They Think it's All Over....

Geoff Hurst vs West Germany 1966, Alan Sunderland vs Man Utd 1978, Michael Thomas vs Liverpool 1989, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer vs Bayern Munich 1999 and Barry Conlon vs Lincoln City 2007. These are some of the greatest last minute winners ever scored in the history of football, and tonight I can add another last gasp score to this esteemed list. April the First 2009. The clock is clicking slowly towards 21:00 hours, and the nefarious JMF are surging forward, desperate to break the deadlock against the Righteous boys of the European elite. There is a break in play, the time 20:59:45, and the ball works it's way to Two Scoops Hamilton, who with a shimmy and a drop of the shoulder makes space. The time is now 20:59:51, and with a sweep of his left foot, the ball slips through the inside post of Funkys goal, and ripples the back of the net, seconds before the bell sounds. VICTORY!!! The look on the aforementioned Funksters face was priceless.

Of course it should never have come to this late flourish. The Elite had the upper hand throughout the early exchanges. Yes it was tight, and the game was evenly matched, with no shortage of skill from either side, as demonstrated by Young Gaz slipping my good self the pig, and my revenge, leaving both Dead Eye and Luklear in my wake with a Messi like spin and run. But at the half way mark there was one team clearly in front, as we opened a five goal lead. Of course we fell into the exact same trap as the week before, going all Arsenal and trying to walk the ball into the net instead of killing the game off. This was fine and dandy, at first, but the MoFo found a saviour yet again, this time in the guise of the diminutive Young Gaz, who began to punish some slack defending. We still created chances, but they were now being spurned, apart from one that Dead Eye let slip between his legs. Shotgun left Sundays form behind, but still the score was finally dragged back to all square. To be quite honest, a repeat of last weeks capitulation looked on the cards, as the JMF swarmed forward looking to grab yet another unwarranted win. It was at this point Two Scoops stepped forward to claim immortality. Only one in it, and at the moment, it could go either way.

Line-ups;

JMF- Dr Shotgun, Young Gaz, Lukelear, Funky and Dead Eye

EURO E- Shouty, Two Scoops, Clogs, Euro Bri and Mercenary

2009 Season

• JMF wins - 6



• Euro Elite - 5



• Draws - 1