Northop Hall 4 - Bowdon Killer Bees 2

With our hallowed leader Ollius Marcos Maximus Roundus Powerwalkum Hairsprayus Coiferus Erectus absent the Bees set out for Northrop Hall. Getting to Northrop Hall proved to be slightly more difficult that the directions suggested. After a few minutes on the road the Killer Bee convoy was forced to stop temporarily whilst a car was sent back to collect that handy piece of hockey gear...namely the keepers kit. And of course, an away trip with the Bees, wouldn't be the same without having an unplanned scenic tour of the local countryside due to er some iffy navigating in the lead car.

After the first few minutes it was clear that the oppo were rather good as the defence of messrs Kirchin, Grant and Tennant was immediately put under pressure. Having resisted the initial onslaught the Bees gained some confidence and started playing some quality passing hockey. The Bees were soon on top of their game and forcing Northrop Hall into making basic errors...passing to the oppo and kicking the ball (they must have stolen a copy of the Bee manual of how to play hockey : Yokker the Literary Ed).

Half way through the first the Bees took the lead a backball followed by a left to right cross field ball lead to the flurry of shots on the oppo goal...the goalie may have saved those from Messrs Darbyshire and Cooper but he could do nothing with the side stick shot from the edge of the D from (fill in gap here! You may know who you are, but Yokker didn't when he wrote this match report! Ho! Ho! - Grassing Ed). The Bees were leading and the oppo weren't happy.

With half time beckoning the Bees defence lost concentration and in a blink of an eye the Bees were behind 3-1.

There was still time for Colin Atkinson to nick a goal in an almightly goalmouth scramble...it was a rather messy wood chopping moment...in fact it was so noisy that Jonny almost thought he was back at work.

After yet another inspirational half time talk it was on with the second half.

Regrettably the oppo stepped up their another five gears and the Bees subsequently found it difficult to get out of their own half. Despite being under constant pressure the defence were excellent and were unlucky to concede a fourth goal in final couple of minutes.

And with that the whistle blew and it was back to Bowdon for a couple of cheeky beers .

MOTM - Jon Bray for saying 'I've got a hangover so can I play in goal ?'

Yokker