Date: 14/01/2007
Game: BAWFC Reserves vs. Clapton Orient Reserves
Author: Belinda
Player of the match: Karen

Considering I only remembered at the end of the match that I had to write this up, I am going to struggle to remember anything! Here are the highlights I can recall with a few facts (after consulting Nav)

We started off with an organised warm-up by Majid, followed by some passing, goal scoring practice and a few corners. Obviously a good start to a good match.

The rest is a bit of a blur. Lee won the toss (for once, the practice must have paid off!!!) and made sure Julia was out of the sun for the first half. Most of the play seemed to be on the right hand side, with Lee doing some great clearances, Preeti sweeping up everything, Belinda calling the ball hers and then not really going for it (good job the bounce wasn't too high) and Cindy marking the two players on the other side. Char had a great run down the right hand side and with a shot which was only just saved by their keeper.

Jane was taken down at one point, managing to get hit on her bad ankle. She hobbled off, to come back on after a minute but obviously in pain.

Nav covered the middle well and when Karen was taken down just outside the box, took our first free-kick of the match. Apparently Karen, Jane and Marie obstructed the keepers view allowing the free-kick to go in (just like Lou's do).

Petra and Char then swapped sides of the pitch, Marie had a shot but then it was half-time and we should have scored a lot more.

At half-time, Lou came on for Marie, and Nav went up front. Don't know what happened at half-time (Note from editor: oranges?), but the defenders lost their ability to clear the ball in the right direction. The opposition had a few attempts to ruin the defenders' clean sheet stopped by Cindy doing a great sliding tackle from behind, Lee doing a fast run back after they cleared the ball from our corner, and Julia diving (to her favoured side the right) and preventing their major attempt at goal.

Our second goal came from Karen taking the ball down and then passing it over to Nav for her to tap in. It could have been yours, Karen. Petra had a rebound come out to her (good positioning) but unfortunately just tapped it over the bar.

We then got another corner, which Petra took. It sailed into the box where Karen, a defender and their keeper were scrabbling for it when quick feet Nav stabbed it into the goal. Hat trick (and the only goal I do remember seeing).

Jane had to hobble off in the second half and was replaced by Jacinta who then seemed to have all the play down the left hand side.

Char came off for Danni for the last 15 minutes but still time for her to just miss putting a header into the back of the net, have a tantrum when taken down in the box, be told off by the ref, and be called off side!!!! Eventful but funny 15 minutes.

Sorry about this write-up and if I missed anyone out.