Some second-half match day action photos from the Scud Testimonial game, which took place 3rd April 2004. The score was 1-1 at half-time when I arrived. (click-through for a larger image)
 The coollest referee in town |
 Heyden leaps powerfully to clear a 6s attack |
 The man of the day battles through with the ball at his feet |
 Grant looks on as the 6s keep possession |
 A good attacking move from the 6s ended up with a shot into the trees |
 Bongers, the best goalkeeper that this club has ever seen, launches the ball deep into the 6s half |
 Steve Williams&38;s 6th XI on the attack again |
 The shot comes in and Bongers makes a hard save look easy |
 Shopland in goal at the other end bravely clears to foils a 5th XI attack |
 Craddock smoking down the wing |
 Warman running the ball out from harm |
 Beamer evades attention from the 5s |
 ... and with a deft move, tricks his way past another challenge |
 Scud hold ing firm, but taking the Easter theme a bit too far |
 Kennedy makes his presence felt almost immediately that he comes on with a great finish to put the 5s 2-1 up |
 The restart and Kennedy makes sure that his name goes down for the goal |
 And they're off ... |
 The goal invigorated the 5s and they began to launch attack after attack |
 It may have been a friendly, but it was well contested |
 The perils of being a goalkeeper - Part 1. Shopland takes a bang to the head |
 The perils of being a goalkeeper - Part 2. Bongers collects safely, but the has to evade Superman |
 The perils of being a goalkeeper - Part 3. Despite best efforts Bongers cannot prevent another 6s attack from ending up in the net |
 The 6s, now at 2-2, had their tails up and were more or less camped in the 5s penalty box |
 The pressure pays off and it's now 3-2 to the 6s |
 Another attack and Bongers to the rescue again |
 Now the 5s began to get their act together and force the 6s onto the back foot |
 Even Beamer is back defending |
 The two big strikers cannot find a way through though |
 A penalty to the 6s! Bongers saved magnificently |
 Another close call for the 5s as the game approaches the final whistle |
 The clock ticks on, but neither side give up trying |
 A free kick in a dangerous place and Heyden takes - not sure about the ten yards though, ref |
 Scud shoots, but it's just over |
 Deep into injury time (deeper than injury time has ever gone) and the 5s throw everything they can up front for a corner ... |
 ... the ball is cleared, Heyden picks it up, has a shot ... |
 ... and it's there! |
 Heyden's attempted somersault celebration is the funnist moment of the game |
 And so to a Golden Goal finish |
 The 6s force a corner ... it goes deep ... it's headed back across the goal ... |
 ... and buried ... 4-3 to the 6s - a well deserved win. |