We won 5-3. Went 1-0 up in about the first minute when Matt got brought down (about 5 minutes after taking his shot) for a penalty which Dave L scored.

Then about 3 minutes later Browny brought their player down in the box. Smurf saved the penalty but too many people were caught ball watching and they had three players queuing up for the rebound to equalise. Very annoying.

Then about 2 minutes after that they did a neat little one too which left their best player clear through to put them ahead. Even more annoying.

Then probably 20 minutes later Dave L got bundled over in the box, tried to get up and got bundled over again for another penalty which he put in to equalise. Their player got booked for that one as well.

Before half time Dave L and one of their defenders were doing a bit of pushing and shoving waiting for a corner to come across and the ref spotted it and had a word with them both. As Dave walked away another player just completely shoved him, for no reason, but he was the guy who'd been booked previously. He got a straight red anyway so they were down to 10 men.

To be honest, he wasn't the best player in the world anyway and I think the result would probably have gone our way as we were improving by the minute throughout the first half after a pretty shocking first 5 minutes. But either way, the second half was all us and it was just a matter of which chance would eventually go in.

Seemed like it might be a frustrating game but eventually the ball dropped to Matt on the edge of the 6 yard box and he took a touch and then placed the ball in. Within minutes Dave L took a run along the edge of the box and fired into the bottom corner, then within minutes again a good move let Matt put a peach of a cross in for Dave L to notch with his head from around the penalty spot to make it 5-2.

Late on a bit of confusion at the back (and probably some relaxation and complacency) meant that JT allowed their player to get the ball when it should have gone either to Smurf or out for a throw and he made it 5-3 and a slightly more nervous finish than it should have been.

But overall it was a good performance, well disciplined and showed some character to turn it around after a stuttery start. Quite impressed cos they were quite a mouthy bunch but we kept our heads and played some good footy at times. Dave L scored 4.