vs West Ham (ATG) (FA Cup Second Round)
G: Lloyd George
D: Brentton Kirwan/Marc Jarvis/Anderson Derrick/Janiel Santiago
M: Luke Simon/Elvis Williams/Jermaine George
S: Chesley Willett/Kelly Matthew/Kelly Nesbitt
42 -
Kirwan's free kick goes up to
Williams and he blasts it all the way right to
George on the touchline. On the cross, he connects with
Willett for the score!
1-0
55 - Out sits
Nesbitt for
Junior Cochrane, but not before
Kirwan mails it to
Willett for the box ball drop pass to
Matthew. He shoots, keeper pushes it away.
Matthews blocks the deflect with his own body and practically walks in the rebound!!!
2-0
71 -
Lloyd Simon on for
Santiago
90 -
Lloyd Simon makes a brilliant clearance and drills it long down the right side to
Cochrane. Despite a defender on him, he bulls a pass into the box through his opponent, and
Matthew is there to pop in his second goal and completely guarantee the victory
3-0
Lloyd George and
Luke Simon were our low guys at 6.9 - all the other box to wire starters were 7+, the highlights being 9.0 PotM
Kelly Matthew, 7.7
Chesley Willett, and 7.5
Elvis Williams.
So,
Kelly Matthew has set a modern-day Antigua & Barbuda FA Cup goal-scoring record with 4, and his 3 PotM awards is a new Fort Road season club record. I love him so much.
Chesley Willett is out a month and a half after a training injury, which sucks, because he's key to this team.
vs Piggots Bullets (2nd)
G: Lloyd George
D: Brentton Kirwan/Marc Jarvis/Anderson Derrick/Janiel Santiago
M: Luke Simon/Elvis Williams/Jermaine George
S: Kelly Nesbitt/Kelly Matthew/Junior Cochrane
We have 2 games in hand on the 3 teams in front of us, and we just need a win or draw out of those two matches to leap ahead of
Freemansville into 3rd place. If we win both matches (including this one), we can nip into 2nd!
8 - That was a bullshit disallow of a score. No way
Simon pushed anybody!
48 -
Walter Williams goes on for
Santiago
60 -
Elvis Williams shifts to MR and
Abraham pops in at MC
69 - We switch to a flat 4-4-2 with
Cochrane coming off,
Jarvis moving up to a second MC spot, and
Hughes-Mason as a DC
We were very unlucky not to win that game, but at least we didn't lose, which would have put us in a very bad position in terms of fighting for a promotion spot.
Janiel Santiago will miss the next match on yellows.
vs Willikes (FA Cup Quarterfinal)
G: Lloyd George
D: Brentton Kirwan/Marc Jarvis/Anderson Derrick/Lloyd Simon
M: Luke Simon/Elvis Williams/Jermaine George
S: Kelly Nesbitt/Kelly Matthew/Junior Cochrane
9 -
Luke Simon gets the ball back after a steal and jogs right out of a crowded area in the box, swinging a beautiful cross into ball space on the right.
George tracks it down, dribbles, and the cross is an aerial fight between the keeper and
Nesbitt. Our guy wins and heads it in!
1-0
53 - We switch to a flat 4-4-2, with
Cochrane coming off,
Jarvis up to MC, and
Hughes-Mason in
75 -
Lloyd Simon flips over to DL and
Walter Williams is in at DR
79 -
Walter Williams hits the corner.
George and
Hughes-Mason charge the defender, and it's
Hughes-Mason rising up to bang in the header insurance goal!!!
2-0
89 -
Jarvis clears out the free kick with a header and longs it to
Nesbitt on the right flank. Only one defender in front of him, and he races down the right side, making everyone looking like fools. On the cross, there's a crowd of red shirts running back, but
Elvis Williams has them all beat for his first-ever Fort Road goal!!!!!!!
3-0
That was our second straight huge Cup upset. Not pictured:
Lloyd George (6.9) and
Brentton Kirwan (6.6 before being subbed off).
Lloyd Simon and
Jermaine George will both miss the next match due to yellow card accumulation.
Bo Luke,
Kelly Matthew,
Marc Jarvis, and
Janiel Santiago sign deals through 2020 with either static or slight increases - $1k in Matthew's case because he's so vital to the team.
Our first profit since the sponsorship money comes in at $383. That's down to the larger crowds we've been getting this year, mainly in the FA Cup run. Overall, we're a little over $13k profit still as January opens up.
@ Freemansville (3rd)
G: Lloyd George
D: Brentton Kirwan/Marc Jarvis/Anderson Derrick/Janiel Santiago
M: Luke Simon/Randolph Abraham/Elvis Williams
S: Kelly Nesbitt/Kelly Matthew/Junior Cochrane
Big match here. We've dropped to 5th place and have 2 games in hand on the others above, 3 on
Piggots Bullets.
3 - These guys are really, really good.
0-1
27 -
Santiago throws in to
Abraham, who sends it to
Simon in the box. It's poked away, but
Matthew moves left and strikes in the equalizer
1-1
46 -
Nesbitt has three defenders on him, but he weaves around one and puts it in the box, where
Simon chases it down at the touchline. Cross to flying
Williams, and whilst that's probably offsides, he scores and the assistant ref ignores the protests!!
2-1
Walter Williams subs in for tired
Santiago at the half.
50 - MOTHERFUCKER!!!
2-2
52 -
Hughes-Mason in for
Jarvis. Our backline has been HORRIBLE all game.
56 - I don't know WTF to do about our shitty defense keeping giving away possession right back to them
2-3
58 - FUCK YOU POST!!! FUCK YOU UP THE ASS WITH A GIANAT RABID DILDO CHEWED BY RATS!!!!!!
2-4
88 - Way too little, way too late for that
Nesbitt goal.
3-4
Kelly Nesbitt takes the single season club scoring record in the loss.
Brentton Kirwan and maybe someone else signs a contract extension.
vs Otto's Rangers (12th)
G: Bo Luke
D: Brentton Kirwan/Marc Jarvis/Anderson Derrick/Janiel Santiago
M: Rowan Jahraldo-Martin/Anton Farrell/Jermaine George
S: Kelly Nesbitt/Kelly Matthew/Junior Cochrane
10 -
Matthew wings right, and
George pushes through a defender to get the ball. On the cross, he connects with streaking
Jahraldo-Martin for the latter's first score. RJM will be leaving us after this season, because he has no interest in re-signing. That's fine - we've already arranged a transfer for his replacement
1-0
37 -
George takes the pass into the box and crosses to
Nesbitt for the insurance kick past the flailing keeper
2-0
55 -
Luke is injured, so
George steps into the nets.
Kirwan moves to DC to replace yellow card
Jarvis and
Lloyd Simon steps in at DL
64 - Own goal by
Santiago argh
1-2
66 - WHO THE FUCK WAS SIMON THROWING TO?!?!
2-2
We crash to 6th place, albeit with 2 and 3 games in hand. Really need to snap out of the slump we're in, or I could be fired at the end of the season.