Police get three point penalty
A nice curtain raiser to the big match at Selhurst tomorrow when Leamington defeated West Midlands Police 5-1 at Harbury Lane to maintain their lead in the Midlands Combination Premiership. The attendance was depressed by Christmas shopping to a disappointing 318 but one joker placed himself behind the Police goal wearing a helmet with a flashing blue light on top. Police have a reputation as the dirtiest team in the Combination, but got away with blue murder thanks to the incompetence of referee Mr Kitchen who was rumoured to be a special.
The visitors went 0-1 ahead against the run of play when keeper Richard Morris unusually lost custody of the ball and saw it banged to rights in the back of his net. It wasn't long before Richard Adams, himself a former Police player equalised for Brakes. But he was then cruelly brought down in the area and left writhing on the ground, the obese linesman on the Popular Side admitting that it was a penalty but explaining to enraged fans that he had 'forgotten' to raise his flag. The ref eventually stopped the game, Adams was stretchered off and the emergency ambulance summoned. He is likely to be out for some time. 'Let's get these animals', screamed the Bloke Beside Me.
Brakes made it 2-1 by the break, the same lino being told 'You're nicked' for failing to raise his offside flag. When the interrogation resumed, Brakes camped out in the Police's half and the visitors had difficulty in holding their lines. With the formidable bulk of Darran Tank stopping any attacks by the Police, Leamington kept hitting the post, seemingly unable to bring the case to a conclusion despite intense probing of Police's hapless defence. Eventually they made the breakthrough and soon got it up to 5-1, with ex Coventry City and Inverness Caledonian Thistle ace Leon Morgan scoring a particularly good goal. Meanwhile, Police's play became even dirtier to shouts of 'If you want to beat him up, take him down the cells.' Referee Kitchen smiled beningly on the mayhem, ignoring obscene gestures from the boys in blue.
It's now a case of 'bring on the dogs' as Brakes face Bedlington Terriers at home in the 3rd round of the FA Vase.
The visitors went 0-1 ahead against the run of play when keeper Richard Morris unusually lost custody of the ball and saw it banged to rights in the back of his net. It wasn't long before Richard Adams, himself a former Police player equalised for Brakes. But he was then cruelly brought down in the area and left writhing on the ground, the obese linesman on the Popular Side admitting that it was a penalty but explaining to enraged fans that he had 'forgotten' to raise his flag. The ref eventually stopped the game, Adams was stretchered off and the emergency ambulance summoned. He is likely to be out for some time. 'Let's get these animals', screamed the Bloke Beside Me.
Brakes made it 2-1 by the break, the same lino being told 'You're nicked' for failing to raise his offside flag. When the interrogation resumed, Brakes camped out in the Police's half and the visitors had difficulty in holding their lines. With the formidable bulk of Darran Tank stopping any attacks by the Police, Leamington kept hitting the post, seemingly unable to bring the case to a conclusion despite intense probing of Police's hapless defence. Eventually they made the breakthrough and soon got it up to 5-1, with ex Coventry City and Inverness Caledonian Thistle ace Leon Morgan scoring a particularly good goal. Meanwhile, Police's play became even dirtier to shouts of 'If you want to beat him up, take him down the cells.' Referee Kitchen smiled beningly on the mayhem, ignoring obscene gestures from the boys in blue.
It's now a case of 'bring on the dogs' as Brakes face Bedlington Terriers at home in the 3rd round of the FA Vase.
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