27/10/21: Falcs 9-0 Bedford 2

The controversy began before the game as the beds 2s had failed to sort a referee. 5 minutes of complete confusion ensued. A special shout must go to Callum O’Shea ensuring we filled out a ‘playing under protest’ form before kicking off, so we could appeal in the event of a loss. Damian got the game underway, as the stand-in ref for the first half. Within the first five minutes the falcs made sure that the playing under protest form could go in the special filing cabinet called the bin, with Tom Randall getting us underway with a superb finish from outside the box. Damian did well to handle the torrent of abuse that was hurled at him, although for someone who is looking for a career in the legal world there needs to be some work on his sense of authority, with the quietest whistle blows that most of the team had ever heard (or hadn’t). Regardless of what can only be described as bullying, the flood gates were open, with funto scoring and Angus getting a first half hatrick. Before going in at half time Sean decided that it was appropriate to make a beds player do their best impression of a rag doll, with a lovely bit of handbags after a mistimed challenge from a right back that was incredibly out of their depth. At half time, the game was firmly put to beds. In the half time team talk, Sweenage made sure to stress the importance of keeping our heads against these clowns in the second half. Having relinquished his refereeing duties Damien stepped into lems’ big boots and began to pull the strings. Despite what skip had said, within the first 5 minutes he began arguing with the beds referee about whether stopping play for cramp for one of their players (yes in the 50th minute) was appropriate. This sort of refereeing characterised the second half, but no degree of cheating could stop Sam Hardy’s penetrating runs, being instrumental in the next couple of goals. After this, a special mention must go to Hoff flying off the handle for a horrendous challenge on Lucca. It was extremely admirable considering his caretaker manager role for the falcs was all of 70 minutes young. Less admirable was ronny’s attempts at scoopturning attackers on the edge of our box, in an otherwise extremely solid performance. Two more goals followed, with a fantastic ball from Percy verity to Sean for one of them. 9-0 FT. Finally, I would like to personally apologise to manny for dragging him to Bedfordshire as with a grand total of 0 saves, he must’ve had incredibly cold hands. UTFF