Versus Old boys

Gravytrain limited got off to a flyer dominating most of the play. Unfortunately most of their chances were saved by the ‘Old boys’ keeper. I’m not sure if ‘Old boys’ had planned this, but after keeping most of the posession, Gravytrain limited legs began to tire and soon the play had very much broken down.

Gravytrain were very much a different team than at the beginning of the first half. Poor passing, relaxed defending and lack of awareness were the main problems which inevitably lead to a shocking 12- 2 defeat.

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Gravytrain limited are looking for new players to replace some tired old legs. We are accepting applications for anyone wanting to join the Gravytrain team- we will review them and successful applicants will be invited to attend trials.

Trials will be taking place at Goals soccer centre in Wimbledon and will consist of a 40minute game followed by a penalty shoot out.

Gravytrain Penalty shoot out continued…

The Ball didn’t come down on the pitch, let’s just leave it at that…. No actually lets expand on that slightly…. The Ball came down just over the other side of the A3.

At first we were all shocked. We knew he couldn’t kick a ball to save his life but this was just ridiculous! The immediate shock soon turned into laughter, laughter so loud it could be heard be heard from the other side of the A3.

The penalty shoot out was called off for fear of the remaining participants being put off by the actions of one player.

Richard’s Penalty…. continued

Richard pointed at the top corner and yelled “watch this!” as he ran up to take the penalty. He smashed the ball with his right foot and it soared high into the air towards the corner flag. The 40foot net surrounding the pitch was dwarfed by the sheer height that the ball reached.

Stay tuned for the rest of the story….. does the ball come back down? Does Bunce end up scoring the penalty?… probably not but come back and read the rest of the story if you want a laugh.

Penalty Shoot out competition – true story.

Today the team decided to run an in-house penalty shoot out competition in order to establish who is going to be our chief penalty taker. The competition was simple … whoever scores the most out of their 5 penalties wins.

Ryan stepped up to take his 1st penalty and slotted it nicely in the bottom corner. Will was next, his finishing was equally as clinical and he too put it in the bottom corner sending Andrew the wrong way.

The final penalty taker was Richard. He picked up the ball and appraoched the penalty spot chuckling to himself arrogantly. Before taking his penalty he insisted on doing three laps of honour to celebrate the goal he was about to score. After doing so he took his shirt off and threw it into the crowd. Finally he was ready to take his penalty – Stay tuned to find out what happens next…

GT mimic England success

A great goal from Rob and a superb hatrick from Ryan sealed the team’s big win over local rivals. It was a close game, 1 a piece at the end of the first half. The second half saw one of the opposition sent off for a harsh challenge – an incident which would prove to be decisive in this closely fought match. The extra man made game very one sided and within 10mins we were ahead by two. Final score 4 -1.

Even Stevens

This week the team did well in their first match back in more than 3 weeks – After going 3 – 0 down in the first half the Gravytrain limited team managed to bring the score level with 5 mins to go. Great saves from Andrew in the final minutes kept the score even and gravytrain in the game. Unfortunately they were unable to convert the few opportunities they had in the dying seconds and the score remained level.  Final score 3 - 3.

Gravy’s Losing Interest????!!!

Gravytrain Limited FC’s game was called off last night due to 75% of the team pulling out with rubbish excuses!! Ryan Copeland, Will Martinez and Richard Bunce were the only 3 players raring to go, however 3 on 6 is not a fair match up.

A spokesman for the Gravytrain FC supporters club has this to say “I am absolutely disgusted! I come to watch the Gravy’s every week come rain or shine and now I have nothing to do on a wednesday evening! Its an outrage!”

Player chairman of Gravytrain FC, Kevin Taylor had this to say “We apologise to our dedicated fans, however last night I had tickets to a concert that I just couldn’t miss. My commitment has been doubted over recent weeks because of my long distance running and to be honest I dont care. I own this club! I run this club! So I will play when I want to. Come on the Gravytrain!”

The Irony of Kevin’s commitment is that the band he went to see in concert last night are called ‘The Commitments’! Football is a funny old game!!

Gravytrain FC Off To A Flyer!

Gravytrain FC have got there new season started with a bang as they remain unbeaten after their first 2 games. There 2 new signings Bomber and Harry the frontman have seemed to have a big influence on the team who are now playing some lovely flowing football on the same scale as Man Utd and Barcelona.

There opponents were a very young side that looked quite quick but lacked in the strength department. The first half kicked off with Gravytrain FC playing the youngsters off the park with there lovely fluent football. Goals from Ryan Copeland and Alex Taylor gave the Gravy Granules a 3-1 lead going into the break.

The second half kicked off with Gravytrain starting slow as the youngsters came on the attack looking to get something from the game. After some very rare sloppy defending from Ryan Copeland the youngsters nicked the ball from him after a terrible first touch from Copeland and put it in the net. 3-2!. This kicked the Gravy’s up the arse and they really got going. Second half goals from Harry and Alex Taylor gave the Gravytrain FC the 3 points at the end of the 40 minutes. 6-3 the final score.

A special mention must be given to Alex Taylor who played an absolute blinder and bagging himself a hat trick in the process. He proved to hot for the opposing defence to handle. Also stand in keeper Andrew played just as well building up his confidence and throwing the ball at the opposing team only to receive it straight back!

Fans will be pleased to hear that Kevin Taylor made an appearence at the game looking fitter than ever after his recent marathon and should be back with the squad for there next game against Unassigned!

Up the Gravytrain FC!

Gravytrain bottom of the League!

Yes that’s correct gravytrain are bottom of the league. With some players deciding to take a mid-season holiday gravytrain have struggled to get a full squad to compete in their 6-a-side league. Fans have put pressure on the club to move to a 5-a-side league where the standard of play is lower. Although this will mean it’s easier to get a team together each week, the management are concerned that the lowered ‘over-cossbar-height’ rule will affect some player’s performance. Ryan and Rich are two players that are at the centre of this concern. Rich, you will remember holds the record for the highest ever shot in 6-a-side football history – a whopping 23metres high easily clearing the sorounding fence, net and safety net and rumour has it the Golf range net too. Ryan, another player with a problem with keeping the ball down, had this to say “Yea I just shoot and the ball goes up init”.