And there we were, boom, right back where we left off – scoring a goal or two but tiring too quickly and being far too generous in front of goal.
That said, Cribbs should definitely not be in Div 3 and won’t be for long. By far the best team we’ve played in a while – just up from the 35s and all good footballers.
Game played in good spirit on a beautiful September morning in Somerset.
The upside? We were 1:0 up after 5 mins and had them against the ropes…:-)
Recliners kicked off their 45’s campaign with a 4-1 defeat to a classy RSB side. The first half was even, Recliners took the lead when the Duke latched on to a great though ball from Russ and lobbed the keeper. RSB equalized with a deflected shot that wrong-footed the keeper. RSB shaded the first half, but not much between the sides. The second half was a different story as RSB used their high quality bench and gradually overwhelmed Recliners. For a while to the goal seemed to lead a charmed life, but as injuries and mistakes piled up the goals came and in truth the final score flattered Recliners. Thanks to RSB for loaning a player for the last ten minutes as multiple hamstring injuries left us down to ten men.
Red Star’s caretaker management duo led the team to an impressive start to the season. After falling behind, Red Star eventually took a grip on the game, equalising with a deflected shot. Both sides had chances through the first half and both keepers pulled off exceptional saves, but Red Star nosed ahead by half-time. Chances came and went, but things still looked in the balance until one caretaker manager brought the other one on and was repaid with two more goals that wrapped the game up. This surely only serves to pile the pressure on the absent gaffer, who’s only managed to get results in the (made up) cup so far this season. No word of him assaulting his wife though, so he should get a chance to prove the doubters wrong. Good game played in a good spirit.
A great game between two evenly matched sides. Barely went 3.0 up but Cowboys responded well to get back to 3.3.
Barely continued to press and eventually got the win. Played in the right spirit.
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Ground: Somerdale Pavilion, Keynsham, BS31 2FW
West Country United F.C. Vets is a football club that was established in 2008, playing their early years in the Bristol & District League Sunday League using Bristol City Council facilities.
During this time there was a mixture of players and some great memories. Including 2 Cup finals and multiple tours around the south of the country.
After 5 years absence, September 2021 they decided to get the gang back together this time joining the Bristol Corinthians League Division 8 as Veterans of the game!
The club was created by Andrew Fox-Russell (Chairman), Tommie Maddox (Manager), Liam Davies and Ciaran O’Bern (Assistant Managers), Along with the Admin team: Chris Lane, Ethan Collins, Michael Reynolds (Captain) and Nico Phillips.
Our very own product line all designed, made, and bottled in Bristol.
We have been detailing for 12 years and thought we would put our knowledge and experience to use and design our own bespoke products to give the home user professional products that actually do what they should with ease.
What a weekend of sport. Emma Raducanu wins the US Open, Ronaldo scores a brace on his return to Man Utd and St Brendans vs Nailsea 50’s put on a 10 goal thriller! This was one for the neutral.
A new look Nailsea with some late replacements enabled us to kick off the season vs St Brendans on schedule although we were without our ever-dependable keeper not being available for this first fixture of the season. Striker Alex Plenty took the gloves and kept Nailsea in the game in the early stages with a wonderful finger tipped save onto the post. St Brendans were however the brighter of the two sides in the first 10 minutes and took a deserved 1-0 lead. Nailsea slowly began to find their way and levelled after 15 minutes through Buzz. Gary H received the ball wide on the right and jinked his way into the box all the way to the byline to pass back to Buzz who side footed in from 8 yards out. This seemed to give us the lift we needed and some great football followed. One of the goals of the game came from Matt G who saw the St Brendans keeper off his line and floated a beautifully lobbed shot into the far corner from just inside the box to give us the lead. 3 more followed for Nailsea as they dominated the half; an own goal as Gary H caused more panic in the St Brendans defence and two from striker Lee Cogan; a side footed effort from an in swinging cross from Dave Miles and a glancing header on the end of a superb ball in from left back Shane.
Injuries forced Nailsea to make changes at half time. Starting with 14 we were now down to a bare 11 and despite a comfortable lead it still felt as though St Brendan might edge back into the game. That’s an understatement. What a comeback! Goals on 50, 75, 77 and 85 minutes levelled the score. Nailsea gifted a couple (one in particular) but St Brendans heads never went down. Nailsea had numerous chances to put us out of reach but our finishing didn’t match the first half and the St Brendans keeper pulled off one terrific save low down to his right.
It was a tough result to swallow but it turned out to be fair on the balance of play. Great to have the season up and running again and we wish St Brendans an enjoyable season. Pleased to report the game was competitive but within the spirit we all wish for every Sunday morning.
A great game on a lovely afternoon. Some great sportsmanship from a VSG player who went down in the box and ref gave the pen. The player held his hands up and apologised as maybe perhaps shouldn’t have been as minimal contact, VSG rolled the ball to Sands keeper. ??
