Well, within the last month, everything that a football team doesn’t want to happen to them has for PC United, they were dumped out of League 1 for financial reasons, and however, they then applied to go back into the game after a substantial financial investment from fellow Cricket website Cricinfo.
The FA told them they could play, if they got a team of 22 players before Aug 14th, UEFA then stepped in and said it was too long, and gave them to August 7th. FIFA (who were watching all this un-fold!) then stepped in and said they could play as long as they could prove that the finance was there, and they did, they have a new team and are ready to go here at Carrow Road as they face Championship side Norwich City.
Let’s have a look at the 2 teams:
Norwich City:
GK – D.Marshall
DEF – R.Bertrand
DEF – D.Dublin
DEF – A.Pearce
DEF – J.Otsemobor
MID – K.Gibbs
MID – M.Pattison
MID – D.Russell
MID – L.Chadwick
ATT – J.Cureton
ATT – C.Evans
PC United
GK – M. Fb
DEF – B.Bob
DEF – P.Deasey
DEF – J.Shackell
DEF – R.Sweetman
MID – K.Tierney
MID – B.Manning
MID – T.Baker
MID – D.Bentley
ATT – S.Rooney
ATT – L.Sweetman
“Here is the kick off folks! This is going to be a great game!”
4 Mins: Dion Dublin with a great ball up to Evans, Evans beats Deasey with ease, he decides to have a pop… Good save from Matt, he took that at chest height, but it wasn’t easy, many Keeper’s have nightmares about that type of curling shot. And the Carrow road crowd claps the great move from Norwich.
6 Mins: PC looking to hit right back here after a nervy Start, and they are doing well, Bentley runs at Bertrand, and how cheeky is that? Bentley flicks it over his head! Bertrand is speechless, Bentley knocks the ball in, there is Lee Sweetman… Goal! Its in the net, Lee Sweetman flicks it on with his head and its past Marshall, Great goal, but how cheeky was Bentley there?! :laugh Norwich 0-1 Pc United.
11 Mins: Pattison to swing in the corner… Gibbs goes down, and the ref points to the spot! Shackell with a foul on his old team mate, and a penalty has been given, that looked a bit harsh on Shackell I feel, but he is going to receive a Yellow here.
Luke Chadwick to take… Saved! What a save from Matt! It was curling away from him and into the top corner, he leaped like a salmon up stream there, and got a hand to it, and pushed it away, And now, a Counter attack from PC United, Bentley, wide to Baker, Baker knocks it across to Tierney, who looks to chip the ball over the defense to Shantanu Rooney… Goal! He chipped the ball to Rooney, who hits it before it even touches the floor! Great goal, what a crisp volley it was, Marshall didn’t have a chance. The game is slipping away from Norwich here. Norwich 0-2 Pc United.
20 Mins: This game Is getting duller than paint now, it seems all the action was limited to the first 15 minutes, there have been a few odd shots since, Dublin and Pattison have tested Matt, but he did well, and also, Lee Sweetman and Bentley have but Marshall to the test, and he passed them both.
25 Mins: Gibbs running on the wing now, he is un-challenged, he swings in a left foot cross, Met by the head of Evans… Goal! Its in, Norwich have one back, Evans and the crowd are cheering, well, wait, no! Its been given as offside! The Norwich fans, players and staff are furious! But, replay’s show he was offside, well played Bobby Bob, he walked forward at just the right time there.
40 Mins: 15 minutes since the last chance, its been a midfield battle since then, Here is Dublin, he finds Gibbs, Gibbs lose’s out to Deasey, Deasey looks up and find Tierney with an inch perfect ball, Kieron is one on one… Missed! He decides to just put his foot through it and hope for the best, but it is row Z… Waaaaaayyyy back there. Horrible shot from Kieron, he has every right to be annoyed with that!
45 + 2: And that’s it here at Carrow Road, at Half time Its Norwich City 0-2 Pc United. Join us in 15 minutes for the second half of action.