MAFIA WIPE FLOOR WITH PARK….AGAIN!

Sunday, 8^th, April, 2001

Castle Park 4-17 Railway Mafia

                                         Waring (2)                    Myers (11)!!!

                                        C.Headlam                   Roe (3)

                                        Owen                            T.Cummins

                                                                              Tabner (pen)

                                                                              Weatherhead

 

The Railway Mafia once again defeated Castle Park this time at the Showfield.

 

Despite the return of all-time top scorer Paul Elgey, it was Mafia’s Ryan Myers who stole the show by breaking the goals in a game record when he netted ELEVEN times!!!

 

Big bad Ben Roe netted his first ever hat-trick and newcomers Terry Cummins and Ed Tabner were also on the scoresheet.

 

The one bright spot for Castle Park was a superbly struck 25 yard drive from captain Paul Owen which delighted the two small children behind the goal.

 

The Mafia were in front in just 65 seconds when Ben Roe was left unmarked to score from point blank range. Soon the score rose to 2-0 before Park had a good spell of pressure with some good passing play but the finishing let them down. Grisedale scuffed his shot on two occasions when well placed and Elgey failied to net after a marathon goalmouth scramble which included at least 6 tries.

 

Mafia moved into a 5-0 lead with ten minutes remaining in the half. But Waring struck from close range and Headlam’s tap-in made it 5-2 but a late goal from Roe after a lucky ricochet off Jackson meant the score was 6-2 at the break.

 

The Mafia dominated the second half and moved into a 10-2 lead in just 20 minutes. Jackson replaced Lewis in net but was powerless to stop the onslaught. It was 15-2 before Owen scored the goal of the match. Mike Headlam’s shot was charged down by Prudom and the ball fell to Owen just outside the area on the left and the skipper struck the ball sweetly into the top corner.

 

Myers took his goal tally into double figures and Grisedale conceded a penalty with a late sliding challenge on the pint-sized maverick. Newcomer Ed Tabner stepped up to send Jackson the wrong way with a well placed penalty kick.

 

Roe grabbed his hat-trick moments later, before Waring produced a sublime/fortunate chip over Cummins from 16 yards to grab his second. Right on the stroke of full-time, Myers grabbed the final goal of the game with a close range finish.

 

Although the scoreline was more than a little flattering, there was no doubt who was the better team on the day.

 

Now, before the ratings I’d like to add that we were a man down and we had no shape at all whatsoever and little team spirit- but these are INDIVIDUAL ratings:

 

Castle Park- P.Lewis 5, Waring 7, Snaith 6, JACKSON 8, M.Lewis 5, C.Headlam 6, Owen 7, M. Headlam 5, Elgey 5, Grisedale 5.  

 

MAFIAOSO- A.Cummins 8, Prudom 7, T.Cummins 7, Tabner 7, Dean 6, Jones 7, Weatherhead 7, Spedding 7, Anderson 6, Roe 7, MYERS 9.