Where are you…? Lets be having you…
Pelicans 2s v Magpies 5s
Saturday 25th January
With Pelicans beating Thetford 17-0 the week before, the task of visiting the league leaders was certainly a daunting task, especially daunting when only 3 members of the regular 5th team were playing. The location of the majority of the other 5th team members was unknown. Luckily the 7th team dedication was once again shown, being forced to concede their own league match to make sure the 5th team match went ahead. So the 5th team consisted of 5th team captain and two, the 6th captain, and the 7th team captain and seven.
The first half was pretty good to be honest, we quickly learnt after no more than a couple of minutes that Pelicans had a striker who didn’t need telling where the goal was, scoring the first of I think his 5 goals. The team with massive effort managed to keep the score line to a respectable 3-0 at half time. The 2nd half unfortunately was a different matter, quickly it was 6-0. Then the team had a period of loss of concentration, meaning the game ended 10-0 to Pelicans.
On the major plus points, of the 12 players Magpies took to Kings Lynn, 6 were aged between 15-17. These youngsters were a credit to the club and themselves, 4 of them have never played higher hockey than Division 6NE. So the experience although disappointing, and potentially embarrassing, was a good lesson in how to play hockey, and will hopefully be a useful experience in their hockey developments.
Lets hope the wandering 5th teamers can muster enough energy to represent their team for the rest of this season, making Captain Steve’s job much easier, as up until now, this season, has generally been a nightmare for him.
Stand out performances were from Roger Kent, energy and creativity never waning, and a must in our midfield. Tom Yallop in goal, making some brilliant saves to keep the score as low as it could be. And James Smith making tackle after tackle at the back. MOTM is awarded to all 3 of these players, as they made a big difference to the team on the day.
MOTM; Tom Yallop, Roger Kent and James Smith
Reporter; Tom ‘Magic’ Miller