Veterans Update

Both of our Veterans teams are having a great season. Both lead their respective leagues and are already in cup finals. Below is Saturdays match report from our Veterans game at Fawley RBL.

AFC Stoneham vets played their 1st game in a month against a young Fawley RBL side and after a hard fought match came out as 3-1 winners.

The game started lively with some decent tackles flying in and some missed chances from both sides but it was Alan Skilton who scored from a well worked training ground free kick routine. Both teams had chances to score but with the wind was getting strong during the game there was a rare mistake from a Stoneham defender who we wont mention, miss judges the ball and heads it onto a Fawley striker who makes it 1-1.

A very funny moment in the game where Harrison threw himself into a tackle where his legs didnt work and found himself on the floor. There appeared nowhere to go, but with Stoneham blood in his veins he threw his head towards the ball and an oncoming boot.

2nd half started slowly and so with not a lot happening, Skilton got bored and decided to block a shot with his hands and no penalty was given. Think Chappers was impressed with that one!

Hewett wanted to question the referee’s high quality decisions all game and by doing so got sin binned. Lee Stevens was also a lucky man not to have the same as he called the ref a old BEEP and then run away from him. Lee continues to have a moan but this time to Lewis but he puts him in his place but stating the fact about lewis has his Level 4 coaches badges.

After Hewetts 10 minute rest he get back on the pitch and goes on a solo run and gets taken out in the box. Fawley player gets a red card for his efforts. Hewett calmly slots in the bottom right corner for 2-1.

Stoneham secured the victory when James the raging bull left the last defender for dead and then dinked the ball over the stranded keeper.