Gay and Lesbian Recreational Football for London

Results Table

Team P W D L GD PTS
Brighton Bandits B 7 2 5 0 3 11
Leftfooters
FC		 7 2 5 0 2 11
Panthers
FC		 7 2 4 1 1 10
Leicester W Blues 7 2 4 1 1 10
Brighton Bandits A 7 1 6 0 1 9
Yorkshire Terriers 7 2 3 2 0 9
Leicester W Green 7 1 2 4 -4 5
Leicester W Yellow 7 0 3 4 -4 3

Squad

  • 1. Thierry Millard
  • 2. Chris Basiurski
  • 3. Michael Collins
  • 4. Chris Simons
  • 5. Richy Collumbell
  • 6. Ian Howes
  • 7. Dave Braithwaite
  • 8. Dave Noad

5th September 2004
St Margaret’s Pasture, Leicester

What a day we had in the suntrap that was St Margaret's Pasture, Leicester yesterday. After taking in the delights of Leicester the night before Leftfooters arrived pitch side in buoyant (if not a little fragile) mood. The tournament was a mini-league of eight teams each playing each other once. Playing on half a full size pitch looked like it was going to be too much for some of us - what with the heat and hangovers but canny use of rolling subs (take them off before they collapse) ensured that we had sort-of-fresh legs the whole day. Starting off with a creditable 0-0 draw against one of the Leicester teams, Leftfooters shocked themselves (and probably a few of the other teams) by beating Yorkshire Terriers by a goal to nil, Chris Basiurski holding off his marker to cut in from the right and wrong-foot the keeper. As was the theme for many of the matches that took place yesterday, Leftfooters went on to draw 0-0 their next four games including against two good Brighton sides, Dave B was awesome in defence and scared the life out of the opposition with his bursts forward. Leftfooters were agonisingly denied victory against Brighton B when their keeper managed crawl back in time to paw away the ball from off the line. The final game was against another Leicester side and after creating a couple of decent opportunities the winning goal came in the last minute with a wonderful attacking move that started at the back, Richy feeding Chris B down the wing to cross, Chris S picked up the ball and calmly shot to the keeper's right only for him to push it away, and into the path of yours truly knock into an empty net. A job well done. 7 games, 2 wins, 5 draws and not a single goal conceded all day, Thierry is a star. The final standings saw Leftfooters finish in 2nd place with 11 points and a goal difference of +2. Brighton B won it with 11 points and a goal difference of +3. A big congratulations to all the guys who took part, especially Dave N who graciously offered to play for Bristol who were in need of players. Yorkshire Terriers are up next in the league. They must be bricking it!