Match reports
(Player/Manager Jimmie Gregory tries to talk himself out of yet another tricky post match interview!)
Recreativo V Hackney Marshans 1 - 0 4.04.04
There's much talk about the biggest
derbys in the World.
Celtic V Rangers, Barca V Real Madrid, Internationale V Milan, Boca V River
Plate. Recreativo V Hackney Marshans. The debate continues. Like a lot of local
clashes, this was very much a scrappy affair. Points and pride definitely meant
more than style and finesse today. We wanted this one. Badly! We began to think
the other lot were having second thoughts as we ran through our warm up, still
waiting for them to show up. When the game eventually started, we took
it to them early on. Cutting through their defence time and time again, we began
to get frustrated as we looked for that opening goal. It eventually came in the
shape of a through ball which Jel Gregory latched onto, chasing towards the
keeper who lost out in the tackle, and left the goal open for an easy knock in.
The half time whistle blew, and although in front, we were unhappy that the lead
wasn't bigger. We'd played much better teams than this, and put in much better
performances. We panicked in the second half, and although were still the better
team, were getting more edgy as the minutes ticked down. Captain Jimmie
Gregory was getting stuck in in midfield, urging on the team, and wanting the
ball. Mario Pisano had another great game at right back, cool, calm, collected.
A late scare was excellently dealt with by rookie keeper Dan Mauger. Victory
celebrations were a subdued affair. Delighted with the points, but not the nervy
performance, and physically and emotionally knackered. In truth some would say
we should of won 3 or 4 nil, but maybe the season had taken it's toll. However,
we had taken 3 points the second week running, and had beaten the local rivals.
We retired to the pub, to watch Millwall get into Europe (god help Europe!), and
have a well earned pint or two. So that's it. Season over. We still wait to see
how the Marshans get on in their 3 remaining games. Obviously we won't be
sending them our best wishes for the rest of this season, but look forward to
battling with them again, the next. Whatever the outcome, this game belonged to
us! The best team in Hackney. Probably.
Team: Dan Mauger, Mario Pisano, Matt Jeary, Shane O'prey (Mike Tarnoky, Steve Jones), Tony Wood, Emil Lime, Jimmie Gregory, Adam Bradbury, Yusef Ibrahim, Godfred Sagoe, Jel Gregory.
Recreativo V Battersea Southsiders 3 - 1 28.03.04
The
first home victory of the season, (in front of a record crowd of 8). We took the
game by the scruff of the neck from the off, putting fear into the Southsiders
with a vocal barrage, culminating in Marcus du Sautoy's opening goal. His
resulting celebration was reminiscent of a coke-fuelled Maradona, circa World
Cup USA '94, and with tightly clenched fist, let rip a subsonic war cry that
frightened not only the children watching, but his 10 teammates, as well as most
of east London! From a Jimmie Gregory corner it was soon 2 - 0, as they scored
what can only be described as a beautiful own goal, headed ever so sweetly past
the keeper. Godfred Sagoe put us 3 up by half time, beating the offside trap,
(which they uniformly called every time the ball went into their half), and
lobbing the goalie. The second half was all about trying to keep our shape, a
clean sheet, and our cool, which we failed to do an all counts! However, after
they scored it was all a matter of keeping the ball up their end, and even
kicking it as far onto the other pitches as it would go as the minutes ticked
down. Some would call it cynical, some would call it desperate. We hit the
crossbar, and came close with a couple of other chances, but with the ref eager
for his Sunday roast, he blew, and 22 hands reached for the sky. Hallelujah!
Team: Chris Read, Mario Pisano, Emil Lime, Matt Jeary, Tony Wood (Scott Harris), Jimmie Gregory, Marcus du Sautoy, Yusef Ibrahim, Adam Bradbury, Godfred Sagoe, Jel Gregory.
Shepherds Tuesday V Recreativo 3 - 3 21.03.04
A last gasp equaliser left us feeling elated,
and the opposition no doubt gutted, after a hard fought ninety minutes. We'd
lost 6-1 to this mob earlier in the season, so to us this was a victory of
sorts, and epitomises the spirit that exists within this club. A great run down
the right wing and an inch perfect cross-goal ball from Marcus du Sautoy set up Jel
Gregory for the first goal - a left foot tap in past the helpless Hugh
Fearnley-Whittingstall look-alike keeper. They soon equalised, but Godfred Sagoe
on a
powerful solo run, hit back with a beautiful curler on the edge of the box
to put us in front again. 2-2 at half time, and having to make 3 substitutions
due to injury unsettled us, and we were all over the place for the first half
hour of the second half. With the wind against us, but with God on our side, we
were hanging on in there at 3-2 down. However with things getting a little
heated, a few niggling tackles and accusations cropping up, we started to play
with renewed vigour and had a great last 10 minutes. Chris Read made a couple of
exceptional point blank saves, and with Mario Pisano getting some good balls
down the right flank we started to pass it around again. And hey presto, a
minute from time the ball fell to Godfred Sagoe who replicated his first
half goal, with a sweet high shot. It all went slo-mo........ and then..........
the most heavenly sound in the world, that of a beautifully flighted football
lovingly caressed by the net. Magnifique!!! A well deserved point.
Team: Chris Read, Mario Pisano, Shane O'prey, Matt Jeary (Mike Tarnoky), Emil Lime, Tony Wood (Yusef Ibrahim), Jimmie Gregory (Scott Harris), Marcus du Sautoy, Phil Radford, Godfred Sagoe, Jel Gregory.
Livingstone Academicals V Recreativo 2 - 1 7.03.04
Team
spirit was high as we drove to the Hampstead ground, a mere brick's throw from
the mega mansions of millionaires row. A fast and furious game saw us take the
fight to them, and we came off feeling extremely unlucky after many a near miss
and pressure on the Accies goal. This was a total turnaround after last weeks
(non) effort, and brimming with confidence it was encouraging that 5 or 6 of us
had some great shots on target, and they certainly had their goalie to thank for
the 3 points. Marcus du Sautoy's late scrambled shot made it 2 -1, and was well
deserved after a tireless performance eager to win every loose ball. Each
and every one of us had the hunger and played some great passing moves and
showed great support to teammates. Debutant David Webb getting stuck in from the
first minute, Phil Radford and Jimmie Gregory challenging for everything in
midfield. In the end, the result didn't matter. Some would call it naivety,
isn't football all about winning? We left the field giving ourselves a round of
applause. We had given it our all. We had just taken part in something
beautiful. This is why we play football.
Team: Chris Read, Emil Lime, Mario Pisano, David Webb, Tony Wood, Jimmie Gregory, Marcus du Sautoy, Phil Radford, Yusef Ibrahim, Godfred Sagoe, Jel Gregory.
Clapham Eagles V Recreativo 7 - 1 29.02.04
Seven One. Seven bur-lud-ee One! We started off brightly
in this top V bottom clash, surprising ourselves. 20 minutes into the
game and the Eagles were finding it difficult to get out of their half. Was this
really the team that sat proudly at the top of the League? Maybe we let this get
to our heads, as against the run of play, they scored and all of a sudden we
became more shapeless than a sumo wrestler let loose in Dunkin Donuts. We were
all at sea without a paddle, without a boat, and with a gigantic iceberg heading
our way. Osama Mansour clawed it back to 3 - 1, beating the offside and
dribbling round the keeper. However normal service was soon resumed, and the
Eagles' superiority showed, jeered on by a comedy of errors, simple mistakes,
and the referee's interpretation of the new offside law, (which you seem to need
a geometry set to understand). The game went from bad to worse, to comical. It's
difficult to find positives from this one. It bloody hurt. Let's hope we can exorcise
our demons from this horror show next week.
Team: Yusef Ibrahim, Steve Jones (Jimmie Gregory), Emil Lime, Shane O'prey, Mario Pisano, Matt Jeary, Marcus du Sautoy, Godfred Sagoe, Phil Radford, Osama Mansour, Jel Gregory.
Recreativo V Livingstone Academicals 0 - 0 22.02.04
A nil-nil draw, but this game was anything but drab. The
Accies took to the field looking lean and mean in their Argentina stylee kit.
Fearing the worst in an uncompromising swirling wind, we did ourselves proud
once again, with another terrific team performance. Although they had the better
of the play in the first half, playing some neat football, we had real team spirit,
and as the game progressed showed dogged commitment, and badly wanted the
points. Chris Read had a good solid performance in goal, stepping in at last
minute and patrolling the 18 yard box with a safe pair of hands. Terrier-like Abdul Koyar in
midfield, giving the opposite 6 foot 6 slam-dunker a
run for his money, and captain Tony Wood urging his team mates on with cries of "Everyone of us has to leave this field feeling
absolutely fucked".
The Accies ballooned every shot way over, and began to lose the plot when we
turned things around second half. Godfred Sagoe was unlucky with a clever chip
over the keeper, and denied by the bar, and 'Tivo's up and coming youngster Osama
Mansour was unfortunate not to get his first goal as he shot just wide. A well
earned point.
Team: Chris Read, Steve Jones (Abdul Koyar), Emil Lime, Tony Wood, Shane O'prey, Dan Mauger (Mike Tarnoky), Matt Jeary, Scott Harris (Osama Mansour), Marcus du Sautoy, Godfred Sagoe, Jel Gregory.
South Circular V Recreativo 6 - 4 15.02.04
Down
to the exotically named Bel-Air park in deepest Dulwich. To be honest we didn't really expect
three points from this game (after being slaughtered by them first game of the
season) but were determined to improve on last week's performance. Team spirits
were running high after a cosy get together in the very warm dressing room, and
with a small cut-up pitch, we thought we may be in with a chance of something
against this very youthful, fit passing side. Our old bones were never going to
keep up with them, but hell, we were going to get stuck in! Their first goal
went in after about 20 minutes, but we soon hit back with a lovely through ball
to Godfred Sagoe who knocked it in sweetly . We were soon 2-1 up courtesy of
another well worked passing move which Godfred Sagoe done well to score,
holding off two athletic defenders breathing down his neck. Two goals so far from the man who was going
to stay at home to watch his beloved Arsenal on the telly! They hit us hard with
three easy goals after the break after we hadn't woken up from half time, but
with a six foot Circular defender clambering over Tony Wood like a step ladder,
a penalty was awarded our way. Both teams looked perplexed as the mono-syllabic
referee motioned with his hands some sort of shoulder massage action. Godfred
Sagoe duly smashed the ball home, and was onto a hatrick. They hit in another with a
fine solo run through our defence, but for the last ten minutes we took it to
them and had them rattled, and even managed to put a few passes together! Another Godfred Sagoe goal, a fantastic header from a
corner came too late and again the three points went to the opponents. It's
frustrating to really battle and get nothing out of it, but we left the pitch
with our heads held high after one of the best all round team performances of
the season. Recreativo Man Of The Match: Godfred
Sagoe. Godfred put in a fantastic all round display. Strong in attack, and at
holding off opponents, and four beautifully taken goals. Now, wasn't that worth
getting away from the telly for! Wenger eat your heart out... he's not for sale.
Team: Yusuf Ibrahim, Mario Pisano, Tony Wood, Dan Mauger, Shane O'prey, Jimmie Gregory (Steve Jones), Marcus du Sautoy (Osama Mansour), Chris Read, Scott Harris, Godfred Sagoe, Jel Gregory.
Recreativo V Shepherd's Tuesday 1 - 6 8.02.04
Desperate for the points that would most probably get us
off the
bottom spot, our hopes were shattered with an early Shepherd's goal. In swirling
winds, this game was never going to be pretty, but the opposition did manage to
play some decent football with some slick passing, which seemed to cut right
through us on more than one occasion... 6 to be precise. They were actually
unlucky not to get more, and we had the wind to thank for the odd shot of theirs
that went miles over. As a team we never really got going, and at 3-0 down at
half time the talk was of a come back a la Man City V Spurs. This was not
to be. We did come close courtesy of a couple of free kicks lofted into the box,
and finally managed a goal when a persevering Adam Bradbury hit home after a
good solo attack. After the 'Tivo's previous few performances this display was a
disappointment, with so many goals shipped in, so it is with gritted teeth and
rolled up sleeves that we continue our campaign next week.
Team: Yusuf Ibrahim, Mario Pisano, Matt Jeary, Tony Wood, Steve Jones (Tony Andre), Marcus du Sautoy, Scott Harris (Osama Mansour), Chris Read, Adam Bradbury, Godfred Sagoe, Jel Gregory.
Barking Mad V Recreativo 1-1 25.01.04
A well earned away point against a side who beat us 5-2 earlier in the season saw us heading back to North London with smiles on our faces. Despite being 1 - 0 up until 15 minutes from time, we felt this was a fair result, and although eager for the win, would of settled for this before the game. With some key players missing, including goalie/bionic man Steve 'The Cat' Jones, we were going to have to battle hard to get something from this game. Godfred Sagoe's excellent powerful header from a corner 20 minutes into the game, gave the Barking keeper no chance. We held on 'til half time, as each and every one of us gave it our all. Stand in goalie, Yusuf Ibrahim made some outstanding acrobatic saves and was having an absolute blinder. Mike Tarnoky battling hard and always involved on the left, and Dan Mauger in central defence winning everything in the air, and putting on a well fine display, as did captain/sergeant major Matt Jeary. To concede a goal from a corner towards the end of the match was a downer, and Barking Mad piled on the pressure sensing a victory, coming close but squandering a couple of gilt -edged chances. However, with gritted teeth we held on, and were unlucky not to get another goal ourselves. With 16 year old substitute Osama Mansour making a great debut apperance for the 'Tivo, he made an early impact coming close with a wicked strike, the goalie just tipping it past the post. A real gutsy team performance. Recreativo Man Of The Match: Yusuf Ibrahim. Yusuf put in a commanding performance, and kept us in it with an outstanding display. Some acrobatic diving and fingertip saves when the opposition should of scored. Fantastico!
Team: Yusuf Ibrahim, Mark Smith, Matt Jeary, Dan Mauger, Tony Wood, Chris Read, Jimmie Gregory, Scott Harris, Mike Tarnoky (Osama Mansour), Godfred Sagoe, Jel Gregory.
Hackney Marshans V Recreativo 0 - 2 7.12.03
The East End local derby was always going to be one we'd
be desperate to win, and top of Recreativo's Christmas list were 3 points, which
we felt we deserved after being good little boys this year. We were not to be disappointed
come the final whistle, after our best performance to date. The pre-match
training had great effect, if only to confuse the opponents as they emerged from
the dressing room... "what, you're the team who are bottom of the league
?'' With the Recreativo
midfield bossing the game, some slick passing moves and surging attacks saw us
piling on the pressure in front of the Marshans' goal. How they wished the
Mother Ship would come down to exterminate the evil Recreativans! A great
through ball from Godfred Sagoe set up Jel Gregory, for a one on one with the
keeper. Gooooooooooooal! Ooh, the excitement, this being the first time we'd
actually led a game! With a half time team talk given by 11 players all
manically talking at once, we took to the pitch for the second half full of confidence and self
belief... if a little confused. Our sexy passing game took a dip, but we battled
away and after a pinball goalmouth scramble Godfred Sagoe toed in the second goal from all
of two inches! A late scare from a rare Marshans attack saw our goalpost
skimmed, but stand-in goalie Tony Andre didn't have much to do throughout the
game. We had a few more guilt-edged chances which should of seen us win by a
much bigger margin, but these went embarrassingly well wide - and brought much
hilarity with cries for a penalty because, ''The defender was putting me off!''.
The beautiful sound of the final whistle meant we'd got our first points of the
season, a fully deserved victory, and it was going to be a very happy
Christmas after all. Recreativo Man Of The
Match: Abdul Koyar.
Despie being the smallest player on the field, Abs showed no fear when it came to
crunching tackles. His tireless running and passion for wanting the ball never
waned. Overall though a great team performance, with all giving
100% Team: Tony Andre, Emil Lime, Matt Jeary, Mario Pisano, Marcus du
Sautoy, Jimmie Gregory, Adam Bradbury, Johnathon Goodhand, Abdul Koyar, Godfred
Sagoe, Jel Gregory. (Subs not used: Steve Jones, Mark Smith, Mike Tarnoky, Yusuf
Ibrahim).
Recreativo V Barking Mad 2 - 5 23.11.03
An early penalty for the opponents from an unfortunate
handball, and an own goal from a very sloppily defended corner set the tone for
this match. As the rain lashed it down, this was a game we should of taken by
the scruff of the neck, and after getting the score back to 2 - 1, we were
undone by some slack mistakes which Barking Mad capitalised upon. Repeatedly
getting called up for offside in the first half, it was unfortunate that the ref
was unprepared to have a little jog, as he may of seen things differently, as we
certainly did. A late goal for us came too late, and as we left the field soaked
to the skin, we felt like we'd gifted them the 3 points. Overall our
inexperience was evident today, but we remain upbeat as always and look forward
to the next match.
Recreativo
Man Of The Match: Adam Bradbury. The
birthday boy battled non-stop, and was chasing every ball in midfield. A real
engine. It wouldn't be nice to compare him with Robbie Savage! Team: Steve
Jones, Emil Lime, Dan Mauger, Mario Pisano, Tony Andre (Mike Tarnoky), Scott
Harris (Mark Smith), Adam Bradbury, Jimmie Gregory, Marcus du Sautoy, Godfred
Sagoe, Jel Gregory.
Dynamo Landor V Recreativo 4 - 0 16.11.03
A
late kick off deep down and dirty south of the river against the league
leaders, did not exactly fill us with too much optimism. After already being
well beaten by them earlier in the season, it would be a real test, but we were
determined that we weren't going to let them have it all their own way. However,
Landor are a well drilled side, (some would say flashy bastards), and unfortunately
for us proved too strong. It's a measure of how much we're coming on as a team
though, as this last fixture we lost 7-0, with us struggling to get the ball in
their half. Whereas this game, we were much more in it. Pat on the back to the
man in black, a thoroughly nice chap, who even explained the rules as he
trundled around the pitch. After much debate on the drive home (ranging from
where it all went wrong .... 'too many leaves on the pitch'... to
London's culture... 'The Tate Modern, what a load of fucking rubbish' ,
stories of glue sniffin' punks on the Kings Rd, circa 79', and the sexual
exploits of George Bush, Prince Charles, MI6 and Al- Queda), the gloom was
lifted by 5 big bars of red and white delight. Viva Recreativo! Viva Chunky Kit
Kats!
Team: Steve Jones, Mark Smith (Yusuf Ibrahim), Emil Lime, Matt Jeary, Dan Mauger, Adam Bradbury, Jimmie Gregory, Marcus du Sautoy, Phil Radford (Chris Read), Godfred Sagoe, Jel Gregory.
Battersea Southsiders V Recreativo 5 - 3 9.11.03
Another
defeat, but another good and improving team performance from the 'Tivo
massive. We were in this game from start to the very finish, but once again,
lady luck deserted us and whispered sweet nothings into the ears of the South
Londoners. We had good spells of attacking play and scored 3 cracking goals, and
at 2-2 really thought we might get something out of this game. Some fantastic
pin point crossing from the Gaffer led to two of the goals, and with new boy Matt
Jeary tightening up the defence both physically and vocally, it's suprising that
we conceded 5. Marcus du Sautoy's lovely new expensive kangeroo skin boots saw
plenty of action,as he bounced up and down the left wing - his number 17 shirt
was by far the most sweat drenched as I put the kit in the washing machine this
morning! The last few games have seen us really improve, and we know that
those first few points are surely now within our reach. Recreativo
Man Of The Match - Matt Jeary. Constantly
urging his team mates on, and challenging all and everything. The embodiment of
Stuart Pearce..... or psycho as he is sometimes affectionately called by his mum.
Team: Steve Jones, Mario Pisano, Mark Smith, Mike Tarnoky (Chris Read), Matt Jeary, Scott Harris (Yusuf Ibrahim), Adam Bradbury, Jimmie Gregory, Marcus du Sautoy, Godfred Sagoe, Jel Gregory.
Clapham Sundays V Recreativo 3 - 0 2.11.03
Thrills, spills, and bellyaches, and some dramatic action in and around the streets of Waterloo as we travelled to Sarf Laaandan for our first away match of the season. With scene's reminiscent of Dad's Army, (Don't panic!), goalie Steve came charging out like a young whippet (with a fag in it's mouth), armed with a bottle of cold water, to put out the glowing embers burning bright from the engine of Emil's team bus. After 3 jump starts, the boys were well warmed up and ready for action despite having to leave the van by the roadside. The scoreline doesn't do us justice (....honest) as we played our little hearts out against a Sundays side who looked bigger and fatter than they did last week! With a nice 'greasy' surface on leafy Wandsworth common there was many a crunching tackle, and fierce debate with a rather gobby referee. With Abdul Koyar doing a great job in midfield and Adam Bradbury closing down all and everything, we built on our attacks but couldn't find that final touch to knock one in. Despite the 3 goals against, we had definitely tightened up at the back and as a whole the team played with renewed confidence and passion. So, played 5, lost 5, but believe me we are really enjoying the experience of this first season playing in a league. Expect scenes of wild jubilation, much flag waving, and a cavalcade of vehicles (minus a bright orange V Dub) hooting their horns throughout the night, in and around North London if we get a point!..... Team: Steve Jones, Emil Lime, Mark Bradbury, Mario Pisano, Yusuf Ibrahim (Mike Tarnoky), Adam Bradbury, Marcus du Sautoy (Jimmie Gregory), Abdul Koyar, Scott Harris, Godfred Sagoe, Jel Gregory.
Recreativo V Clapham Sundays 2 - 5 26.10.03
Oh well, we're still waiting for our first points of the season to write home and tell mum about! Some fine headed goals from the Sundays' lanky bearded front man put paid to our valiant efforts. Our over reliance on chest vapours, deep heat, and asthma inhalers sent some of us into drug-induced sleepy trances, which made things easier for the Sundays who took full advantage, and punished us like naughty schoolboys. Some great one on one saves from goalie and ex-Sex Pistol, Steve Jones, kept our hopes alive, but luck deserted us at the opposite end with some pinball style scrambles at the last, and a powerful volley that narrowly missed and ended up three pitches away! Good to see Godfred Sagoe get on the scoresheet however, with a well taken goal after beating the offside trap, and a coolly taken second half penalty, after he was cruelly taken down by a little kid at the back, who goes under the name of The Butcher of Clapham.
Team: Steve Jones, Mark Bradbury, Emil Lime, Mark Smith (Mike Tarnoky), Tony Wood (Mario Pisano), Jimmie Gregory, Adam Bradbury, Scott Harris (Yusuf Ibrahim), Jel Gregory, Marcus du Sautoy, Godfred Sagoe (Salvatore Giulla)
Recreativo V Clapham Eagles 2 - 3 12.10.03
A fantastic second half comeback from the boys in red and
orange was not quite enough to earn our first points
of the season. 3 goals down
at half time, we refused to think the inevitable, and with pure grit and
determination we were unlucky not to have got more from this game. With goals
from Jel Gregory and Scott Harris we felt that we deserved more, and dominated
the second half, with a barrage of constant pressure on the Eagles' goal in the
last half hour. It's
a bit of a cliche I know, but we can take loads of
positives from this game despite the scoreline. Well done boys, big up yerselfs....
Team: Steve Jones, Mark Bradbury, Emil Lime, Mark Smith (Tony Wood), Scott Harris, Yusuf Ibrahim (Salvatore Giulla), Jimmie Gregory, Adam Bradbury, Marcus du Sautoy, Godfred Sagoe, Jel Gregory.
Recreativo V Dynamo Landor 0 - 7 28.09.03
A 7 goal thriller!!!, (as in the Michael Jackson video....
we played like Zombies!) Our new fashionable red/orange strip was not enough to
dazzle and divert Dynamo's eyes from our goal, which they took a particular
liking to throughout the game! And with one of the 'Tivo unfortunately injured
with his very first touch of the season, after coming on as sub in the 2nd half,
(and now on crutches for a good while), it was not a happy outing for us.
However, we are always heartened by the teams' spirit, win or lose, with
everyone giving it their all. Get well soon Glyn, we wish you all the best.
Forza Recreativo!
Team: Steve Jones, Emil Lime, Mark Smith, Salvatore Giulla, Tony Wood (Glynn Harries - Scott Harris), Jimmie Gregory, Adam Bradbury, Yusuf Ibrahim, Jel Gregory, Godfred Sagoe, Marcus du Sautoy (Mike Tarnoky).
Recreativo V South Circular FC 1 - 6 14.09.03
Our opening game in the Super Sunday League saw us suffer a defeat at the hands (and feet) of South Circular FC. On a beautiful sunny day over the marshes, we welcomed the start of the season, and despite the six goals put past us, we remained upbeat 'til the very end. South Circular's manager described their win as their 'best ever performance' ,and unfortunately for us, our ageing and tired legs were no match for their youth and agility. It was remarked that some of us were old enough to be their dads! (At times tho' some of us felt like their grandads!!!) We were 4-0 down at half time, and were unfortunate in the 2nd half with a disallowed goal for offside, and a delicate chip over their keeper, that was denied by the crossbar. The game was played in a great spirit, and we were pleased that we managed to get at least one goal past them after a well worked move from the centre circle. A through ball from kick off, headed on, and met by Jel Gregory's left foot to make it 4-1. 2 more goals for the young guns from South London secured the 3 points for them.Recreativo Man Of The Match - Emil Lime. Emil had a hell of a lot of work to do and was kept busy throughout. Despite this, he never gave in, remained positive, and was still sprinting at the very end... Roberto Carlos, eat ya heart out!
Team: Steve Jones, Emil Lime, Mark Smith, Tony Andre, Salvatore Giulla, Jimmie Gregory, Marcus du Sautoy, Mario Pisano, Scott Harris, (Yusuf Ibrahim), Jel Gregory, Godfred Sagoe.
