Old Wandle 2 vs 3 Real Dundonald F.C.

<p>REAL DUNDONALD made hard work of what should of been a comfortable win against a lower placed team in the league, no disrespect to OLD WANDLE.....&nbsp;however OLD WANDLE came to win, a very organised side with a fighting spirit and littered with&nbsp;talented footballers.....REAL'S football was patchy in the first half to say the least,&nbsp;and once again a lack of communication and a&nbsp;strange&nbsp;hesitancy to clear danger&nbsp;saw WANDLE&nbsp;go ahead within 20 minutes.....&nbsp;still attemps by AL-MAJALI, INGRAM, GYLES, BLAKEBROUGH (great long-range&nbsp;shot), HARVEY and the impressive (after being out for so long) GRAHAM all coming very close to scoring in a very slow burning game, a well worked free-kick (won by GRAHAM)&nbsp;by GRAHAM and HARVEY, saw HARVEYS left foot drive well defended by WANDLE which deflected for a corner.....games like these are usually crying out&nbsp;for a "special" player to do something special..."up steps Micheal GYLES"...after tidy work from WEEKS and INGRAM down the right side, INGRAMS accurate&nbsp;cross found GYLES lurking with intent inside WANDLE'S box...the rest was a kodak moment we shall say...the kid leaped in the air with great agility and scored a sensational right footed&nbsp;bicycle kick!!!, it is not the first time either...1-1......REAL came in for the H-T break knowing more purpose was needed, more urgency, more possession......the second half saw C. ALDERSON come in at LM...within 5 or 6 minutes WANDLE went ahead again, a good pass from their midfielder finding their number 9 who side-footed home, REAL were caught&nbsp;out by their quick and impressive number 9....&nbsp;i must say it was a good goal.....REAL now&nbsp;suddenly came to their senses.......C. ALDERSON and the energetic HARVEY inter-changing down the left side of the pitch caused WANDLE all sorts of problems, REAL'S football was better now, passing was kept on the ground, still no break-through, AL-MAJALI was put through&nbsp;by a reverse ball by GYLES but was denied a certain goal by WANDLES recovering&nbsp;CB, great tackle, great timing.........on the hour&nbsp;came the introduction of the "little big man" Ben HAYES.....HAYES being his creative, clever and twinkle-toed&nbsp;self saw REAL'S confidence take a turn for the better, the whole team lifted by his presence, it seemed......&nbsp;his team-mates always&nbsp;eager to give him the ball...and when he&nbsp;got&nbsp;his foot on the&nbsp;ball the kid was a constant&nbsp;thorn in WANDLES side... after just&nbsp;5 minutes of&nbsp;coming on&nbsp;HAYES cut in from the right and swung in a deadly cross which GYLES nearly converted, the&nbsp;ball flashing just wide....moments later HAYES dropped the shoulder again&nbsp;on WANDLES LB and swung in another deadlier fizzing cross which was helped on by the quick thinking&nbsp;AL-MAJALI and&nbsp;then converted in the goal by WANDLES helpless CB..2-2..........with 15 minutes to play&nbsp;M. ALDERSON came on for the tireless effort given by&nbsp;AL-MAJALI.......M. ALDERSON with his awareness and great touch played his part in a game which really showed REAL'S "CHARACTER".......M. ALDERSON could have wrapped it all up with 10 minutes left to play, his first time curling shot just going over, &nbsp;after a fantastic passing team move, the ball&nbsp;passed from the back then forward, going left and right&nbsp;throughout the whole team with ease and finesse, OVER 11 passes..BEAUTIFUL TO WATCH!!!!!!!!!!!.......still M. ALDERSON was on hand to assist the Man-Of-The-Match... Ben "jiiiiimy bullard" HAYES...M. ALDERSONS quick pass to HAYES in the 84th minute, allowed HAYES to&nbsp;half-volley a&nbsp;powerful&nbsp;shot&nbsp;through a determined and packed WANDLE'S defence, the ball nestling in the net nicely.....WANDLES GK had&nbsp;"NO CHANCE"...3-2.............REAL DUNDONALD some might say, "Won Ugly" today.....id say "A Winning Team&nbsp;MUST have character to keep getting the required result"".....7 wins out of 8 is no fluke.......

<p>Uncle Bob