Stick Men Go On Strike !

It's a lonely job being a goalie, stuck between the sticks in the freezing cold, nothing to do for long periods (when we're winning!). Then called into heroic action, when the slightest error ends in disaster and if you make the save no one comes and hugs and celebrates with you. But if you're a striker you can mess up all afternoon and then one jammy bounce off your knee and you're a hero - mobbed and high-fiving with all your team mates. Luckily the U12s are blessed with a quartet of ace goalies so the duties can get shared around and today they had the opportunity to celebrate their up-field skills and boy did they deliver ! So today Alex M, David, Pete (and Alex S who was sick for this one) we salute you and the brilliant job you do each week when you pull on the goalie's jersey and especially today when you all got on the scoresheet. Congratulations to Tom and Pete for their hat-tricks (Pete's all in just one half up field) and to Tom for getting man of the match. And well done Leo and Josh for giving the goalie's the second half off. Sadly, I missed this match - but they say a picture's worth a thousand words - so this lot has saved me a bout of writer's cramp! Good work Andy, Emma and Peter.

Squad: Tom, Pete, Alex M, Alex J, Leo, David,  James O (Captain), Archie, Josh, Owen, James F

Scorers: Tom (3), Pete (3), David (2), Alex M (1)

MoM: Tom