Match Report
Match Report - 02 Dec 2012, Clapham Rovers Clapham Rovers beat Battersea Dogs
Rovers!
ROVERS JUGGERNAUT HITS TOP GEAR
ROVERS 2 – 0 BATTERSEA DOGS
Now we’ve started!
On a frozen pitch, in freezing temperatures and with Alicia Silverstone as Ref (Clueless) we completely dominated 3rd in the table and ran out deserved winners.
We were tight at the back, combative and creative in midfield and penetrative up top. Indeed, only Newcastle United can boast such a successful scouting network which has bought us the talents of Nathan, Galo and Sousa in recent weeks. Galo scored a screamer in the first half (think Ginola against Ferencvaros) which left me screaming like Gary Neville at a Fernando Torres montage, whilst Galo showed great guile throughout the match and scored a decent goal following great hassling and desire from Justin. Nathan also put in another great shift at centre back and looked like he’d been playing alongside G since Rovers began.
Battersea Dogs did not have a sniff all game and we’re left trying to feed off scraps throughout the match as the midfield and Juan in particular broke up their attacks before they reached our box. The ref often threw them a bone with a few dodgy decisions. There was one in particular which sticks in the mind when Nick was felled by their keeper in a Harold Schumacher on Patrick Battison fashion but we weren’t to be beaten.
It now seems like something has finally clicked this season and we’re hitting our stride. There’s no reason why we can’t use this momentum to put a long run together which catapults us into the promotion mix. With the players we’ve got, we did it before and with the new additions we can do it again.
With that in mind, this Sunday sees us up against Parthenope. We can beat these
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12 Teams
Games
Played
Games
Won
Games
Drawn
Games
Lost
Goals
For
Goals
Against
Goal
Difference
Points
London Rhinos
8
6
0
2
34
23
+11
18
Dynamo Clapham
7
5
0
2
28
19
+9
15
Battersea Dogs
6
4
1
1
19
10
+9
13
Old Sergeant
6
3
1
2
20
11
+9
10
Worcester Park Rangers
7
3
1
3
17
19
-2
10
London Rangers
7
2
3
2
28
16
+12
9
Real Northern 'A'
5
3
0
2
18
8
+10
9
Wig Army
6
2
1
3
20
20
+0
7
Parthenope
7
2
1
4
18
35
-17
7
South West Wolves
6
1
2
3
9
28
-19
5
Clapham Rovers 'A'
5
1
1
3
6
12
-6
4
Chiswick FC
6
0
1
5
11
27
-16
1
Division One Sunday 9th December
Clapham Rovers 'A' v Parthenope
Westminster Schools CR4 1DE
Dynamo Clapham v South West Wolves
Riverside Lands W4 2SX
Old Sergeant v Battersea Dogs
Riverside Lands W4 2SX
Battersea Dogs 0 - 2 Clapham Rovers Clapham Rovers ()