A tight affair with some old boys

It was that time of the week again, the sun had died and the evening chill had descended onto the rubber crumb. 7 Brave warriors had braved the long journey to the depths of Raynes Park, the expectation of the battle ahead pumping warm blood through their veins.  Kitted up and ready, a cloud of confidence lingered over the gravytrain  team.

A changed line up for the first game of the season saw two multi million pound youngsters brought in to add attacking flare to the gravy’s solid spine; Trevor ‘John Arne’ Symons and Nick ‘Bomber’ Whiting. Bookham Old Boys were the opponents, worthy adversaries for the gravytrain warriors, a strong and organised outfit; this would not be an easy game! The cloud of confidence that had shadowed gravytrain was shattered after just 5 minutes when the defence was caught napping and the old boys striker was let clean through.  Not even the mighty George could stop the effort, as the ball was slid into the net over the frozen surface.

Gravytrain pushed forward in search of the equaliser but were a yard of the pace, stray passes and missed tackles plagued the gravy’s, and 15minutes in they were 2 down. Heads visibly dropped and Bookham started to dominate the possession and control the play, passing back to their keeper at every opportunity. A number of fine saves from George kept Gravytrain in the game.  The gravy’s hung on till half time two goals to the bad. Something had to change in the second half.

And it did!

A different side came out for the second half, a more determined side. Rocco ‘Maradonna’ Pietosi and Kevin ‘The Power’ Taylor held strong at the back, squashing any counter attacks, allowing the other players to press forward. Will Martinez had an early effort saved by the Old Boys on form keeper after good link up play and Trev also had a number of shots saved. The football being played in the second half by Gravytrain was a different class.  Ryan ‘Super Frank’ Copeland spraying quick passes to the wings and breaking forward well, led to some good nice one touch football and clever through balls which saw the keeper tested from all angles! But still no breakthrough. It would take something special to beat the keeper or a bit of luck, sadly we could not muster either. Gravytrain played Bookham off the park in the second half; they did not have one decent attempt on goal. Credit to the defence and the goalkeeper for that.  It just wasn’t our day.

Final Score:  Bookham Old Boys 2-0 Gravytrain

Gravytrain walked off the pitch dejected by the loss, but knowing that the second half performance was strong. Excited by the knowledge that on that form anything is possible in this league. It would be hard to choose a man of the match from the second half, everyone showed a great commitment and individual brilliance all over the park. 

Draw for Gravytrain ltd FC

Although being infront for most of the match Gravytrain Limited fc only managed to come away with a draw. Two Goals each from Will Martinez and Ryan Copleand put Gravytrain Limited 4-2 infront. The second half saw Gravytrain Limited return to their previous form and allowed the other team to get back into the game. A few deflected shots that found their way into the back of our net meant that it was a nailbiting finish to the game – 4 -4 the end score.

The Manager will have a lot to think about before next week’s match . Many people think that he may adopt Raffa Benitez’s  squad rotation strategy, but i think the likelihood is he might do a Mourinho a just leave.

Gravytrain take control of the game

Another great win for Gravytrain Limited . After going one-nil down Gravytrain Limited  stepped up a gear and clawed back into the game. An impressive strike by Alex marked the first of many for the Gravytrain Limited  side that took control of the game of there on in. The final score was 6 – 3.

Gravytrain Sign New Left back

With the recent reports of Gravytrain Limited’s defence being caught taking a siesta during games they have finally decided to recruit a new player to solve this problem. The new left back Ryan Copeland is on loan from Leeds United in a bid to raise some cash for the destitute club. Other pasts attempts at raising money sadly failed as Leeds Utd had approached the likes of Enron and Northern Rock. Following recent discussions with financial experts Leeds loaned their left back to Gravytrain Limited for a new club record fee of 3 gravy granuals, 2 packets of chewing gum and an umbungo.  Gravytrain Limited had this to say about the deal: “We really saw them coming”. The spokesperson for Gravytrain Limited fc declined to comment further on this.

Gravytrain Limited FC Weekly Roundup

Gravytrain Limited fc won their second match in their history this week! The opposing team who have not yet been named did not turn up so by the rules of the 5-aside FA Gravytrain Limited fc were awarded a win. The score has been left up to Rocco to decide –  sources have predicted the score will be around the 10 – 0 mark.

There has been much arguement over who to award the goals to but they have finally come to a fair conclusion. All 10 goals will be awarded to Will Martinez for his hard work on and off the pitch. This makes him the top goalscorer for Gravytrain Limited with 25, in second position is Alex with 8, Andrew, Nick, Kevin with 1 goal, Rocco, Miles, George, Sigmon with no goals and Steve Slade with -12.

Team on form!

After the miserable last few weeks Gravytrain Limited bounced back in an unfamiliar fashion to win. Yes win! I will write it again to be sure. Gravytrain Limited won a match! A depressingly bad first half performance meant that Gravytrain Limited were 5-0 down. With the new players almost losing hope veteran Alex Taylor turned up the pressure on goal. The Gravytrain Limited striker managed to bag 6 goals to put the team ahead. A Further goal from Andrew made it 7 and marked an impressive win for the club.

New players and a surprise return…

Back from injury is 1st team goalkeeper George who was out due to a broken finger. He has only allowed two weeks for the break to heal! Gravytrain Limited contacted the team doctor to verify this and were astounded at this great news. The doctor added that as George was from Scotland his bones were made from stronger stuff and also healed quicker. Aparently Scotish bones heal 60% faster than that of an Englishman.

Also playing this week is Nick’s younger brother (looks older though) , who is making his second appearance for Gravytrain Limited FC, and a one of Alex’s friends who we are still waiting to for details of. 

Last week it didn’t seem possible but Gravytrain Limited has muscled on and found enough players to represent the team. More information about how the team got on and inside gossip to follow! 

We put the Limited in Gravytrain Limited FC!

Gravytrain Limited FC commented on their growing concern surrounding their lack of fit players. Assistant manager Rich Bunce had this to say: “We are very concerned”.

Due to recent injury, Kevin and Andrew are unable to play – Andrew has torn a ligament in his ankle and Kevin forgot to take his cod-liver oil tablets. Theses two semi-crucial players could be out for a further 3 weeks. Also on the list of unavailable players is Simon Gersh who is still waiting for his work permit to arrive despite numerous attempts by Gravytrain Limited  FC to contact the Kazakhstani company that own him; Nick L who is out on location shooting ‘Fist Of Fury 2′; And finally, Steve Slade who is currently AWOL but rumours say he has a note.

This week Gravytrain Limited  have a total of 4 players available and are in need of a least 1 more to complete their 5-a-side team. Will they have to forfeit the game? Stay glued to the official Gravytrain Limited  FC blog site for further updates!

Gravytrain limited sack injured Andrew

Following last week’s shock injury to top Gravytrain Limited  fc goalkeeper, George McGrant, the team was struck another blow to their squad. Andrew Willis, Gravytrain Limited FC most prolific waterbottle carrier tore the ligament in his finger when he was ordered to code faster. Sources say that it was the immense pressure of having to perform on match day for Gravytrain Limited FC coupled with the physical struggle of increasing the pace of coding that brought about his injury. Andrew, who was looking forward to representing his country at the waterbottle carrying olympics had this to say: ”You’d better scatter and run! the battle’s lost and not won”. We’re not sure exactly what Andrew was referring to but he was listening to Iron Maiden on his ipod at the time of the statement.

Gravytrain Limited  FC refused to comment on the injury that befell Señor Willis for a few days. Earlier today they gave this press release: “Gravytrain Limited FC has had no choice but to dismiss the Iron maiden loving bottle carrier due to his poor sense of style. ” We asked the chairman, Mr K Tayla, if he could elaborate…. He simply said: “Did you see what he was wearing!?” – We believe that the Gravytrain Limited  FC chairman was referring to the monocle he wore to the press conference.