ANOTHER AWAY DEFEAT FOR CHAPLINS!
CHAPLINS STARTING LINE HAD TO BRING IN MANAGER PAUL VAUDREY FOR A RARE START FOR THE MISSING SPOORS ALSO MISSING WAS PRICEY(HOME) , DOUGLAS(WORK) , MARK JOHNSON(WORK) AND STOTT(FLU) . THIS GAME WAS TOUCH AND GO AS A FOG DRIFTED OVER THE ENTIRE PITCH BUT THE REFEREE SAID GAME ON . HOWEY TOOK THE CAPTAINCY AGAINST HIS FORMER CLUB AND ALSO HAD TO START IN MIDFIELD AS AGAIN CHAPLINS HAD TO DO WITH A MAKE SHIFT TEAM . HOWEY WAS DOING WELL LINKING WITH JOE AND LEE AND KEEPING THE PASSES SHORT AND MAKING GRAINGER THE OUTLET ON THE RIGHT AND THE CHAPLINS DEFENCE KEPT IT TIGHT AGAIN AS THEY WENT INTO HALF TIME NOT CONCEEDING ONLY THE THIRD TIME THIS SEASON . THE FIRST 20 MINUTES HANDBAGS GOT FLUNG ALL OVER WITH AN INCIDENT WITH RYE CALLING THE REF. AND DIRTY TACKLE FROM A MUSIC DEFENDER WHICH HOWE GOT INVOLVED WITH AND IT KICKED OFF A BIT WITH IT ENDING WITH MELDRUM OFF FOR DECENT . CHAPLINS HAD TO SEE OUT THE REST OF THE GAME WITH 10 MEN BUT DID SEE OUT THE HALF WITH A CLEAN SHEET . JOE HAD A FEW EFFORTS TO IN THAT HALF AS DID GRAINGER AND SHEERSMITH BUT ONLY HALF CHANCES AND BIRD RUNNING OUT OF HIS SKIN UPTOPS BY HIMSELF AND HOLDING UP WELL FOR MIDFIELDERS TO TRY SUPPORT . THE 2ND WAS A SCAPPY HALF AS WORDS WERE EXCHANGED WITH HOWE AND HIS FORMER TEAM MATES AND MUSIC GUNNING FOR HOWE BUT FOR ME HOWE COMING OUT ON TOP PLAYING WELL BUT WOULD OF BEEN BETTER IF HE LET THE FOOTBALL DO MORE OF THE TALKING. JOE AND LEE WENT VERY QUIET AS THEY DIDN'T GET MUCH OF THE BALL BUT JOE DID MAKE UP FOR IT WHEN BIRD WAS HACKED DOWN EDGE OF THE BOX FOR JOE TO STAND HIT IT WELL AS IT WENT THROUGH THE CROWD INTO THE CORNER . IT WAS JOY FOR JOE AND HIS CHAPLINS TEAM BUT DIDN'T KEEP THEIR HEADS STRAIGHT AND LET MUSIC STRAIGHT BACK IN WHEN A LONG THROW CAME IN AND HOWEY WAS OUT JUMPED BY A POWERFUL HEADER ONLY FOR JAMIE TO GET HIS FINGER TIPS TO IT AND GO IN THE NET 1-1 . MUSIC STARTED TO POUNCE ON CHAPLINS TEN MEN AND ATTACKED FOR MOST OF THE HALF , A GOOD OPPATUNATY CAME WHEN CHAPLINS GOT MUSIC ON THE COUNTER AND LEE PUT A PINPOINT BALL THROUGH FOR GRAINGER TO STRIKE IT WELL FOR THE KEEPER TO TIP OVER , BIRD HAD A GOOD CHANCE TOO LATER ON IN THE MATCH WEAVING HIS WAY INTO THE BOX TO HIT IT LEFT FOOT FOR THE KEEPER TO SAVE WITH HIS FEET . THE KILLER BLOW CAME AT THE END WITH A COUNTER FROM MUSI DOWN THE LEFT AS THE WINGER PUT THE BALL THROUGH VAUDREY'S LEGS AND SMASH IT ACROSS THE 6 YARD FOR THEIR FORWARD TO TOE POCK IT HOME FOR THE WINNERS AS CHAPLINS WERE SHOT DEAD MERRY CHRISTMAS MUSIC ROOMS.
ATTEMPT OF THE DAY! . FROM JOE PERSIE -" THE FALL ON THE BACK KICK" LOL!! GAME POINTERS! - FOGGY PITCH , JOE BEING PISSED , RYE GETTING SENT OFF EARLY ON , BIRDS LONE STRIKER PERFORMANCE , GRAINGER'S OUTLET PLAY , A 0-0 HALF TIME (RARE) , HOWES RANTING WITH FORMER TEAM MATES AND THE KILLER GOAL AT THE END. MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM CHAPLINS FC!
