Sizzling Saints Football
& Athletic Club 1999
We've now got our very own football team to represent the site !
Sizzling Saints FC has been born and is ready to take on any challenges issued
to us from
fellow on-line club sites.
Harpo has been appointed as manager with Tony the Black & White Tiger taking
on the
administrative duties of organising matches, which will generally take place
prior to
the buddies match against the same team, probably on a home & away basis.
The aim is to have a bit of a chuckle, whip some first division ass to emulate
our glorious
buddies, and then chuck down a few pints before heading off to see the real
thing.
We played Parscelona
(Dunfermline) on the 11th September, some soapdodgers on the 18th
and we face 'The Honest Men' on the
23rd October.
Interested in playing ?
If you want to be part of the
squad you should contact the black and white tiger to
register your name for the club. Contact Tony by email here
You can find out more about the Internet Football Association by clicking here
Results
11/9 vs Parscelona
3-4
18/9
vs
Morton
5-5
Reports
18/9 vs
Morton
5-5
It was quite an
inauspicious start at the Feegie Theatre of Dreams for the
Sizzling Saints as the Morton side took an early 2-0 goal lead, the first
from about 40 yards screaming, or should I say jogging leisurely, past
Gloves in goals whose mind seemed to be on Bacardi Breezers and Poetry
rather than the game itself.
Harpo immediately hauled him off and replaced him with Chris who was soon
repeating the bending down and picking up manoeuvre as a lapse of
concentration
in the Saints defence saw Morton take a two goal advantage.
Saints Dream Team strike partnering of the two Marks,
Gallacher and Logue, soon brought Saints back into the game with the 'ton
keeper unable to hold Mark L's "thunderous" free kick and Mark G
netted the
resulting rebound.
Another poor goal was lost to restore the deficit to two before Mark G rose
haddock
like above the Morton defence to thunder a header into the top corner from a
perfectly
flighted Ben Fica corner. Saints drew level on the half hour mark when Bobby F
deftly
chipped the keeper from the edge of the box(that'll be a fiver Bobby) and
minutes later took the lead
for the first time when an angled drive from the edge of the box by Mark G
deceived the keeper who succeeded in only helping it into the back of the
net. (Well if Bobby claimed he meant his then so can Marky!)
Mark G paid the price for his first half hat trick by being substituted minutes
later,
apparently still feeling the effects of an injury from the previous week and
not, contrary to rumours, due to a dressing room bust up with Jimmy
Bone-a-like Harpo.
The second half opened with a sustained spell of Morton pressure though with
Brian
and Anto linking solidly at the back any efforts were suitably dealt with. Ian
and Craig
started to dominate the midfield but against the run of play Morton equalised
after
Saints had failed to clear their lines, the Breezer Boy left static as Morton
sneaked back into the
match.
Saints went all out for the winner and after Sean had come close on a
couple of occasions Craig restored the lead with a fine finish.
It was then that the match became John P's.
After a two handed shove that Kenny Black would have been proud of, John P
looked up,
saw the keeper of his line and chipped him from fully 40 yards.
An immaculate finish but at the wrong end.
Morton had equalised. Harpo tried to salvage the match by putting Mark G back on
for the last
17 seconds but by then it was too late and Saints had to be content with a share
of the spoils.
All in all, this was a big improvement on last week against a good side and the
lads can justifiably
look forward to the next game against Ayr in a few weeks time.
Marko van Haddock
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