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 Finally after two years and two months, our unbeaten home record which stretched back to January 2006 went as we lost 2-0 to Northern Care. Congratulations are in order to them, but they know they had a great chance with the lads we had missing and they duly took it. Remember that record included all matches including the Champions of Champions Cup and LFA Sunday Trophy so it was truly a remarkable run, but our unbeaten record in the League on Collins Park is still going and that stretches back to September 2005 so it would be nice to keep that record intact for some time.
We are all looking forward to the trip to Germany in June, it is a big plus after the Lancashire disappointment and I’m sure we will represent the town with honour. What I would ask is that all the lads support the Sportsmans Dinner we have planned. The Council are committed to covering a lot of the costs, but we still have expenditure on a number of things like flights, coaches and branded tracksuits and tops.
Looking at the remainder of the season, we have our sights now firmly set on completing the League and Gledhill double. We have Mcdonalds (ex-Gardeners Arms) from Division One in the semi, a game we must not take lightly. You only have to look at what has happened in this years FA Cup to the so called “big guns” to see what happens if you underestimate lower league opposition.
We have a very tough schedule in the league, the wednesday night games start from early april and we play twice a week for the next five weeks, it will be particularly tough for the lads who play for saturday teams as tiredness and injuries becomes a major factor, hopefully our squad strength can see us through to another championship.
Finally commiserations to Poulton as they narrowly failed in their LFA Sunday Trophy bid in the semi-final losing 3-2 AET. They had enough chances to win the game but sadly their keeper had a night to forget, as two errors cost Poulton the game, the second one just five minutes from time.
The Gaffer.
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