Season: 2020-21

Red Star 45’s vs Swift FC

Red Star Report:
News was abuzz this week of a legendary left back turned striker appearing at his club’s new ground threatening goals. In other news Gareth Bale re-signed for Spurs,

Red Star opened the league season against Swift at their new Saltford home, dubbed the ‘Salt Siro’ by at least one Red Star fan. Building on their cup exploits, it was another accomplished performance for the impressive reds in green. After probing the Swift defence from all angles in the opening exchanges, James opened the scoring with a well judged long range lob. Tahir doubled things up with a show of pace hinting at a doping scandal, getting behind the defence and slotting in calmly. Andy, on a rampage from the back, almost nicked it as it crossed the line, but his hamstring had a conscience and pulled him back at the last.

Red Star went further ahead when the ball broke to Waj 30 yards out with the keeper gone AWOL, his well judged strike finding the unguarded net. 3-0 at half time, allowing the gaffer to shuffle his resources in some comfort. Auxiliary striker Steve made it 4-0 after a fine cross from Si, leaping like a spent salmon to head against the bar and then reacting swiftly to tuck in the rebound. That’s 1 in 1 for the season for Red Star’s one time left back and a goals per game statistic that’s hard to ignore.

The game was effectively settled when Joel chested in a wicked in-swinging corner from close range. Swift rallied with 2 late goals as Red Star relaxed perhaps a bit too much, but 90 minutes is a very long time this early in the season and the general boost in fitness levels was encouraging to see.

5-2 at the final whistle and then perhaps the league’s shortest walk from pitch to bar. Well played Swift, a good spirited contest on a very fine Sunday morning. Thanks to Saltford for being so welcoming and accommodating.

Swift Report:

Good dame of two halves at Saltford. Much more even than the score suggests!

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Easton Cowboys 45’s vs Cardiff Accies 45’s

Easton Cowboys Report:

Today’s league game between Easton Cowboys 45s v Cardiff Accies ended up in a 5-3 win for the Cowboys.
Cowboys took the lead possibly against the run of play. Cardiff then scored two before we levelled the match just before half-time.
Second half saw Easton take a 3-2 lead before Cardiff equalised. Cowboys pulled away to 5-3 before being awarded a late penalty. Our striker was on a hat-trick but then shot pretty tamely and the keeper saved it.
Enjoyable game in the sunshine.
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Shipham AFC vs Bryan Munich

Bryan Munich Report:

Bryan Munich kicked off their new league campaign with a resounding away win on the slopes of the Mendips at Shipham. A strong squad started with the slope in their favour and it was on 6 minutes that a slick move and cross was met with a bullet header from last season’s top scorer Mat Bennett. On 25 minutes, a solo run on the left led to the second. Bryan made some changes and the game settled into a rhythm of Bryan attacks culminating in a third in first half injury time.
The restart saw pressure from Shipham down the slope but the Bryan defence held strong. A quick double on 59 and 60 minutes made the game safe. More changes were made and on 70 minutes Bryan scored on the counter attack with an acute finish from the left.
Mat Bennet finished his perfect hat-trick on 87 minutes and the game looked over, however, as Bryan went for the elusive clean sheet a great long shot from Shipham hit the corner of the bar and post and the keeper had to dive at the feet of the oncoming striker to maintain the shutout.
Shipham played really well in bursts and were unlucky not to get on the scoresheet. Splendid game of Corinthian football, refereed really well.
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Real Madras vs Rapid Dementia

Rapid Dementia Report:

With Real being unable to secure a pitch the fixture was switched to Rapids home ground of Radstock Town and the sunshine was out in force. Rapid were without the injured Darren Bird in goal and looked for an experienced replacement. Being unable to find one, Manager Gregory called upon the services of Kevin Presley, a well known local face with a sense of humour drier than the pitch.

The early calls from the warm up were that ‘the opposition looked decent’ and ‘I’m not happy with these new balls gaffer’ but with 16 fit and healthy squad members Rapid took the field with confidence.

It turned out that the opposition were decent and very organised, Rapid struggled to find a tempo of play but did create the better chances throughout the first half. The pick of which fell to Darren James after Sam Morton found him inside the six yard box, the Real Keeper blocking the shot.

With the heat beating down Rapid used their substitutions to good effect, resting the hard working Roper and James. Both defences marshalled the attacking threats well, Brum and Gay solid and Shaun Emery outstanding.

The second half saw Real grow into the game and again Rapid struggled to find a tempo despite maintaining possession. Chances again were few and far between and neither team looked like breaking the deadlock, and so with the game tied we went into penalties.

With Paul Gays sound words of advice of ‘save them’ ringing in his ears Presley and the five chosen penalty takers once again took to the field. Morton, Dowling and Rusty all went on to convert for Rapid whist Real struck the crossbar twice before Presley finally enacted Pauls words with a one handed save to clinch the game! Final Score 3-1 on pens

A good competitive match played in the right spirit, best of luck to Reals injured player on his recovery and thanks to Darren for his side line treatment!

Real Madras Report:

Hard fought game between to equal sides with few chances between them. The large pitch at Radstock Town fc, the warm weather and the lack of fitness took its toll on the day. We ended up with several injuries the worst being Franco who snapped his ankle ligaments. I have to say thanks to The Rapid Player who took very good care of him.

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Recliners Youth vs Filton High Vets

Recliners Report:

This game was a terrific example of the Corinthians league at its best, two sides playing the game in a great spirit with barely a foul in the game. Filton were slow out of the blocks and Recliners Youth raced into a three goal lead before the water break, all scored by Rick (a free kick and 2 headers from corners) After that the game was a much more even contest and JT was forced into a couple of great saves. After HT a goal was chalked off for offside and Filton immediately raced up the park to pull one back with a superb strike from distance. It was nip and tuck for a while until Pedro calmed the nerves with a neatly slotted finish to make it 4-1. Just time for our keeper to gift one goal back whilst attempting some ‘skills’ on the edge of the area. A great morning’s football!

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