4ths Captain
Mike Kaye

Jan 06 - enlarge

Barford Tigers 1 Nottingham 8

It seemed ages since we last played Barford in that ill-tempered affair at Goosedale in the late September sun. Mike Allen got all teachery and wanted to give some detentions for poor behaviour. The main Barford protagonist that afternoon turned out to be umpire rather than player on the return fixture, and the main problem he faced was sorting the lights out rather than lighting the touchpaper.

The game was set fairly early on when Nottm took a two-goal lead after 10 minutes and looked comfortable. After scoring two, the main objective of the afternoon was to conceed a short corner to allow Nottm Fourths to make history by becoming the first league team to wear face protection at a short corner. So after after 15 minutes, history was made when Kaye replaced his 'ratter / Victor Meldrew cap' for a Notts batting helmet and Young helped reduce the shine from his head with an helmet in Aussie green. The short went wide.

In the second half, Young showed the value of the new rule with a glorious pull shot from another short which thundered into the side board on its way to a boundary. He's not lost it.

The rest of the game was a slow procession to victory. Barford did pull it back to 2-1 before half-time with a run from their main playmaker into the D, but the result was never really in doubt. Goals steadily came from Byrne (3 and a jug), Lagerberg (2), Marks, Rogers.

Great anticipation in the pub for the post game grub ended in disappointment as sandwiches and chips appeared rather than the chicken curry (with japaties & naan) that the thirds enjoyed. Barford were excellent hosts.

Report: DL

And by popular demand -
Captn Kaye's last report from the archives. Leek 12th November
Bridg victory (DL) - Bridgford 26th November
Barford 1 - 8 w (DL) - Barford 14th Jan

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