Ashford 4′s 5 Staines 4′s 9
Goalscorers: Big Amit (2) Gordo (2) Davy Merchant
As a child-friendly club and website, I had to reject many potential titles before settling on a worthy epithet.
Not a good day for us, we have played very well this season and saved up our poor performances for this game. Possibly some players were a little over-hyped for this game and did not relax and play their normal game. What was plain was that too many of us had off-days and we leaked goals throughout though we didn’t have too many problems scoring ourselves!
We got a goal back right after the resumption to make it 5-3 and for a short while, a comeback seemed possible but the wide-open nature of our play and the game continued and meant the spectators didn’t dare look away or would miss a goal!! Never had a score line like this or even remotely close in 34 years so this game will stick in my mind…
The good thing about league hockey is we have another chance later in the year to redress the balance – more immediate is we are 3rd from bottom and playing the other 3 sides down with us in the next 3 weeks – Onwards and….
