REPORTS

29/08/03

QUEENSTOWN RES' 6 TRAILERS 3

 FIRST GAME OF THE SEASON FOR THE BOYS AND IT SHOWED EARLY ON. WAVE AFTER WAVE OF ATTACK FROM QUEENSTOWN CAUSED MANY PROBLEMS FOR THE NEW LOOK TRAILERS BACK LINE. IT WASN'T LONG BEFORE THE FIRST GOAL CAME, AND WHAT A FREAK IT WAS, IN ATTEMPTING TO CLEAR A BALL FROM INSIDE THE BOX, GARLICK CRASHED THE BALL AGAINST AN ATTACKERS LEGS AND IT FLEW PAST 'KEEPER MAY BEFORE HE COULD MOVE. GOAL NUMBER 2 CAME SHORTLY AFTER. ANOTHER LONG BALL INTO THE BOX WAS MISJUDGED BY MAY AND THE BALL SLIPPED UNDER HIM ALLOWING THE STRIKER AN EASY TAP IN. THIS WAS THE SIGNAL FOR THE TRAILERS TO START PLAYING AND THEY WERE REWARDED WITH A GOAL FROM A QUICK FREE KICK FROM DAWSON. HALF TIME AND SOME REST BITE FOR THE WEARY LEGS. PIKE REPLACED MAY IN GOAL AND FEENEY MOVED FROM SWEEPER TO MIDFIELD. THESE CHANGES WERE TO HAVE AN IMMEDIATE EFFECT WITH THE TRAILERS CONCEDING TWO EARLY GOALS. PLAYER/ MANAGER PIKE STILL SEEMED TO BE THINKING ABOUT OTHER THING AT THIS POINT AND WAS A LITTLE SLOW TO REACT TO TWO WEEK SHOTS. THIS THOUGH WAS THE SIGNAL FOR TRAILERS TO PLAY AGAIN, WITH AGAR,FEENEY,HOGG AND WING BECOMING MORE DOMINANT IN MIDFIELD. SOME CLASSY PASSING BROUGHT REWARDS WITH TWO GOALS , ONE FROM CHAPPEL AND THE OTHER FROM MR NOBODY. TRAILER COULDN'T KEEP THE PACE UP THOUGH AND A LACK OF MATCH FITNESS WAS HIGHLIGHTED BY CONCEDING TWO LATE GOALS. GAME OVER.

06/09/03

TRAILERS 0 WESTLECOTT 6

 WELL, THIS REALLY WASN'T WHAT WAS HOPED FOR, WHAT STARTED OUT AS A BATTLING PERFORMANCE SOON DISINTEGRATED INTO SHAMBLES. NEW MANAGER PIKE,  NEEDS TO GET A GRIP QUICKLY  IF HE WANTS TO KEEP HIS JOB. THE FIRST HALF STARTED O.K WITH 'COTT PUSHING FORWARD WITHOUT CREATING MANY GOALSCORING OPPORTUNITIES. ALTHOUGH TRAILERS WERE HUFFING AND PUFFING, THEY WEREN'T CREATING A LOT UP FRONT. THEN FROM A CORNER POOR MARKING LEFT THE ATTACKER WITH A FREE HEADER WHICH HE DULY DISPATCHED INTO THE CORNER. NUMBER 2 FOLLOWED SOON AFTER, BUT THIS WAS A FREAKY EFFORT WHICH ENDED UP WITH AGAR SLAMMING THE BALL AGAINST HIS 'KEEPER AND INTO THE NET. HALF TIME AND 2-0 DOWN. A RESHUFFLE MOVED THE CLASSY HOGG INTO MIDFIELD WITH POINTER MOVING INTO THE MIDDLE AT THE BACK. THIS DIDN'T HAVE THE DESIRED EFFECT AS A DISASTROUS THROW BY PIKE GIFTED A THIRD GOAL. THE FOURTH CAME AFTER A MISTAKE BY DAWSON WHO WAS CAUGHT IN POSSESSION ON THE EDGE OF THE BOX. ANOTHER MISJUDGEMENT BY PIKE LED TO THE FIFTH AND WITH A DISJOINTED AND DISGRUNTLED TEAM THE SIXTH SOON FOLLOWED. ALL IN ALL THIS WAS A POOR DISPLAY WHICH TRAILERS NEED TO IMPROVE ON GREATLY IF THEY DON'T WANT TO PICK UP THE WOODEN SPOON AGAIN.

13/09/03

WOOLWORTHS 5 TRAILERS 0

THIS WAS A GAME THE TRAILERS WERE DESPERATE TO WIN FOLLOWING THEIR DEFEAT OF LAST WEEK AND THINGS STARTED BRIGHTLY ENOUGH WITH THE TEAM PLAYING SOME NEAT STUFF, THEN AS ALWAYS SEEMS TO HAPPEN A LONG BALL OVER THE DEFENCE SKIMMED OFF POINTERS HEAD TO THE ONRUSHING FORWARD WHO CALMLY SLID THE BALL PAST THE ONRUSHING PIKE AND INTO THE NET. THE SECOND GOAL WAS A GOOD EFFORT BY THE WOOLWORTHS VERY OWN BECKHAM LOOKALIKE WHO EVADED SEVERAL CHALLENGES BEFORE FIRING HIGH INTO THE CORNER OF THE NET. THE TRAILERS THEN STARTED TO CREATE THEIR OWN CHANCES WITH BOTH TAYLOR AND DAVIS TESTING THE 'KEEPER. THE THIRD GOAL WAS AGAIN A HIGH BALL OVER THE TOP WHICH THE DEFENCE COULDN'T COPE WITH A AGAIN THE STRIKER SLOTTED THE BALL PAST THE STRANDED PIKE.  THE TRAILERS STARTED THE SECOND HALF ON FIRE AND LOOKED LIKE THEY WOULD SCORE SOONER RATHER THAN LATER BUT IT WAS WOOLWORTHS WHO WERE TO SCORE. THE BALL BROKE TO THE LEFT WHERE THE STRIKER EVADED THE CHALLENGE OF MAY AND FIRED IN A SHOT THAT PIKE COULD ONLY PARRY  WITH THE STRIKER NETTING THE REBOUND WITH EASE. TRAILERS WERE STILL CREATING CHANCES WITH THE EVER DANGEROUS GARLICK GETTING CLOSER WITH EVERY EFFORT. GOAL No 5 CAME FROM ANOTHER BALL OVER THE TOP. PIKE RUSHED OUT TO CLEAR BUT ONLY SCUFFED IT TO THE WOOLWORTHS PLAYER 25 YARDS FROM GOAL, WHO WITH NO CHALLENGE COMING  WAS ABLE TO CONTROL BEFORE DISPATCHIG A SHOT GOALBOUND. 5-0 AND GAME OVER, BUT THIS SEEMED TO BE THE SPARK TO FIRE UP THE TRAILERS WITH AGAR  WEAVING HIS MAGIC IN MIDFIELD AND GARLICK AGAIN GOING CLOSE. THE WRITING WAS ON THE WALL WHEN MARSH HAD WHAT LOOKED LIKE A GOOD GOAL RULED OFFSIDE. THER WAS STILL TIME FOR WOOLIES TO MISS A PENALTY AND SEVERAL OTHER CHANCES. THIS GAME SHOWED THAT AT THIS LEVEL WHEN YOU GET THE CHANCES YOU HAVE GOT TO BURY THEM. ROLL ON NEXT WEEK.

20/9/03

TRAILERS 4 DEERS LEAP 6

WHAT A GAME THIS WAS WITH 10 MAN TRAILERS BATTLING TO THE END. AFTER 25 MIN'S IT LOOKED LIKE A CASE OF HERE WE GO AGAIN FOR THE TRAILERS, ALREADY A GOAL DOWN AND LOOKING IN TROUBLE, WHAT LOOKED LIKE A CERTAIN PENALTY FOR THE LEAP WAS TURNED DOWN BY THE REF' BUT AGAR FAILED TO HEAR THE CRY OF "PLAY ON" AND PROMPTLY PICKED THE BALL UP. THE REF' HAD NO OPTION BUT TO SIGNAL A PENALTY. PIKE SHUFFLED ALONG HIS LINE IN ANTICIPATION THEN FLUNG HIMSELF TO THE RIGHT PUSHING THE BALL ONTO THE POST, AS USUALLY HAPPENS TO TEAMS AT THE BOTTOM THE BALL REBOUNDED TO THE STRIKER, WHO DESPITE PIKE'S EFFORTS SLAMMED THE BALL HOME , THEN THINGS STARTED LOOKING UP. ROUSE CRASHED A THUNDEROUS HEADER AGAINST THE UPRIGHT  AND GARLICK WAS CAUSING ALL SORTS OF PROBLEMS. HIS REWARD CAME, WHEN FROM A FREE KICK HE OUTPACED THE DEFENCE TO SLOT A HEADER UNDER THE 'KEEPER. UNFORTUNATELY THE TEAMS GOOD WORK WAS UNDONE BY SOME SLACK DEFENDING AND 2 MORE GOALS WERE CONCEDED BEFORE HALF TIME. TRAILERS STARTED THE SECOND HALF ON FIRE AND WITHIN A MINUTE HAD PULLED ANOTHER GOAL BACK. ONLY 2-4 NOW. 'LEAP WERE NEXT TO SCORE TO MAKE IT 5. BUT THE TRAILERS WERE FAR FROM DEAD, WITH THE MIDFIELD TAKING CONTROL. AGAR, CHAPPEL AND ROUSE FIGHTING FOR EVERYTHING. AMAZINGLY  GARLICK ROUNDED OFF HIS STUNNING HAT TRICK BY ROUNDING THE KEEPER AND SLOTTING INTO THE NET. 5 MINS LATER AND IT WAS 4-5 WITH GARLICK AGAIN HITTING THE TARGET. THE LEAP WERE NOW FALLING APART, AND IF POYNTER HAD BEEN HALF A YARD QUICKER TO VOLLEY  A CORNER FROM THE IMPRESSIVE DAWSON THE SCORES MAY HAVE BEEN LEVEL. BUT AS IT WAS THE LEAP BROKE AWAY TO FINISH THE SCORING. WHAT A ROLLER COASTER RIDE THIS WAS, AND ALTHOUGH NO POINTS WERE GAINED THERE IS SO MUCH HOPE FOR THE COMING BATTLES.

4 GOAL HERO GARLICK

27/O9/03

NO GAME THIS WEEK DUE TO LACK OF PLAYER AVAILABILITY. WATCH THIS SPACE NEXT WEEK.

04/10/03

 TRAILERS 5 (FIVE)  BLYSCKAWICA 0

WHAT A GAME THIS WAS AS THE POLES WERE PUT TO THE SWORD BY THE TRAILERS WITH THIER NEW FORMATION. DAVIS WENT IN GOAL AND PIKE WAS FORCED TO OCCUPY THE  No 9 SHIRT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HIS CAREER. JOINING HIM UP FRONT WAS DAWSON Snr MAKING AN ENFORCED START. THE GAME STARTED WELL WITH THE TRAILERS ON TOP  . DAWSON, MARSH AND POINTER ALL LOOKED SOLID AT THE BACK WITH THE VETERAN FRONT LINE CAUSING ALL KINDS OF BOTHER UP FRONT. IN FACT IT WAS NO SURPRISE WHEN THE TRAILERS TOOK THE LEAD. THE GOAL WASN'T A SUPRISE BUT THE SCORER WAS. THE BALL WAS CLEARED BY THE POLES DEFENCE TO MARSH   STANDING 35 YARDS OUT, HE MOVED THE BALL FORWARD A FEW FEET AND UNLEASHED AN UNSTOPPABLE DRIVE WHICH FLEW INTO THE TOP RIGHT HAND CORNER. IF THAT WAS A SURPRISE THEN THE SCORER OF THE SECOND WAS EVEN MORE SO. THE BALL WAS FLIGHTED INTO THE BOX CAUSING CONFUSION BETWEEN THE 'KEEPER AND FULLBACK, THIS ALLOWED MAY TO SLIP BETWEEN THEM, CONTROL THE BALL, TAKE IT ROUND THE 'KEEPER AND SLIDE THE BALL INTO THE EMPTY NET. ALL IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE. HALF TIME CAME TOO EARLY WITH THE TRAILERS SO MUCH ON TOP BUT AS THE SECOND HALF STARTED NOTHING CHANGED. THE THIRD GOAL CAME AS THE EVER LIVELY AGER SLIPPED THE BALL THROUGH TO PIKE, WHO UNDER PRESSURE MANAGED TO SLIP THE BALL SIDEWAYS TO GARLICK WHO SLID THE BALL INTO THE NET WITH GREAT APLOMB. THE FORTH WAS SCORED BY WINGY WHO DRILLED A CORNER TO THE FRONT POST WHERE IT WAS MISSED BY EVERYONE AND NESTLED INTO THE NET. THE FIFTH WAS A CLASSIC MOVE DOWN THE LEFT AND WITH ALL THE DEFENDERS FOLLOWING PIKE TO THE FRONT POST THE CROSS WAS HIT LONG AND DAWSON Snr WAS ABLE TO SCORE WITH AN ACROBATIC DIVING HEADER. ONE PLAYER NOT MENTIONED YET IS ROUSE WHO WAS LIVELY THROUGHOUT, HAVING HIS BEST GAME OF THE SEASON. SO, TO THE TEAM TODAY, DAVIS, MARSH, DAWSON, POINTER, MAY, GARLICK, WINGY, ROUSE, AGER, DAWSON AND PIKE I THANK YOU FOR OUR WIN AND SALUTE YOU ALL.

18/10/03

SOUTHBROOK 11 TRAILERS 1

THIS WAS ACTUALLY A GAME THAT STARTED QUITE BRIGHTLY FOR THE TRAILERS. THE GAME STARTED WELL FOR THEM AS THEY WERE PLAYING WITH GREAT CONFIDENCE. BOTH FEENEY AND GARLICK MISSED EARLY CHANCES BEFORE THE 'BROOK OPENED THE SCORING. A LONG SHOT TOOK A WICKED BOUNCE OFF THE HARD GROUND TO DECEIVE DAVIS PLAYING IN GOAL FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS SEASON. AN EARLY INJURY FORCED A SUBSTITUTION SAW PIKE COMING ON UP FRONT AND HE ALMOST SCORED THE EQUALISER WITH HIS FIRST TOUCH. CONTROLLING A CROSS ON HIS THIGH, HE TURNED AND VOLLEYED A FIRST TIME SHOT INCHES OVER THE BAR. UNFORTUNATELY THE SECOND SOUTHBROOK GOAL WAS NOT FAR AWAY AS A LONG CROSS WENT INTO THE BOX AND WAS NODDED IN BY THE BIG FORWARD. AT HALF TIME THE MOOD WAS STILL UPBEAT AS THE BOYS FELT THEY COULD GET BACK INTO IT. THIS OPTIMISM WAS SHORT LIVED AS SOUTHBROOK RATTLED IN THREE QUICK GOALS WITHOUT REPLY. ALL THE FIGHTING SPIRIT DRAINED VISIBLY AND IT GOT WORSE AND WORSE AS SOUTHBROOK SEEMED TO BE ABLE TO SCORE AT WILL. EVENTUALLY THE TRAILERS DID GET THEIR CONSOLATION GOAL AND IT WAS WELL WORTH THE WAIT. AS THE BALL RAN FREE TO THE EDGE OF THE BOX PIKE DRILLED A LEFT FOOTED THUNDERBOLT INTO THE ROOF OF THE NET. BUT FOR THAT ONE BRIGHT LIGHT THIS IS ANOTHER GAME THAT'S BEST FORGOTTEN AS WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE CUP NEXT WEEK.

PIKE CELEBRATES HIS GOAL

25/10/03

COUNTY GROUND 8 TRAILERS O

THINGS DIDN'T GO AS BADLY AS THE SCORE MIGHT SUGGEST IN THIS CUP TIE AND IT TOOK ALMOST 1/2 Hr FOR THE PREMIERSHIP OUTFIT TO OPEN THE SCORING. NEW SIGNINGS BLICK,SLACK AND KENDRICK ALL LOOKED KEEN TO IMPRESS THE GAFFER. UNFORTUNATELY KENDRICK  LIMPED OFF AFTER ONLY 15 Mins. JUST PAST THE HALFWAY POINT IN THE FIRST HALF TRAILERS SUFFERED ANOTHER BLOW AS THE DOMINANT BLICK WAS INVOLVED IN A SICKENING CLASH OF HEADS. ALTHOUGH HE CARRIED ON VALIANTLY HE WAS CLEARLY DAZED AND CONFUSED, AND AFTER FAILING TO ATTEMPT A CLEARANCE WHICH LED TO THE SECOND GOAL ,HE COLLAPSED IN A HEAP ON THE FLOOR. OBVIOUSLY IN SOME DISTRESS HE WAS CARRIED OFF THE PITCH AND AN AMBULANCE WAS CALLED TO TAKE HIM TO HOSPITAL. WE WISH JOHN ALL THE BEST FOR A SPEEDY RECOVERY. WITH BLICK GOING OFF A RESHUFFLE WAS NEEDED AND POYNTER MOVED INTO THE CENTRE WITH TAYLOR  MOVING TO LEFT BACK. THE COUNTY GROUND WERE QUICK TO CAPITALISE ON THESE UNFORTUNATE INJURIES AND SHOWED NO MERCY AS THEY SCORED ANOTHER 3 GOALS BEFORE HALF TIME. 5-0 DOWN AND YOU'D THINK THE TRAILERS WOULD BE DOWNBEAT BUT THEY WEREN'T AND ALTHOUGH THEY WERE ON A HIDING TO NOTHING. THEY FOUGHT LIKE TIGERS AND LIMITED THE COUNTY GROUND TO ONLY ONE GOAL UNTIL THE LAST FIVE MINUTES  WHEN THE BIG No 6, WHO HAD CONTROLLED THE GAME, GOT HIS REWARD WITH 2 CLASSY STRIKES. SO ONCE AGAIN BEATEN BUT PLENTY OF GOOD CAME OUT OF THIS GAME.

  01/11/03

SOUTH MARSTON 3 TRAILERS 2

A DISAPPOINTING LOSS IN A GAME THAT WAS THERE FOR THE TAKING. TRAILERS STARTED OFF WELL PLAYING SOME GREAT FOOTBALL AND PASSING THE BALL WELL. THEY TOOK THE LEAD ON TWENTY MINUTES WHEN A SUPERB MOVE WAS FINISHED OFF BY THE NEW BOY (NAME TO FOLLOW) MARSTON QUICKLY CAME BACK INTO THE GAME AND WERE AWARDED A DUBIOUS PENALTY WHICH WAS CALMLY SLOTTED AWAY BEYOND THE DESPAIRING DIVE OF PIKE  BACK IN HIS MORE ACCUSTOMED ROLE OF GOALKEEPER. THEY THEN WENT 2-1 UP WITH AN UNSTOPPABLE VOLLEY FROM THE EDGE OF THE AREA. 5 MINS BEFORE HALF TIME FORCED THE INTRODUCTION OF DAVIS AND THIS HAD AN IMMEDIATE EFFECT AS HE PROVIDED A GREAT CROSS FOR GARLICK TO NOD IN FROM CLOSE RANGE. THE SECOND HALF WAS A SCRAPPY AFFAIR WITH NIETHER TEAM FIND A CONSISTENT RHYTHM. THE INTRODUCTION OF NEW SIGNING GARLICK DIDN'T PROVIDE THE MISSING SPARK, PERHAPS PLAYING OUT OF POSITION AT LEFT BACK. AS THE GAME DREW ON IT LOOKED LIKE A DRAW WAS ON THE CARDS, BUT ONE FREAK INCIDENT WAS TO SETTLE IT. AS THE BALL BROKE TO THE MARSTON LEFT THE WINGER TRIED TO WHIP IN A QUICK CROSS. THE BALL SLICED OFF THE OUTSIDE OF HIS FOOT AND LOOPED OVER THE DESPAIRING DIVE OF PIKE. THEIR WAS STILL TIME FOR THE TRAILERS AND THEY HAD SEVERAL CHANCES TO PULL THE SCORES LEVEL. GARLICK WENT COSE WITH A COUPLE OF HEADERS AND ROUSE  SAW A FINE EFFORT REBOUND OFF THE BAR. EVEN IN INJURY TIME THE TRAILERS COULD HAVE HAD AN EQUALISER BUT A FREE KICK FROM THE EDGE OF THE BOX WAS HIT TAMELY INTO THE WALL. A GAME THAT GOT AWAY THIS WEEK BUT THE SIGNS ARE THERE THAT THE TEAM COULD START TO BUILD ON THEIR POOR START AND KEEP CLEAR OF THE RELEGATION DOGFIGHT.

15/11/03

SPECTRUM 5 TRAILERS 8

WELL WHAT A GAME AND WHAT A DIFFERENCE TO LAST WEEK. THE TRAILERS SHOWED ALL THEIR BATTLING QUALITIES TO COME OUT OF THIS WITH 3 POINTS.THE LEAD CHANGING HANDS SEVERAL TIMES AND THE RESULT IN DOUBT UNTIL THE LATTER STAGES. ALL STARTED WELL FOR THE TRAILERS WHEN AGAR SCORED TO MAKE IT 1-0. THEN KENDRICK SCORED TO MAKE IT 2. THE TRAILERS WERE ON FIRE. THEN DISASTER AS THREE QUICK GOALS WERE CONCEDED WITHOUT REPLY. WE HAD GONE FROM WORLDBEATERS TO NO HOPERS IN THE SPACE OF 20 MINUTERS. JUST BEFORE HALF TIME AGAR SCORED AGAIN TO KEEP US IN IT. THE SECOND HALF STARTED POORLY FOR US AND WE SOON CONCEEDED 2 MORE QUICK GOALS. (THIS SEEMS TO BE A PATTERN THIS SEASON) 5-3 DOWN AND THE GAME WAS GONE..........OR WAS IT BECAUSE WHEN I BLINKED A BUS DELIVERED A NEW SET OF WORLDBEATERS. WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED WAS THAT PIKE MADE A SUBSTITUTION THAT TURNED THE GAME ON IT'S HEAD. OFF CAME THE YOUNG FELLA UP FRONT TO BE REPLACED BY TAYLOR WHO WOULD SLIP INTO RIGHT MIDFIELD TO OFFER SOME PROTECTION TO SLACK AT RIGHT BACK WHO WAS HAVING A TORRID TIME. CHAPPLE WOULD MOVE FROM RIGHT MIDFIELD TO PARTNER GARLICK UP FRONT. THIS CHANGED WORKED RIGHT AWAY WITH DAWSON NETTING HIS FIRSTOF THE GAME. THAT MADE IT 5-4. THEN GARLICK, ENJOYING THE SUPPORT OF  HIS NEW PARTNER NETTED. 5-5. DAWSON THEN ADDED HIS SECOND 6-5 UP. SOON AFTER A LONG KICK BY PIKE CAUSED HAVOC WHICH RESULTED IN THE DEFENDER PUTTING THROUGH HIS OWN NET.7-5. THE LAST GOAL OWED A LOT TO GARLICK'S BRAVERY AS HE CHASED A LONG PUNT.HE ONLY HAD EYES FOR THE BALL AND DIDN'T NOTICE THE 'KEEPER COMING OFF HIS LINE. HE JUST GOT HIS TOE TO THE BALL AND NUDGED IT GOALBOUND AS THE 'KEEPER MADE HIS CHALLENGE AND FINISHED UP IN A HEAP ON THE FLOOR. WHAT A FINISH AND WHAT A GAME. 8-5 THANKS LADS!!! ONE FINAL POINT OF NOTE THOUGH, AFTER WHAT CAN ONLY BE DESCRIBED AS THE WORST FOUL THROW IN HISTORY BY TAYLOR I THINK WE ALL NEED SOME EXTRA TRAINING.  

  13/12/03

DEERS LEAP 9 TRAILERS 1

WELL, NOT REALLY A LOT TO SAY ABOUT THIS ONE APART TO MENTION THE STUNNING STRIKE FROM PIKE WHO AGAIN HAD TO PLAY UP FRONT DUE TO ABSENCE.

20/12/04

TRAILERS 1 BARRON HEATING 12

ANOTHER DISASTROUS DEFEAT AND INDEED PERFORMANCE BY THE TRAILERS. THINGS STARTED OFF POORLY WITH THE TRAILERS CONCEDING A GOAL STRAIGHT FROM THE KICK OFF. THINGS GOT WORSE AS THE TRAILERS DEFENCE GAVE AWAY SOME EARLY CHRISTMAS PRESENTS INCLUDING 3, YES 3 OWN GOALS. ROUSE WAS THE UNLUCKIEST WITH 2. THE FIRST HE CLEARED FROM THE LINE STRAIGHT ONTO THE BAR AND INTO THE NET. THE SECOND HE COULD DO NOTHING ABOUT AS DAVIS, WHO  HAD COME BACK TO HELP HIS FRAIL DEFENCE SMASHED THE BALL AGAINST ROUSE AND IT DEFLECTED INTO THE CORNER. THE TRAILERS PLIGHT WAS MADE WORSE AT HALF TIME WHEN 'KEEPER PIKE LIMPED OFF WITH A THIGH STRAIN. MAY TOOK OVER IN GOAL AND MADE SOME CRACKING SAVES WHICH PREVENTED THE SCORE LINE BEING  EVEN WORSE. EVENTUALLY THE TRAILERS GOT A CONSOLATION GOAL THROUGH CHAPPLE WHO DEFLECTED A SHOT INTO THE CORNER. LASTING MEMORY OF THIS GAME HAS TO BE WHEN MAY , A RIGHT FOOTER, DECIDED HE WAS STRUGGLING WITH HIS KICKING SO WHEN TRAILERS GOT A FREE KICK ON THE LEFT EDGE OF THE BOX, HE DECIDED TO HAVE A GO WITH HIS LEFT. HE SLICED THE BALL STRAIGHT OUT OF PLAY AND WITHIN SECONDS A QUICK THROW IN WAS TAKEN AND A GOAL HAD BEEN SCORED. IT HAS SINCE BEEN RECOMMENDED   TO MAY THAT HE  USES HIS LEFT FOOT TO STAND ON ONLY.

 HAPPY CHRISTMAS AND HERE'S TO A WINNING NEW YEAR