Belle vue Mixed 7s Finals night
Tuesday, August 3, 2010 at 11:00AM 
Tonight see's Lymm taking 3 teams to Manchester's Commonwealth WB pitches for the Belle vue Summer mixed League finals and is looking to be a good night.
More pictures and full story on the nights events to follow later this evening or tomorrow if im tired!
Mike Jones
On a warm ish summers evening the Lymm squads descended on Belle Vue to take part in finals night in the Mixed.
With both of Lymms' division 4 and 2 teams only able to achieve 4th place after some shocking umpiring in both of their games, it was left to the division 1 team to try and win their games.
Semi final Lymm all blacks V Diversity (Timperley)
Lymm started the game cautiously as a slow start was preferable to an early hammering. But it was soon evident the we were superior in both skill and fittness as the goals began to go in.
Andy Hunt, Phill Griffiths, Pete Jones and Lisa Hartley- Woodrow combined to score our goals. With Keeper Mike Jones, Defenders Alex Mitchell and Jo Hartley all looking solid in defence.
To be fair it was a bit of a walk over as i had maybe 3 shots to save in the whole game.
The Sheer Dominance of Lymm meant that Diversity didn't have chance to launch much of an offensive the other way.
This was evident in the final score line
Final: Lymm 4-0 Diversity
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FINAL Lymm V Loony toons (Brooklands)
Both teams took to the field after the runners up game before them had gone to strokes, something niether team wanted to win a final on.
Brooklands were favorites to win having only lost 2 games out of 24 and with a goal difference that would make Manchester united blush looked to win with ease.
After the start brooklands looked comfortable, moving the ball around the back and attacking with patience rather than aggression.
Brooklands attacked down my left hand side and squared it to the forward who fired his shot past the left side of my face into the roof of the net. Poor hand postioning gave them the goal but to be fair had my hand been in the way it would be in a plaster cast today as it was travelling!! 1-0
After the restart ariel thrown from Griffiths circle to circle, looked good in the air. It looked ever better when Hunt hit it on the volley from the top of the circle past the stunned brooklands keeper into the top right. BOOOM!!!!
1-1.
Brooklands responded with another 2 before half time. A quality ball from circle to circle left the latteral running forward an easy tap in from my left post and a goal from a penalty corner made it 3-1.
HALF TIME
No words were required at half time, we knew what needed doing.
SECOND HALF
The second started much as the first did with great ball movement around the back but this time it was Lymm.
We looked far more confident and with Lisa in acres of space more and more so on the left side of the pitch, Lymm exploited this weakness and attacked with power.
This gave us our 2nd goal.
Lisa takes 2 players on with ease and drives to the left side of the circle, putting it on a plate for Griffiths from three yards out. 3-2
This was it, we could do it, they weren't that tough.
But some sloppy midfield work let brooklands in down the left. The winger drove the base line and rounded me as i sprawled on the floor trying to get any touch to deflect it away. He passed to the back post where a forward was waiting to slap it in, as i got up and dove left to right, the ball passed inches from my right hand pad and into the goal. Which was more annoying because had i been holding my stick correctly i may have saved it but we'll never know! 4-2
That looked to be game over but, the attitude and commitent of the lymm players was steadfast and as we restarted this was to be proven.
Again the ball from the back was spread wide to Lisa who drives infield and slips the ball left again to Jones who drives into the circle, rounds the keeper and puts it safe. 4-3
This is it! One more goal, were level and Brooklands dominant hold over this tournament is at an end.
This rocked a Brooklands side which boasted National league and North Premier League players, so much so that we easily got the ball back from them.
Jones recieves the ball from Hartley on the right, drives past 2 players and into the circle. Two Brooklands players double up on him, Jones passes the ball throught them to a waiting Andrew hunt unmarked 3 yards out on the back post, keeper nowhere to be seen.
Now those of you reading this who know andrew, would put your kids life savings on this guy to score in this situation.
I had already began celebrating as the ball came to andrew who had enough time to stop the ball and push it in, he first time slapped it over and wide of the left post.
In Andrews defence he scores some unbelievable goals and is a great player but, we all know that no one is perfect and sometimes as players the simplest things can beat us, a poor trap, a poor clearance, for example. It seems if something is to easy or to good to be true, it usually isn't and requires you upmost concentration and respect.
This chance came 2 minutes before the end and after that miss Lymm still battled to the end. Heads high and looking to send the game to Strokes.
Final Whistle. Brooklands 4-3 Lymm
After watching this game from my goal i realised that this team gave it all on the pitch and nearly beat one of the most dominant teams in this summer league.
Brooklands were well drilled and clinical
We were steadfast and Resolute
In the end we all played a great game of the sport i love.
Thanks for reading
I LOVE THIS GAME!!!!!!!
Mike Jones
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