League Match 19/09/09Hearts of Oak- 6
Pot Black F.C- 1
Match Overview- Love them or hate them, when a score line finishes as it has it's impossible to deny they more than deserved their victory.
Unfortunatly despite all the pre match hostilities L'Orange never made it out of the starting blocks conceeding two soft goals in the first 5 minutes leaving P.B shell shocked, only to see Hearts dangerman Pike produce a beautiful piece of skill which was placed home by Ant Field effectively sealing there victory after only 15 minutes.
L'Orange did manage to string a little possession together prior to the break and saw there best chance a Darren Laws shot cleared off the line, an incident that saw Gary Boyd recieve a suspected broken wrist.
After the break both sides were bemused by some extremly soft decisions by referee Lee Garrod including two penalties (one apiece) that were quite simply in error, both of which were comfortable dispatched by Pike and Richi Reeder for P.B respectfully.
On the day the best team won no doubt about it, and the manner in which both sides conducted themselves was calmer and more restrained than expected, And for the first time I have to say I witnessed a Hearts that were graceful in victory. Well done , today you were worthy champions.
As for P.B, we need to rebuild and focus on our next match, lets face it 1-0, 3-1 or 6-1 it does not matter a defeat was always going to hurt and in truth it's easier to swallow as we weren't robbed by dubious decisions but were generally just awful and out played! The only positive was seeing Simon Durrant coming through his first 90 minutes in nearly 18 months after two dreadful injuries.
Next match boys we must find our normal team spirit, fight for each other and most of all play as a team.
Goals- Richi Reeder
