Venue: Stanley Park

After last weeks disappointment in the cup FC Excelsior were ready to sacrifice bottom of the league Brun Grove to make amends.

With four games remaining the season is well and truly coming to an end. Could our growing injury list get any worse before the season is out?

You’d have thought not.

With John Evan (leg break), Carey Baird (cruciate), Scholes (knee) and Fiss (stitches) all out of action you would
have thought our bad run of injuries would be over.

Unfortunately, for Millsy mainly, it was not. A small hill in his goal mouth has caused him the freakiest of injuries. One dislocated ankle and one broken leg.

The pitches at Stanley Park need addressing.

4-4-2 was today’s formation. Mills in nets. Back quartet right to left, returning to the starting side Clarkey, Ross, Andy Mac and Neil. Midfield Mercer, George, Daz Woz and Dance Mat. Upfront our dueling duo Wozzer and Sean.

With 5 goals separating the two strikers, the race to finish as the clubs 2007/2008 top goal scorer was well and truly on.

With Fiss missing, George took responsibility of the arm band and what a sterling job he did. After ten minutes of condemning the Brun to their own box, Captain George took the game by the scruff of the neck and set the standard for the rest of the team.

A whipped Mercer corner to the back post was forced home off George’s head. 1-0 us.

More pressure followed. Brun were starting to show why they are propping up the league table. Struggling to find each other with some lack luster passing, ever so slightly out of shape and feeling the Excelsior pressure they leaked 2 more.

The first was a rather intelligent goal from Lonsdale. Sean received the ball on the edge of the Brun’s box and was forced out to the touch line. As Sean shaped to square the ball the keeper readied himself to collect by coming off his line leaving a nice opening for a Lonsdale outside of the boot finish between keeper and near post.

2-0 us and Lonsdale 6 goals clear of Wozzer.

Wozzer made it 3 after a great through ball from his brother, Daz Woz. Running on to the ball and finishing well. Bringing the difference between himself and Sean back to 5 and putting the game past the Brun Grove.

Half time 3-0. Some nice stuff played in the first half. The message was more of the same.

It was not long before Wozzer got his hatter and our forth and fifth of the day. More solo running at a back line that has been breached more times than a group four prison and the hat trick was complete.

Wozzer was having a great day at their expense, pace and power proved the difference (and probably a metric tonne in weight).

Job almost done and looking like the first clean sheet of the season. A nice Brun through ball eluded our back line, allowing their striker to nip in and finish past Mills. This is when Mills picked up his injury, running to meet the striker and having to come to a sudden stop on the incline.

After a change in personnel, an ambulance visit and Steve Gaffer taking the gloves we were ready to re start the game with the score 5-1.

We would have taken one conceded and said good effort but Steve has not been in nets for some time and was leaking like a Bride on her honeymoon.

One went in from a corner and the other a 30 yard chip from the ever lasting Mumrah, Wai Tsang.

5-3

Wozzer grabbed us another after a great move involving young Danny, Scholes, Sean, Mercer and Wozzer, who applied the tap in finish. Another 6-3 victory - you come to an Excelsior game and you get goals.

Man of the Match – Craig Worrell. Four goals and gave the Brun Grove back line a nightmare.

Neil worked as hard as ever and deserves a mention under this title, good effort from young Danny and Mercer had a quality first half.

Get well soon to Millsy. The suspected broken toe nail turned out to be a broken leg and dislocated ankle. I knew it was serious straight away.

Didn’t I Merce???!!!???

Well done fellas. Not the best football played today but job done and 3 points in the bag. We’ve moved up to a respectable position in the league however I still feel we will be branded as under achievers and in my opinion, rightly so.

Well done again lads.

Fiss – looking forward to awards night and the all day bender that will become it.