Mossley v Ossett - the Sunday View...

... got back from Lancaster about 1630 - Duncan is finally an undergraduate - and have added a few more pictures to the photobucket account viz.


http://s146.photobucket.com/albums/r272/mossleysmiffy/MossleyOssett/


To the game - beforehand there was talk in the Club about a draw being a good result, But me and Martin Allison's Dad (!!) were more confident than that . I reckoned that the first half was fairly evenly matched - with maybe Ossett just edging it - well they did hit the bar as well - but it remained 0-0 at half-time !!




Oh yes the STS exclusive picture...this week - a juggling Paul Garvey.


We were playing downhill second - further cause for confidence - however it was Ossett who took the lead through Bentley -but only after a quite superb double point-blank save from Ashley Connor - he nearly kept the "third time lucky" effort out as well. This was definitely a turning point. Mossley heads did not drop - "au contraire" as they say in downtown Luzley - within minutes we were level as Paul Quinn slid one in from just about the penalty spot.


With 20 minutes left Gareth Hamlet "got up at the back stick" to make it 2-1, and "close to the death" (phrase used courtesy of our club sponsors !!) Arron Kirk collected, turned, threw one (dummy) before rifling home a third goal - Dad was well chuffed !!


Over the 90 minutes it was a well-deserved win - and it was good to see the attitude after going 1-0 down. Twelve months ago we'd have ended up going 2-0 down and then only start playing with six minutes to go. Yesterday was different - and when the equaliser went in, it was the Ossett heads that seemed to drop. The form table now reads DWW - and there's confidence on the pitch and off the pitch - smiley faces everywhere. Must admit that attendance yesterday (180) was a touch disappointing - it's time for that old adage "Bring a Mate - and Double the Gate"..

Tuesday night sees a relatively short hop to Stocksbridge Park Steels in the League Cup - unfortunately it looks as though I'll be giving this one a miss due to work/time constraints - it looks like blooming Woodley again - away at Stalybridge in the Cheshire Senior Cup ...hope Aaron's found his long trousers by now ......