What happened on Sunday 18th October, Pitch 9, Wandsworth Common ? Shame! That's what. Without wishing to sound prescriptive and supercillious, this madness has to stop. Sporting Club Kiosk picked up yet another yellow card for what was a shameless display of pent-up aggression and childish mud slinging. Sporting couldn't let the game speak for itself, because if they had it would have said something like "Tw@t". Instead they let themselves and their parents down by petulent Beckham like displays of opportunist fowling of Britains parks and gardens.
Its Not All One Sided
Of course Palmuccia town could have behaved better, but to blame them is to divert attention from shoddy manners and even shoddier football. The passing in mid-field left a lot to be desired and whilst the defense remained the bedrock from which the side has been crafted, both they and the attack made clumsy mistakes for which they all should hang their heads in shame.
Back When Britain Was Great
How though would our fore-fathers and their fore-fathers have behaved under provocation ? Would they have raised their boot ? Would they have used course language and poked their tongue out ? No, they would have soldiered on, ignoring the Palmuccia boot boys, as they concentrated on their contribution to the glorious game. Sporting Club Kiosk are finding it all too convenient to concentrate on other matters when on the field of play, and this does not do them proud.
What Happened Then ?
The ball was kicked up field, booted long and the attack chased it down field into the arms of the opposition goalkeeper. Then after sloppy mid field interceptions and repeated loss of the ball, the same thing happened again. And again. Throw in too many offsides, admittedly compounded by an extremely eager Palmuccia linesman, 47 foul throws and 20 minutes of feigned injuries and acrobatic dives and you have the game in a nutshell.
Lack of penetration in both midfield and attack led to only two Sporting Club shots. Magnificently Haden the teams joint fantasy top scorer placed one of these in the corner of the net. Later, neutral observers would be heard to say Sporting were lucky to be leading for so long. They would also be heard to say "Not there love", "Once a week only for that kind of thing" and "oranges, not apricots". These things were not quite so worthy of note however.
Leaked Goal after 88 Minutes
Obviously a sloppy mistake led to a goal after 88 minutes.
Moments of Note
The best moments of the game came when Tony Costella kicked away the ball of some innocent small children which had strayed on to the pitch. Child friendly John Roscoe rescued and returned it, upon which Tony swept up by the mornings angst and hostility intercepted it and kicked it further down the pitch. This move was one being practiced repeatedly by the rest of his team, mere yards away. The two scouse children , incensed by Tony's sicillian malice returned fire by threatening to take on the whole 22 players and the ref.
The Referee, Hard Man or Fool ?
These 2 kids could have had the teams, but would they have had the ref. Only 50 minutes earlier this self same man in black had pushed big Ron, East End gangster and Palmuccia spectator. The face off had been as ugly as the fouls on the pitch. With Ref, Big Ron, 2 Kids and 22 Players all kicking off, this was a match for the grapple fans rather than the football fans. No more please, we can no longer bear the pain!
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