Cheam M3s 6 - 1 Bank of England M3s

When Mark Carney became the Governor of the Bank of England in 2013, one of his priorities would have been to strengthen the organisation's hockey section, which has been on the wane ever since Big Gun left for Cheam in 2006.

The memo he'd have recieved informing him of their 3rd XI's unexpected victory over our heroes in November was undoubtedly a highlight of his current tenure. However, the men in tweed were keen for revenge this time around, even if was was against a completely different set of players.

We started the game incredibly quickly and were 2-0 up within 5 minutes. Bank pulled a goal back with a short corner, their first and last shot of the match. Sadly Krish never quite got round to logging as planned, and the ball squirmed through his legs. We added a third goal before half time, but were determined to step up another gear in the second half.

Three more goals came before the finish. A comfortable victory against a Bank team who battled gamely til the end; but in reality, we should have had more. There were a few moans from the Bank players towards the umpire, as though she was somehow the reason they were 5 goals down. However, those bankers don't like regulation do they?

Scorers: Goalman x 3, Powell x 1, Brandi x 1 and Buchols x 1.

Highlights:
1) Brandi - Managed to replicate his goal vs Goan almost exactly, by meandering his way into the opposition D, looking for a pass, finding nothing, and instead crashing the ball into the corner.

2) Mike Brown - The man is a machine when it comes to consistency. Whether its 15-0 or 3-0, he always weighs in with his one goal, before taking the rest of the afternoon off.

3) Big Gun - Normally try to avoid talking about myself (I'm not big-time enough for that), but a run from half way to the opposition back line 'rolled back the years' and resulted in numerous plaudits, and incredibly sore hamstrings on Sunday morning.

4) Bender - After putting on a brave face last week when Dom constantly tried to sub him off, Cheam's favourite white-collared punching bag was asked to fill in at left back and did a sterling job.

5) Buchols - The only man at the club who could pull off wearing no tie post-match, and still get a double-helping of teas. A style icon.

6) Bev - The king of chat last week versus the one-armed umpire. This week his tackling did the talking with a fine display at the back.

MotM: Big Gun - Got rewarded for the run mentioned above. In reality, it was a beauty contest.

DotD: A close-run thing between two top contenders:

Birthday boy Fisty - who decided that the safest way to approach a day with a mammoth drinking session planned in his honour post-match, would be to engage in some epic goal-avoidance.

Blossom - This guy is fast becoming the new Shashi. Having (rightly) pulled out of the match due to a niggling groin strain, Poland's padded prince was caught out when spotted pre-match waving his stick around with gusto in the company of Maloney. Such a brazen act could not go unpunished, and he was rightly ordered to don a self-inflating schlong post-match.

Avoid defeat in the next fixture, and Division 1 beckons near season. Probably not a good week to win DotD...
See you then.
BG