McClements cup win for seconds
Double Tateyâs beer allowance from one pint per goal to two, watch the flood gates open and progress to the next round of the cup. Itâs such a simple plan. His first half one goal deluge from a pass by âTatey Approved Supplierâ Paul Adgey (trading as Paul Work on the advice of his accountant) was enough to give 2s a rare but very deserved win over a stacked Garvey side who added to their teeming bench regularly over the course of the first half. I wonder where those guys came from? They seemed to know a lot about the Garvey 2s game earlier in the afternoon.
Towards the tail end of the week things looked grim from the friendly but moody lighting of some of Amsterdamâs more relaxed establishments. Shorn of the services of Goal-a-tolla Scott Moore (cruelly cut down by disease – wear pyjamas and keep the heat in next time), defensive gravity-well Mockey (en-route to Scotland – by freight), Magee and Paul Adgey (ageing infrastructure), Mike Orr (tree climbing) and a keeper of any kind (work! romance! permission denied! etc) – there was nothing for it but to order another cocktail and become âdarkâ.
But, with a new sunrise comes new hope! Adgeyâs knee recovered Wolverine-style (a bit like the McGimpsey hamstring earlier in the season). Jordan Linter, Jonny Linter and Keith Conway cried âwe will stand with you!â (well, ââŠfor a halfâ in Keithy boyâs case). Chris McSherrygritted his teeth, looked dramatically into a passing breeze and proclaimed âI. AM. AâŠKEEEEEEEPER!â.
Building on last weeks fantastic but ultimately Gimsville performance the forward line of Stephen Forrest, Mark Shannon, the irrepressible Tatey and the occasional Jonny âyeah, I can play up frontâ Linter set about Garvey for all they were worth. The midfield of Paul âThe Bomberâ Adgey and his fighter escort of Steven McGimpsey, Jordan Linter and Jonny âactually, I can play anywhereâ Linter made their opposite numbers day a complete misery. Jordy in particular gave the Garvey skipper a pretty good idea of what it must be like to have a particularly vicious ferret down his trunks. The defence were awesome to a man. Andrew “bone-cruncher” Boyd, Chris âattacking centre back (!)â Speers, Allen âThe Wolfmanâ Irwin (head of mop-up operations), Keith âLazarusâ Conway, Ally âMockey who?â Hunter and last but in no way least Chris McSherry – not only a keeper as it turns out but a very, very good keeper.
Iâve said it before and Iâll say it again âthe bloody league boys!!!ââŠanyway – to the next round!
Thanks to Mark Linter for umpiring and recalibrating his objectivity just enough to counter some pretty lily-livered stuff from Garveyâs goon. Thanks to Gareth Baillie for volunteering his services (Marks that is, not his own).
Report by Stevie Magee. E&OE