It’s the joke that has been doing the rounds almost as long as shit Ian has been alive. What happens when Letchworth Albion finish in the top half of the table? You turn off the play station.Cynics had better make the most of their opportunity for mickey taking as Albion are the inform team this year. The stats don’t lie, three wins from four and a haul of 15 goals show that the Albion are on the march. When the manager was asked about the turnaround he said it was down to several key factors. We’ve had a top nutritionist come in and change their diet and Beno has been injured. Gone are the days that we let the lads loose on jager bombs the night before a big game, they only drink strawberry fruli now. We have an incredible team spirit, people say we can’t defend but that doesn’t matter when the teams philosophy is we are gonna score two more than you. With recent results of 4-2, 6-4 and 5-3 the managers philosophy seems to have been taken on by the players to the full.
This week produced an eight goal thriller, Albion notoriously slow starters went 2-0 down within the first 20 minutes. On the half hour mark Curry supplied a jinking run into the box wining a penalty, the penalty was promptly dispatched gently back to the keeper. It’s my boots shouted the Albion goal machine. With so many top penalty takers at the club will Peterbix finally be in line to take over? In the past the team may have folded but there is a new found confidence and swagger amongst the Letchworth players, Good Ian back from the whore houses of Germany brought the Albion within one goal before the break, skinning seven before neatly dispatching a scuffed shot to the bottom corner of the net.
Half time brought out an inspiring team talk involving the Sunday lunch specials at the Colonnade. It did the trick as Letchworth now seemed a completely different animal from the first half. Woods sporting the finest perm in the league unleashed a 20 yard pile driver only to have a Wanderers player fling himself blocking a sure goal. The crowd were disappointed not to see fans favourite Woods hoover celebration. Albion were so dominant in the second half they tried to pass the ball into the net at times and it wasn’t long before Curry added a second goal. Henry rarely likes to bring the wand out these days but we got to see a glimpse as he fired from just outside the box making it 3-2. That man Curry then added to his incredible goal tally. 4-2. It would of been wrong not to give the fans a sweat and so in true Albion style the defensive gates opened once more, 4-3
It was time for a change and when you’ve got the quality of Albions bench you wonder why it wasn’t made sooner. A triple substitution saw the Albion take control of the game once more. Paul Killer Tolly quietly went about foraging in the centre of midfield, after the game Albions manager made a point of telling the press, he forages better than anyone I know! Tolly’s assured passing helped keep a lid on the wanderers while fine link play from Peterbix and Kirby down the left produced opportunities galore. There was still time for one last Albion goal, an exquisite cross from the Letchworth captain Holland was nodded in by midfield maestro and bouffanted lothario G Wales. Captain Holland seems to be revelling in his new wing back role declaring after the game, I love playing there.
Later in the press conference the Letchworth Albion manager was keen to dedicate the latest win to striker Beno Johnson who recently went temporarily blind. It’s a pretty horrific injury caused by a penis pump stated the club secretary. The Albion captain was keen to point out that a penis pump is extremely dangerous in the wrong hands, it’s the kids I worry about. To draw attention to the dangers Letchworth Albion will be holding a penis pump wrecks lives charity walk and seminar at the end of the month.
