Entries from June 2009

June 24, 2009

Match Report vs Dunbar FC 23/6/2009

After Teuchters 2-0 victory over Sykes FC on Monday VAFC were left with plenty work to do to reclaim the summit of the Owen Coyle Super League sponsored by Joseph Perrier Champagne.

June 23, 2009

League Table 23/6/2009

Played Won Drawn Lost GF GA GD Pts VAFC 2 2 0 0 8 3 +5 6 Teuchters FC 2 2 0 0 4 1 +3 6 Sykes FC 2 0 0 2 1 5 -4 0 Dunbar FC 2 0 0 2 3 7 -4 0 VAFC top the table after a stunning 5-2 [...]

June 17, 2009

Credit Crunch Hits Community Football

Bit of a crisis, new york mellon bank let go of several members of the football team and made them redundant. Unsurprisingly they are not up for representing the very institution that has shamelessly cast them aside. However all is not lost, I am working hard to find another team at outrageously short notice and [...]

June 15, 2009

League Table 15/6/2009

Played Won Drawn Lost GF GA GD Pts VAFC 1 1 0 0 3 1 +2 3 Teuchters FC 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1 3 Dunbar FC 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0 Sykes FC 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0 VAFC officially top of the league after Teuchters [...]

June 15, 2009

Apology Accepted

I received a reply to my email to the Wester Hailes Baptist Church containing a full apology. In the words of the guy who replied to me, hopefully the two teams can move on from this and sporting behaviour will be the order of the day from now on. Keep the faith JD

June 11, 2009

Reaction from Match vs Westerhailes Baptist Church FC 11/6/2009

Not really much requirement for a match report from last night. A simple reactionary statement will do the job.

June 7, 2009

Diego Does The Damage 4/6/2009

With the shadow of an 8-1 defeat looming large like the morning after a gallon of Jaipur we required some serious firepower to overcome such a nonsense result and get our league campaign underway. I received an email a couple of weeks ago after my gumtree campaign looking for teams for our league from a [...]

June 1, 2009

Match Report vs Blackhall St Columbas 28/5/2009

Following another successful Gumtree campaign I managed to arrange a fixture against Blackhall St Columbas, a team set to play in next season’s Church Leagues. This match eventually turned out to be our final farewell to Fisherrow for the 2008/2009 season due to the usual nonsense behaviour from the council closing down the pitches for [...]