Sunday, May 31, 2009

Astoria Gaels vs. Gotham Argo

Astoria Gaels 2 - 2 Gotham Argo
Randall's Island field #74
Time: 10am (game didn't kickoff until 10:37am)

----- match report by Troy Strike

The game kicked off even before the whistle blew, the referee showed a red card for one of the Astoria Gaels for allegedly pulling his pants down and ‘mooning’ the ref. "Believe it or not" was the theme of the game as throughout the match there were very strange & bizarre decisions which left both teams completely baffled? Unfortunately, the pre-game ‘clap up’ as they do in Gridiron (American Football) didn’t help as it wasn’t one of Argo’s best games. However, to everyone’s credit we all battled hard to earn a 2-2 draw coming back from 2-0 down in the first half.

Kevin Gordon scored first to start the mighty comeback in the 2nd half! About 15 mins later, the referee pointed for a free-kick in favor of Astoria Gaels but then he pointed the other way in our favor leaving the opposition flat footed and off guard. Jeremy Newton got the ball and was like a thief in the night, pinching the 2nd goal. 2-2 is where it ended unfortunately as we had shots after shots but the ball just wouldn’t go in (I don’t think we could of even scored in a brothel – so to speak) Their goalkeeper was an outfield player who got injured and was limping around the goal like and they had a man down towards the end so frustrating we didn’t win but we showed alot of ticker to come back and draw.

The End.

Ps – We had Jim Beck play for us from Gotham Silver, he had a great game and was putting in some big tackles until he got ‘kicked in the nut’ (his words, not mine) and proceeded to become the Incredible Hulk! He was the typical Bruce Banner type, mild mannered and polite but once agitated he turned green and became super human so beware those who come across his rage! Long live the raaaaaaaaaagggggggggggeeeeeeeeeeeeee.

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