Melee punish The Punishers once again

On the night of Weds 26th Oct Melee took to the field in what some where saying pre match was already a guaranteed victory against the team who followed Melee up to the premiership ‘The Punishers’. With such an aggressive name you would have though the Melee team might be slightly worried but another convincing 9-3 win took Melees total vs The Punishers to 24-7 from three games.

So it’s been a few weeks since the blog was updated. There has been holidays, injuries and gigs preventing a regular team from playing together, however two excellent wins over Steaua Needarest and Acapulco Tropical were preceded by Melee’s only defeat in 17 to current league leaders Buckies Up. A shock result last night saw Hoylake FC beat Buckies Up 6-5 to leave three teams all joint at the top of the league, leaving all to play for in the remaining two fixtures including a massive game for Melee vs. Hoylake to end the season.



Although last nights game had a little bit of a testimonial atmosphere Melee played some nice football at times whilst not getting into top gear. One first half goal from each of the outfield team took the score to 4-2, which could have been many more – Foster scoring a cracker from wide right into the corner which kept up his pre match warm up screamers. Chris P also deserves mention for his cultured finish with the outside of his foot into the far corner.

Second half saw the goals start to flow although sloppy mistakes by the opposition defence did help the fact. Jack and Kev completed their hat tricks with some nice interchanges and link play. Foz grabbed a second to his delight. The scores could have been less favourable if their shooting was any good and Fab didn’t make quite a few decent saves, one special with his back! Final score 9-3

So as this season draws to a close goal difference could be the difference between 1st and 3rd. Two massive games to come – exciting times for Melee.

Xmas team curry is also on the cards – details to follow!