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Saturday 31st August

Ramsay Brilliance Helps Parms to Victory

Old Parmiterians reserve XI continued their impressive pre-season form at Douglas Eyre against a physically imposing Royal Bank of Scotland team. This was an entirely different affair to their last outing however, as RBS took the lead twice here, forcing their hosts to find some extra mettle. From the off, the visitors caused problems by pressing Parms into mistakes and whenever a set piece was won their height advantage proved a problem. Inevitably, their first goal came from a corner, however less so, was the manner in which the opening goal was scored. Having dealt very well with the initial corner the hosts were slow to get out of their own area, allowing the ball to be put back into the box finding an RBS striker with no one around him, who turned for an easy finish. This was the cue for some excellent football from Old Parmiterians though, as they felt their way back into the game after a wobble. Sami Bekir held the ball up superbly to play in his brother Adem, whose run into the area and shot should have been rewarded with a goal. Enoch Apraku and Danny Isichei caused havoc down the right with their pace, while Chris Scherer was found time and again on the run by Nawab Ahmed to do the same down the left. Scherer had an outrageous attempt on goal from a free-kick near the half way line, which forced the keeper into a save. Eventually, it was the left that provided parity, as Will Lahti split the RBS defence with an excellent through ball to Mike Ramsay. Still with lots to do, he chipped the keeper from outside the box with his left foot, leaving his opponent a mere spectator as the ball glided over him. A raft of half-time changes saw a much changed line-up for the second half, but the rhythm was uninterrupted. Cue another shock to the system, as Parms were sloppy in possession, with RBS taking maximum advantage; a superb slide rule pass to the same striker who scored in the first half round Steve Kennedy-Clarke and slot in, very much against the run of play. Substitute Mo Camra then had a quick chance to equalise, running riot down the left he couldn't quite find the finish to match. With the stage set, Ramsay then earned his man-of-the-match award with a curling finish from 30 yards out, once again leaving the keeper rooted to the spot. Nat Newman the found fellow substitute Camara on the run to charge in on the RBS goal and slide in a goal to take the lead. RBS struggled to contain the young prospect thereafter, buoyed by his first goal for the club, he could have laid two tap ins for Beni Lusadisu to also grab his first goal in Parms colours, but chose to shoot each time. With so much potential though these are lessons that will surely be learned. Adam Newman then had a chance to score, but conspicuously passed it up against team with Scotland in its title, before Nat Newman robbed an RBS defender of possession and fed Sami Bekir to skilfully beat two more defenders and race in on goal to finish his chance, and the game, in cool fashion