Match Report
Match Report - 22 Mar 2015, Clapham Rovers Clapham Rovers beat Cool Oak Rangers
Rovers!
First off, apologies for the length of time it has taken for you to receive this email from me.
I was only able to confirm the rescheduling of Sunday’s fixture with the league yesterday and confirm it with the Lonsdale Gaffer today.
We will now play Lonsdale on Sunday 10 th May as our final game of the season. Play our prior 2 fixtures right (London St George and FC Selchp) and it could just be our title victory lap.
Enjoy the weekend off and I’ll see you all for our MAHOOSIVE game vs London St George on Sunday 12 th April following the break for Easter.
ROVERS 4 – 1 Cool Oak Rangers
Following our loss to London St George, I looked at the Cool Oak Rangers game and considered it a banana skin for both us and London St George who play them this Sunday.
They are awkward, obstinate opponents, who are capable of playing some decent football and giving anyone a scare. I was therefore obviously delighted to come away with the 3 points and I still have a funny feeling they’ll turn over London St George.
We were on it from the off as Smudger powered us in front with a thunderb@stard of a shot which the keeper couldn’t keep out as he dived low at the near post.
We were then swiftly 2-0 up as Rich, fresh from a 2 week stink at Hedonism in Jamaica, pounced on a rebound from his initial shot to power the ball home from inside the 6 yard box.
We were then denied the most stone cold penalty I have ever seen as Smudger was hacked down in the left corner of the box. The ref waved it away, probably unsurprisingly so, because when i’d rang him the previous night, he was blind drunk.
Charlie was having a superb game at right midfield as he probed the right hand side and got plenty of crosses in.
From one of his crosses, Gaz scored off the midpoint of nipple and pelvis to put us 3-0. Horse then typified our hunger to win as he pounced a loose ball in the box and power home a header to put us 4-0 up after 35 minutes. We were absolutely coasting.
Cool Oak Rangers pegged us back though with a screamer just before half time. After a receiving a quick one-two on the edge of the box, their right winger with a voice like a fog horn, half chipped, half volley the ball over Shev and into the top corner.
That screamer was a warning signal that we couldn’t coast through the match and full credit to Cool Oak, they pretty much pinned us back for the entire 2 nd half, although we never looked too much under pressure.
We were denied another stonewall pen when Smudger was hacked down again but the ref evened it up by waving away a penalty appeal at the other end. It ended 4-1.
All in all, a great return to form and with London St George only drawing against ASB, we extended our lead at the top of the table.
WIN ALL OUR REMAINING GAMES AND WE WIN THE LEAGUE!
Clapham Rovers
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15
11
2
2
54
25
+29
35
London St George
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13
10
1
2
63
25
+38
31
FC Selchp
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11
9
0
2
64
18
+46
27
Kings United
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16
8
3
5
48
36
+12
27
Real Northern 'A'
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15
7
3
5
28
31
-3
24
Accrington Stanley Bowles
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16
6
4
6
35
32
+3
22
Cool Oak Rangers
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13
4
2
7
26
36
-10
14
Parthenope
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13
3
1
9
20
66
-46
10
Lokomotiv Londres
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16
2
2
12
16
51
-35
8
FC Lonsdale
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14
0
4
10
22
56
-34
4
Senior Amateur Division Results 22/3/15
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Clapham Rovers v Cool Oak Rangers
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FC Lonsdale v Lokomotiv Londres
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London St George v Accrington Stanley Bowles
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Real Northern 'A' v Kings United
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Senior Amateur Division Fixtures 29/3/15
FC Selchp v Real Northern 'A'
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Kings United v Accrington Stanley Bowles
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London St George v Cool Oak Rangers
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Clapham Rovers Clapham Rovers 4 - 1 Cool Oak Rangers ()