10/01/04

BLYSCKAWICA 1 TRAILERS 3

WELL A NEW YEAR AND A GREAT WIN FOR THE BOYS. A STRONG TURNOUT MEANT SELECTION HEADACHES FOR DAWSON BUT A TEAM WAS PICKED AND THE VICTORY WAS ACHIEVED.TRAILERS WERE ON TOP FROM THE START WITH FEENEY WASTING A HATFUL OF 1ST HALF CHANCES.(HE CERTAINLY WONT TOP THE SCORING CHARTS WITH FINISHING LIKE THIS).EVENTUALLY THE BREAKTHROUGH CAME WHEN TRUMAN SWAPPED WITH CHAPPELL AND FOLLOWING A BALL FROM THE LATTER, THE FORMER POWERED A SHOT INTO THE CORNER OF THE NET. THE STORY FOR THE NEXT HOUR WAS ABOUT MISSED CHANCES FOR THE TRAILERS, WITH FEENEY GOING CLOSE ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS, BUT FINDING THE 'KEEPER IN INSPIRING FORM. AS ALWAYS HAPPENS IN GAMES LIKE THIS, THE TEAM UNDER THE COSH GET A BREAK AND END UP SCORING AN EQUALISER. IMMEDIATELY DAWSONjnr CAME ON AS SUB' AND WITHIN MINUTES TRAILERS WERE BACK IN FRONT. A SOMEWHAT FLUKEY GOAL AS  THE SUB' CROSSED FROM THE LEFT THE 'KEEPER MADE WHAT WAS PROBABLY HIS ONE BLUNDER AND THE BALL FLOATED OVER AND INTO THE NET. THE VICTORY WAS SEALED A FEW MINUTES LATER WHEN CHAPPELL FIRED HOME FROM CLOSE RANGE.

17/01/04

TRAILERS 1 SOUTHBROOK 10

THE TEAMTALK PRIOR TO THIS GAME HIGHLIGHTED THE NEED TO KEEP IT TIGHT EARLY ON AND SURE ENOUGH WITHIN MINUTES TRAILERS WERE ONE DOWN. SOON IT WAS 2 AS THE TRAILERS STRUGGLED TO FIND ANY RHYTHM AT ALL. IN FACT THE VICTORY WAS PROBABLY EASIER THAN THE SCORELINE SUGGESTS.

07/02/04

TRAILERS 3 SPECTRUM 4

WELL  THIS WAS THE LOWPOINT OF THE SEASON SO FAR. FROM THE START THE SPECTRUM LADS HAD MORE FIRE AND COMMITMENT AND DESERVEDLY TOOK AN EARLY LEAD WHEN PIKE WAS LOBBED AFTER ROUSE HAD BEEN DISPOSESSED ON THE EDGE OF HIS OWN BOX. TRAILERS WERE FINDING IT DIFFICULT TO PUT 2 PASSES TOGETHER AND WHEN THEY EVENTUALLY DID IT LED TO AN EQUALISER THROUGH FEENEY.AFTER SOME GREAT WORK ON THE RIGHT THE BALL WAS WHIPPED INTO THE BOX WHERE TAYLER WAS WAITING.HE,HOWEVER MISSED THE BALL AND IT RAN WIDE LEFT WHERE IT WAS PICKED UP BY FEENEY WHO SHIMMIED LEFT AND RIGHT BEFORE UNLEASHING AN UNSTOPPABLE DRIVE INTO THE CORNER.A GREAT FIRST GOAL OF THE SEASON FOR THE VETERAN STRIKER.UNFORTUNATELY THEY COULD NOT BUILD ON THIS AND  THEY WERE TO PAY WHEN SPECTRUM BROKE AWAY AND SCORED A SECOND.POINTER WAS BRUSHED ASIDE BY THE BIG LAD UP FRONT AND HE ROUNDED THE 'KEEPER FOR A GREAT SOLO STRIKE. THERE WAS JUST ENOUGH TIME FOR TRAILERS TO SCORE AGAIN BEFORE HALF TIME. AGAIN IT WAS FEENEY  WAS SCORED BUT THIS TIME SOMEWHAT FORTUITOUSLY AS THE BALL REBOUNDED OFF HIM INTO THE MET. 2-2 AT HALF TIME SO NOT TOO BAD. THE SECOND HALF HOWEVER WAS PROBABLY THE WORST HALF OF FOOTBALL I'VE EVER SEEN TRAILERS PLAY. THERE WAS NO COHESION, NO FIGHTING SPIRIT, NO SKILL, NO NOTHING REALLY AND AFTER A SILLY AND NEEDLESS FREE KICK GIVEN AWAY ON THE EDGE OF THE BOX,  SPECTRUM SCORED THIER 3RD GOAL THROUGH A STOOPING HEADER AT THE NEAR POST. THE FOURTH WAS NOT LONG IN COMING AS AGAIN THE TRAILERS DEFENCE WAS SPLIT INTO SHREDS. A CONSOLATION GOAL FROM GARLICK WAS NOT ENOUGH TO LIFT  THE TRAILERS AND AS THE FINAL WHISTLE BLEW THE SPECTRUM PLAYERS THREW THEIR ARMS INTO THE AIR TO CELEBRATE THEIR 1st VICTORY OF THE SEASON. AND MUCH DESERVED IT WAS!!