Rain can't stop the 'Wares'!

[GRS67]

Edgware moved 8pts clear at the top of the SSML table, with a 5-1 win over Haringey today.

 

Haringey took the lead and played some neat stuff, as they lead at the break 1-0.

 

The second half Edgware got their act together and scored five times without reply, and had a penalty saved as well.

 

The heavens opened, and the pitch was soaked but the ref did well to keep the play going and there was never a hint that that the game would not continue, a credit to our groundsman, when games up and down the country at all levels were abandoned.

 

The win leaves us in good posistion as we enter the new year, and a very busy NINE game period in January.

 

Due to this new look site being [****!!****], I can no longer post pictures, so if you want to see what the pitch looked like click on my blog site.

[GRS67]

Note to Ian, why cant we have the old way of posting pictures, does anyone know how you can post pics from your documents folder? It says I have to enter an URL address, but I dont know how that works, either can someone show me, or can we just have the old style way of posting pics back..PLEASE

[GRS67]

Oh I met 'sugar' the Haringey chairman and he seemed like a nice bloke, also the Haringey secretary / programme ed who was a decent bloke and brought with him loads of old 'boro' programmes for anyone who wanted them.

[AllowIT]

Gavin loves to leave out bits of info that suits Edgeware and makes their results seem better! I watched the game today from the stands and he did not mention that Haringgey were the better team in the first half leading one-nil and the game only changed after a poor sending off for Haringey today!

 

Haringey were by far the better team in the first half defending well when needed and constantly counter-attacking Edgeware scoring a good goal from a set-piece and making the goalkeeper make a great save to keep the score to only 1-0.

Edgeware only made Haringeys goalkeeper make one save in the first half.

 

Edgeware scored a good goal at the start of the second half, but Gavin you seemed to leave the part out where Haringey had a player sent off for handball on the goal line at a corner shortly afterwards.

It was a terrible mistake by the ref and the lines-man to send him off as the ball was hammerd straight at him from close range and hit him on the thigh and chest.

That was the turning point of the game! However the new Haringey goalkeeper (can't rememeber his name) also saved the penalty his second in two games.

 

Edgewares second goal was a complete freak goal with a long punting ball from the half-way line taking a strange skipping bounce off the wet muddy ground which gatherd pace and went past the goalkeeper.

A third goal soon followed against the then downhearted Haringey team but by that time the game should have been called off with the pitch completely water logged and unplayable.

Nothing to do with the groundsmans work for keeping the pitch playable, the ref consulted both linesmen and bottled it with edgeware winning the game, he decided to continue with the match.

 

I feel sorry for the chasing teams in the league, as you should now be another 3 points closer to Edgeware, but down to poor ref decisions they are still top by a good few points. I wounder if the ref would have called of the game if the score was level or Haringey were winning. I know the answer, and it would have been called off.

 

 

 

[Rhodes]

Originally Posted By: Gavin

also the Haringey secretary / programme ed who was a decent bloke and brought with him loads of old 'boro' programmes for anyone who wanted them.

Gavin - Well that's a nice touch but they're hardly weighty tome's are they such as Hoddesdon's or Kentish Town's.

[Horace]

Originally Posted By: Rhodes

Originally Posted By: Gavin

also the Haringey secretary / programme ed who was a decent bloke and brought with him loads of old 'boro' programmes for anyone who wanted them.

Gavin - Well that's a nice touch but they're hardly weighty tome's are they such as Hoddesdon's or Kentish Town's.

Why do they have to be "weighty tomes"? What did you think of the Hertford Town programme that Paula passed on to you Rhodes? That is a proper programme! Including the team line-ups on the back page, for the convenience of the purchaser! It has lots of up to date stats, a recent match report, league tables, a quiz, an article etc, a glossy cover with the match details on the front, and does not amount to a weighty tome like Hoddesdon Town's or Kentish Town's.

[Rhodes]

Well they don't have to be and I was most impressed with your programme which is perfectly adequete, I think it is a matter of choice whether Club's want to go that extra mile or not and produce a weighty tome of some 80 pages full of colour photographs, Hello and OK magazine style, and there shouldn't be any criticism levelled at Club's who just produce a simple four page effort such as Haringey Borough for example.

[Rhodes]

Well they don't have to be and I was most impressed with your programme which is perfectly adequete, I think it is a matter of choice whether Club's want to go that extra mile or not and produce a weighty tome of some 80 pages full of colour photographs, Hello and OK magazine style, and there shouldn't be any criticism levelled at Club's who just produce a simple four page effort such as Haringey Borough for example.

[HTFCew]

Originally Posted By: Rhodes

I think it is a matter of choice whether Club's want to go that extra mile or not and produce a weighty tome of some 80 pages full of colour photographs,

Would you be able to afford colour photos if you didn't print them for free at work?

[HTFCew]

Originally Posted By: Rhodes

I think it is a matter of choice whether Club's want to go that extra mile or not and produce a weighty tome of some 80 pages full of colour photographs

I notice in a previous post that you had a go at Hoddesdon for putting unneccessary match reports in their programme. What is your rationale behind repeating match reports for nearly every single game you have played this season in yours?

[HTFCew]

Originally Posted By: Rhodes

there shouldn't be any criticism levelled at Club's who just produce a simple four page effort such as Haringey Borough for example.

You obviously haven't seen it this season, as it is 12 pages - all totally up to date and relevant. No-one has criticised it.

[GRS67]

Originally Posted By: AllowIT

Gavin loves to leave out bits of info that suits Edgeware and makes their results seem better! I watched the game today from the stands and he did not mention that Haringgey were the better team in the first half leading one-nil and the game only changed after a poor sending off for Haringey today!

Haringey were by far the better team in the first half defending well when needed and constantly counter-attacking Edgeware scoring a good goal from a set-piece and making the goalkeeper make a great save to keep the score to only 1-0.
Edgeware only made Haringeys goalkeeper make one save in the first half.

Edgeware scored a good goal at the start of the second half, but Gavin you seemed to leave the part out where Haringey had a player sent off for handball on the goal line at a corner shortly afterwards.
It was a terrible mistake by the ref and the lines-man to send him off as the ball was hammerd straight at him from close range and hit him on the thigh and chest.
That was the turning point of the game! However the new Haringey goalkeeper (can't rememeber his name) also saved the penalty his second in two games.

Edgewares second goal was a complete freak goal with a long punting ball from the half-way line taking a strange skipping bounce off the wet muddy ground which gatherd pace and went past the goalkeeper.
A third goal soon followed against the then downhearted Haringey team but by that time the game should have been called off with the pitch completely water logged and unplayable.
Nothing to do with the groundsmans work for keeping the pitch playable, the ref consulted both linesmen and bottled it with edgeware winning the game, he decided to continue with the match.

I feel sorry for the chasing teams in the league, as you should now be another 3 points closer to Edgeware, but down to poor ref decisions they are still top by a good few points. I wounder if the ref would have called of the game if the score was level or Haringey were winning. I know the answer, and it would have been called off.

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First of all, learn how to spell EDGWARE, it has TWO E's not THREE.

Ok, now to reply to your post, YES Haringey did play well, and took the lead through a well taken header, as for the second week running, Edgware were slow out of the blocks.

I was impressed by the nippy #3 & 7 for boro, and you look a much improved side.

Edgware started to get into the game and we had several chances, one of which should have been scored, we went in at the break a goal down, and it was a dissapointing half.

The second half we started very quicky, and got back level early with an excellent chipped goal.

The penalty incident, the ball WAS heading for the back of the net and was kept out by the hand of the boro player / manager, maybe the ball did had it not been for the fact the ball hit him it would have been a goal. The penalty kick was well saved though.

The weather, of course the conditions were bad, and the pitch was hard to play on, but when we went 2-1 up from yes I agree a bit of a flukey goal, a long punt from inside our own half, chased down by our striker, but rain assisted to score. You had some chances and could just as easilly scored from a rain assisted shot.

When we scored the third, the rain got worse and your players seemed to want the ref to stop the match, one of your players threw the ball down in a strop at the ref that the game was going ahead.

Even though the pitch was soaked we knocked the ball around well, and our 4th goal was an excellent drive, and the 5th an OG turned in from a good cross.

To say if boro had been leading the game would have been called off, is a stupid comment, the ref told me after the game that the game would only have been called off if the conditons were dangerous, and that both teams did well to stay on their feet and play football.

Maybe in your mind the turning point was the sending off, but in the end class would have told and we would have beaten you, maybe not by the such a big margin, but nonetheless we would have got a result.

Good luck to boro for the rest of the season, I dont think you will go down.

[GRS67]

I said that it was the boro/player manager who was sent off, but I am not so sure, can anyone let me know was sent off for boro?

[GRS67]

Here is a pic of the game from Saturday, you will have to click on the link to view it

[GRS67]

OMG the pic is on the site and you DONT have to click on it?????????????????? AND it looks like it now accepts larger pics

 

Please let me know if you can view this without having to click on a link, cheers

[GRS67]

[NeutralFan]

Not working for me, can't see pics or the link?

[HTFCew]

I can see them fine. Why did the ref let that continue?????? The ball couldn't possibly run through those lakes.

[ONE]

cant see the links either...although gavs blog is very good

[tringarmy]

Can see the pics ok - I was at the Watford game, making the most of no TAFC matches, where 1 or 2 slightly naughty challenges were creeping in when the ball was sitting in water. I guess if players are sensible with tackles & challenges its not dangerous although the match becomes a bit of a farce.