A really good battle at BAWA played in good spirit throughout. Lion were the better team from the off, but despite a lot of possession, Reclinosaurs looked dangerous on the break. Jani played a lovely through ball fro Will who slotted home to give the ‘Saurs a lead.Lion fought back strongly and in their centre midfielder they had a player who was in a different class, seemingly able to be everywhere at the same time. A great cross and volley brought the equalizer before a series of errors gifted Lion the lead. In the second half Lion again came out strong and scored a third, but Reclinosaurs continued to work hard and a superb individual goal from Will made it 3-2, before a great chance to equalize was spurned with the last kick of the game. Good luck to Lion for the rest of the season.

With the fixture pile up meaning the franchise had to get 3 teams out today, Reclinosaurs were leaning heavily on the over 50’s for this one, with only 4 outfield players the right side of the big 5-0, but we thought we had a decent chance against 78cc, based on previous encounters, This version of the 78s is a different beast, as shown by the vigorous and organized warm up which was not something we had encountered before. They flew out of the blocks and dominated the early part of the game, scoring with a speculative long shot and then an unfortunate OG off the keeper, which should have been disallowed for an earlier offside. They added a good third before Reclinosaurs finally came alive and pulled one back through an OG of their own. The ‘Saurs started to be the better team after the break and had Gaffers long range shot gone in rather than hitting the bar, it would have made for a tense finale. In the end though, the younger legs told and 78CC added 2 classy goals right at the death. Always a pleasure to play 78CC who deserved the win, although it was more of a contest than the scoreline suggests!

BAWA pitch held up well as Reclinosaurs and Filton played out an 8 goal thriller. Unfortunately I only caught the last few minutes, but I’m told it was a great game, the Saurs dominated early on and were 3-1 up at one stage, but Filton fought back and could have nicked it at the end. Goals from Rick (3) and Zsolt. Thanks for lending the keeper top, our keeper is contacting one of your boys who he knows to arrange returning it.

The BAWA pitch was in great condition despite the downpours and the weather was perfect for the game. Reclinosaurs started brightly, creating several good chances before a well worked move was finished superbly by Jani. Retreads looked dangerous on the break and with the HT score 1-0 we knew more goals would be needed. Retreads came out of the blocks quickly after the break and equalized with a great free kick, then took the lead following a scramble after a corner. Reclinsoaurs were down, but not out and some comedy defending allowed the Duke to nip in twice to score, unfortunately pulling his hammy in the process. Reclinosaurs 3-2 up. With legs tiring it was backs to the wall for the last twenty and eventually a penalty was awarded allowing Retreads to equalize. Result was about right, thanks to Rich for reffing, well played all!