Grand Final (16/8/08)
Well what can I say – in fact there is nothing I can say here that could adequately express today’s match and result – a massive, outstanding, amazing, absolutely incredible, unbelievable 5 – 2 win over the undefeated Premiers – Putney. We faced our nemesis and thrashed them. Poor Putney didn’t know what hit them. It started mere minutes from kick-off when Andrew struck – the ball rolled – seemed very slow, but sure, could have gone either side of the post, but in it went! The second was an absolute blinder from Alex from way up the pitch, the ball absolutely flew in the air – there was no catching this one and in it went. Two up, we were feeling pretty good, but the game had only just started. Then we were awarded a free kick, once again Alex was up to the challenge and booted it straight into the net. This was followed by yet another fantastic shot by Matt Hobson – four up! Then as luck would have it a little bit of a trip up or something happened and Putney were awarded a penalty which they struck hard and fast into the net – poor Mitch didn’t stand a chance of catching that one. So end of first half saw us at 4 – 1 and Putney looked very downcast at half time, we, on the other hand, were absolutely elated.
We hit the pitch with great enthusiasm for the second half and maybe got a little over confident as Putney put one in the net – fortunately this one was called offside, but the next shot they had wasn’t. Now the crowd was getting nervous – very nervous – could they catch us? Well, no, because Zechariah came up with the finisher, a brilliant goal taking us to 5-2. The opposition had no hope of getting past us now and it was game over.
So now the big question is – guys – was it something you lot ate for breakfast, or all those lollies? You all lifted on the day and played your absolute best. You played as a team should play. Now, just because those who score usually get a mention in the match report does not mean we have forgotten the rest of you, those goals just wouldn’t happen if it wasn’t for your hard work, all of you – holding everything together. So to Mitch, Eden, David, Daniel, Daniel, Matthew, Callum, Adam, Brodie, Maddison and Clayton – you did a superb job, as did our scorers – CONGRATULATIONS ALL OF YOU!