St Silas vs Hope Hall

5-2 was the final score in this hard fought match. Hope Hall (who are high in the table for a reason) lead twice in the second half before Silas fought through for the win.

The teams met at Scotstoun Leisure Centre on the astro turf pitch. Before the game even began Silas where on their hands and knees (not praying, sadly :P) but picking up shards of glass as one of the floodlights had been smashed and not cleaned up. A striker claimed we should just play on without tidying up, much to the disgust of the right back and right midfield who would be playing through it all! That little comment proved to be the most entertaining part of a first half which was ruined by high winds causing most passes, shots and clearances to go over the fence!!

The second half saw the wind die down and the play improve greatly. Hope Hall went a goal up with a header after a little goalkeeping error. Silas got back on level terms before Hope Hall scored another: a shot from outside the box which caused our goalie some problems. Silas then rallied and with an Ali Morrow goal into the top corner from short range made it all square. John Wood then scored a goal after the keeper didn't catch the ball properly. The goalie (who is very good: saved a good header form me anyway) then kicked John as he ran to celebrate. This left the ref (who had a good game) with no option but show the red card. With Hope Hall down to 10 men (and a new keeper in) Silas then scored two more well worked goals. (Appologiese for the lateness, shortness and "without even goal scorers names"ness of this report)


The Silas defence dealt well with the weather problems and can't be blamed for the two goals we let in. The midfield and attack were not firing on all cylinders but still managed to score 5 (which can only be a good thing). Also the two attackers both got an assist or two which is great also. MOM was given to me (Graham Cuthbert), which was really nice to get. I feel bad though that other player don't get as much credit as they deserve though. For example, I thought Murdo, Alan Dock and Richard Olyott played particularly well on Saturday, but everyone in the team makes a real contribution. Without a team we would never win!!!! Thank God for the gift of sport and football!! :D