With five rounds left of the normal season still to play in the Broome Soccer Association Broomedesliga, the congestion at the top doesn’t seem to be thinning.
UN Barbarians and Racing Guantanamo are locked on nine points each, while Sporting Guantanamo and the Travelling Royals are still only three points behind.
Round three’s match of the round saw Racing Guantanamo pitted against old foes, the Travelling Royals. With Royals captain Richard Brunger sidelined, it was up to former
The Royals however, were on the back foot early, as the fluid passing of Mighty Orange players Martin Kessler and Raiko Kiudmaa cut their defence time and time again.
Only some unlucky finishing from
However it wasn’t to be, as
In the other match for top spot, the UN Barbarians announced the return of the Biggest Name in Broome Soccer, Jimmy Asimacopolous who inspired them to a 16-4 win over young guns
Asimacopolous took a hat-trick to announce his return, while Amir Hammac proved that he could also grab the headlines with seven goals of his own.
Hobbits FC launched their new-look strip before their game, proudly modelled by Andy McDonald, before they took to the field against a Sanga side itching to avenge last week’s loss.
A hat-trick from Emmanuel Navarette was enough to sink the Hobbits, who will be proud with their efforts, despite being pipped 7-5.
In the last match of the round, Sporting Guantanamo kicked their bid for a finals berth up another notch as they brushed aside Jiminies FC 14-6.
Luke Turner scored a whopping eight goals for the Mighty Orange, while Tong Klahan impressed for Jiminies, scoring one goal in the process.
With the UN Barbarians firming as favourites for the championship with the signing of Asimacopolous and Racing Guantanamo right up there with them, it will be an interesting race to the title in the next few weeks.
A little harsh on words there about the Royals game mate,On the back foot early? Didnt the royals start with the first two goals,some strong tackles and great crosses,can you please be a bit fair when writing next time as I enjoy reading this site.
ReplyDeleteYou can tell some body from Racing writes this.
ReplyDeleteWith the exception of Mike and Mon, somebody from Racing does almost everything in the league. I'm sure if you wanted to help out with the write ups each week they would be more than happy to oblige you.
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure you were watching the same match - Racing were all over Royals at the start - they went two-nil up through a couple of counters...
ReplyDeleteThat would qualify the "started on the back foot" remark.
Racing didnt have the royals on the backfoot at all. they could not break them down for 10 to 15 mins and if it wasnt for some heroic goalkeeping from Gaz it could have been 3 or 4 nil to the royals. anyone that accually knows football will tell you that if your are 2-0 up inside 10 mins you have NOT been on the back foot! as much as i hate saying it the italians are the best in the business at this. they soak up pressure and still win. i think the words should not be "on the back foot" but should be "defended solid and managed to TAKE there chances and go 2 goals ahead"
ReplyDeletehow can you say defended solid? racing had about 10 shots in the first 10mins, had a few just sail wide, a couple blocked on the line etc etc....i don't think that the royals "soaked up the pressure", they merely hung on for dear life and were lucky to catch racing on the break....
ReplyDeleteUntil we meet again,love it when two teams beat each other up,keep it up I say,we need a good rivalry like this.Who ever started better the result stands and it was a bloody good match.
ReplyDeleteChris Stainton
The racing and royals game was pretty close,could have gone either way.5-4. Nice sportmanship on the field. Great playing considering the heat.
ReplyDeleteRe- perceived monopoly on write-ups
To keep up a positive vibe and avoid a monopoly of opinion consider a team write-up rotation during the winter season. Last year one of the writers was pretty cruel bagging one of the teams week after week.
Rotating the write-ups will balance out the power of writers have who are also players, refs and or committee members.
At the very least if you don't have something nice to say about another team don't write it.
In true sport writing style please list all players names and their goal tally not just some. Anon