Archived News – Page 8 – Merton Football Club

Five games played today, and a few draws to tell you about. The 1s drew 2-2 at HSBC, with Jamie scoring both goals, and the tireless George Brobbey providing both assists. Pictured are Jamie and Harrison – MOTM and DOTD respectively. Harrison now safely tucked up in bed, we hear.
2s beat Weirside Rangers 3 – 0, while the 3s had the result of the day with a 2-1 win. Neal and Denys were among the goals in a great team effort. The 4s had no game. The 5s drew 2-2, with a brace from Dulanie and an assist for Andy. Josh was MOTM and our Merton Way editor Luke won the other ‘prize’. The 6s played out a 1-1 draw, with the returning Daban getting on the scoresheet. Tom Johnson with a well-deserved MOTM award, but 4s skipper Ed was voted DOTD. An unbeaten day for Merton.

Decent training session last night. Stand by for some videos of the skipping….

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Couple of victories to tell you about today, starting up top with the 1s, who bagged an impressive 3-2 win. Star of the show was Jamie Cross (pictured below) who assisted one goal, and scored another of his own making. George notched up a goal too. Also pictured with Jamie is Josh Connolly, who secured the DOTD award for a missed pen.

The 2s went down 5-3 in an end-to-end thriller, with Glenn getting a brace and Dan Rist scoring the other. 3s lost 3-1, with MOTM Aaron Byrne g…etting the goal. The 4s suffered a 4-1 defeat, with Nick Englefield the only man to get on the scoresheet. The 5s lost a tight game 2-1, but good to see Darren Avey representing the Defenders Union with a well-taken goal. And incredibly after last week’s shambles, the 6s kept a clean sheet! Not only that, but they scored 3 too – all of them tucked away by Lewis Riches who keeps the match ⚽️. Well done lads!

Some pics from the Hood A cracking win for the 1s but great in the bar with the 2s coming back from the early kick off and the 3s giving it some too.

Questionable fashion sense in the Hood yesterday once again. Here we have Jimbo and Scott with matching spikes in their barnet. And the denim/sheepskin look is gathering momentum, with Mustard and Harrison rocking it this week😒 Wonderful scenes in the bar as usual though!

It’s a triple 30th birthday celebration today in the Merton 5s. Many Merton returns to Tiago, Dwayne and Andy. Good luck today gents!

Only a few games today, but still good vibes at the Hood. The 4s continue their good run with a 1-1 draw – the returning Mikey Elgar with the goal. The 5s went down 4-1, with Tiago the sole man to get onto the scoresheet. As for the 6s, they scored 4 goals, courtesy of a brace each from captain DG and Darren Fitz. Unfortunately the oppo managed to stick 7 in the ole onion bag. Not a day for the keepers. Pictured are Ryan Burchell and his older brother Ivan, sporting some cutting-edge dad fashion. Good of Vanny to wear his Halloween mask too. Also pictured is Lyndon receiving his DOTD award for wearing tights

Results a bit mixed again this week.

1s had a rather fruitless trip up North to Finchleans, going down 3-0. Their fearless leader was voted DOTD, while Max Carveth was the man of the day by virtue of being the least rubbish.

2s ground out an excellent 1-0 over Old Blues here at the Hood – Josh scoring in the 82nd minute. Woody put in a commanding performance for MOTM.

The 3s went down in another thriller 4-3; Vin voted MOTM, with one of the 4 Sams (Britney Speirs) being adjud…ged the DOTD. They were actually 4-0 down, but goals from Vin, Sam K and Aaron B pulled em back into it.

The 4s drew 1-1 – Dom Plumridge with the goal and Gubby with the MOTM award.

The 5s went down disappointingly 2-0 at home to Actonians. In a stunning turnaround, Dwayne went from DOTD to MOTM, while Pete was unfortunate to go the other way.

Pictured are these two, and also Haydn, who failed to say “EJ”. Do check out the videos which resulted from that transgression

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Today’s results make for better reading than last week. The 1s led from the front with a 2-0 win over Ibis. George B scored a goal he set up himself, and assisted Vanny, who put away the other. New boy Jamie Cross bagged the MOTM honours – James Gray with the opposite of that. The 2s went down 4-1 at home to Poly, with Gibbo scoring the goal. Pictured are Wilgo and Haydn – DOTD and MOTM respectively. The 3s lost a 3-2 thriller against Actonians, with goals from Billy Lane and… Sam Slater. Iain gamely donned the gloves, with Neal voted MOTM. The 4s enjoyed a thumping 7-1 win over City of London, with Denys helping himself to a hat-trick⚽️. Goals too for Roman, Callum and the two Andrews (Stears and Minkovich). The 5s had no game, while the 6s lost 5-1 to HSBC. Their fearless leader Dave added another goal to his tally; Dobson banking the MOTM award, and Steve Burchell (pictured) doing enough to secure the DOTD gong.

Todays Results – Some great performances and good games but…1s lost 2-1 to Norsemen who looked very good.Chalie with our goal and Vanny DOTD.

3s lost 2-1 AET in the Cup Adam Lynch MOM and Ryan B DOTD.2s lost 2-1 to BOE in the Cup good game and some very good footy to match the wonderful setting.Jack M)M and Ciaran DORD.

4s notched our only win but it was against our 5s 2-0 –

6 lost 4-3 MOTM Tom J and DOTD Faycal Radjoul

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Today’s results 22.09.18
A wet and miserable day for Merton. No wins, 2 draws and two teams knocked out of cup competitions.
1s drew 2 – 2 away to Ally Pally. Good result all that way north of the river. Goals from Jimbo and Jonny, both assisted by George. 6s have trained George well last couple of seasons.
2s lost at home to HSBC in the SAL cup, 2 – 3 after extra time. Last minute goal by them to knock 2s out of the cup. Both goals from Ivan V.
3s at home also lost 3-2 to Civil Service. Goals from Neal and Billy.
4s also lost 2 – 3 away to Old Sepcopians in the AFA Cup. Goals from Roman and Denys.
5s away to Polytechnic lost heavily 0 – 4.
6s with the early home game against Old Wilson’s 8s drew 1 – 1. Goal from Reece.

Merton Tour: Algarve Portugal

Merton FC will be touring the Algarve next May. The plan is to take 18 people, with two teams who will compete in an open-age, 7-a-side tournament. The dates will be 9-12 May, 2019.

We have been offered a 3-night package, costing 180 euros per person. This includes:

Accommodation at a 4-star hotel in central Albufeira. Exact hotel is TBC, but all are in great locations near bars & restaurants & 10 minutes’ walk to the beach (between Old Town Albufeira & the Strip)
Private Airport transfers on arrival & departure. They will meet us at the airport & be on hand at the hotel to assist with the check in to make this quick and easy
Entry to the Algarve Football Tours 7’s Cup for two teams (with match officials, complementary water, trophy presentation). Transport to and from pitches from hotel

Flights are not included in the package. These are expected to be in the region of 180 to 200 quid.

At this stage, we require an expression of interest, and we will soon request an initial deposit to confirm your place. Please get in touch with Clappers, Toddy or Max to express interest, or if you have any questions.

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A slightly disappointing set of results today so far. Top spot though goes to Dave Golding’s 6s whose oppo cried off on Thursday and so we had a walk over into the next round.
Down at the Hood the 1s lost 1-0 to HSBC with a Harrison own goal. George MOM Harrison an unsurprising DOTD
2s lost 4-0 at Weirside MOM Criag Bull (the second) and DOTD Ciaran McGowan
3s lost 3-0 at home to Reigatians in the cup.
5s lost 2-1 with Pete Obang -Edu getting the goal and Scott Brown MOM.(Pic + pics from the Hood)