People's Champions!

Weighton Utd crowned Back 2 Back Champions!



On a beautiful September night it was Weighton Utd who walked away with the cup to make it back to back wins after a nervy penalty shoot-out against Not Very Athletic.



The group stages saw each team play 3 games, with the top team from each group plus the best second place of the three groups progressing into the knock-outs. (see results below)



The first semi saw NVA v 110 played out a goal less draw and moved into a penalty shootout to decide the winner. 110 took an early advantage after a save by their keeper gave them a 1-0 score after the first round of kicks, however NVA keeper Will 'Cat' Collins made a save from 110's final kick to bring it level. In sudden death it was the composure of NVA which proved vital and saw them into the final - a great achievement for a team which battled to finish anywhere but last in the league for the first three seasons.



The second semi was much of the same, with Weighton Utd v Waterside unable to break the deadlock. Dan Moore (Waterside) and Martin Moss (Weighton) had their usual tough and bruising but fair battle for supremacy, with neither giving an inch. Again penalties proved vital to seperate the teams. Moss stepped up first and put last years final miss well and truly behind him with a smashed shot. Everyone else scored until it was down to Moore. Unfortunatley it was not his night. After missing a kick in the group stages (saved excellently by the Borussia keepers stacked stomach muscles!), redemption wasn't on Dan's side, and his kick was saved again to send Waterside crashing out in their final Soccer Sixes appearance. Before the celebrations, Moss was already on to Moore to try and recruit him to the Weighton side for the coming season!



In an unfamiliar position NVA did not look over come in their most important match to date, and played pretty well throughout the final. However it was a game of defence reather than attack, with Moss(Weighton) and Harley (NVA) looking solid at the back for their respective teams. After an back and forth 10mins, the ref had to call on panalties again to decide this years Champions.

NVA again went behind in the first round, before keeper Collins made an amazing save with his face from a powerblaster of a shot. seeing 7 balls instead of 1, Collins was close to making another save on a couple of ocassions, but the kicks ultimately went through all 6 outfield players and onto the keepers. Weighton's keeper tucked his penalty away before the star seeing collins stepped up. Before the ref had chance to toot his whistle, Will had stroked a beautiful kick into the bottom corner, but the ref had no choice but to insist on a re-take as the whistle to signal the kick had not been blown. Much to the chargrin on the NVA boys, Collins stepped up again but this time his kick was saved and Weighton were Champions!



NVA walked away with a medal round their neck, their heads held high and the accolade of 'Peoples Champions' being chanted from the crowds.



Results:



Group One - 110 7pts,Weighton Utd 6pts, Angel Athletic 4pts, Inter Buckle 0pts

Weighton 0-1 110

Angel 1-0 Inter Buckle

Weighton 1-0 Inter Buckle

Angel 0-0 110

Weighton 1-0 Angel

110 1-0 Inter Buckle



Group Two - Waterside 6pts, Borussia Teeth 5pts, Deportivo 2pts, Mauled FC 2pts

Depo 1-1 Borussia

Mauled FC 0-1 Waterside

Waterside 1-0 Deportivo

Borussia 0-0 Mauled FC

Mauled FC 0-0 Depo

Waterside 0-1 Borussia



Group Three - Not Very Athletic 7pts, Little Scamps 4pts, Onetouchables 2pts, MW Sunday 2pts

MW 0-1 Scamps

NVA 1-0 Onetouchables

MW 0-0 Onetouchables

NVA 1-0 Scamps

MW 0-0 NVA

Scamps 0-0 Onetouchables

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The cup - how it actually happened

It appears there may still be some slight flaws in my cup predictor....

First my write up of our games then Jay's overall writeup:

2 draws and one defeat, not a bad result for the NVA in the cup, especially as we scored our ever first cup goal against the eventual tournament winners. First match, against ONE10 we were defensive, but did so very well and also managed the odd well constructed counter attack. A 0 - 0 finish to the match seemed a fair result.

Straight up with no rest we took on Weighton, the eventual winners of the tournament. This match started badly due to a little confusion with our formation. I had swapped out of goal with Al and was going up front, however Dave was far too loved up to listen to this fact and was wandering around near their penalty area muttering 'Da, Da' to himself. This left us somewhat understaffed at the back and the first goal for Weighton went in shortly afterwards. We replied well resulting in an excellent save by their keeper to deny Rob, which stopped us levelling at 1 - 1. Being a goal down in such a short game we had to attack and this led to some wonderful work down the right wing by Chris, robbing one of their players and going passed three others before crossing, yup Chris crossed after one of his runs, for Rob K to fire home. Our first ever cup goal. We eventually lost 3 - 1, a scoreline which flattered them a little.
Finally we took on Weighton sunday, who kicked us around the park for 10 minutes with the ref seemingly too distracted to notice. Finally one of them was shown a
yellow card, but I think the ref was actually reaching into his pocket for a lolly and accidentally grabbed the card instead. This match also ended in a 0 - 0 draw, leaving us joint third.
We played well overall, and if it wasn't for the confusion over the formation and an excellent save from their keeper I think we could have held our own against the tournament winners. With the league being split into two for this season we have a real chance of doing well.
On a final note our new signing, Pete, did some excellent work in the midfield and showed some talent, taking the big step up from the Black sox with consummate ease. Just don't expect him to header anything.

See ya all in the new season.

Jay's write up:

Congratulations to Weighton Utd, new Soccer Sixes Cup Winners.

Market Weighton Utd added to their second place league finish by winning the end of season cup. Weighton finished top of their group along with AJ's and Waterside, with Shanghi progressing as best 2nd place team.

The semi finals saw Weighton beat AJ's 1-0 after a fine finish by Tom Shaunessey. In the other semi, Waterside drew 0-0 with Shanghi for the second time in the night. Only a great save from the Shanghi keeper could seperate the teams, with the reigning cup holder progressing into the final to face Weighton Utd.

The final was another close match. Both teams had a few half chances, and a big collision on 6 minutes saw Weighton lose Tom shaunessey to injury. Neither team could break the deadlock, so the game went to penalties. Step up Nathan Mather, the Weighton keeper. 3 saves from 3 penalties saw Weighton take the honours, and so began the jubilant celebrations.

Review of the results:

Group One
Weighton Utd 0 v 0 MW Sunday
Not Very Athletic 0 v 0 ONE10
Weighton Utd 3 v 1 Not Very Athletic
MW Sunday 0 v 1 ONE10
Weighton Utd 1 v 0 ONE10
MW Sunday 0 v 0 Not Very Athletic
* Weighton progress to semis as group winners

Group Two
AJ's 0 v 0 Reservoir Trogs
Beverley Knights 0 v 0 Deportivo
Reservoir Trogs 1 v 0 Deportivo
AJ's 0 v 0 Beverley Knights
AJ's 2 v 0 Deportivo
Beverley Knight 0 v 0 Reservoir Trogs
* AJ's progress to semis as group winners

Group Three
Shanghi 2 v 0 Borussia Teeth
Angel 0 v 1 Waterside
Shanghi 0 v 0 Angel
Borussia Teeth 0 v 1 Waterside
Borrusia Teeth 0 v 0 Angel
Shanghi 0 v 0 Waterside
* Waterside progress to semis as group winners
* Shanghi progress to semis as best 2nd place

Semi Finals
Shanghi 0 v 0 Waterside
* Shanghi win 3 - 2 on penalties

Weighton Utd 1 v 0 AJ's

Final
Weighton 0 v 0 Shanghi
* Weighton win 2 - 0 on penalties

Thanks to all the teams who took part. League starts Wed 28 April



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The cup - How it'll happen

I have studied the form of the teams involved and, using my cup prediction software, can state with some certainty that what is shown below is how things will pan out:





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