Our manager told us to sit down and listen while we drank our drink and he said “well battled boys you started off strong and stayed strong all the way through the match. Keep this up and score another goal to capture this match”. Our captain walked back on to the pitch and shouted come on Thorpe!!!!
When we got into position the ref blew his whistle. Silfield took the centre but as soon as they kicked the ball Adam ran in, intercepted the ball looking for a man. A call came from the right wing Steve warnes was free. Adam lofted the ball over to him. He made a run down the wing with the ball he got near the corner and crossed the ball high in to the box, Alex ingham jumped up in to the air and got his head to it. The ball hit the bar and came out to meet Kyle with a volley in to the top right hand corner of the goal. The spectators on the sideline went mental shouting and screaming. After that nothing much happened in the match except for a couple of shouts to save. The final score was 2-0 to us. As I walked off the pitch I felt ecstatic. The nerves I had before the match had all gone I was so happy. My manager ran over to me and congratulated me on my match I had played he said “well done Martin you played really well with some good saves.” All I said was thank you then I ran over to see my teammates.
When we got back into the changing room we all sat down we where all worn out. The changing room stunk of sweat and dirt, the door open and with a load voice Ace said “well played boys we only got 2 games left our next game is against Jex, they are top of the league and it will be our hardest game yet. So I will see you at training on Friday same time” we all started leaving the changing room and on my way out Ace said well played.
Our match against Jex was played we battled well. By half time the score was 1-1 the second half went ahead we played are hearts off. We scored 2 more goals and won the match 3-1. We had one last match left we needed to win it. It was against Silfield again but it was away
As we pulled up to the ground in the car I saw that our players where already on the pitch. We must have been a bit late I ran out of the car because I didn’t have time to spare I ran in to the changing room and quickly got changed my kit was all nicely laid out on the bench. When I was ready I walked out and looked at the pitch it was very muddy with a big mud patch on the corner of one of the 18-yard box. We all got called over to Ace and he gave us are team talk. He didn’t say much all he said was “boys all I want you to do is play like u did against Jex. If you win this you will win the league” come on Thorpe shouted Adam!!!!!!
The first half got under way not much happened for the first 30 minutes we had a couple of good shots and they had a couple of good shots.
About 5 minutes to go before half time Daniel Witred made a back pass to me but he hit it wrong and the ball didn’t even make it in to my area. One of Silfields attackers picked up the ball he brought it in to my area it was a one on one I headed towards him he hit it and I dived I couldn’t make it down fast enough it went straight under my body and in to the back of the net my heart sunk down to my legs I walked in to the net and picked the ball up. The whistle blew for half time we all walked off with our heads down and sad faces. We all sat down and grabbed a drink Ace came over to us and said “what happened to you the last 20 mins they have been all over you. If you wanted to win this match as much as me and your parents do you would wake up open yours eyes and play real football boys. Come on get your act together” we all raised are heads and we all shouted “COME ON THORPE!!!”
When we were ready the ref blew his whistle Adam passed it back to Kyle who made a through ball to Ingham. Ingham took it past 3 players and got stuck in a bad position Dunc made a flying run past Ingham. Ingham chipped their bal over there defender and Dunc brought it down with his left foot he put it on his right and took a blinding shot it hit the back of the net. I had never heard so much noise come from about 20 people on a sideline. Silfield took the centre and passed it back to one of their players. Their player kicked the ball badly and it went off for a throw in the game was even for about 20 minutes until Ben Walsh made an unexpected run from the half way line he took it past all their defenders and from about 20 yards he hit the ball CRACK it hit the back of the net. None of us could believe it nor could Ben. The score was 2-1 we had to keep it like this for another 10 mins. When ever we were on the ball we played the passing game to make sure they didn’t get the ball with about 2 minutes of the game left one of the Silfiled players made a run down the wing and into the corner of the box where the giant mud patch was. As soon as Craig Patterson tackled him the player tripped up in the mud and gave a penalty. Our manager was furious he said that was no way a penalty. The ref just walked over and put the ball on the penalty spot and their player stepped up. I couldn’t believe this, why did it have to happen to me. I put my self on the line and looked straight in to the player’s eyes. His eyes where looking in the right corner I didn’t know what to do. He ran up and hit it as hard as possible it went flying into the top right corner I dived high up and stretched as far as I could. I made contact with the ball and hit it over the bar. I couldn’t believe I had saved it my players all ran up to me and we all celebrated the ref blew his whistle for full time we had won. We where the champions we where promoted. All of our players they made a huge bundle in our area even our manager joined in. Aces wife walked on to the pitch with a sainsburys bag with 4 bottles of Champaign in it. Me, Adam, Ben and Kyle all grabbed a bottle and shook them up and started spraying them about. We had a photo taken of the champions. Ace said to us “next season will be a hole new world for us to explore. We know it will not be easy but we can try”