Final Match Report

Season finale (24/06/2008) - Metrica v IPC Marketforce

Tears for heroes

On what was a sunny, but sad Tuesday evening, the soon to be disbanded Jagger’s Daggers made their final trip to the pitches by the Imperial War Museum. In what was being billed as a mismatch similar to when the 300 Spartans took on the mighty army of Xerxes. Metrica went with their heads held high, knowing that salvaging 2nd from bottom in the league was the only success available.

Playing a team beaten only once in 30 matches, it was always going to be difficult. The glimmer of hope was that the one defeat suffered by IPC Marketforce was at the hands of the mighty Metrica.

The match followed a similar course to many others during the season…defeat. This was down to lackluster defending which had been an issue for the team in every match since the loss of the influential Ed Kitchingman. Although the performance was promising in attack, the unwillingness to defend properly was once again the team’s downfall.

The best goal of the game (in which there were 17) was scored by Kenno, after some slick interplay with Tom and Francisco (making a rare appearance in the starting line up) Kenno struck a fine first time left footed shot, which rocketed into the top corner. Andy, John and Francisco chipped in with a goal-a-piece, so if you want to know the score, you do the math!

Team: Jagger, Ryland, Kenno (1), Franny (1), Fairclough (1), Fell (1)

Season review:

Dundas & Wilson saved the team the ignominy of finishing bottom, however, summer signings are required to bolster the defence!

League Table:

A small but not insignificant highlight is the appearance of John as joint 5th top scorer in the league.

Top Scorers: Finally here are the team statistics for the past two seasons.

For more detailed descriptions of the sin bins and sending offs, please contact the players (or just Adam) directly for the full low down.

The team will now be taking a leave of absence from the league, although never rule out a return. Unlike Sylvester Stallone and Harrison Ford we have little to live up to in the next chapter, so it will undoubtedly be a success.

In the meantime we will be playing in a series of friendly matches – the first of which is to be played against Ketchum. Watch this space for future results and fingers crossed they will be more successful!