Wednesday 1st February, 2012.
I always enjoy travelling up to Mowden; yes, it is a long trip, but it's a lovely school, the pupils are fantastic hosts and the staff are equally welcoming, even if their choice of football teams is rather agricultural. Luckily, the Tractor Boys had enjoyed a 5 - 1 win on Tuesday, so Mr Weldon was on better form than usual...
We, however, were not! All season we have tried to play proper football: control, passing, communicating, tackling and even the odd goal. Today everything that we have learnt was immediately forgotten. The control was dire, the passing non existent, the tackling pathetic, but the odd goal was stunning - thank you Charlie and Alex. Mowden were a class act: their pace and skill left us bewildered and their finishing was top drawer too. It wasn't a complete disaster - the sausages and chips were excellent.
Thanks (as ever) to our hosts, both pupils and all the staff. Apologies to Mrs Kobylka for having to endure 40 minutes of sporting torture and to the opposition for having to put up with such an abject performance from ourselves.
Mowden Hall 8 - 1 Terrington Hall.
Nick Witteveen.
Nick Witteveen.
