Fourths seconds away from blowing seconds away

With a free date in their busy schedule, IC II kindly agreed to play us, the fourths, in a friendly. The match was delayed while the less proud members of the fourths clammered to get their autographs. When it got underway, it was clear that it was going to be the proverbial game of two halves, since the wind was so strong. Goal kicks barely reached the half-way line against the wind and with it reached the other penalty box.

But it was not so; after winning the toss the underdog fourths raced into a deserved three-nil half-time lead. Morgan scored with a "f*cking glorious" opening goal, again with a classy finish and completed his hat-trick on the stroke of half-time.

The story read quite differently after the restart, with the seconds showing a bit of the class that we had done well to stifle this long. We held out until fifteen minutes before the end when a clever short corner totally outwitted our defence and their captain planted a glorious header in the back of our net. Minutes later our ‘keeper was to blame - a punt upfield landed in the box and bounced right over the advancing Stu and into the net. As the end of the match drew nearer the seconds became more and more desperate as they looked to be completely humbled. It was not to be, though, as in the dying seconds their little striker nipped in to head in the equaliser. In the end the wind was the winner, Brian.

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