The gaffer says we’re not that good, the lads have other ideas.
After a week of much soul searching, rumours of a player boycott and a late withdrawal the on field leaders at 1740 Lonsdale have stood up to record one of the best wins in the franchises unstoried history.
An ominous journey to the game with the squad split into 2 cars seemed to signal there are cracks starting to appear within the team, all was quickly forgotten as the team realised they were back on the wide open expanses of their home court 1.
A blistering start saw 1740 play an exciting brand of football, tight defense, slick ball movement and clinical finishing. Highlights being a long ball in the the ‘head’ specialist Frankonzoli sail just wide, a clinical Falkoni finish from a slick ball from DeMarkus and a rather lucky finish from a scrappy play in the box by Demarkus.
Anywho, 3-0 after 10 minutes and it was party time, a handy goal difference booster was on the cards, or so we thought. In typical 1740 fashion the lads started playing like a herd of snails travelling through peanut butter, ball movement was slow, voice was down and some defensive gaffes that truly had to be seen to be believed.
A brain fade between defensive anchors at the time, Aronzani and Falkoni showed they were on about the same page as Kim Jong Un and Donald Trump resulted in Los Betos jagging their first, quickly a second was added and finally a truly sensational goal against 1740 was awarded. A crude challenge just outside the box saw Noodle set up what he thought was an impenetrable wall. Los Betos took the shot and much to Noodles’ shock, it appeared that the ball had in fact travelled through a member of 1740s body. Frankonzoli has appeared to have a scientific breakthrough and it appears he has found an invisibility cloak, fantastic for peeping toms but not so much was creating a wall.
4-3 into the half and the vibe was good.
An utterly boring second half ensued, 19 minutes and 30 seconds of stout defending, opportunities created but nothing finding the back of the onion bag. Trying to ice the game Aronzani thought he might sneak up and put one away late. Ignoring Falkoni’s cries off the bench imploring him to get back a turnover was created and baldy was all alone with only the keeper to beat. With Noodle doing not much all night you could have been forgiven for thinking he might make one great save for the night and bail 1740 out, in true 1740 style the lead was given up with fuck all time to go.
A dejected 1740 had let the game slip away.
Step in Slim Pete, who grabbed the ball and SCREAMED COME ON LADS THERE IS 30 SECONDS TO GO, he believed, he may have been the only one but he believed and it rubbed off on his team mates, Aronzani fired up who received a ball and put a fraction too much weight on for a streaming teammate. Player of the night and new trade target for 1740, Los Betos’ keeper decided to riskily lob a ball only to be intercepted by Pistol Pete. 5 seconds remained and still the belief was high, where was Demarkus we thought? It appeared he had left the building after the game tying ball, in actuality he snuck on Tims invisibility cloak and appeared, alone, unmarked and sounded like he was having a fit only 2 metres out in front of Los Betos goal. Pistol faked a shot, passed the ball and Demarkus slotted the winner with 1 second remaining.
What can only be described as season defining saw the lads with a pep in their step enjoying their post game debrief and beer.
In one last twist, the manager of 1740 Lonsdale was filmed this morning enjoying a breakfast with a keeper from rival Los Betos, could a trade be on the cards?
