The first game of the new season was probably the most Corinthian game we’ve played in a long time. When I thanked the ref at the end of the game he said “what for, I didn’t do anything, I only remember blowing for one foul “. Even before the game the communication with Bury Vets was good to the point where they even sent me their team sheet with all the players ages on. I’ve never seen that before, but I really like this idea.  Bury are new to the league this season and played the game in exactly the spirit the league is looking for. Both teams were very gracious in stopping play if a player was injured and very honest if the ref or lino had made the wrong decision in their favour.

Both teams were missing a lot of players but after 10 mins it looked like two evenly matched sides. Bury took an early lead but Red Star managed to get an equaliser and then go ahead. Bury came back again with an equaliser. Red Star hit the post and bar and Burys keeper made several good saves. With most of the play now in Burys half and with Red Star missing lots of chances, against the run of play Bury went down the other end and scored to go 3 2 up. It seemed every time they shot, they scored whereas we needed 6 chances for every goal.

Bury started to tire and picked up several injuries, I think they even had to reuse an injured sub, so it was no surprise that Red Star started to take control of the game and scored a third then a fourth. With 30 mins to go Red Stars manager bought on a fresh striker to effectively make a front 4, this was too much for Burys tired defence and Waj the fresh striker scored the 5th with lovely chip. The 6^th and final goal came after some great backing up from the right back Toby (first goal in forever).

A Hattrick for Gareth ,1 for Drakey, Waj and Toby.

Great game played in the right way – Thanks to Bury Vets – good luck for the rest of the season.