Ah, Redhill away. With the season end
fast approaching, thoughts of promotion or relegation long gone, a
dreary weather forecast for the afternoon and Tony Vance having
already spoken of 'experimentation', it promised little as a
spectacle.
In spite of the promise, and
notwithstanding the traditional Bank Holiday weekend railway woes, we
approached Kiln Brown in good spirit. Firstly it turned out that the
gloomy weather forecast for the afternoon had been booked to travel
on Condor Liberation, so was nowhere to be seen. Next up our
gathering point, The Garland (public house), turned out to be the
real ale gem we hoped – definitely worth a return visit if we get
the chance next season.
Whilst there the talk was of the
potential signing of person(s) from lands outside of the Bailiwick of
Guernsey. Without exception those present were of the view that
players must be living/working in Guernsey to be eligible to sign and
play for Guernsey FC.
When we got to Kiln Brow it seemed that
green was the order of the day rather than the home side's red,
bolstered by a few motley characters over from the rock for the day.
The match went like this:
The first third of the game saw GFC's
experimental formation (which, from our vantage point behind the goal
was difficult to discern) struggle to cope with elements of the game
such as movement, passing, defending. Redhill looked much more hungry
and competent. Frankie bloody Sawyer scored (against us, again) a
fine goal to put the Lobsters 1 up but we did also see GFC start to
get a grip on proceedings.
A correctly awarded penalty was
dispatched with aplomb by Ross Allen and we had one or two gilt edged
chances to take the lead. Crusher McGrath was running his socks off
and giving it 100% on his 100th appearance but it wasn't
happening for him in front of goal. It may have been gently pointed
out to Crusher that his boots might have been the problem (he had the
one blue/one pink 'pair' on).
Other highlights from the first half
included Redhill boss Mike Maher being 'sent to the stand', although
this being non-league it meant nothing at all. Then there was the
Redhill sub taking a comfort break against the perimeter fence behind
the dugouts. He could have at least found a gate and gone out of
sight like the rest of us.
Half two saw a Crusher get a tidy goal
shortly before being pulled off by TV (one way top celebrate a goal I
suppose) and a very late equaliser by Redhill which I missed (comfort
break!). If you watch the GFCTV highlights on the club website you
will see Crusher giving us a fitting riposte to our views on his
boots.
Still, at least I knew the result when
the ref blew the final whistle, unlike a Mr Jag Hoobs of somehere oop
North (we changed Jack Hobbs name to avoid embarrassment).
Keep it Green
Allez
les Verts!!
