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This weekend is it was league action and cup action for Division Four sides. In the league Coleview continued to get points in the bag rather than games in hand when they pushed aside Pinehurst 2-0 in a more one-sided game than the score-line suggests. DBS scored a surprisingly low amount of goals against AFC County Ground when they only won by 4-2 against a side they had previously beaten 10-1! Nationwide gained a useful point with 1-1 tie with AFC Carter's Rest which was considerably lower scoring than the team's first meeting earlier in the season than ended 6-5 to the pub side. In the Cup's both Cats Solutions and Dorcan Old Boys progressed into the semi-finals of the Bunny Uzzell Memorial Shield and Chairman's Trophy respectively. Cats beat AFC Piratez from Division Seven by 7-2 after a low-scoring first half and of course DOB triumphed 8-2 over Division Six's AC Swindon. The Fox and Hounds also played a Division Six side Patheon who had previously knocked out Coleview 1-0 in Chairman's Trophy but they slipped at the final hurdle as the lower league team triumphed by 5-4 in extra time |
Semi-Final Berth! After the success of last week Dorcan Old Boys turned their attention to the cup this week, namely the Chairman's Trophy. Unfortunately illness and injuries did not allow manager Matt Hodey the luxury of picking last week's successful eleven so a few changes to the team took place. On the bitterly cold frosty morning Ben Mitchell returned between the sticks and Big Bad Barry Shedden made a welcome return to the centre back position to be partnered alongside another long time absentee Marc Stephens. As is usual with DOB they started the match at a slow tempo and allowed the clearly 'up for it' home team to dictate the pace initially. Once the match settled Dorcan opened the scoring on virtually their first serious attack when David Devine's initial shot was parried by the home goalie leaving Phil Corcoran the task of slotting home the opening goal. Try as hard as the might AC Swindon could not get close to the visiting goal as the towering duo of Barry Shedden and Marc Stephens managed to snuff everything out. On fifteen minutes with virtually DOB's second shot on target the lead was increased. David Devine once again being the provider as his pass sent Dan Godwin clear and after racing into the area the hard-working midfielder fired the ball home. Dorcan's second came just after the half hour mark and was the signal for burst of scoring. Great work down the left by Dan Clayton resulted in a tempting ball being played into the area that was perfect for Gio De Sando to slide in at the far post for the third. Only seven minutes later and a clipped through ball by Richard Jordan put in Phil Corcoran for the fourth and his second and then one minute later Corcoran made it his hat-trick and five when Gio De Sando provided him with a neatly clipped ball close in. The scoring was not even over then as within a minutes of this goal AC Swindon opened their account when slack play inside 'The Stags' penalty allowed a live-wire home forward time and space to hit home. Leading 5-1 at half-time both teams knew the game was over and it was more a case of what the final score was going to be. Once again two goals inside a minute changed the scoreboard when first of all Phillip Corcoran tapped in Barry Shedden's awful sliced shot from a corner and then thirty seconds later AC Swindon pegged their second when poor marking gave a home team forward time to swivel and hammer a great shot past the despairing dive of Mitchell in goal. Five minutes later Phil Corcoran scored his fifth goal of the game from another David Devine pass and just to even their account Corcoran returned the compliment in the last few moments to allow Dave Devine to score the eighth. In the end this game proved to be not as difficult as expected and now a semi-final date awaits but at the moment the club doesn't know when the game will be played or who the opponents will be. Meanwhile it's a return to the league in the next two weeks with two potential banana skin opponents to play and a dwindling pool of uninjured or available players.
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 What's in a team name? (Part Two)
After a couple of weeks chance for
visitors this site to read 'What's in a
team name - part one' here it is at last
- What's in a team name - part two!.
Here are some of the more amusing,
strange or just plain demented names
from around the world, bearing in mind
these are professional clubs too – Club Destroyers (
Coronel Bolognesi
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Deportivo Moron
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This club name just defies belief
Dangerous Darkies (
FL Fart
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Joe Public FC
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KFC Winterslag
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Old Boys
Sint-Eloois Winkel Sport
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Total Clean Football Club
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Wormatia Worms
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As well as the previously mentioned
Young Boys of Berne we also have
Old
Boys of Basel and
Young
Fellows of Zurich who can
really say what is going on
If you go to the American continent and
then look at the major sports league
teams there although they may sound
silly or frivolous to our British ears
the name or 'nickname, as they call it,
has some connection with the area or
indeed metropolis but sometimes it is
just plain silly. For instance when an
ice-hockey 'franchise' arrived in
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