Cheam M3s 2 - 1 Old Reigatians M2s

There was confusion in the air on a beautifully hot afternoon in SM3. Men, Women, Children... all presented with the disturbing sight of 11 grown men engaging in a deranged sit-down warm-up ritual in front of the Nonsuch School for Girls main entrance.

With the Keddie Fiddler away, the warm-up was open to new ideas from contributing squad members. However, a letter from the Sutton and Cheam Police Force has ensured that this will never be allowed to happen again in public places.

And so it was a well limbered up, if slightly make-shift XI that lined up to try to make it 12 wins in a row.

Old Reigatians started the game positively, and after soaking up some early Cheam pressure, bundled the ball home after an untidy scrap in the D. A goal down, the heroes sprung into life and equalised within 90 seconds through a 50th goal of the season for Goalman. Yes, the league has been frequently lacking this season, but 50 goals is a terrific achievement for the captain, averaging 2.9 goals per game in the 17 matches he has played in.

Perhaps many assumed that the floodgates would open at this point, as has often been the case this season. However, we were sloppy in the final third, with indecision and poor first touches in the D allowing their defence the opportunity to make some excellent last-ditch challenges.

1-1 at half time, and we were confident of getting the winner, but as the minutes passed in the second half, it was starting to feel as though it could be one of those days. Time for Brandi to step up. With two short corner near misses already logged, there was no mistake with the third, as he coolly dispatched what turned out to be the winner. Several gilt-edge chances came and went, including one shocking open-goal miss from previous hero Fisty.

Thankfully ORs didn't threaten in the second half as Cheam dominated. Blossom was left to endure another touch-free half. That lad just hasn't gotten involved enough this season. Another 3 points registered in what has been a fine season at home for the Tweed Brigade: 10 wins from 10. Well done to everyone involved.

Post-match, it was a thoroughly dismayed Blossom who received another DotD victory, allegedly for trying to exploit a loophole in the Cheam drinking circle's anti-pointing rules by tapping his fingers together. Desperate stuff; particularly as there were a number of strong candidates this week:
i) Brandi - Has characterised an otherwise fine returning season by tainting the hallowed astroturf with 'rubbish' aerials. Keen to plunge new depths, Brandi decided that this would be the week where an aerial into a crowded D was a good idea.
ii) Fisty - Decided to balance out his scoring record by tempering his four-goal haul from last week with one of the misses of the season.
iii) Goalman - For failing to order teas for the home side. AGAIN.
iv) Bender - For remembering his playing kit, but forgetting the clobber that really matters.
v) Ted - Kicked the ball more times than Karolak during the game. I know that normally doesn't equate to a large number of standing-hand touches, but Ted had a rare 'day off'.

MotM went to Big Gun. Not sure why. Probably for all round awesomeness.

Beers were flowing well in the bar afterwards until the 1st XI decided to get us involved with their Team Social via mis-firing forward Seb's dice game '3-Man'. The heroes in Tweed promptly bossed it and sobered up, while the 1s skulked away, their social then converting into a selection meeting...

Hugs and kisses.
Big Gun