4-3: M1s vs Grove Menzieshill (Premiership) - 26/02/2022
143km between GHK hockey pitches to Dawson Park
10 points difference between Hillhead and Menzieshill if you were allowed to score their names in Scrabble
180 degrees between putting a pair of shorts the right and wrong way round before a game
1 goal separating the two sides on Saturday the 26th of February 2022 at GHK pitches (old Anniesland)
Q1: 0-2 to Grove, Hillhead caught out early, serious words had at the quarter
Q2: 2-2, Matt Carder slots the ball into the net followed by Yan Adams getting his debut goal in his return to the Scottish Premiership, I ate a banana at halftime
Q3: 4-2, a dream passage of play from Hillhead, sees John Reid slide on his nose for a tap in. A bounce pass short corner between Andrew Black and Fraser Ward into an empty net
Q4: 4-3, Grove get a goal from a short corner, Grove collect a red card and Hillhead see the match out
Other notable events to report (all biased from man at left back): Ewan Campbell GK volleying a hockey ball up the pitch, Cameron Butler assisting our first two goals from RB, Iain Hilton chucking an Aerial into their D, Andrew Duke and JLS winning multiple shorts, Vijay Trivedy shorts reversi and second quarter run into their D slipping ball back post, John Raid goal, Fraser Ward big pass to baseline for our 3rd goal, Stewart Cartmill Andrew Black and Thomas Cole nailing our press in Q2, Yan Adams solo run to break small boy, Graeme Campbell return to the pitch, Matt Carder splitting and winning the ball back several times, Keith Joss in HR zone 5 throughout the whole of the last quarter
The day finished with a well-attended quiz back at Woodend hosted by Ronnie Meikle and Wendy Andrews, thanks to Mark Carder for organising.
MoM: Yan Adams
DoD: Vijay Trivedy
