And it is.
This will be my final post. After three years of ‘managing’ Parkfield 2nd team, I have decided to hang up my managerial clip board.
But I thought it only right to leave a final update to how the season finished.
After the 5-2 defeat to Coton Green, we put together two decent results. A draw against Old Wulfs, 1-1 after conceding a late equaliser but then a 5-3 victory against Phoenix (a team, previously, we had never got as much as a point from) helped by a hat-trick from Sturridge-Packer. That took us into the big game of the season. Away to Royal Heath, the team bottom of the league and seven points behind us. Having probably the strongest team of the season available, the Parkfield curse hit and despite a hat full of chances we couldn’t get the ball in the back of their net and they caught us with two break away goals.
After that, things went down hill a bit with a number of players deciding to make themselves unavailable for the remainder so we played two of the top teams with weakened teams losing 6-2 to Northfield Village and 4-2 to AG Athletic. Luckily for the Village game I could supplement the team with a few first team players and Chalmers, in goal, didn’t have a save to make. But we just couldn’t score again. But the 0-0 draw gave us the vital point that took us a point clear of Royal Heath. After beating us, they had drawn with Phoenix and then beat Bentley Heath to join us on 12 points for the season.
The following week saw a return match against Northfield Village. Again supplemented by a couple of first teamers it was a very competitive game. One that we probably deserved to earn a further point but a late mistake and clinical finish meant a 1-0 defeat.
The last two games saw another two defeats. 3-1 away to Birch Coppice with another weakened team and then 5-0 against a Silhill team that wouldn’t not look out-of-place in division one.
So the season ended; played 26, won 2, drew 7 and lost 17. My worse season out of the three by far. It is summed up very well by the leading scorer table for the team. Dan Morris 3 (didn’t play after Nov), Ian Chalmers 3 (spent a lot of the season in goal), Pete Sadler 3, Chris Sturridge-Packer 3 (all scored in one game) and me 3.
More positively, the 1st team had a much improved season, winning eight of their final ten games leaving them fifth in the table.
Anyone still reading?……………….
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