A bad day at the office...

so to speak, as "The Rabblers" crashed out of the IFA Cup at Belair Park this morning.
Of course there are bound to be a few 'shirkers' when the boss is away. And this seemd to be the case with our new man at the helm basking in the sunnier climes of Spain this weekend! His right hand man Mark Hutton couldn't be said to be at fault, as it was the other half of the 'three-eyed monster' that is Hutty & the kit man Phil Baker, who took control of team affairs for the morning.
Something hopefully never to be repeated as "The Rabblers" crashed to their all-time IFA record defeat, going down by thirteen goals for no reply!
This equalled our previous record defeat, way back in early 1995, when we lost 15-2, in a friendly, against a Dulwich Hamlet Junior FC parents & coaches XI, on the Crystal Palace all-weather pitch. That was the 'infamous' game where Mishi Morath accidentally stabbed our keeper Matt Hammond in the hand, resulting in nerve damage and a weekend in hospital, causing him to miss out on his Sunday team Cup semi-final!
To be fair, the result this morning was partly of our own making. Our perofrmance was below par, and probably our worst of the season. But that's not to detract anything from current IFA League leaders Watford, who were still a more organised outfit than ourselves. They would certainly have still eliminated ourselves from the competition, but not by such a great margin! Other than the score, they were decnet opposition to play!
But let's just hope we avoid them in next seasons draw, and give someone else the chance to tonk us! ;-)

Team:

Matt Hammond; Chris Wheeler; Steve Rickerby; Jon Tennison; Jack McInroy; Andrew Tucker; Andy Murphy; Chris Garrett; Keri Ryan; James O'Shaughnessy; Lawrence Marsh. Subs used: Joel Virgo; Dawn Taylor; John Prendergast; Ian Wright; Chris Tabrett.