The Coalie Old Boys went to the Isle of Wight today to play Real Vectis for the prestigious Solent Cup:
Back Row: Chris Dickins, Chris Campbell, Geoff Bartlett, Sam Wedderburn, Pete Nugent, Ray Matthews, Neil Woolmer, Lee Farndell.
Front Row: Chris White, Ian Dickinson, Danny Fellows, Ross Down, Simon Oiller.
Talking tactics on the ferry on the way to our International fixture in the IOW. passports ready lads!
The game kicks off in beautiful sunshine. Here's Pete making yet another great catch from a corner...
Pete with another creative through ball :-)
Chalkie jockeying their strikers.
Geoff driving forewards...
We scored two goals in the first half after brilliant breakaways finished off by Ross. Here's Chalkie sending another long ball to our strikers...
Unfortunately, Real Vectis got back into it in the second half and ended up coming out 4v2 on top. We broke out the beers at the end of the game....
It was a great game...... We'll 'ave 'em next time :-)
Real Vectis hold onto the Solent Trophy...at least until the second leg in Emsworth :-)
The disappointment is soon forgotten once the beer started flowing....
In the minibus on the way back to the ferry....
What a great day....looking forward to the next one already....
