Ashford 4′s 2 City of Oxford 3′s 1
Scorers: The Banker, Fat Dan
Where were you when Kennedy was assassinated? When Lennon was shot? When England won the footie World Cup? Now one more for the list – where were you when Fat Dan unleashed the fabled Tiger Shot? I know where I was, by the 25 yard line of the Astro…
Many thought it a children’s tall tale. Now we know it’s all true…years ago, as a wee chub, Dan journeyed to the Himalaya’s to learn the art of the Tiger Shot from a secret sect of mute monk’s (which took a while). Dan has been threatening the Tiger Shot for nigh on 20 years and finally, after years of practice and self-denial, he was ready to unleash it.
The game was a blur of Ashford pressure and desperate COO defence – Fat Dan was his normal self putting a shot wide only for Davey M to steer it home, they should have been 2 up when, from 2 feet out and with a defender prone on the line, Dan managed to lift the ball over the bar to the disbelief of all but obviously this was all part of a greater plan.
Having allowed COO to equalise, the last 10 minutes saw Ashford camped in the oppo 25 and doing everything (but failing ) to get the winner. Quite a lot of people were watching mainly due to Fry impersonating an outfield player but they may have been attracted by the burgeoning cosmic energies as the Great Moment approached…
Seconds to go, and The Lip passed it from the left to Fat Dan just outside the D, he wheeled (slowly) and turned his marker, and the ball rolled into the D….time and space seemed to bend as Dan unleashed the Tiger Shot, and an eldritch bolt of energy launched the ball past the keepers head and into the roof of the net…complete silence followed by pandemonum followed by the final whistle…even more astounding, Dan was seen at the bar buying a huge round!!…
Well worth waiting 20 years for, the Shot I mean…well done, FD!…
