Jaffas Well And Truly Squeezed

I've been asked to supply a detailed description of each goal in yesterday's 22-0, yes, 22-0 win. I can't, it's impossible, the goals were flying in faster than I could write and the match became a blur of shots, celebrations, re-starts, substitutions and tactical switches. What I can provide is the order the goals were scored and it went like this: Harry, Adam, Harry, Jack, James, Josh, Will, James, Will, Will (that's the first half taken care of). Then it was Doddie, Joe, Fyn, James, Doddie, Harry, Jack, Fyn, Henry, Jack, Toby and last but certainly not least, Lucas. There were hat ricks for Harry, Will, Jack, James, couple each for Doddie and Fyn plus first goals this season for Joe, Toby, Henry and Lucas. All in all, a pretty good afternoon.

The boys played particularly well and were largely disciplined enough to keep playing football. Especially pleasing was the way they finished because we saw the full range of goals: individual efforts, tap ins, long shots, dinks, clips and piledrivers. It's difficult to pick out one goal being better than the others but Lucas' was especially pleasing because of Joe's interception and run, Toby's pass and Lucas' cool shot past the advancing (and I have to say, quite good) keeper. At that point, Lucas was the only player not to score - a remarkable statistic - and his teammates were keen for him to get on the sheet which showed terrific camaraderie.

We changed the line up around because we wanted to give players like Josh, who is such a defensive rock, a run up front and take a look at Jack (who never lets us down) at the back. There were notable performances from Harry, Lucas and Doddie as well as Will (wherever we played him), Toby and James. It's just a shame Ben, Rory and Leo weren't 'at the party'.

In all seriousness, we'll probably never experience a game quite like that and it's important the boys view it for what it was: an exercise in finishing, so they can all take confidence from putting the ball in the back of the net. I'd also like to pay tribute to Brackley's players and coaches, they never gave in, they never lost heart and actually cheered us at the end. There's a lesson here for us, if something doesn't go our way in a game, don't get despondent, don't let your head drop, don't give in... Brackley didn't.

Player of the Week: a superb display at right back and in central defence and a goal too from our stand in skipper and POW, Joe.