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Written by Kevin Bryant
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Saturday, 27 October 2007 |
Sunday packed to leave for Lake District.
Sunday 930 referee DH announces he is leaving to live in Liverpool, 3 nights refereeing are now uncovered.
Check with all referees can anyone help out? No chance.
Travel to Lakes thinking I can sort out from there; big mistake; farm house walls are 2’ thick, no mobile signal.
Monday discover that misunderstanding with referee BN wife means no referee for Monday night. A plus at last, Dean Gladwell stands in and matches are played.
Magpies show the mark of champions, down to 2 regulars they salvage team and beat Fulstow.
Tuesday at Kent St and Wednesday at Second Ave cancelled as no referees and no way of sorting out from distance. At this point I make a mental note to throw in the futsal towel; I had had enough.
Travel back Thursday to referee Thursday games on evening. Slight smile as Baxter’s ring and want to play futsal.
Gloom descends again as Kent St floodlights fail to work! Cancel last 2 games; we eventually start an hour late.
First game Everglaze vs. ECGS end to end game with both teams playing excellent futsal, Evergalze edged it but it could have gone either way right to the end. Great attitude from both teams.
Second game Football Wizards vs. Futsal Warriors, get out the counting beads, game has to be one way traffic on past form. Throw out the form book, Warriors stepped up 3 gears and put in their best performance to date. Perhaps there will be futsal next week, wouldn’t mind watching Warriors next game.
Friday Clee Futsal ask to join Thursday league, credit to all teams that clubs are choosing to play futsal when its so much more challenging than belting a ball off walls.
Things get better; Harvest announces they will be taking last 2 places in Futsal Premier League.
Next week we have Australian visitors to entertain, a list of entertaining fixtures, so if I going to walk away perhaps best put it on hold another week, then what would I do? Futsal or Coronation Street; is that a choice?
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