25 Mar 2008 | Rugby
AC MILLIES WIN WHIRLPOOL YOUTH SOCCER
AC Millies maintained their form and composure Wednesday to claim their first Whirlpool Cup title. In a close and exciting game, Cable Bahama Stars were eventually beaten by three goals to one .
AC Millies got off to the perfect start with a goal midway through the half by Sam Taylor and at that stage, with Aaron Levarity and Preston ‘ peanut’ Rolle , running into space on the flanks they looked in for a comfortable victory. However, Stars regrouped and came back into the game and indeed pressed for an equalizer as the first half wore on. Their hard work was rewarded minutes into the restart when Denzil Deveaux took advantage of a sleepy defence to level the scores . At that stage , Cable Bahama Stars looked as though they would go onto to win the tie.
AC Millies readjusted their formation and switched Roger Johnson to midfield and Sam Taylor up front to pressurize the Stars defence. This tactic seemed to work as a harried Andre Bethel gave away a needless foul on the edge of the box which resulted in him being substituted . More seriously however, Taylor fired in the resulting free kick to restore the lead for his team. A great team goal coolly finished off by Preston Rolle capped the performance and gave AC MIllies the cup
The junior boys in The Dolly Madison Youth Soccer Academy aged 9 to 12 concluded their season just before Easter ( March 19th)
As part of the season close the following took place on Wednesday March 19th:
Under 12s Select XI vs. Under 14s Select XI
Whirlpool Under 18 Select XI vs. Coaches Select XI
25 Mar 2008 | Rugby
Struggle with the language ( no not the cussin) used by the boys on a wednesday night at football. Here’sa guide. Unfortunately it does not offer translations for Martin or Steve’s accents !
Courtesy of midfield dynamo.com
Key: n – noun, v – verb, gaff – gaffer-talk, ply – player-talk, pund – classic punditry, sch – schoolyard slang, sft – serious footy term, tab – tabloidese,
Adjudged pund. An actual word simply meaning ‘judged’. Only ever used in football parlance.
Blast v. tab. Use of forceful verbiage. Tabloidese, i.e. “Fergie Blasts FA Rap”.
Boy Done Good pund. Classic punditry from former players not familiar with the queen’s english like what we are. Used to describe a player who has done rather well in a game, most probably scoring.
By Mutual Consent tab. Sacked; parted company
Catenaccio sft. Defensive tactical system to grind out dreary narrow victories, made famous in the 1960’s by Inter Milan coach Helenio Herrera. Heavily influenced the Karl Rappan’s Swiss Bolt system (Catenaccio being Italian for door-bolt).
Change pegs sch. Shouted out to alert opposition that an outfield player is about to become the goalkeeper and can now handle the ball without a peno being given.
Classic Hat-trick v. Golden Hat-trick; Perfect Hat-trick.
Colin West v. When a player in acres of space inexplicably slices a pass into the back of the nearest stand he is known to have ‘done a Colin West’.
Corporate Fans tab. Prawn Sandwich Brigade.
Early Doors pund. The opening minutes of a half. Another gift from Professor Atkinson.
Eric’s ball – sound heard approximately 10 seconds before opposition score a goal
Flawless Hat-trick v. German Hat-trick.
Gaffer n. Manager; boss.
German Hat-trick v. Three goals scored by the same player, consecutively, in one half of football, i.e. no other player should have scored a goal in between. See also: Flawless Hat-trick.
Goal-hanger n. sch. Person infamous for constantly Goal-hanging . See Ghassan
Goal-hanging v. sch. Refusing to do anything in a match apart from loiter around the opposition’s goal mouth, waiting for a chance of a shot at goal and then taking all the glory if they score.
Glory Hunter v. sch. A ‘fan’ who swaps teams regularly to follow the most successful.
Golden Hat-trick v. Classic Hat-trick; Perfect Hat-trick.
Group of Death pund. The name given to a particularly tricky group of teams at a major tournament. e.g. Brazil, Argentina, Italy in 1982 or Italy, Holland, France and Romania in Euro 2008.
Hairdryer Treatment pund. tab. Motivational tool; A bollocking; Usually at half time and originated by Sir Alex Ferguson.
Handbags v. pund. Near perfect word to describe the pathetic pushing and shoving that takes place when there is some sort of fracas between players.
“He worked his socks off” gaff. A phrase used by managers to describe the headless chicken antics of some mediocre player getting stick from supporters.
“He’ll be disappointed with that” pund. Phrase used by pundits who are too scared to actually criticise some overpaid Jessie who couldn’t hit a combine harvester with a clothes horse.
Horror Tackle pund. tab. A two footed, studs up challenge apparently designed to break legs, but never seemingly to do so.
“I didn’t see it” gaff. Phrase used by managers, particularly French ones, to endorse correct decisions made by refs against their players.
Jumpers for Goal-posts sch. The method of creating temporary goal posts in the park by dumping jumpers down on the floor to indicate where posts would be, whilst ignoring the problem of the cross-bar. Imoortalised by the Fast Show character, Ron Manager.
Lollipop v. pund. Football skill. To move the foot quickly round the ball without touching it but making the opposition think you’re going to. Immortalised by ‘Big’ Ron Atkinson’s legendary commentary… “One lollipop. Two lollipops. Three lollipops !”
Managerial merry-go-round tab. Media driven football management tool for furthering stagnating careers. As used by Peter Reid, Graeme Souness, Bryan Robson, Glenn Hoddle, Steve Bruce etc.
Nesh v. sch. To pull out of a winnable challenge – i.e. “he neshed it”. Originates from North Derbyshire.
Obviously pl. Word trained into young players to be used regularly as an opener for some bland comment they’re about to provide to an interviewer.
Offside referee – last line of defence used by Steffano
Onion Bag n. Goals; nets.
Panic Buy v. tab. To make a last-minute purchase in the Transfer Window without really thinking it through.
Parted Company tab. Sacked
Peno v. Penalty.
Perfect Hat-trick v. Three goals scored by the same player in one match, one with the right foot, one with the left foot, and one with the head. See also: Classic Hat-trick; Golden Hat-trick.
Prawn Sandwich Brigade tab. Corporate fans who care little about the game and understand less.
Rap v. tab. A telling off in Tabloidese, i.e. “Fergie Cops FA Rap”
Relegation Dogfight v. Situation where a number of clubs are battling it out to avoid relegation from a league.
Relax– form of advice based upon ‘top quality’ coaching pickedup by Dominic and hence now used by every player on pitch
Riko’s ball – shout used frequently by Hardy to ensure he can still play a game
Riot Act pund. tab. The imaginary reading of which, is used to conjure up a vision of fury from a manager towards his under-performing players, i.e. “Fergie will be reading the riot act at half-time”.
Rush Goalie sch. Goalkeeper who is allowed to come out and score, rather than one who has to stay on his line.
Swaps v. sch. Duplicates in a Panini sticker collection; Swapsies.
Swapsies v. sch. Swaps.
Swiss Bolt sft. Defensive tactical system created by Karl Rappan back in the 1930’s. Heavily influenced the Italian Catenaccio system.
Take your time– pep talk from Ghassan
Togga n. sch. Football match; game; kick-about; As in “who’s coming out for a game of togga ?”
Traditional Curtain Raiser n. sch. Tha Charity Shield; the Community Shield
Traffic v. pund. Irritatingly adapted from F1 commentary to mean ‘players in the way’. Used almost uniquely by Clive Tyldesley.
Who’s round– now out of favour but formerly used for Pashak
11 Mar 2008 | Rugby
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11 Mar 2008 | Rugby
WHIRLPOOL YOUTH SOCCER FINAL ON WEDNESDAY
Wednesday March 12th sees the culmination of a long and successful season of competitive games as AC Millies take on Cable Bahamas Stars in The Whirlpool Cup final at Freeport Rugby & Football Club.
AC Millies surprisingly struggled last week against playoff winners Borco and were somewhat flattered by the 3 nil score line. In an open, end to end game Borco had a number of chances to create a shock but were foiled by some resolute defending by Melyvonn Leon and goalkeeper Roger Johnson. Andre Turnquest, in particular for Borco, suffered at the hands of Johnson who pulled off some good saves from the young Borco player. AC Millies eventually took the lead after good play from Michael Lockhart who set the ‘ball on a plate’ for Richardson to drive the ball home. Good play from the same player doubled the score line before Sam Taylor netted a third as Borco looked desperately to get back in the game.
In the second semi final, Cable Bahamas squeezed though on penalties after a thrilling 3:3 tie after regular time. Denzil Deveaux looked to have steered his team into a commanding lead however a spirited GB Shipyard rallied to actually take the lead 3: 2 with only five minutes remaining. Cable Bahamas however were not to be outdone and equalized to take the game into penalty kicks. After a nervy series of penalties in which both goalkeepers (Ralstan Francis and Kevin Winter) pulled off some splendid saves, Coral Bahamas eventually won through to their third successive final. They will, however, be hoping to perform better than the previous two finals as they have lost on both occasions they went to ‘The Big Dance’!
The junior boys in The Dolly Madison Youth Soccer Academy aged 9 to 12 also continues each this Wednesday but will conclude their season just before Easter ( March 19th)
As part of the season close the following is take place on Wednesday March 19th:
Under 12s Select XI vs. Under 14s Select XI
Whirlpool Under 18 Select XI vs. Coaches Select XI
Hot dogs and sodas and awards will also be presented during the course of the afternoon of March 19th. All games and events are at Freeport Rugby & Football Club from 5pm.
5 Mar 2008 | Rugby
WHIRLPOOL YOUTH SOCCER LEAGUE & DOLLY MADISON SOCCER ACADEMY IN FINAL MONTH OF SEASON
The Dolly Madison Youth Soccer Academy for boys is now entering its final month of the season prior to closing down at Easter.
After a long season which started in September the boys will soon be winding down at the end of March. There is however, still much to play for .
The Whirlpool Soccer League is now in its ‘play off’ stage with semi finals being played on Wednesday March 5 th.
Games are scheduled as follows:
Cable Bahama Stars v GB Shipyard
AC Millies v Dynamo Smit/Borco Oilers
The winners of these 2 games compete for the Whirlpool Cup on Wednesday 12th. AC Millies are the form team going into the playoffs but don’t be surprised if there is an upset.
The junior boys aged 9 to 12 also continues each and every Wednesday but will conclude their season just before Easter ( March 19th)
As part of the season close the following is take place on Wednesday March 19th:
Under 12s Select XI vs Under 14s Select XI
Whirlpool Under 18 Select XI vs Coaches Select XI
Hot dogs and sodas and awards will also be presented during the course of the afternoon. All games and events are at Freeport Rugby & Football Club from 5pm every Wednesday.
