Today's football results

[vostoklake]

Three Kings-Bohemian Celtic 2 - Mt Albert Ponsonby 1.

The winning goal came about 5 minutes from full time from a truly excellent long-range kick that the Mt Albert goalkeeper got a fingertip to, but couldn't push over the bar. Up until that point, MAP had done wonders to stay in the game against a team who were faster, more skillful and more aggressive (and full of the MAP goalkeeper's Gaelic football teammates, which added extra incentive).

The MAP keeper got Player of the Day for her efforts, which was nice.

Comments

[mermaid]

Shame about the result, but YAY for being Player of the Day.

[vostoklake]

I pulled off a few good saves from one-on-one situations - it's amazing how many times that, if the keeper is assertive and gets in the striker's face, the striker will have a brain melt and kick the ball straight at the keeper (like in that one game you saw me play). I also put one 3Kings girl on the ground... both going for the same ball and my elbow was harder than her boobs. :)

They just ran us ragged and kept coming when we were out of puff. But I had a much better time today than I did last time, when we played the bottom of the league and won 3-0 - I had bugger-all to do and my biggest issue was not losing concentration. No fear of losing concentration against these Irish madwomen! Also of note that most of my Gaelic teammates were impressed by my display, so hopefully they won't be so snobby towards me next Gaelic season, if I decide to favour them with my presence again...

[mermaid]

Ooh, speaking of keeper tactics, I meant to link you to something from last Saturday's 'This way up' show. I heard the promo but not the segment, but it sounded potentially interesting:

If you're a goal-keeper wanting to stop more goals, the colour of shirt you're wearing can make all the difference. Iain Greenlees is a sports psychologist who led the study. (duration: 9′06″)

NatRad podcast downloadable here:

http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/twu/twu-20100501-1235-Goalkeepers_shirt_colours-048.mp3