Off Topic Summer Friendly thread

Won 2-1 Moult scored for them on 89 minutes

 

Two friendlies in two days first it will be cup final day for Carlisle as their apparent local rivals arrive on Tuesday. The Cumbrians only just avoided relegation last season and have lost Dempsey to Huddersfield, should be a useful workout last time we met we won 6-1, suspect Twitter row between rival fans .
On Wednesday travel to play Ashington who interestingly enough are managed by ex England cricketer Steve Harmison, will play very much a second string team for this one.

 

Carlisle, Ashington (?) and Bury. According to reports, Jamie Jones kept goal very well. He must be fed up with all the speculation and dilly-dallying over Johnstone. The complainst against him is that he does have authority, especially in the 6 yard box. Never seen him. There are few goalies nowadays who have the authority of a Schmeichel or a Banks.
Lets hope for an Aussie roasting at Edgebaston.

 

Jones has an attitude problem and is also prone to errors, as for the cricket may get a decent game if this global warming relents

 

3-2 down at half time, Jones not having the best of games in goal, Hugill scored both ours

 

Lost 4-3 in front of 1900 the winner came when they were down to 10 a mistake by the hapless Jones gifting a penalty, Hugill 2 and Keane scored for us

 

Virtual youth team tonight most interesting name is on the Ashington bench, one Andrew Flintoff

 

Won 1-0 Jack Ryan scored, only one friendly to go and then it's the real thing

 

What appears to be the longest pre season in the history of man kind comes to an end on Saturday with a trip to Gigg Lane, Bury, they appear to be spending large amounts of money in an effort to be relegated back tothe bottom division, it will end in tears. Expect us to put out the side which will take on the Boro a week on Sunday, although still some uncertainty as to who will be in goal.

 

The old fellar is keeping fit nowadays. Perhaps even fitter than on some tours with England. His mate Harmison is manager of Ashington.

 

Lost 3-2 against Bury at a very wet Gigg Lane, not to fussed about the result although having let seven goals in in the last two matches is a bit of a worry, Garner and Keane scored. That's pre season over and the real stuff is about to begin as my 2015-16 Nationwide Football Annual has been issued by Amazon. IT IS TIME.

 

Happy reading. Too be honest, if I had been a pro footballer playing a friendly with a televised competition match in a few days, I think I would have sauntered around the pitch with not much commitment. But then I was never known for breaking into a sweat at St Wals.