Sunderland Sunday League
Sunday 23 November 2008
Sunday Secretary Ian Ferguson gives his take on defeat.
Blooming heck, I go away for a weekend and what happens? It all goes pear-shaped.
According to my independent reports, RCA got their noses bloodied by a much more committed and determined Siksworth Paragon on Sunday. RCA apparently forgot that their game is based around hard work and helping each other out, something which was sadly lacking on ths occasion.
Paragon made great efforts to get the match played and were rewarded with an emphatic victory, scoring after half an hour and then crucially increasing the score to 2-0 at half time with a penalty after 43 minutes.
RCA then came out slightly better after half time and clawed their way back into the match when Anthony Teasdale scored after 55 minutes, but RCA then sloppily conceded from a corner five minutes later. To make matters worse Phily Hall had to leave the field with a recurrence of his knee injury after 75 minutes - surgery awaiting in December and we hope he will be back fit by early new year - and with RCA committed to attack they conceded again after 85 minutes to make the final score 4-1 to Silksworth.
Time for a reality check, me thinks, before more difficult games coming up.