London League VI Fixture Chat

Also, I was going to come down and ref on Sunday. I might be able to do Monday, depending on time and location.

Thank you for your kind offer to ref. I will post details once I know.

Would pop by earlier hoping for some throw ins and could help goal ref if needed.

Thanks Beagle.

Schlong Slots v Rubix Pube at 8pm at Newington on Monday.

Is the game at Mitch or Downs tomorrow?

Daredevils v Hemlock now on Sunday 12th 6pm at Downs (we will have lights)

^^ do you need a ref/goal ref at newt on Monday?

Yes pls ed and if you can come early for some games before would be cool

Should be there around 7

King Cobras vs Sucker Punch
Sunday Jan 5th, 11am @ Mitch or Downs TBC

Is this Mitch or downs?

Downs

Cool, I'll come down and ref as well.

would anyone like to ref our game on monday at newington? 8pm, pick ups for the refs beforehand. Thanks !

Yep, I can head ref if I need to or goal ref/time keep otherwise

I've added both games to the calendar. I'm keeping this updated now, fyi.

The fixture release window ends on 16 Jan. By my count, there are 11 games yet to be played. They all need to get played by the 16th.

11-2 to Haymakers. Stats to come.

@Beagle -- this was Sucker punch v Haymakers. Do you have the stats?

would anyone like to ref our game on monday at newington? 8pm, pick ups for the refs beforehand. Thanks !

I'll be down for ref/time keep/whatever.

did division 1 finish the 1st round yet?

That's a good question! I didn't actually even check. Shit.

the fixture release window ends on 16 jan. By my count, there are 11 games yet to be played. They all need to get played by the 16th.

omg!!! There's no time!!!!!

what was the score yesterday?

7-6 to king cobras I believe, great game to watch, pretty tense at times.

16th of Jan at New - West Way vs Winter Has Come

King Cobras beat Sucker Punch 7-6 at Hackney Downs:

The game was bleak and uneventful for the first 30 minutes, which seemed appropriate to the cold and grey surroundings. Attacks and chances were rushed in the initial Chukkers™ by King Cobras; Sucker Punch managed to stay ahead but never by a convincing lead.

In the final Chukker™, King Cobras increased the tempo. At a faster pace, they unsettled Sucker Punch who could not match their composure to the opposition’s speed. A level-head and experience would be crucial in the dying minutes. As Mat and Pique of King Cobras opened up the staccato game to a performance reminiscent of one of GREEN (Money, Weed, Envy)’s maestuso masterpieces, it was their substitute, Beagle (Beagle Couriers™), who cleaned up with Scholes-like positioning and shot accuracy. Cobras levelled the game before Beagle sunk a 3/4-court shot to make the score 6-5 to King Cobras with less than ten minutes to spare. That, was a goal.

Sucker Punch responded with a gutsy burst by Sean from his D to the oppositions’, which appeared to end with a lunging and committed over-the-bars steal by Mat just outside his team’s top-D. Seemingly from the grave, a struggling-to-balance Sean swung his body around to his left to strike the ball cleanly from behind his rear wheel as he toppled. Cobra's keeper, Beagle, having rolled backwards to cover his rear cone in anticipation of the initial shot, could not adjust to save Sean's fizzing, front-cone bullet. Off the post and in! The keeper had no chance. Spectators awoke to dance from the sidelines and exclaim, “THE BEAUTIFUL GAME!”
Score: equalised to 6-6 with 6 minutes remaining. Spooky.

The final minutes saw King Cobras’ Mat and Pique flying around in the familiar formation that Sucker Punch had adjusted to. Any unplanned diversions from their sweeping attacks led to successful routes to goal. In the final two minutes, one of those diversions saw Mat cut around the Sucker Punch goal with Nik and Sean looking to smudge him out on the far side. As Mat punched the ball through his own BB and began to follow, he squeezed between the two players to cut in on goal with Joe defending the rear cone – a one-on-one opportunity. A desperate swipe from Sean, as Mat slid between Sean’s rear wheel and Nik’s front, led to Mat hitting the deck as Sean’s mallet diverted Mat’s front-wheel skywards. Whistle. 30 second penalty. Sean leaves the court and King Cobras plan their response. Ed was heard muttering that it was “fair play” from behind the ref’s booth. "Not on my watch," said the excellent and fair referee.

King Cobras squandered their 30-second player advantage whilst Sean waited to rejoin. I don’t remember how they won the game but King Cobras eventually scored to win 7-6: a fair result from a game they were expected to win by some spectators. Sucker Punch’s performance in the first 30 minutes looked convincing but they never established the lead they needed to beat King Cobras, whose experience eventually won the game.

Long shot from the right side of our own D (about 4/5th of the court) which Mat hopped over to avoid blocking it.