Southside 4, Effra Academicals 6

Ermm.... usual stuff.  2 mins to kick off, not enough players. Trying to borrow players from the oppo.
Start with 2 injured players and no subs. 1-0 down after 2 mins. Equalise a minute later. Lots of effort but not much composure for the first 45 mins. Lucky to go into the break only 3-1 down.
Second half much better. We tried to take the game to Effra but caught on the break by their very quick front line. With 10 mins to go we were were losing 6-2. Could have been even worse but we didn't give up. A free kick from Reece made it 6-3 and a clinical strike from Scott (his third of the night) spread panic in the Effra ranks. At 6-4 Effra were out for the count but were saved by the final whistle.
 We're nearly a really good team  but 5 defeats in our last 6 games tell us that we're not there yet.
We're still in the cup so lets make sure that we get a result against Racing Ewell on Dec 12th to take us into the quarter finals.

Last night's team:
Geoff, Peter, Little James, Phil, Danny,Big Paul, Nik, Reece, Dane,
Scott, Glenn, Big Mark D,  Big Mark B, Yusuf.

This week and next week

Great Dome session this week. 22 players. 3 teams.We've got a really strong squad at the moment.
Next week we're in the dome on Tuesday from 6.30 and then we've got a match against Effra on Thursday, 8.30pm kick off.

Last reminder for kit orders - I've got 1 last yellow shirt available now for £5.
I'm going to make a new order  next week so bring cash to training if you want a red or yellow shirt.
(You can have a blue shirt too if you want one)

We'll pick the team for Thurs after training on Tues. See you then.

Southside 8, Ladywell 0

Great performance, fantastic result.Brilliant Cup tie.
Everyone played their part in  a dramatic return to form for the mighty reds.
Ladywell are a decent team but we controlled the game from start to finish.
Our defence was solid throughout. Geoff barely had a save to make. Bobby and Malek worked together wonderfully in midfield, combining graft and guile in equal measure.
Goals from Reece (2) and Scott earned us a three goal cushion by half time.
Ladywell raised their game for a period in the middle of the game, but Southside were resolute. A fourth goal  deflated Ladywell and from then on it was a case of how many.
Scott's four goals took his tally this year to 30 and Reece's two goals put his total into double figures. Two  excellent second half strikes from Danny White  were the icing on the cake.
Well done to everyone.
Our next cup game is against MRC Ewell on Monday December 12th , on the stadium Pitch at Palace.