Clapham Common. Here we are again. It is better than
Wimbledon, where FC Junction are registered. But still.
We took the lead, new-boy Faz crashing home from a classic
penalty box ding-dong.
I was personally chuffed for Faz, a striker who was playing
at the back after an admin blunder, although it again reminded me that I am yet
to score in five years for Reccy.
He had only needed 20 minutes.
Well, maybe I should have been concentrating harder, because
they scored. Then they scored again. Bollocks.
Recreativo were playing some fine football though and Tom W
fizzed home a a flick-on header from Tom W's free-kick.
There were some points there for taking - unfortunately,
though, it was not us who took them.
Junction - or 'Junkies', as they like to be known - snuck
through and made it 3-2.
With 20 minutes to go, Reccy knocked and knocked. Faz almost
got a leveller, only to see his goal-bound shot blocked on the line - by one of
our players.
That summed it up really for us. Full of potential,
deserving of more - but not ruthless enough.
To make matters worse, just as the cycle back to Hackney
begun - with kit bag on back - the heavens started to open.
Got back to a text from ref Nev: "You boys need to
start winning." He is right.
Team: Radu, Jimmy, Jamie, Faz, Mario, Dave P, Nathan, Tom P,
Tom W, Jordan, Joe H.
Goals: Faz, Tom W