minutes of regulation time on Wednesday. He's a champion among men, but just not quite Player of the Year.
Foxy - Player of the Year - I'm not sure what Foxy winning this award tells us. That age is better than youth? That eating pies are better than fitness? That nutmegging the opposition is better than a high work rate? That shouting "PISH!" at your team members makes you look better? I have no idea. But what I do know is that although Stuart looked uncatchable, Foxy managed to pull it back and you can't argue with the results.
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And the award for best game of the year goes to...
Thursday, December 08, 2005
Last night! What a game it was. The Tatties took an early lead which the Mincers pulled back and then took the lead themselves. The Tatties then drew level and it stayed that way, one up, one down, 'til 6-6 which was only about 15 minutes from time.
A couple of solo genius goals from Tatties captain Stu put them into a two goal lead with only 5 minutes remaining. Had The Field Marshal done enough to secure victory? It looked that way as the Mincers could find no way to get the ball in the back of the net. Foxy's head began to drop but luckily for him, his team's did not.
They grabbed one back and the next moment it was level! Foxy looked like a new man and quickly took the goal that put his team into the lead. Full time was approaching but with no sight of the next game, play continued. Was there time for the Tatties to scrape a draw which would seal Stuart's position at the top of the table?
Unfortunately, no. The Mincers, inspired by Foxy's winning goal, went on to slot a couple more past the tiring Tatties defense. The Tatties rallied briefly but one more goal finished the game off before the inevitable pitch invasion.
Last night was an outstanding game with everyone involved giving it maximum effort and, as your manager, I'm very proud of my players! Well played to Foxy who battled hard in the second half of the season to just pinch it from Stuart in the last game.
Commiserations to the Boy Stu who has been exceptional this season with some brilliant individual goals all over the place (what about that left foot peg from no where last night?), as well as a great passing game. Bring on next year!
Let Battle Commence!
Tuesday, December 06, 2005
So the teams have been picked! Gordo, Craig and Creeky are all out injured. Jon and Ponto make it up to ten. One team is a combination of pace and experience. The other is made up of defensive stalwarts and natural goal scorers. Who will win?
Foxy and Stuart sorted the teams out between them to there can be no complaining. By 7:40 (at the latest), we will know who is the Fitbaw Player of the Year, 2005!
Battle Royale
Thursday, December 01, 2005
Good game last nght though I reckon that the score didn't really reflect how close it was. The Tatties seemed to lose concentration for 5 minites close to the end when we managed to lose 4 goals in a row. Bah! Away and vote for your MOTM.
In reality, last night doesn't matter one jot anyway. The real match is the one coming up - Foxy vs The Boy Stu. The winner of that match will be crowned the 2005 Fitbaw Champion. The plan is to confirm the squad and then let Foxy and Stu choose the teams between them, one pick at a time, there can be no accusations of team fixing.
If there is anyone who can't play next week, please let me know ASAP.