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We used the match video shared by Fabiocc17 this week. Many thanks Fabio. Goal times are as shown on the video but the match starts about 7 minutes into filming.

We are not allowed to publish the video link for business sensitivity reasons. If footage is uploaded by our official recorder, MarkA, then it will be linked in this report retrospectively.

MarkA also attended the match in his developing role as match official. We remain grateful for that level of commitment from our injured colleague..

We thank Elvis for picking teams this week.

Just before kick off MarkA brandished a yellow card at VIIGeorgeVII. When asked why, he conceded that it was a joke. VIIGeorgeVII's yellow card was immediately rescinded and wiped from the club's records. If you are reading this from abroad, please be reassured that MarkA's approach to refereeing is not learned from any official FA school of officiating.

In short order the Orange Bibs were 3 - 0 ahead. The Mufti may have felt hard done by as JonF was cruelly robbed when a clear penalty area infringement was missed. The score however was a fair reflection of the Orange Bibs effortlessly switching the ball into space and creating a wide pitch. In addition to scoring BILZ96 also contrived to hit the post with a well placed shot from inside his own half. It looked like it was going to be a long night for the Mufti. Also for the Orange Bibs Sadulla was quietly making a number of saves that would propel him into the ranks of those players who have demonstrated prowess both on pitch and in goal. He was finally beaten when Naz slotted the ball through a crowd into the net.

The range of cross pitch passing from the Orange Bibs was quite sumptuous to behold. There needs to be an inquest into how their players always seemed to be free to receive these balls. There is an emerging school of thought that it is all the goalkeeper's fault for not telling the outfield players were to be and who to mark. Perhaps this is true or is it a product of a computer games based way of playing football where players are predominantly moved to the correct places by a controller? We will file this away for exploration another day. Suffice it to say, one could be hypnotised by the precision of the Orange Bibs' passing game. It was left to JakeFlowers and Hagenius to interrupt it where they could.

The score was Orange Bibs 3 - 2 Mufti when BILZ96 conceded a penalty for playing the ball outside of his area whilst keeping goal. The now eagle eyed MarkA spotted this and Coach Hagenius took on penalty taking duties. Coach put the ball to the left and BILZ96 saved it with the nonchalance of man swiping out from a train station. Very few penalties are saved in our fixture so BILZ96 is immediately catapulted in to the ranks of penalty saver and this, coupled with his outfield prowess, makes him officially an accomplished all rounder.

Coach Hagenius later got his own back and leveled the match at 3 - 3 with an acrobat effort from the very edge of the area. Who needs a passing game when their team can craft goals out of nothing?

The Orange Bibs' fifth goal was a perfectly worked team goal with Fabiocc17 running ball from one end of the pitch to the other with defenders following like he was a Pied Piper. Fabiocc17 then slipped the ball back to BILZ96 who with a shift of weight for all intents and purposes looked like he would shoot but simply telepathically eased it into the path of an incoming Andyhibbert who slotted it home. That move alone reminded the fixture why Steve has likened BILZ96 to Dimitar Berbatov

At 6 - 4 to the Orange Bibs Sadulla was back in goal for the Bibs and keeping like the next owner of the No1 shirt. In truth without that performance the Muftis might have at least drawn level. That said, at the other end JakeFlowers had been sniffing out danger, where he could, and breaking up attacks to keep the Mufti at least within touching distance of the Orange Bibs. It was one such defensive interception that produced a ball from JakeFlowers that set Naz off on a break away from the whole of the Orange Bibs team to bring the score to 6 - 5

On 50 minutes we saw that Ed is only human as he air kicked in front of an open goal after Fabiocc17 and BILZ96 had combined to present him with a gift wrapped goal on a silver tray with roses. Even the referee was displeased at this and told BILZ96 off for not shooting himself. Thankfully he did not show either of them a yellow card. This actually spurred BILZ96 to score two quickfire goals in a minute. Given that he had a minute earlier provided Andyhibbert with another assist, it meant the score was 9 -5 to the Orange Bibs and BILZ96 had put the match beyond doubt in an amazing two minute spell. As Austin has been known to say, you can't coach that level of play.

At the very end of the match Elvis, Hagenius and Naz finally combined in a passing triangle to allow Naz to score the consolation goal for the Mufti.

With that kick Naz brought up his hat-trick and shared the match ball with BILZ96.

Final Score

Orange Bibs 9 - 6 Mufti

Match awarded to the Orange Bibs

Let's do it all again next match at Tottenham Wednesday FC