MAGIC MELDRUM TAKES THE BLUES TO THE FINAL!
A-ROSE
GRAINGER DOUGLAS MCDONALD HOWE
STOTT(c)
YOUNG JOHNSON BIRD TABOUN
MELDRUM
ALOT OF CHANGES STILL HAD TO BE MADE EVEN THOU THE BLUES WON 3-0 LAST GAME. THE MANGERS OPTED TO GO WITH THEIR STRONGEST TEAM POSSIBLE. GRAINGER WENT TO RIGHT BACK FOR MISSING SPOORS ,DOUGLAS CAME BACK INTO CENTRE HALF AS THE REST OF THE DEFENCE STAYED THE SAME. STOTT CAPTAINED THE SIDE AND STAYED IN THE ANKER POSITION. YOUNG TOOK THE RIGHT WING SPOT FOR MCKENNA AND BIRD STARTED CENTRE MIDFIELD AHEAD OF BENNETT AND THE REST STAYED THE SAME AS THE CHALLEGE FOR THE RACE TO THE FINAL WAS ON!
BOTH TEAMS SEEMED NERVOUS STRAIGHT AWAY FROM KICK OFF AS THEY HAD ALOT TO LOSE. A SHAKEY START BY DOUGLAS AS A MINUTE IN TRYED TO TAKE CONTROL OF THE BALL AND PASS IT TO GRAINGER WHEN THE FORWARD WENT CHARGING IN LUCKLY IT WAS DELT WITH. BLUESTONE DID GET THE BALL DOWN AND PLAYED SOME GREAT FOOTBALL NORMALY EVERY WEEK THE BALL GOES DOWN THE LEFT BUT THIS GAME IT WAS GOING ALL DOWN THE RIGHT FIRST HALF GRAINGER AND YOUNG LINKING UP WELL . SOME GREAT SPELLS OF FOOTBALL WAS MAYBE THE BEST WE HAVE PLAYED THIS SEASON WHEN ONE MOVES SEEN BIRD,JOHNSON,YOUNG AND MELDRUM LINKING UP WITH A GREAT TEAM MOVE 15 MINUTES IN.IT GOT A BIT ROWDY AS MCDONALD WENT IN FOR A TACKLE WHEN THE WALDRIDGE LAD STAMPED ON HIS FACE HANDBAGS WERE FLUNG BUT IT DIED DOWN AND MCDONALD HAD A GREAT HALF. THE BLUES TOOK THE LEAD WHEN AGAIN A PASSING SPELL LEAD TO GRAINGER LAUNCHING THE BALL LONG AS A CAME DOWN TO TABOUN IN THE BOX AS HE PUT IT ON A PLATE TO MELDRUM AS HE SLOTTED HOME 1-0. CHANCES CAME WHEN BIRD COULD OF MADE IT TWO AS HE PUT THE BALL OVER THE BAR , MELDRUM COULD OF ALSO HAD AN EARLY BRACE BUT AGAIN WENT OVER THE BAR. WALDRIDGE TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THESE MISSES AND WENT UP THE FIELD AND SCORED AS THE MIDFIELDER RAN THROUGH THE MIDDLE N SHOT THE BALL WAS DEFLECTED AND THE FORWARD RAN IN AND TAPPED IT PAST ROSE FOR 1-1. THE AWAY TEAM DIDN'T LET THEIR HEADS DROP AS THEY KEPT PUSHING AND PRESSING FOR A GOAL AND IT CAME WHEN THE BLUES WON A CORNER AS YOUNG PUT THE BALL IN THE BOX AS THE DEFENDER CLEARED IT GRAINGER HEADED IT BACK IN THE BOX TO BE HEADED BACK OUT AND AGAIN GRAINGER TRYED A SECOND TIME AS TABOUN THE POACHER WAS THEIR TO PUT THE BALL TO BED FOR 2-1. HALF TIME CAME AND WE ALL KNEW WHAT WAS AT STAKE HERE AND AGAIN KNEW WE COULDN'T AFFORD TO LET WALDRIDGE BACK IN THE GAME EARLY DOORS. STRIGHT FROM KICK OFF WALDRIFDGE CAME OUT ALL GUNS BLAZING AND WENT STRIGHT FOR GOAL WHEN THE MIDFIELDER HAD NO OPTIONS ON A ND OPTED TO SHOOT EDGE OF THE BOX IT TURNED OUT TO BE A WEAK ONE AS ROSE LOOKED TO OFF HANDLED IT WHEN IT SLIIPED OUT OF HIS HANDS AS THE FORWARD WAS THERE TO TAP FOR THE EQUILZER 2-2. THE NEXT GOAL WAS VITAL AND IT CAME 10 MINUTES LATER WHEN DOUGLAS FROM DEFENCE LAUNCED A DEADLY BALL DOWN THE LINE FOR TABOUN AS HE HE PUT A LOW CROSS IN AS IT WENT ACROSS THE BACK TO YOUNG AS HE LOOKED CERTAIN TO SCORE WHEN HE SIDE FOOTED IT THE KEEPER SAVED BUT MAGIC MELDRUM WAS THERE TO POUNCE 3-2 AS THE CROWD ROARED . BLUESTONE HAD A BUZZ THEY DIDN'T WANT TO STOP AND LET THE BOYS BACK IN IT. AGAIN WALDRIDGE COULDN'T HANDLE THE PRESSURE AS A FEW ATTEMPTS AT GOAL CAME CLOSE AND REALLY SHOULD OF BED WON BY 70 MINUTES AND THE GAME WAS PUT TO BED AS MELDRUM IN STYLE GOT HIS ONE ON ONE ON GOAL AND PUNISHED THE KEEPER AND GOT TO TAKE THE BLUES INTO THE FINAL AND THE MATCH BALL 4-2. BLUESTONE CFC TOTALLY DESERVED THE WIN ON THE DAY THE FACT WAS WE NEVER BEAT WALDRIDGE AS WE HAVE BEEN UNLUCKY THE TIMES WE HAVE PLAYED THEM WITH NOT GETTING A TEAM TOGETHER AND AND JUST BASICALY NOT PLAYING TO OUR FULL POTENTIALS .ON THIS DAY WE GOT OUR FULL SQUAD TO DURHAM AND IT SHOWED THAT WE CAN BEAT ANYONE ON OUR DAY WHEN THE BIG BOYS COME OUT TO PLAY AND OUR SIDE LINE KEEPS ROARING US ON AS ITS A SQUAD GAME NOT A TEAM GAME!
GAMEPOINTERS - THE WHOLE TEAM AS A UNIT DOMINATED THE GAME , GETTING A FULL SQUAD TO THE GAME , TABOUN INJECTION , MAGIC MELDRUM LEATHAL INFRONT OF GOAL , ROSES UNLUCKY BLUNDER & BLUESTONE OPTING NOT TO PLAY OFFSIDES.
DRAMA OF THE WEEK! (COMMENTARY FROM CLIVE TYLDESLEY) - "SMITH PICKS UP THE BALL PASSES IT TO JONES , JONES HOLDS ON TO IT , JONES HAS NO OPTIONS , JONES TRYS A SHOT ITS A WEAK ONE THIS SHOULD BE COMFORTABLE FOR ROSE WHOS HAD A STEADY GAME ,OOO MY WORD ITS SLIPPED OUT OF ROSES HANDS HE SHOULD STILL GET TO IT (6 MINUTES LATER) HES UP BUT SMITH HAS TAPPED IT HOME 2-2 WALDRIDGE ARE BACK IN IT TOTAL DRAMA HERE NOW AT AYKLEY HEADS. LMAO
