There was the usual banter flying around before the game. David threatening to tie Ben's laces together and pull down his shorts but that all stopped as soon as the whistle was blown.
Some say that this was they strongest Lake FC ever, with new additions of the captain David and Fergus with the usual young guns Neil, Ben and Gareth and the wise heads of Barry, Steve, Bernard and Dickie.
We were quietly confident!!
Off we went and stormed into a 1-0 lead with a goal from Dickie.
Then the whole game is a bit of a blur as we are all terribly unfit and nearly passed out after 5 mins of running around (apart from Fergus and Neil) so we had roll on roll off subs.
There was some lovely pass and moves, touches and some screaming shots that just deserved a goal, one especially from Steve that cannoned off the bar.
The game entered it's final 5 mins with the score poised at 6-6 and then WALLOP David sprang into life. His 23 year old legs got their 2nd wind and he banged in 2 goals to finish the match as a Lake victory 8-6.
ENCAMS said they were gutted to be beaten by 2 late goals, but that was always our plan. Honestly!!
Truth be told we played OK but our star man was Gareth in goal, who was awarded the Man of the Match award as he was like a cat in net and kept us in the game.
Neil and David were strong candidates for the award as they both bagged a hat trick.
BUT it's only half time! We have the away leg in Wigan on Dec 8th so we will take our 2 goal lead up there confident we can bring home the trophy.
Lake's goal scoring charts
3 - David and Neil
1 - Fergus and Dickie
COME ON LAKE FC!!
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