GARNETT B TEAM REPORT
Saturday 11th November 2003 Rutherford 0 (0) vs.(0) 0 Garnett B

A good warm up period was wasted when it was discovered that the opposition and referee were at Rutherford's home pitch and not at Bullocksteads (as stated on fixtures list)! Once arrived at the pitch the Bs had to fight off attempts by the Rutherford team to start the game while only seven Garnett players had got on the pitch. Despite all this and being poor from the start in recent weeks the Bs began solidly. A very physical Rutherford side were held back by an equally strong Garnett performance with the occasional Garnett break ending with poor delivery. This continued till half time.

The second half pretty much continued as the first half with a few highlights. Rankin came on for Robins leaving Shaw to reprise his more familiar role at the back. The defence remained solid with Rutherford's main threat coming from corners that were dealt with well. Garnett B's best chances in the game came from a frantic goalmouth scramble after a corner wasn't cleared but no one could find a way through the crowd of players.

Shortly after, the referee ignored the linesman signalling a blatant offside. The Rutherford forward, obviously now clean through on goal, was expertly taken out by Paul Rankin by jumping on the back of his legs before he reached the penalty box. The referee (not at all professional throughout the whole match) was given no option than to send Rankin off for this very deliberate foul, instead he somehow he escaped without even a yellow to his name!

Late on Church was even more "arms and legs" as he was left writhing around in pain from dislocating his shoulder. The forced substitution brought on McMillan before the manager changed to a more defensive formation to see out the rest of the game. A draw was a fair result given the circumstances and only having 60 minutes to impose on the game. A good all round performance with the constant running of Garbutt and good strength by Powers at the back earning them joint Man of the Match honours.

Team: R.Scott, S.Cook, P.Church (B.McMillan), A.Robins (P.Rankin), A.Powers (=MoM), G.Kent, E.Shaw, D.Ford, K.Jones, N.Garbutt (=MoM), R.Holme

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