Matchday Ten - 8-6 Win VS Daf BootsTTFE turned it on in style as they scored a four goal blitz in the second half to take all three points.Please note: I am not giving a review here, only my thoughts on TTFE's progress and the promotion front runners. If you have any thoughts on the game you would like to have displayed on the TTFE webpage, please contact Plasmo or myself and we will accommodate your observations! Also if someone could put the scorers in the comments section so that I can do the tally, that would also be great. Joe
Goals: Pugh 6(!), Phillips 2.
Goal Tally: Pugh 15, Carling 6, Phillips 6, Ridout 3, Newbury 2, Collins 2, Davies 1, Preece 1.
I am only writing on the information I have received seeing that I was absent, but on most accounts it seems it was the
James Pugh show last Sunday night! An excellent win for the lads as now it seems promotion can be seen on the horizon. Second place will still be a bit of squeeze at seven points, but with our final games against the top three we can only hope to reach the promised land of Division Three through the back door. Its not impossible, but it will be damn hard to achieve. It will mean vanquishing
Sheila's Wheels again next week which is an astounding feat in itself, remembering that the leaders have only lost twice this season.
Toto FC will be next, already gleefully smiling with a healthy goal difference, but smarting from a recent dip in form. Now that we have seen them in action thanks to their video diary, we can see what to do to punish our foes. A must win too. Then
Almeider FC, who conquered TTFE previously 4-2, will have to be thrashed with a 5 goal cushion on top to help out the goal difference. Then
HBFC, who this season have played out a blinder and have looked real dark horses for promotion. It is fate that these teams play each other on this final fixture - as if by now TTFE have won all three fixtures and got a little bit of luck in other games, Im sure that this game will have real significance for both HBFC and TTFE as a virtual playoff place for promotion. One can only hope.
My prediction? As a safe bet you have to go with the current top two teams. They have seemed to keep winning quietly whilst everyone else is beating each other - creating a real scramble in the mid table. However in terms of quality, I still believe there is chance for the outsiders to make their final pushes for promotion.
This week?Of course,
Sheilas Wheels look like odds on favourites to win the league, especially now that they accomplished their winning double over Toto FC, their nearest rivals. Yet TTFE have the scalp of the leaders already in their trophy cabinet. Now TTFE have to face them again and hopefully get that prestigous winning double over them.
Three points down,
Toto FC look safe in second being five points ahead of HBFC in third, but their recent form seems to be worrying after what has been a very good season so far for them. TTFE did force them down to the wire in 5-4(6-4) loss and after looking at the video footage it seems that TTFE and Toto were both riddled with errors and costly mistakes. Toto face stern mid table opposition from Daf Boots this week but they wont be too worried - they destroyed them 8-2 in the reverse fixture.
Daf Boots will want to quickly get over their loss to TTFE and get their own promotion chasing back on track.
HBFC are looking very good in third, but are they a spent force? HBFC have failed to win in their last three games, recently taking a 6-6 draw against the Young Gunz. It doesn't get easier for them either - a tricky game against
Almeider FC next week where they will be hoping to overturn a 6-1 hammering. Almeider have nestled quite nicely in mid table this season and will be happy to get their first winning double to prove their worth in the promotion steeplechase.
And in the fixture at the bottom,
Young Gunz and
Brookes FC square off in the game nobody dares to lose. The Young Gunz had the edge over Brookes in the last encounter, but Brookes grabbed their second win of the season against Almeider last week and will want to get off bottom spot for the first time in the campaign.
