Monday, January 28, 2008

For the eyes of John Sills.

Shefford took to the pitch in the early morning sunlight, their bright yellow kit clashing horribly with the tangerine orange of Berkshire Arms. What a bunch of uneducated morons those people really are.

A rare start for Bellers up front had got the crowd eager to see what delights he could conjur up. Some of them are still there waiting. Shefford started brightly with most of the posession and all of the early chances. When Berks Arms did venture forward, they didn't kick the ball properly and were shit.

Bellers got an early touch and played a simple ball to Lewis a few metres away. This was arguably the highlight of his appearance, as with the following sprint he realised just how useless gym-work is for match fitness and felt a bit sick.

A hand ball shout in the box was waved away by the ref but minutes later a second one resulted in the ref shaking his head to say no and then blowing his whistle and pointing to the spot. Up stepped Lewis keen to restore his confidence after seeing his last penalty saved, to see his penalty saved.

Shefford didn't let their heads drop and continued to press forward. Soon enough, Withers jinks inside and is felled inside the box again. Everyone was keen for Lewis to step up again and he rewarded himself by absolutely spanking the ball into the top right corner.

Within minutes good work from Genghis put Withers in position to cross the ball and Atkins was waiting at the far post. One touch to control and one touch to score.

2 up at half time and Smurf hadn't had a save to make. Been a long time since we mentioned him, so it's important to know that Bellers is still on the pitch at this point.

2nd half kicks off and begins much the same way. Shefford with most of the play, not playing brilliantly, but Berks Arms are pretty much beaten. A corner to Shefford and as Chris Miller knocks it short to Withers, you can hear Asst Manager Bellers moaning that we shouldn't do short corners because they never work, as the ball is crossed over and Atkins heads in from a tight angle at the far post. With that, Bellers is off the pitch.

After that the game really petered out. A few chances for Shefford but the goal mouth is in a bad condition so lots of miss-hit shots - pick of the bunch was a quality through ball from Ads but Browny couldn't steer it in past the advancing keeper. But lots of hard work from everyone and good discipline at the back means a clean sheet is kept and Smurfy a full 90 minutes without having a save to make.

A healthy 3 - 0 win which hopefully can kick start Shefford onto a strong run to make the most of their games in hand.