| DATE | OPPOSITION | SCORE |
MATCH REPORT
| 23/07/2010 |
Famous |
W 2-1 |
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This huge match was billed as the clash of the titans. In one corner you had
all the all conquering runaway league defending champions, The Famous. In the
other you had a rejigged but massively in form Carpeteers, fresh from their
stunning win in the Lee Jago memorial cup last Saturday and the 5 goal
drubbing of Londis the day before. What was to follow certainly didn't
disappoint as both teams were well up for it from the start and were to dish
up a mouth-watering 5 star , edge of your seat match that everyone wanted to
see. Carps lined up with Gav in goal, Warbz and Ricko in defence, Craig just
in front of them and then Andy and Geachy alternating between midfield and up
front. Carps set their stall out perfectly, to nullify the ultimate danger man
in Frankie M'Acavoy and to cut the angles so to give their forward players no
room. This was executed to sheer perfection throughout. Virtually all the
attacks of any meaning were coming from Carpeteers and the Famous keeper was
being worked overtime and he made several stunning saves until Carps had a
free kick from an acute angle. Hoops was heard to say 'it is ok having a free
kick but we will never score from that'. an how he was made to eat his words
for the umpteenth time as Craig shot a truly brilliant low shot into the near
corner and completely outfox the whole Famous team. You could literally feel
the frustration rise amongst Famous players as they began to niggle at each
other, Carps had them on the ropes and Gareth Geach was proving to be
unplayable for the second week running. One attack in particular saw Carps
soak up the pressure and Geachy broke away on his own with just one Famous
defender and GK to beat, he jinked from one side to the other and unleashed a
swerving left footed drive that smacked the top of the post so hard i swear it
must have dented it! gasps of awe and disbelief echoed around the Poltair
astro as the ball smashed to safety. Chance after chance came and only
excellent goalkeeping was keeping it at 1 0, until Carps were hit with the
ultimate sucker punch. A world class draw in and break attack from M'Acavoy
and co resulted in a Famous free kick and Frankie tricked Carps by toe poking
the ball and it took a wicked deflection off a defender and just out of Gav's
reach. Groans were heard from Hoops who was working overtime up and down the
touchline as we should really have been at least 2 or maybe 3 up by then. Half
time came soon after and Famous went into the break with their tails up, but
how were Famous to be rocked to the core yet again as Carps showed true
courage and superb team play and an absolutely phenomenal set piece worked
between Craig and Geachy resulted in the latter slotting into the net from
close range. Nothing more than Carpeteers deserved. Gav had to make 2
excellent saves from Frankie and Co but Warbz was truly awesome in defence,
organising everything and staying at last man. In Chris we have found a no
nonsense guy who gives nothing less than 100%, we look a much safer bet when
he plays at the back for us. Ricko, yet again, played out of his best position
but ran himself ragged, harassing anyone who had the ball. Andy is nothing
less than essential to Carpeteers, when he doesn't play we are not the same
team, he, as always was truly superb tonight. Craig proved yet again that he
is without doubt the best free kick specialist at Poltair on a Friday, his
goal was world class as was his timing for Geachy's winner and that is where
this report finishes...with Geachy. he got the winner, but this was about far
more
than a winning goal, it was as near to perfection a performance as you could possibly get. On this form Gareth is THE best striker at Poltair, no questions. Tonight a 10/10 would not do him justice, not only was he utterly brilliant in attack but he was everywhere, in midfield and even defence too.
the final whistle was wound down to by some safety play and desperate attempts
from Famous to snatch what would be a devastating equaliser, but, in truth,
Carps mopped up any half chances with comparative ease. A fantastic 3 points
and as good as a performance tactically and as a team as i have probably ever
seen from a Carpeteers side.
Ratings - Gav 9, Warbz 10, Ricko 9, Andy 9, Craig 9, Geachy 10
MOM Geachy - nothing more can be said, he was awesome.
©
Hoops16/07/2010 |
Londis |
W 5-0 |
After a tight first
half Carpeteers tore sorry Londis apart with a rampaging attack of
football that inflicted Londis with their worst defeat in years. Gareth
Geach and Scott Laughton [ his first Carp goals ] found the net twice each
with Gareth Geach bringing up his Carps goals to a century.Andy Geach also
scored to take his tally to 35 goals. Despite gunning down Londis in
attack, the Carpeteers defence was as solid as a rock with Ricko and new
signing Warbz [ Chris Warburton ] holding the line brilliantly while stand
in keeper Craig Phillips [ the cat ] pulled off the saves when needed with
consummate ease.
| © Ricko 09/07/2010 |
LolCambell |
W 3-0 |
It was a walkover tonight as our opposition failed to
even turn up and didn't let anybody know. A friendly vs Chesney followed
and Hoops played a part without any injury
concerns this week after limping out of last weeks match after just 1
touch of the ball. | © Ricko | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 02/07/2010 | Chesney | D 2-2 |
Carps had to make do without prolific striker
Craig Phillips and new keeper Kai Stone as a daunting task awaited them in
the form of Chesney Utd. Carps pressed hard early and deserved their goal
when Gareth Geach finished off a nice move. Chesney, as expected, hit back
to lead 2-1 and the game now looked an uphill task for the Carps. However,
a determined run down the right by Ricko and an accurate pass found Andy
Geach in plenty of space to slot home past former keeper Ozzie. It was
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| 25/06/2010 | Jailers | D 1-1 |
Jailers were billed as title favourites along with Famous at the start of
the season but were given a stern test against a tough
Carpeteers side who were without goalkeeper Kai Stone and top scorer Craig Phillips.
Carps pressed hard early on and it was Damon Mulready who fired home the
opening goal with a good break down the left wing. Jailers came back
determined but couldn't score before
half time. A rare blip all night from a corner gave Jailers their chance
and they took it. The game was in the balance for the final 10 minutes
with both sides looking dangerous and a draw was just about a fair result.
When other sides got hammered on the night by other rivals, both teams
will be glad with a point. © Ricko | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 11/06/2010 | Puls8 | L 0-2 |
Both
teams went into this game confident of victory, but a new look Puls8 team,
with Bobby Lee Johns back from injury, just had the edge. Gary Grierson
was outstanding in defence for Puls8. Bruce Campbell opened the scoring in
the first half and Dean Collinson added a second for Puls8 to kill off
Carpeteers revival when they were threatening to level the scores. © Glyn Gapper
04/06/2010 |
Tesco |
W 2-1 |
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Old adversaries Carps & Tesco locked horns again and the predicted tight
match definitely took place. Carps were rocked to the core with the news
that gk Shaun 'Moley' Hicks would be missing for the entire season and
had to act quickly, bringing in Kai Stone between the sticks. Gav, Rick,
Craig, Andy and Geachy completed the starting line up, with Hoops
warming the bench. It was gripping stuff from the first whistle with
both teams defences on top, until Andy unleashed an unstoppable half
volley from 20 yards that left the Tesco keeper with no chance, Carps
just about deserved the lead, but back roared Tesco and a well worked
goal ended with an equally unstoppable low drive that left Kai no
chance. Tesco were using the width very well, but in return Carps broke
a number of times and only excellent interceptions stopped Geachy and
Craig from goal scoring opportunities. Gav and Rick were being worked
overtime and midway through the second half it looked like a draw, until
Craig was hauled down 15 yards out and Craig, dusted himself down and
let rip a brilliant cross goal thunderbolt into the top right hand
corner of the net. 2 - 1 and try as they might Tesco were not going to
come back again. A very fine result and a gritty performance against the
team who finished third last season.
Ratings -
Kai 8
Gav 8
Rick 8
Andy 8
Craig 8
Geachy 8
Man of the Match - Rick - He just pips Kai for the bubbly.
© Hoops
NEW SEASON 28/05/2010 |
Famous |
L 1-3 |
For
the 1st time in our history we had to play the same team 2 weeks running.
Coincidence? Or is it because we're Carpeteers and Famous are runaway
Champions of the Premiership? Well yes, we met them again tonight for the
opening game of our 10th season. Famous knew they were in a game right
from the start as Damon Mulready had his shot tipped onto the crossbar and
Ricko's turn and volley was tipped round the post for a corner. Gareth
Geach's pressure broke the deadlock when a Famous clearance deflected in
off Geach's body and into the side of the net for a deserved lead. Famous
equalised with their first attack after 12 minutes when Ian Superman
couldn't get down quick enough to palm the shot away. Famous got an even
easier 2nd goal when Superman tried to kick the ball away instead of use
his hands...bizarre stuff from a goaly...but made a class save moments
later to deny a certain Famous win. As Carps pushed hard for the leveller
with Andy Geach in attack, Famous did get their 3rd with Carps players up
the pitch. With Ian Superman storming away at the end without paying it is
clear that Shaun Moley Hicks' absence as our main goalkeeper due to a
broken arm, is going to prove a costly one
already. ©
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| 21/05/2010 - CUP QF GROUP STAGES | Famous | L 0-2 | The disastrous run of form in the knockout stages of the cup continues as Carpeteers crashed out at the QF stages of the main cup for the second season running. Things were always going to be tough against the Premiership champions Famous, but Carps took it to their rivals from the start. However, Famous defended well and limited any chances to just half chances and they got their usual break away goal to lead. As Carps went for the jugular in the final minutes, the defence was left vulnerable, and Famous sealed the win with another goal. During the match, both Geach brothers limped off with injuries. Famous failed to do the league / cup double when they later lost in the final. © Ricko | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 14/05/2010 - CUP GROUP STAGES | Jedi Mind Tricks | W 8-1 | Carpeteers won their cup group in some
style tonight and made it the 2nd biggest win in the history of the team.
Craig Phillips banged in 3 goals to claim yet another hat trick, while the
electric Gareth Geach seemed to score with every attack, ending up with 5
goals. The likes of Ricko and Moley at the back had very little to deal
with despite Scott Laughton grabbing a late consolation, before limping off
injured. JMT have not recovered since team founder Tom Lal found things a little too tough at Cornwall 6 a side and
ran away from the teams poor results, leaving the team organisation to others.
They should improve with 1 or 2 new signings. For Carps, it is a place in the
main cup draw next week.©
Ricko|
07/05/2010 - CUP
GROUP STAGES |
Londis |
W 3-2 |
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It was nearly a year ago to the day that the Carpeteers crashed
out to a 0-1 defeat at the hands of Londis in the Shield QF. Tonight
was another story however as Carps [ without captain Ricko and vice
skipper Craig Phillips ] led 3-0 at half time with another superbly
taken goal from Shaun Moley Hicks [ better known for his goalkeeping
work ] and 2 goals from an on fire Gareth Geach. It seemed the game
was over, but some lapses of concentration during the 2nd period
nearly cost Carps the game as Londis fought back to 3-2, and only some
last ditch Gavin Kitts defending and good stops from stand in keeper
Alan from Moles Army, kept the scores how they were. Carps had late
chances with Gareth Geach having several fizzing efforts blocked by a
hard working Londis goalkeeper.
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| 30/04/2010 - CUP GROUP STAGES | White Cobras | W 3-1 |
The Carps line up was heavily changed for the CUP tournament tonight
as Damon Mulready replaced injured Ricko at the back, Shaun Hicks
moved to centre forward in place of the still injured Craig Phillips
and Ian Superman Newcombe took charge between the sticks. White Cobras
are 3rd division bound but took a shock lead tonight via a looping
deflection that Superman could do nothing with. Andy Geach rallied the
troops and when Carps got a penalty after pressing, Damon Mulready
fired home from the spot to score his first Carps goal. Damon smashed
home his 2nd during the second half from the edge of the Cobras box
and Moley Hicks was rewarded with a fine finish after working hard all
night. Damon was denied a possible hat trick when a clear cut penalty
was not given by referee Bob.
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| 23/04/2010 | Neil Truan | W 1-0 |
This defeat of Neil Truan condemned them to the Championship division.
They never gave in as they pushed to grab an equaliser near the end
but Carps had wasted a hatful of chances earlier on that could have
put the game to rest. Carps front men Gareth and Andy Geach having an
off night while Ricko cut through the Truan backline only to see his
shot go tamely wide. It was Ricko's charging run through the middle
and through ball to Andy Geach that won the game for Carps as Andy
slotted in from a near impossible angle. This was a good end to the
season for Carpeteers as 4th spot was achieved and 4 wins in the last
5 matches.
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| 16/04/2010 | Chenpump | W 1-0 |
Carps had conceded a record equalling 5 goals last week and Chenpump
had let in a record 8 goals in a defeat to Puls8 but tonight the
defences were both rock solid. Carpeteers pushed hard for an early
goal and got one when top Carps scorer Craig Phillips popped up yet
again. The latter stages of the match were dominated by a very hard
battling Chenpump but Gav Kitts and Ricko held firm in the Carps
defence, with telling contributions from a deeper sitting Gareth Geach
and a returning Shaun Moley Hicks who commanded his goal area
brilliantly..
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| 09/04/2010 | Famous | L 3-5 |
Famous wrapped up the Premiership title here tonight with this win.
Carpeteers dominated early proceedings before 2 Famous attacks mid way
through the 1st half resulted in 2 goals that Carps did not deserve to
concede. Famous were fast and fluent and led 3-0 at half time. Craig
Phillips fired a goal back to keep the tie alive early in the 2nd half
but Famous ran riot to lead 5-1 and had chances to be out of sight but
decided to showboat instead of make sure. Carpeteers never gave in and
Craig Phillips struck twice more to make things more respectable at
the final whistle. This was only the 2nd time ever that Carps had
conceded 5 goals in a game, the other being vs Tesco in a 5-0 drubbing
in our 6th ever match way back in October 2006.
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| 26/03/2010 | Chesney | W 1-0 |
Chesney had beaten Carpeteers in their last 3 meetings, but Carpeteers
were glad to finally welcome back their full squad since the first
game of the season. Chesney had mopped up some of the disbanded Furion
rebels in an attempt to create a super team. Chesney's first half
skill was impressive, and they dominated possession although both
sides had few chances. The second half saw a dogged Carpeteers scrap
and battle for every ball with real determination. Andy Geach hit a
post as Carpeteers went closest to breaking the deadlock. As Chesney
ran out of ideas against a stubborn Carps defence, Craig Phillips
scored a trademark free kick that creeped in off a post leaving
Chesney hero goalkeeper Ozzie helpless on this occasion. Hippo Hoops
danced at the side lines as the rain came down, and the Carps fear of
going down was all but forgotten.
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| 19/03/2010 | Furions | W 3-0 |
A default win as Furions have pulled out of the league after several
good seasons at the top. They finished runners up in the Premiership
last season which was their best result. They couldn't raise a team to
play this game tonight.
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| 12/03/2010 | Puls8Dbs | L 1-3 |
Puls8 had a strong team out tonight and quickly took advantage of a
depleted Carpeteers side who were desperate for a win to avoid the
Premiership relegation battle. Puls8 were 3 up early in the second
half until a returning Andy Geach was introduced to the Carps midfield
after a 4 week lay off with injury. Carps battled well in the
remaining 10 minutes and Gareth Geach pulled a goal back before Damon
Mulready cracked the post from the left wing. However, Puls8 held firm
to get a vital win.
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| 05/03/2010 | Team Supreme | D 1-1 |
Things are getting twitchy in the Carps camp with relegation a possibility for the first time in many seasons.
The injury crisis continued tonight with first teamers Andy Geach and Gav Kitts both crocked for the
foreseeable future. Team Supreme may have been bottom, but they drew with Carps 3-3 last time and came out of the blocks quickest tonight as they grabbed a 1 nil lead early on with the wind in their favour. Their danger man Scott Laughton returned for them tonite after a long injury lay off and stood in
as goalkeeper. What a decision that was, as he denied several good chances from Geach and Craig with the woodwork also coming to the rescue twice. Carps continued their assault in the 2nd half but again Scott Laughton saved everything they threw at him
and Craig Phillips hit the post yet again. Team Supreme continued to be dangerous on the
counter attack. Laughton finally grabbed the star man award when saving a 25 yard top corner bound half volley from Ricko with
5 minutes to play, somehow tipping it onto the crossbar and away, to
the almighty groans from assistant manager Hoops on the sidelines. Carps deserved their last minute equaliser from Craig Phillips though but Team Supreme can thank Scott Laughton for keeping the score at 1-1.
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| 19/02/2010 | Puls8 DBs | W 3-1 |
This was shit hits the fan time and against our old adverseries
Puls8DB's who themselves are scrapping for their lives. Such is Carps
luck this season, our opponents had a very strong side out, including
Johns and Dingle, blood would be spilt tonight! Hoops knew he had to
ensure that somehow we HAD to get a win and he started with Lee Harvey
in midfield. Lee shone in this position it has to be said and he
started a great move that resulted in Craig putting Geachy through and
a bullet finish made it 1 0 to Carps. But back came DB's and Grylls
soon equalised. Hoops yelled for everyone to pull together and before
the lads had a chance to even take in what he was shouting, a major
collision between Johns of DB's and Gav Kitts midway inside the Carps
half resulted in Johns walking away shrugging his shoulders and Gav
writhing in agony and two very nearly detached knackers in his shorts,
blood streaming from his knee and elbow and he ended up having to be
helped from the pitch, that was that for Gav and Hoops had to very
quickly rearrange things, pushing Lee into defence alongside Damo and
Dashy coming on in midfield. Gav's injury only seemed to encourage the
boys as the capacity crowd watched in awe as a silky smooth Carps
attack was crisply finished from Craig into the bottom corner. There
followed some 'heart in the mouth' moments for Carps, including a
rightly disallowed, but all the same stunning volleyed 'goal' from
Dingle, before a brilliantly taken quick free kick from Craig was
superbly anticipated from Stevie Dash and he cooly finished from 12
yards. Game over and a hard fought but crucial and very much deserved
3 points for Carpeteers, who return to action on 5th March but already
have grave fitness doubts over Moley, Gav, Craig, Andy and Hoops!
The Carpeteers saga continues!
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| 19/02/2010 | Tesco | L 1-3 |
Carsp went into tonight's crucial double header knowing that they
needed some points on the board, but they were once again hit by the
unavailable Moley, Ricko, Andy and Hoops, Hoops taking the caretaker
manager role for the night. Superman in goal and lee Harvey came into
the fold. Carps started brightly and Craig and Geach combined for the
latter to hammer an unstoppable trademark shot across the keeper and
into the bottom right hand corner to give Carps the lead. But back
roared Tesco and not only did they withstand everything including the
kitchen sink that Carps had to throw at them, they had Ben Thomas,
whose quick double put Tesco 2 1 up. The heads dropped and all the
encouragement Hoops could give wasn't enough as a joke of a decision
from the ref gave Thomas the opportunity he needed to complete his hat
trick. Game over, but this was a performance from Carps that was a
massive improvement from the previous weeks debacle, but somehow
didn't give us the draw - at least - that we deserved.
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| 12/02/2010 | Chenpump | L 0-2 |
Carps continued their indifferent form and made it 6 games without a win
after crashing to another defeat against bogey team Chenpump. It has
been a nightmare season as Carps were unable to call upon the
services of keeper Moley, main defender Gav Kitts, Craig Phillips and Hoops, and emergency loan deals for
former GK Jason Hoare, Ben Hemingway and Carl Webster all broke down. We would like to place on record
though thanks to Mike Harwood and Nathan Ball who came to our aid. Andy
Geach
had to play only 50% fit due to a foot injury and the mix and match
Carps team struggled to make much of a serious inroad to the Chenpump
goal, although every credit should be given to them for an excellent
performance. Garrth Geach started the game in defence as a tactical choice but
once we were 2 down at half time, Hoops changed it around as we had
nothing to lose. It made little difference and Geachy
was nullified despite his best efforts and those of the team. Carps now
find themselves in a position where they must seriously start to get
some points as although they have games in hand, they must be turned
into points. A double header next week of Tesco and Puls8DB's is a
massive evening for Carpeteers. Ricko and Moley will be unavailable,
while Andy and Hoops are likely to be out for the rest of the season. Ricko
and Hoops are looking to bring in some fresh faces loaned for the rest
of the season..watch this space! ©
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| 29/01/2010 | Boyzone | D 1-1 | With the pressure on, Carpeteers failed to take their chances in a game they really had to win to stay alive in the title race. Boyzone , unbelievably took the lead in a rare attack early in the second half. It wasnt for lack of trying but the ball would not fall kindly for anyone tonight as even the usually reliable Craig Phillips could not get a clean cut chance at goal. Boyzone keeper Pete Haley dealt with everything thrown at him. Boyzone should have increased their lead when hitting the upright with 5 minutes to go as Carps pushed for an equaliser. In the final minute of the match, Ricko picked out a darting run from Andy Geach from a free kick, and Andy struck the ball into the bottom corner to salvage a point and put himself top of the Carps scoring charts for the season. However, Carpeteers are now 5 games without a win, and an F.A investigation hangs over them next week for other problems. © Ricko | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 22/01/2010 | Famous | D 1-1 | A magical contest of brutal end to end football that Carpeteers will wonder how they never actually won this game. Carps attacks on the Famous goal were immense as Famous play light at the back, and heavy on attack. The pressure finally told when they gave away a needless penalty which Craig Phillips tucked away well. Carps dominated the second half as the crossbar and the post of the Famous goal came to their rescue. Carps though, left too many men forward on one of their attacks and got punished by a side who usually score goals for fun. Damon Mulready helped out the Carps defence tonight with his 2nd match for the team [ his last was on 22/2/2008 ] and did a solid job, but overall this was points lost in the title race. © Ricko | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 15/01/2010 | Chesney | L 1-2 | A massive game for both sides after a break of several weeks due to snow and the xmas period. Chesney took the lead during the 2nd half after nothing would give during the first period. The Carps struggled to create clear cut chances until a moment of genius from Craig Phillips with a little flick over Richard Thompson's head [ made him look very silly ] and volley into the goal sent the Carps supporters wild. However, it was Thompson who had the last laugh, as his run on goal and shot sneaked in the corner past a helpless Gav Kitts [ who filled in for the absent Moley ] It was harsh on Carpeteers but Chesney are tough to beat these days. © Ricko | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 11/12/2009 | Furions | D 0-0 | Carpeteers welcomed back defenders Gavin Kitts and Ricko Barker to the team after conceding 3 disappointing goals last week to bottom side Team Supreme. These 2 teams are 2 of the longest serving in the Premiership and know each other very well which resulted in an even contest full of strong tackles and few clear cut chances. Shaun 'Moley' Hicks was rarely tested from close range in the Carps goal, while at the other end, Gareth Geach's long range drive struck the cross bar, and Craig Phillip's late header was also tipped onto the upright by the Furions goalkeeper. © Ricko | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 04/12/2009 | Team Supreme | D 3-3 |
The Carps solid defence was hit with the news
that both defenders, Gavin Kitts and Ricko Barker would be missing for
this game. However, Carpeteers have aspirations of winning the title this
season after a fantastic start to the season and had the perfect start
here against bottom club Team Supreme with a first half hat trick out of
the blue from playmaker Andy Geach, who's screaming shots were
unstoppable.Scott Laughton managed to pull a goal back for Team Supreme
before half time. The second half was all one-way traffic as Team Supreme
showed the form of two years ago and Laughton pulled another goal back
before Nathan Sussex scored a deserved equaliser, leaving Carpeteers to
ponder their second half performance.©
G.Gapper [modified by Ricko]|
20/11/2009 |
Tesco |
W 6-0 |
Tesco
are back in the Premiership and were 2 wins from 2 before tonight.
However, Carpeteers were at their brilliant best and totally outclassed
the Championship winners from last season. The game was over by half time
as at 5-0 there was no way back. It was a night of all sorts of record
breaking as Gareth Geach notched his 8th Carps hat trick to move ahead of
Craig Phillips who has 7. Geach last scored a hat trick 61 games ago in a
6-1 win against Love Bunnies. Carpeteers had not scored a win as good as
this since destroying Puls 8 in a 6-0 win back in July 2008. Andy
Geach opened the scoring with 2 goals tonight before his brother Gareth
grabbed his 3...and Steve Dash put the icing on the cake by moving ahead
of Jim Martyn in the all time Carps scoring charts, and is now joint 6th
with former Carps flop Daniel Nicholls. It must also be noted that despite
not getting on the score sheet, Craig Phillips, Ricko Barker and Gav Kitts
[ GK] were all excellent in defence to keep a superb clean sheet. Hoops
was ecstatic with it all from the dug out.
© Ricko |
30/10/2009 |
Boyzone |
W 3-0 |
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This was always going to be a match where Carps wanted revenge for the
filthy challenges of our previous meeting where Craig and Geachy saw
blue. Carpeteers lined up with Moley between the sticks, Craig, Gav,
Ricko, Andy and Geachy. No one really took a particular position and it
certainly kept the Boyzone players guessing. Early exchanges saw decent
saves from both keepers and it was easy to see why Boyzone had won the
cup 2 weeks before. They used the width of the pitch excellently and
were giving us plenty of problems, however Carps were giving as good as
they got and a push on Craig gave us a great opportunity to open the
scoring. From what appeared to be another infringement by their keeper,
Craig buried the resultant penalty to give us a crucial lead. It was
without doubt the turning point as Carps then began to spray the ball
around with aplomb and were closing the Boyzone players down far more
quickly as Hoops was screeching them to do so from the technical area.
And it resulted in a 2nd goal as Geachy harrassed and chased forcing a
shocking error, Geachy intercepted and made no mistake from 15 yards. No
more than Geachy deserved as he was excellent tonight. To Boyzones
credit they kept going but a 3rd goal for the Carps soon came and again
it was Geachy who slid home from an angle to complete a fine win.
Ratings
Moley 9, Gav 8, Andy 8, Craig 9, Ricko 9, Geachy 9.
Man of match - Moley
he just nicks the bubbly as his excellent saves kept it at 0-0 before
our crucial breakthrough. Without doubt the signing of the season.
© Hoops
16/10/2009 [ cup ] |
City Boys |
L 0-4 |
| The shock of the night came in the very first game on pitch 1 as high flying Carpeteers crashed to a heavy defeat to the just relegated City Boys. In truth Carps were outplayed and outfought by a City Boys team hell bent on upsetting the form book, but it should be said they were over physical to say the least and the ref jibbed a number of crucial decisions, but take nothing away from City Boys who deserved the win. This was Carpeteers heaviest defeat in an astonishing 168 games, going way back to 13th October 2006, over 3 years ago. Carps must learn the mistakes from tonight and correct them quickly for the start of the new premier league season next week. © Hoops
09/10/2009 [ cup ] |
Burton |
W 3-0 |
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The scoreline completely flattered Burton tonight as
Carpeteers ran riot against a Burton side high on confidence after a
fine start to their own cup campaign and promotion to The Championship.
Carps gave a debut to Shaun 'Moley' Hicks in goal and the
new man between the sticks had a match that had everyone drooling with a
faultless display of pinpoint throwing, which found his own player every
time. This really could be the most astute signing of the year and
instill a new resurgence in confidence in Carps 4th campaign in the
Premier League. One back header from the excellent Craig seemed to be
heading into his own net but Moley was down like a sack of spuds to
fingertip it away. It was wave after wave of attacks from a superb Carps
team and on this display, Ricko and Hoops will find it hard to break
back into the side! An early attack from the right of one touch slick
passing, ended with Stevie Dash completing flummexing the Burton keeper
with a tap in when the ball seemed to be heading in the other direction.
Dashy never ever lets you down and thats 2 goals in 2 games from the
most unselfish player you could ever have in your side. A fully deserved
goal as well. The Burton goalie made a number of fine saves keeping the
scoreline down. Geachy was being hacked to bits by the little ginger
cunt we all know so well and after what seemed the 50th kick on Geachy,
the ref gave another freekick and the gingernut literally lost his nut
and hammered the ball a mile away over the gates, giving the ref no
option than to brandish a straight blue card for dissent (i think). A
quite brilliant freekick blew everyone away as instead of a straight
shot, a dummy from Geachy let Craig pass the ball to the left and a
hammerhead of a shot from Andy was palmed away. Stunning stuff from The
Carps that fully deserved a goal. But it wasn't to be long before
another came and a move from Moley in goal and a deft flick from
midfield left Geachy in acres of space and he nonscholently flicked the
ball over to the side of the approaching keeper and into the back of the
net, this was real football at its best and showed that Geachy was right
back and when he plays like this, no one can handle him. Gav was
faultless all night a nd the original 'ball in the car park' attitude of
no nonsense defending that made Kittsy a household name was back...and
how! Surely a call up to the England ranks beckons? another wave of
attacks resulted in another goal and this time a trademark Geachy
screamer! Slick one touch stuff had Geachy screaming down the left and
an absolute rocket of a shot across their gk gave him no chance and it
burst the net in the far right hand corner. The capacity crowd were all
up on their feet! If this had been a 40 minute full length match it
could have been a cricket score, and that is not down to Burton playing
poorly, but purely down to just how magnificent the 6 lads were tonight.
Man of the Match - Gareth Geach
This was Gareth back to his very best. He just sneaks it
for his 2nd goal ahead of debutant Moley who's throwing was awesome.
Every time he found a Carps player and that resulted in an attack
© Hoops
02/10/2009 [ cup ] |
Clearwater |
W 2-0 |
Our second game of the night
was against another fairly new team in Clearwater. On this performance,
Clearwater will be a real force to be reckoned with in the coming season
and they caused Carps plenty of problems, especially early on with their
height and power. Ben had a storming game in goal and saved two certain
goals with his amazing prowess and agility between the sticks. But yet
again the Carps were a constant threat going forward and every time looked
like scoring. The Clearwater keeper had an outstanding game and just when
you thought it was going to be one of those games, the impressive stand in
Anthony Stone popped up to get his 1st goal for Carpeteers, putting us 1-
0 up. To their credit Clearwater kept plugging away but started to run out
of ideas and when Geachy scored a completely awesome 2nd goal
it was goodnight Vienna! This was another highly outstanding performance
from The Carps. After finishing the league 3rd and with 3pts more than the
previous season, the cup was to be seen as ‘whatever happens happens’, in
preparation for the new league season, but after a third straight win and
3 clean sheets to boot, a newly found confidence has appeared. Geachy has
had a lean time of late but scored a goal that had everyone out of their
seats and the echoes of applause were heard around the smog covered shanty
villages of the surrounding area. Man of the match was Craig for his all
round bravery in defence and superb goal and creative play, closely
followed by the mercurial Ben in goal, but in truth, everyone played
wonderfully.
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© Hoops
25/09/2009 |
Chenpump |
W 2-1 |
Chenpump won this game 0-1 earlier in the season when the
Carps were ravaged with injuries. It was a good even contest tonight but
Chenpump took the lead in bizarre circumstances when the ball deflected
into the Carps goal off a tracking back Andy Geach who knew little about
it until the ball was in. Goalkeeper Gav Kitts dived but couldnt make it.
Carps haven't let their heads drop in recent times when going behind and
another top solo effort from Craig Phillips put things level. Carps began
to get on top as the game wore on and a nice tee off from Craig to Andy
Geach let Andy smash home the winning goal in style and make up for his
unlucky oggy earlier on. This win put Carps into an overall 3rd place in
the table for the season. |
18/09/2009 |
City Boys |
W 4-1 |
There was plenty of history to be made this evening as
Craig Phillips went all out for his 100th Carps goal as the new astro
surface was to be played upon for the first time.Carpeteers started as
favourites after an earlier season 3-0 win over City Boys but the slippery
new astro surface caught Carps out early and City Boys took the lead.
Hoops [ wearing sandals with bandaged feet like Ghandi ] seemed confident
of a comeback from the sidelines and Craig Phillips struck his 100th Carps
goal before half time and a celebratory run around the pitch followed. He
added another in half time stoppage time to send Carps in ahead at half
time. Carps found plenty of space in the second half and Steven dash went
close on several occasions before Craig Phillips brought up his hat trick
and Ricko got forward from defence to nutmeg keeper Ian ' Superman '
Newcombe who had a good game as usual. Ricko also curled a shot onto a
post with seconds remaining and Carps secured 3rd spot in the Premiership
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| 11/09/2009 | Puls8Dbs | D 0-0 | Always a tough team to beat, Puls8 have recently swung in and out of form. Tonight they were on form but didn't have many clear cut chances. Carpeteers had the better of the attacks with several wild shots from all players that didn't find the mark. Nathan Ball had a good game standing in for Gavin Kitts who played in goal as Jason Hoare has now retired due to work commitments.The terrible cut to pieces pitch was mostly to blame for both sides missed efforts and it will be good to get onto the new astro next week at long last. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 28/08/2009 | Psychic6 | W 4-1 | Psychic6 are new this season and will without doubt improve on this showing if they can avoid relegation. However, they were torn apart by a savage Carps side who, despite looking hungry for goals, seemed to be playing the strangest formation ever seen! 4 quick fire first half goals, 2 from Craig Phillips [ now on 99 Carpeteers goals ], a long range drive from Gareth Geach and a well worked move from Craig + Gareth to set up Andy to make it four, settled this tie in no time. Carps relaxed a bit in the 2nd half, sharing some good jokes with the ref who sent everyone off against Boyzone 2 weeks ago. One man who did not relax though was Carps goalie Jason Hoare, who made 4 or 5 WORLD CLASS stops to easily be named as man of the match.The goalie at the other end also had a good game. Psychic6 did pull a late goal back, but the damage had been done in the first half. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 21/08/2009 | Chesney | L 1-3 | Chesney all but wrapped up the title with this victory. The game was spoilt in the 2nd minute with a controversial goal for Chesney that had everyone confused. Anyway, the ref gave the goal despite protests that the Chesney player may have crossed the D line. Chesney worked well and an unlucky deflection let them in to go 2 up. Carps bounced back when Craig Phillips fired in and it was game on again. Ricko and Craig both tested Ozzie in goal, as did the very busy Steve Dash, but couldn't find a way through and some slack marking let in Chesney to score again near the end with Shaun Truscott getting it. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 14/08/2009 | Boyzone | D 2-2 | This marked the end of Carpeteers title challenge, mainly due to some crazy indiscipline from striker Gareth Geach. After initially putting the Carps 1 up, Geach let fly with a couple of dangerous slide tackles that the ref did not like and got out his blue card. Craig Phillips was next to face the sin bin, for some outspoken swearing at a ref that was already having an iffy game. No sooner had Craig got back on the pitch, Gareth Geach was dismissed for a wild kick on an opponent leaving Carps chances in tatters as Boyzone had already scored 2 goals to lead 2-1 while all the cards were being shown. Ricko Barker pulled out a bit of magic with 5 minutes remaining by firing in a long range shot out of nothing but from then on a draw was the best the Carps could hope for with only 5 men on the pitch. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 07/08/2009 | Poltair Predators | W 4-1 | This victory for Carpeteers sent Poltair Preds to the grave as the team finally disbanded. They have been a part of 6 a side since the start but a run of bad results and lack of first team players have led to their demise. However it was stand in man Paddy Crowle who put Preds 1 up tonight before Carps really got into gear. Gareth Geach equalised and then Craig Phillips hit a quick fire hat trick including one from the spot, to put him just 4 goals away from reaching the 100 mark for Carpeteers. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 31/07/2009 | Neil Truan Motors | W 2-0 | Carpeteers enjoyed the mud and the grass as Cornwall 6 a side resurfaces its astro pitch for the next few weeks. Carps won this game early with a breakaway from a Neil Truan corner from Ricko who found Gareth Geach through the centre who blasted home a great goal. Craig Phillips followed that up with a coolly taken solo effort to put the oranges firmly in control. Jason Hoare made some special saves to deny Truan but everything held firm and Carps stay in 3rd place in the Premiership. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 24/07/2009 | Football Furions | L 0-3 | This was a massive clash between the 2nd and 3rd placed teams in the league. The first half was very close as defences worked hard to keep it at 0-0. Carpeteers knew they had to get the win here tonight and got caught on the break when on the attack and Furions took the lead. This led to Carpeteers pushing up field almost too far as Furions took advantage twice more on the counter to win the game by a very flattering score line although they deserved the win. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 17/07/2009 | City Boys | W 3-0 | City Boys have not been
scoring many goals but have been tough to beat as most teams have found out
due to their rough and dogged style of play. Carpeteers beat them tonight with
some slick passing and overall better football. Craig Phillips notched another
goal from defence to set the wheels rolling. After a host of missed chances,
Carl Webster got his 2nd goal of the season to calm the Carps nerves, and Andy
Geach ended a good move to make it 3-0 to keep Carpeteers in 2nd spot at the
half way stage of the season. Gavin Kitts in goal had little to do all evening
but CB goalie Ian 'Superman' Newcombe saved his team on more than one
occasion.|
10/07/2009
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Puls8 Dbs |
W 3-1 |
Former team Dbs finished runners up in the
Premiership 4 times without winning it and joined forces as one with twice
Premiership winners Puls 8 for this season. This made them hot pre season
favourites, but they are now in a real battle at the top with Chesney
United and Carpeteers. Puls8 Dbs came flying at the Carps in the first 10
minutes which was expected in this game, but Carps defence absorbed the
pressure well. Carps got into the game well as the game progressed and the
first half ended goalless. It took a handball from the Puls8 Dbs goalie
outside of his area for the game to open up. Craig Phillips slotted home
the penalty and then got his second goal with what looked like a greedy
run down the flank but became a great individual goal as he poked home
into the corner just as it looked like the ball was running out of play.
As expected, Puls 8 DBs came back and Damien Childs hit a reply with
5 minutes remaining. The game was now tense but was sealed when Ricko
Barker picked up a loose ball in midfield and slid the ball into Gareth
Geach who ran through to fire home with his RIGHT foot! Game over. |
03/07/2009
|
Chenpump |
L 0-1 |
Carps were short on players for the first time ever with
Webby, Gav Kitts, Hoops and Jason all out for this match. Connor Ridgement
filled in at the back with Ricko and did a sound job, however Chenpump are
solid in defence and never looked like conceding. Craig Phillips was stand
in goalie for Carps and just as 0-0 looked likely, the ref blew for a
penalty as Craig had handled [ debatable ] outside the area. Chenpump
converted the penalty for a 1-0 victory. |
03/07/2009
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One Team |
W 3-1 |
Last seasons Premiership champions One Team are in free
fall and could be relegated. They have just 1 win in 7 now and are bottom.
Carps looked pretty much in control from minute one when Gareth Geach
scored a rare header. Plenty of Carps pressure in the second half looked
to kill the game off when Stevey Dash slotted home. However One Team
grabbed a lifeline before Geach smashed home another goal to wrap it up. |
12/06/2009
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Boyzone |
W 6-2 |
After the mauling by Chesney it was vital that Carps
bounced back 5 minutes later against a team that whipped them 3-0 in the
cup a month ago. There was to be no repeat show for Boyzone here as Carps
ran riot with Craig Phillips converting from the spot to set them on their
way. Craig added a 2nd from a Gareth Geach throw in, Carl Webster grabbed
his first goal of the season with a simple tap in and Gareth Geach netted
before half time. Boyzone hit back soon after but Ricko restored the 4
goal advantage with a strong run down the wing to make it 5-1. Boyzone
pulled another one back before the end and Andy Geach eventually scored
his first goal of the season as for the first time ever, 5 different Carps
players scored in a single game. |
12/06/2009
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Chesney Utd |
L 0-3 |
Carps got the upper hand last season over Chesney but
Chesney were in fine form tonight to win by 3 goals which was not quite a
true reflection of the overall play. After Jason Hoare had made a stunning
stop after 2 minutes, Daniel Allen put Chesney in front with a header from the resulting corner. Chesney had few attempts on goal in the match but they took the ones they
did create whereas Carpeteers missed all there's including hitting the post
an incredible 3 times !!! and an in form Dan Osbourne in goal who quite
literally kept Chesney in the game..
| 05/06/2009
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Furions |
W
3-2 | Carpeteers are going to have to grind their way
to the title the hard way and certainly look up for the challenge after
looking dead and buried against a quality packed Furions team featuring Danny
Denning, Shane Kibell, Liam Nicholls and Neil Slateford. Craig Phillips
slotted home the earliest of Carp goals as Furions were still trying to
organise their squad but hit back almost instantly. A Gareth Geach shot came
back off the upright as the half came to a close. Slateford then blasted home
an unstoppable shot past stand in Carps keeper Ben Hemmingway as the 2nd half
began. Incredibly though it was Gavin Kitts who levelled the scores when a
Craig Phillips corner found Gavin lurking 15 yards out and he unleashed a
beauty of a shot low into the bottom corner for his first goal in 44 matches
!!! Ben kept Carps in the game with a vital save 5 minutes from time but
the move of the match was saved until last when Ricko and Gareth Geach tore up
the field with a perfect 1 - 2 combination and Ricko fired home the winner to
send Hoops and the on looking crowd into a wild frenzy. | 29/05/2009
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Neil Truan Motors |
W
3-2 | Carps hadn't beaten Neil Truan in their
last 3 encounters but looked something of their former excellent selves
tonight with a top class comeback. Truan took the lead with a killer move that
left all Carps players standing scratching their heads. However, orange heads
did not drop and when Ricko volleyed home his first goal for 15 games hard
into the bottom corner 5 minutes later, it was game on again. Half Time was
1-1 but from the restart Craig Phillips controlled an Andy Geach chip and
slotted past the keeper in fine style. Gareth Geach broke free moments later
and despite being flung into mid air from the Truan gk's challenge, made sure
he poked the ball in to make it 3-1. Truan then fought back and the pressure
was in tense for the final minutes. They were given a lifeline when gk Jason
Hoare had a rush of blood to the head and passed straight to one of the Truan
players for an easy tap in. However, all the Carpeteers deserved a hard earned
win that sets them on their way for the forthcoming season. | 22/05/2009
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Poltair Predators |
D 2-2 |
| NEW PREMIERSHIP SEASON BEGINS: Andy Geach returned from injury tonight and seemed fine after the match but Hoops will be out for up to 6 months after collapsing before the match with the same knee problem he has been recovering from. Both these sides finished last season on 33 points and Preds won 1-0 and drew 1-1 in their games vs Carps last season. Carps came into this on the back of a shocking run of 3 straight defeats and had to try to find the form they ended last season with. Preds took the lead though when Jason Hoare handled outside his area in the opening moments and was sent off to the sin bin. When Jason returned and the second half began, Carps began to play better after a dominant Preds first half thanks to the skills and energy of Jack Walker. Craig Phillips slotted home an equaliser only for Preds to quickly regain the lead. A late Carps surge saw the scores level again as Ryan Lavery let a simple Craig Phillips shot through his finger tips and Ricko Barker and Gareth Geach also tested the keeper with moments left but couldn't find a way through. Equally Jason Hoare had to make a couple of fine saves to keep the final score at 2-2. This was better from Carpeteers and the old spark looks to be returning in what looks like a tough season. 15/05/2009
- SHIELD QF |
Londis |
L 0-1 |
| Carpeteers crashed at the QF stage to lowly Londis by a goal to nil. A
depleted Carps side missing Ricko, Andy Geach, Hoops and Dashy should still have had
far too much for the team two divisions below them but in truth never looked
like equalising after conceding a very early goal. Non existent marking from a
throw in left the Londis striker with the simple task of a header on goal and
Jason will be disappointed not to have kept it out having got a hand to the ball. Londis
then looked to hit us on the break and fairly easily soaked up anything we had
to throw at them and looked far more dangerous than we did on the
break. Geachy had 2 wild efforts in the 2nd half and as desperation set in
late doors, Craig and Webby forced last ditch defending. All in all a deserved
win for Londis and Carpeteers have a serious amount of sorting out to do with
the new Premiership season starting this Friday.
© Hoops
A brilliant double strike from
Geachy wasn’t enough to give Carpeteers a victory they so thoroughly deserved.
Once again Carps found themselves depleted with Ricko, Andy and Jason all
absent. A last minute emergency loan deal saw Niles Bakery Gk ‘Rich’ between
the sticks and Dashy as loan striker. Hoops was manager for the night as
concussion victim Ricko was stood down by the medics. The players did him
proud as they fought tooth and nail for everything and once again had the ref
who had cost us so badly earlier in the season. The ref hit new heights in
bizarre one sided decisions as time after time things went against us. Skipper
Craig and Geachy combined excellently early doors and Geachys deft first time
flick flummoxed the Neil Truran keeper. Neil Truran hit back either side of
half time to lead only for a stunning free kick from Geachy late on sealed a
thoroughly deserved point. A performance to be proud of from everyone. © Hoops 27/02/2009 Poltair Predators D 1-1 |
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