17th December 2006 - Cup Games

The last weekend before the xmas break - lovely sunny weather on our beloved Sunday football Barnesalona day.

Barnes and Bob had to play away from our beloved hallowed ground Barn Elms Pitch 1 for more northern climes over the river at Dukes Meadows - the council are to plug the holes/valleys/troughs on that pitch, re-sprinkle seeds and grow a little more grass.. look forward to seeing it in the New Year 2007.

Results were interesting.. in parts.

WKK 4 Cosmopolitan 2
Madras 2 Hendrix 0
Loko 3 Celtic 2
Barnes 4 Uncle Bob 4

Comments?.. well.. WKK have found goalscoring touch scoring 9 goals in the last 2 weeks which almost equals the total amount scored prior to the last 2 weeks.. Loko had a great win over last years finalists Celtic, Madras had a good win over Hendrix, and Barnes a good draw against Bob.

Check out the website for standings..

And its the end of the 1st half of the season.. what is there to tell of the 06-07 season so far.. well, I think the major major plus is how open the league competition has been so far. Its all very close.

Celtic and Uncle Bob are both on the same points 19 points (Bob have the GD advantage)
Madras, Loko, Hendrix are all in close contention 13-14 points
Auckland and WKK then follow close behind 10 points
Barnes not far behind either 8 points
Groovers and Cosmopolitan fighting for last spot 4 points

Nice to see teams improvements from previous seasons - notably for Madras and Loko. Well done. Interesting to see WKK who are the usual suspects for league winners down in bottom half of the table - consistency of a regular team rosta showing its importance. A nice healthy competition for Celtic and Uncle Bob to stay at the top - a clash between the 2 will be a good match to watch. Auckland are in their usual mid-table area. Barnes need to win a few games to get back up the league standing. And of course, history dictates that new teams always find it hard to do well which is the case with both Groovers and Cosmopolitan - another season or two under their belt, wiht consistent teams I am sure will change things.

We've had some ups and downs, with occasional handbags at twelve paces, sometimes at 2 paces, some good refs, some not so good, some teams happy to lend other teams players in order to have proper games, some good turnouts at the Club House, our first managers meeting, some new blogs, new players, some old coming back, and so it goes on. But I think what pleases me the most, and what I feel is my important goal, or my mission, is for all of you to play healthy competitive football in a friendly manner. That is all that I want. The day that happens is the day I feel I will have achieved. And it seems to me, that albeit, occasional bouts occur, the dialogue between teams is improving, is happening, and is helping reach that point where we all understand what we all want - to play and enjoy our football, and to respect eachother for who and what we are.

Kna wat eye meen. ;-)