A bit of an anti-climax this one. Right from the start of the day it wasn't looking good. I'd washed Archie's boots on Saturday late afternoon and left them out to dry, checked them in the morning and they were still damp and stunk! I had to put them on the radiator in the kitchen in order to hurry along the drying process which didn't please Dena! One smelly kitchen later we had some dry boots.
Boots dry and Grandpa Glyn lacing them up on the way to the game, I received a text advising me that today's game was going to be at home due to Tornado JSC's pitch being waterlogged. Change of direction.
The match was due to kick off at 11am but the game didn't get under way until just after 12. Archie started well and was unlucky not to convert a chance early on, after that, his head went down and didn't look that interested. He was subbed off after 10mins. Right from the start, the opposition manager decided that his favorite sport was touch rugby and I think he thought we were playing the same rules only using our feet instead of hands. He didn't like ANY of the tackles that were being made by the boys on his team and threatened to remove his players from the field on numerous occasions and argued every decision with the ref (i felt sorry for Mark). It was clear to me and every other person watching the game that Evergreen were winning pretty much every 50/50 there was (fairly) and their manager didn't like it.
At some point during the 1st half Harry F opened the scoring. Harry C had won the ball in our area and after beating a couple of players, looked up and played a fantastic ball across the field to Harry F who converted easily. 1-0.
Archie came back on for the 2nd half and looked much more interested, but once again failed to add to the lead with a one-on-one with the keeper, he was unlucky. With a little more than 5mins of the second half played there was shoulder barge from a Tornados player. The ball looked to be rolling out of play. This happened in front of the Tornado JSC's manager who wasn't pleased at all. He promptly called his players over to him and said that he doesn't expect them to play "like that". Play resumed and after a while, with the game taking a turn for the better, Evergreen were awarded a throw in. From the throw in, all hell broke loose. The ball was lofted over a couple of players and made it's way to Archie. He went to flick the ball on with a volley but the top of his foot met with the studs of an opposition player instead. Archie being Archie (he's been described as feisty before) then, wrongly, kicked out (and missed) at said player. It was unfortunate that this was done right in front of their manager. That was that, game over, children crying, parents bemused and Evergreen coaches looking for Jeremy Beadle.
Shame, Myself and Archie were looking forward this game....
According to the West Herts Youth League website, It would appear that the result has been awarded to Evergreen Juniors.
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