GAME AA DIV 3 Reserves: Brooklyn 2  v Lane Cove West 0



Now when you think of Brooklyn you think of New York, the Brooklyn Bridge and Coney Island......

But little did I know that hidden away is another Brooklyn just shy of the middle of nowhere and just before the end of the earth.... the sleepy little town where your mother is your sister and father is your brother. Is allegedly renowned for its house boats, mud flats and unemployment.......

However this Saturday a much depleted Lane Cove West Played a football match there, one could describe it as beach football or dust football.....but still a football match (just)

Once the camels and the nomadic Arabs had left the Gobi Desert, sorry pitch the welding goggle wearing referee (we have more to say about him later) started the game.... The match started as a fairly even contest with neither team able to keep control of the ball and neither keeper looking like he would have much work to do all afternoon as both teams failed to create any clear cut openings....

This all changed after 15 minutes when a ball over the top sent Chris down the left who proceeded to cut inside a leaden footed defender and hit a shot at goal which was parred by the rather overweight keeper and then slammed into the net by Mark G.. But with the scorer still celebrating the Linesman was still standing statuesque like on half way line with his flagged raised... After a tete-a-tete between the Referee and the Linesman the goal was disallowed.

As the game wore on Brooklyn were gaining more of the play but still not managing to trouble Kye in goal... In fact the most dangerous place to be was 5 foot high and 5 foot wide of the Lane Cove goal as this is where most of the Brooklyn "shots" ended up.

With 15 minute's of the first left the referee decided that the game needed a goal and after a fairly harmless cross decided that the ball had hit Peter A's arm and gave a Penalty... The strange thing about the decision is that he managed to see it trough the Welding goggles he was wearing and that no one on the Brooklyn team appealed for it or even knew why he'd blown the whistle....  Not withstanding the fact it clearly hit my Shoulder. However the dwarf in black with the stunned growth and inbreed "Brooklyn" looking features went with the home town call and gave the penalty.

Kye picked the correct side to dive and was agonising close to saving the penalty. But with this appalling decision still fresh in everyone's mind Lane Cove went into the Half time break 1-0 down.

The second have started in the worst possible way with Brooklyn on top and getting a second goal after 10 minutes. A long ball over the top was chased down and the centre forward beat Kye to the ball on the edge of the box and the ball rolled into the Net for the second goal...

The rest of the game was a remarkably unattractive affair with little controlled football from each side and to be honest very few clear chances for either side, Larry was still putting himself about and deserved to get the "Lamb" sorry Man of the match vote.

With Gavin Injuring his backside after a heavy fall even the injection of the Slickly Skills of Ed "Bing" Lee couldn't change the impending result.

Special mention has to go to our Chain smoking forward Striker Peter T, who's booking for knocking the keepers Cap was rather Stupid..... But made me laugh no end!!!

So after two games the reserves have let in 3 goals and are yet to score..... But Hopefully for the next game we will have a full compliment of players and will be able to change the fortunes around and get into the winners circle.

Match Pictures:

Lamb of the Match... A Local at the Game
Larry reading his acceptance Speech


The Brooklyn Keeper