1 pm, 21/08/2011

Our goal difference boosting game against a win-less Curtin almost turned into a nightmare this weekend as they managed to slip two goals past us in the first 20 minutes and hold on for grim death for most of the game. The game started predictably with Brett quickly getting on the end of one and putting it in the back of the net, we all took this as a sign of things to come and started licking our lips and dreaming about how many goals it was possible to score in a game limited to 90 minutes. However minutes later a good through ball for Curtin set up their striker and a miss kick fooled goal keeper Banksy as the ball trickled in off the post to level the scores.

Another quick one from Curtin saw us looking at a 1-2 deficit for pretty much the remainder of the match, we couldn’t buy a goal until the last 10-15 mins when a hand ball penalty handed Graham an opportunity, fortunately some good ball control allowed him to collect his own rebound and bang it home, 2-2, game on.

Again we battled to seize the final elusive goal as Curtin hung on for dear life and hoofed the ball away at every opportunity. Finally it came from a great cross (apologies, I’m not sure who was responsible) to the head of Clyde who got some impressive hang-time and steered the ball into the net to seal the deal at 3-2. A lucky escape for us, but we can take away that we fought tooth and nail for the entire game and didn’t lose our heads.

Mark O (VC)