COWHC Ladies 1s vs Surrey Spartans Ladies 1s - 25th March 2017
We won 5 - 4 Report by Rachel
It had all come down to this - a must win relegation battle showdown with Surrey Spartans. With Spartans sitting just 1 point above us, the only way we could guarantee safety was to take home all 3 points.
Our last encounter had been fairly even, ending in a 1-1 draw. Since then we knew we had progressed, we knew we had gelled as a team and we knew we could win. What we didn't know, was what a tight and hard fought battle it would be...
Match stats:
Fixtures secretaries who confused fixture dates: 1
Changing rooms: 16
Waitrose cards exchanged to get access to said changing rooms: 1
Players stuck in traffic: 13 (plus 1 coach and 1 supporter)
Players present in pre-game stretch circle: 2
Minutes pushback delayed: 15
Minutes captain and coach arrived before pushback: 1
Total Goals : 9 (Home 4, Away 5)
Goals scored by us in first 10 minutes: 3
Goals conceded by us in subsequent 10 minutes: 2
Times we held a 2 goal lead: 4
Times opposition reduced our 2 goal lead to a single goal lead: 3
Near heart attacks: 15
Perfectly executed turns in front of goal: 1
Goals from short corners: 1
COWHC players Spartan's number 54 ran past to score the home side's 2nd goal: 4
Impressively worked team goals: 1
Goalkeeping blunders from opposition to gift us crucial 5th goal: 1
Green cards: 1
Perfectly executed aerials: 1
Shots to crotch: 1
Presentation of bruises to umpires: 1
Number of COWHC players behind ball in final 10 minutes: 11
Alex's special hits of the back line: 4 (first half 3, second half 1)
Hugs after full time whistle: 20
Celebratory phone calls home: 1
Winners photos taken: 5
Camera memory cards forgotten: 1
Lies told about forgotten memory card: 7
Examples of incorrect grammar discussed post-game: 8
Portions of chips consumed: 10
Goals needed to win PoM: 2
Ecstatically happy players who were reliving the game for days to come: 13 (plus 1 coach and 1 supporter).**
POM votes were Alex and Dicko 0.5 each, Lbell 1.5, Rachel 3, Emer 4 and Hannah 5.5.
A huge thank you to Roachie and Matt for experiencing the rollercoaster of emotions with us, and to Emma who played her last official game for the mighty COWs.
**Match reports that will need to be rewritten if the league decides to relegate 3 teams: 1