Match Report

Saturday 27th September

Old Parmiterians Reserves

0 - 2

Reigatians

AFC Senior Div 2 (A) KO 2:45 PM
@ Tattenham Way Rec Ground

Referees:
  B. Doolan

Manager:
  Brendan Kelly

Team:
B. Dushku, B. Hammond, E. McWilliams, E. Macaulay, A. Bensley, F. Ndembo, J. Odunze, S. Doyle, J.Joseph, B. Wiggington

Goals:
N/A

Man of the Match:
Team

Fighting display despite setbacks

In spite of the loss, it was hard not to be impressed and proud of the efforts of the Parms team. Late Friday night, eight players were on the team sheet, highlighting how many were unavailable due to holidays and injury. Against a fast and well organised Reigatians side, Parms held their own. The two first half goals came from players not being tracked and a close off-side call, but the second half remained goalless. Considering Parms played most of this half with ten men, and the whole game with three clearly injured players, it was an incredibly brave effort. E.McWilliams and E.Macaulay led by example with a non-stop 100% effort performance and all credit to B.Dushku, B.Hammond and B.Williams for playing injured when they should not have been on the pitch. The hardest thing at present is the dent to the pride of this team...losing to opposition that we know we are better than if our regular players were available. The team spirit is still there in abundance though and we're confident this season will come good.