Page 25 - All at Sea Fanzine Issue 68

February 2018
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other a dour lower midtable war of attrition. Wordsworth scores a lovely free kick to gild the lily. Such a pity it got Karl Robinson sacked as well. No one wants to see that.
20 – Millwall A 15/16 – And now to convince us we really belonged. Barrett scored a bullet header straight out of 2004, which always helps the mood.
19 – Colchester H 15/16 – A standard home win against relegation strugglers with an extra man for an hour. What’s the fuss?
18 – Bury A 16/17 – Ranger scores twice, McLaughlin scores a belter and somehow the Bury project isn’t the success every paper thought it would be. The revolution where we’re quite nice is underway.
17 – She eld United H 15/16 – Jack Payne puts in a great performance on telly to con rm he’s o and three at the back works, even with Coker on the left side in a complete waste of his abilities. Bentley chucks in a near-clanger to knock his price down at the tribunal.
16 – Millwall H 16/17 – An intense performance of high quality with a good nish from McLaughlin. Worrall comes back to show us we’re not the only southern mediocrity in blue.
15 – Morecambe A 13/14 CUP – A catharsis akin to the photocopier destruction in O ce Space. Straker scores twice. Only this high because that’s funny
14 – Rochdale A 13/14 – The one game that long punt from kick o came to anything. Jacob Murphy’s one good game. How has he gone for £12 million?
13 – Chester eld H 13/14 – De nitive proof we’re going up (sic) . We got two in a minute. Luke O’Neill makes a pass he never threatened afterwards and pulls his hamstring doing it. Ignore the 13 game winless run afterwards.
12 – Exeter A 14/15 – Wycombe drop points and Timlin scores a last minute winner in what was probably the best application of ‘the Weston substitution’ prior to Wembley. Maybe we were lucky it was 0-0 at that point. Alternatively; who cares? E I E I E I O
11 – Barnsley A 15/16 – Smurf Payne scores after the dirtiest of dirty long balls? A missed penalty from the opposition? A Timlin screamer to win the points? A CLEAN SHEET?! It’s 10/10 from this observer.
10 - Bury H 15/16 – Probably the best attacking display all season, even if Bury were wretched. Payne has the best game in years, and Noel Hunt looks like the striker we need to keep t to stay in the top six. A more innocent time. Clearly the mulled wine I had before kick o that game still hasn’t worn o .
9 – Shrewsbury A 15/16 – Get battered with 10, Hendrie scores late to win the game! He’ll be some player. It’s games like this teams that get into the play-o s win.
8 – Blackburn H 17/18 – The one moment it all looked like it was going right. Dominated a very good team for the vast majority of the game. The new signing scores. Pity the optimism only lasted until the Tuesday.
7 – Peterborough A 16/17 – A performance so good Demetriou says we haven’t given up on the top two afterwards. We go and lose at Gillingham for the third time that season in the next match.
6 – Oxford A 14/15 – Says a lot about the fundamental incompetence they have over there that we had 10 for an hour, Brown got sent to the stand and we were 2-1 down and still won. What a day. Long live Pigott and Corr; shove o Oxford.
5 – She eld United A 16/17 – Ranger looks brilliant and then gets injured after half an hour. Thankfully the game’s already won and losing twice to Gillingham feels like a distant memory.