PISS

Remember P**S about living life to the fullest saying fu...k off to all the nausayers. Ok, I am a bit drunk, but play to 100%, don't forget family and friends and live it like P**S.

Khoo Boo Lim's semi-retirement team photo

18-10-2020

It was a beautiful Sunday afternoon which saw P**S take on the agile and sp*edy Adventist side. There had been many previous games between these two sides, with both teams fighting hard for a victory... This Sunday was no different.

From the kick-off both teams looked defensively sound with no real way through for the attackers. P**S looked great on the ball moving it with ease around the field trying to open up pockets of space in Adventist’s defensive half. Eventually a through ball fell kindly to Ming who was bearing down on goal with just the goalkeeper to beat. He was brought down by a lazy tackle by an Adventist defender resulting in a penalty to P**S. Ming handed the ball to Brendan who calmly slotted it into the bottom left corner for a 1-0 lead. The Adventist side kept pressing for an equalizer until it opened up for them which had them pounce on the opportunity tying the game 1-1.

Big Em came on and made an instant impact as he shot from the right hand side of the box sneaking it past the goalkeeper, 2-1 ahead. This ignited a fight back from the Adventist team as they poured on the pressure snagging a goal back to tie the game 2-2. They continued in their scoring vein slotting in another two unanswered goals. The teams went into half time with Adventist leading P**S 4-2.

P**S took the field for the second half with a renewed sense of vigor, thanks to captain Drew’s half time talk. Scott also known as “Hubby” produced two sublime goals which which stunned the Adventist side forcing them to become more defensive. Tim kept probing and finding himself in great spots in the box but couldn’t find a way past the keeper... Until he produced a quality turn in the box freeing himself up to perfectly place the ball into the bottom corner of the goal, finally P**S regain the lead 5-4. With the sun setting and the game drawing to a close, the Adventist side had a last stitch effort to tie up the game. They took this opportunity with both hands as they found the back of the net yet again to make even it up at 5-5. Raja glanced at his watch, raised his hand and blew his whistle ending the game.

A fair result as both teams played hard and fair, enjoying the opportunity to play soccer in these strange COVID times.

13-09-2020

This past Sunday saw P**S take on the well respected Indian Vets team from Kulim. The game was highly contested with both teams probing trying to find the back of the net. Both teams had great opportunities to go in front but couldn’t capitalize on them. There was a mix up in defense by the goalkeeper and defender of the Kulim Indian Vets team which allowed Brendan to pounce on the opportunity to steal the ball and place it into the back of the net to give P**S a 1-0 lead. Both teams looked comfortable on the ball and were able to move it all around the park with ease. Late in the first half the Vets broke P**S’ defense and slotting it past the keeper to tie up the game at 1-1.

Raja blew the whistle for the second half to begin with P**S hungry for another goal to put them in the lead. P**S looked confident on the ball, managing to pass it around in defense waiting for a gap to open up. Kulim kept coming back, peppering the goal with shots which kept Rasmus busy who had taken the GK duties over from Peter. Kulim broke down the left hand-side and put a cross into the box which was met by one of their players who scored to put them 2-1 in front. P**S didn’t lie down and kept fighting for a way back into the game. The pressure was mounting on Kulim as they had to constantly defend, until a through ball found Dereck on the run bearing down on goal. He squared the ball off to Big Em squeezed it under the keeper to wrap the game up 2-2, which happened to be the last play of the game.

It was a bitter sweet evening as we said fairwell to Dave who played his last game for P**S before moving back to the UK. It was a great time after the game, sharing beers and hearing guys rag each other about missed goal opportunities.

Goal scorers:
* Brendan
* Big Em assisted by Dereck

Guys, reading all the stories and looking on all these pictures from the circles is something one needs when an uplift of the mood is needed - just a great page with a lot of "history"
Rolando No. 19

23-08-2020

This past Sunday, P**S took on the J*panese team, a formidable opponent indeed. It was a game full of tactics and skill as each team tried to out do the other. There were plenty of chances for each team to take the upper hand. The teams went into halftime deadlocked at 0-0. With a few words of encouragement by the P**S captain (Drew, who was also the birthday boy), P**S took the field for the second half. The pressure was mounting on the J*panese and eventually a glorious ball found D**g on the left wing. He managed to find the feet of Brendan, who turned his marker and had a one on one with the goalie. He kept his cool, finding the left hand side of the goal to give P**S a 1-0 lead. The J*panese clawed their way back into the game and equalized shortly after... The game was tied up 1-1 with a little more than 15 minutes to be played. The game was calling for a hero, someone to give their team the lead. There was a break away down the right hand side of the field, the J*panese defenders left stranded as Ming charged down the touch line. He produced a peach of a cross, finding Little Martin at the top of the goalie box. Martin had a soft touch and was gifted the opportunity for a strike, which he took. The ball sailed above the goalie, finding the back of the net. Giving P**S the upper hand with a 2-1 lead. The J*panese fought hard, but it wasn’t enough as P**S clenched the victory. There was a great time of fellowship after the match, as we celebrated Drew’s birthday with some beers and amazing food at Hana’s Thai Kitchen.

Goal scorers:
* Brendan
* Little Martin

16-8-2020

Another hard fought game against the J*panese team this past Sunday with P**S pulling off a 3-1 victory.

Goal scorers:
1. Big Em
2. Eddie
3. Brendan

There were many strong efforts shown in defense by the boys with some tidy interplay in the middle of the park. Resulting in 3 well taken opportunities to further the lead. A wonderful game capped off by sharing a couple laughs, beers and food as we celebrated Ralf Schmid’s birthday.

9-8-2020

They boys pulled off a hard fought win, beating the J*panese team 4-3. To end off the victory in style we celebrated three Birthday boys at an inner circle after the game. Happy Birthday to Scott, Vega and Peter.

P**S Team from 1996 kindly sent in by Glenn Willis, taken at Uplands School on Kelawei Road.

Inner Circle with Nick in Augsburg Germany. Great people and great times.

Nov 17 inner circle after a close loss to the wanderers 4-3. Another great night. Cheers.

Hector, 4 or 5 years ago. That time was a bit more relaxed world tour.

11th Aug 2019
P**S 5-5 Adventist

i have to stress that this are young, fast, energetic and some of them are very skillful players who hammered us 7-2 the last time we played against them.
As you are all aware P**S is a global team but home is where the heart is and that is in and will always be the beautiful Island of Penang.."The Theatre of Dreams in Scott Road Soccer Pitch. So time and again we will have our global pi***rs coming back to don our colors and fight for glory, So it is that we had the brother & sister combination of Tim and Celine chuang who left a year back to Soccer school in Phuket . We also have the brothers Amit & Aman from UK and Father & Son combination of Barry and Mahon. P**S is not only global but a family orientated soccer club wherever everybody is family and nobody gets left behind.

on to the game... it started off with the visitors taking quick control of the game and started pressing us with their quick and fast manoeuvres but our defences were solid and we quell their attacks and launch our own attack using the left flank and came close to scoring with Tim & Brendan combo working very well. Tim has improved tremendously and he dribbled pass their defences and with just the keeper to beat got his placing predicted accurately by their keeper and stopped it. Brendan came close to scoring but that too got snubbed and we finished the the 1st 20 mins on 0-0 with fresh legs to come onboard which is actually not bad. We had 3 good chances but could not hit the back of the net but their fast run throughs finally broke our defences and they slotted in their 1st and 10 mins later 2nd goal. 2 down in 1st half..

Gaffer Drew knew he need to do some changes and ensured we put together a solid defence of Rasmus, Barry, Aman and Addis whilst Celine was given the right flank to play supported by Amit and Brendan upfront with dave providing midfield support. With all out support coming from the team outside we kept pressuring them and Celine(15 year old Malaysian National Team girl soccer squad did a brilliant move from the end of the right flank and beating a player placed a nice shot which caught the keeper by suprise and all of us too. I dont remember a 15 yr old female pi**er scoring a goal for us. 2-1 and that is all we needed and the boost that gave the rest of the guyz was just awesome. I have to point out that Peter did his best in the 1st 20 mins keeping goals before Khoo the cat took over but clearly the MoM was Khoo who not only stopped a penalty but frusturated their countless attacks and at one junction stopped a double volley. Rasmus was very solid in defence and took out one of their players and was given a red card but hey !! you have to do what you have to do and if you need to stop the opponents from scoring then dont look too far becos we have the viking warrior with us.
The last 30 mins was the most exciting as Raja added on extra 10 mins. Tim not wanting his sister to steal the thunder attacking thru the right with Brendan, Amit and Emma beat 2 of their defenders before taking placing a nice shot. 2-2 Adventist came back strong and manage to score again 3-2. Our counter attack thru Tim and he was brought down 25 yrds away from the goal post. He took his time and placed a very nice shot on the top right post away from the goalie hands. 3-3 It was Amit's turn to get some glory for himself from a nice combination iof Brendan, Tim and thru ball to Amit and bang we were up 4-3. This adventist buggers with their quick short legs dribbling in and out manage to squeeze the equalizer. A nice corner from Brendan from the right flank and with no one marking Dave and he nailed it for 5-4. The game has already offcially come to an end as we've breached the 45 mis mark but Raja gave some allowance as there was light and it was during this period that a build up thru the right flank from the adventist and a thru ball for their sp*edy forward who only had to beat Rasmus to score but nope Rasmus is not having it.. he probably would have said not on my watch dude and promptly took him out and took himself out out with a red card. It can be argued that the tackle was not in the box but Raja wanting to be diplomatic and to keep the anger down gave them another penalty which was beyond Khoo. 5-5 but what a game. I must say this is one of the best comeback and we matched the opponents shots for shots and gave them back nice and proper. Great commitment from everyone.. 3 crates of beer to celebrate Peter, Scott and 2 new pissettes. Happy lah !!

Signing off
Agape
P**s Chaplain
Vincent Vega

Sun 4th Aug P**S 5-1 J**s

The Legendary P**sers timing of coming in by 4.45pm seems to be rubbing off on the guyz as we begin to see more and more of the lads coming in for trainning and warm up. crosses and headers and free kicks plus ball controls and passing are beginning to set in. Hope more of the P**sers will come in early. It's pretty rewarding when it pays off in the game and we have seen some truth in it too. On to the game..

A bloody hot afternoon mates and i think it must be close to 34' so by the time game started we were pretty much cooked. New faces from he J**s too and they seem to also have a very formidable goal keeper in attendance who will foil many of our chances later on.

The game started off very slowly as we were getting aligned with some of the visitors on our side ie. Connor (11 yr old Scottie's son, D**gs guest from China and Amit and Aman from UK back on semester break. Darlington last game before heading off to the Airport. He was instrumetal to building up the attack in midfield and with a 1, 2 broke thru and placed a nice goal beyond the goalie's reach. 2nd goal came from our Viking warrior Rasmus who was playing from the left flank received a nice thru ball from th midfield build up and used his sp*ed to get thru and slammed a nice shot into the net.

The equalizer came front a very unexpected free kick frm almost near the left of the midfield. The cunning J**s noting Peter was off the line and with the sun shining into his eyes took a floating shot that just dipped into the top right corner.

2nd half first 20 mins was a bit slow with us providing them with the services of Little Martin and Kyle and the J**s came very close into scoring from the left but we manage t foil them. Most of the acttion started in the last 20 mins when we really started pushing and the J**s getting tired. Their Goalie must have foiled a least 4 clear shots that otherwise would have gone in. Clearly he was the MoM but we continued pushing forward and a thru ball from Tim who spotted Brendan right at the edge of the J*p defenders and he sneaked past them and beating the goalie put in the the 3rd one. I cannot remember who scored the 4th goal but it's my Birthday game and with 5 mins left a great corner from Matt was pushed out by the goalie giving me a perfect opppty fro a first time volley screamer into the net. Yay !! Perfect B'day gift for the Chaplain.. Thank You Lord. 5-1 or P**S and with an extra crate of cold Anchor was just a nice happy ending and smiling and laugher all around. Great job to gaffer Matt.

What a finale to the weekend ..slept with a smile..
Proud to be a P**ser !!!

Signing off
Blessings to all
P**S Chaplain
Vincent Vega

21st July Mike’s Farewell Game
P**S 1- 1J**s
What a show of support with 20 P**sers turning up for the game not to mention couple of supporters. It was extra special to welcome Khoo The Cat who was on sabbatical leave.
Kick off at 6pm and the J**s were well prepared this time around after last week beating. More seniors were on the field and if you know the J**s they are very proud and patriotic towards their team errr..somewhat like P**s. At the whistle they were like banzai banzai banzai and tora tora tora...giving us little room to strategize our Attack. We could not move pass the 3/4 mark as they were quick to breakdown our Attack and counter Attack swiftly. In the 15 min with a quick 1, 2 they manage to sneak behind our defence and slot 1 in. The next 20 mins saw a yo yo effect of quick change of attacks and counter attacks. They had the advantage in the 1H and it could have been 2 or 3 but I Guess Lady Luck was there for Mike’s game. So 1 goal down... no pep talk and we all knew what needs to be done. We need to match the j**s and chase every ball and man mark them to Ensure they don’t get pass the 30 yard mark. Peter handed over the gloves to Khoo and the J**s had a brilliant oppty to score as they broke thru the defence with only Khoo the cat to beat but a lightning manoeuvre from him was enough to falter their efforts and we were save.
It was our turn as Matt took up central defence with Shaun, Christoff, Rasmussen and Ralf with Sangnin playing a strong defensive play with Vega more on defensive midfield and Mike...well Mike was every where...he was at defence, he was at midfield and he was upfront attacking. Between Mike and Barry we had at least 5 chances to slot in but the J*p goalie and their defence manage to stop it. Lasso did his best in midfield though down the last 48 hrs with food poisoning. Dave and Derek as usual did their marathon runs up and down with Richard pape supporting. The last 15 mins the J**s were tiring and tried their delayed techniques and trying to do Long balls into our 30 yard but mighty Matt was there to stop it with his thunderous headers back to midfield. It was during this clearance and a quick 1, 2 of our own that gave Mike a clear route into their penalty box and he slotted in the equaliser. Not satisfied we continued with our attacks in waves and if given another 5 mins we could have bested them but it was a fantastic game. It’s been a Long time since I saw such commitment and zeal from our lads in fact even big Emma ran a bit more than he normally does.
Happy faces all around with 3 crates of beer and pizza was just the thing for a nice happy ending on the field of dreams as we sang our farewell song for Magic Mike...who got smoke in his eyes...we will miss hearing the words..Mike’s foot...unlucky... magic but we know he will be remembered and talked about during inner circle as he carries the P**s insignia and legend badge in his heart. Bon voyage Magic Mike and we wish you every success in your future undertakings. God Bless and we will see you again Penang boy!!!

Agape
Signing off
P**S Chaplain
Vincent Vega

Mike passing over the mantle to Ralf.

Mike's Farewell Game

14th July P**S 5-3 J**s
Dark clouds was already forming in the horizon threatening to go into a full blown cats & dogs rainy affair. it started pouring at 4.45pm just as i was about to leave with my wifey saying you fellas going to get wet and I hollered back we P**sers thrive in the rain luv. Hit the field of dreams and what do you know the rain stops and it was just beautiful.
So lets get to the juicy part. So we've not played the J**s for quite a while now and you guyz know its rivalry that goes way back. We had Martin the flying Dutchman and Rasmus The Viking back on the field and ofcourse Skipper Drew who went MIA last week.

First 20 mins with no score but possession at 50-50.Dave and Tim upfront could not connect the final the piece with Mike playing midfield. Rasmus and Christop came very close to scoring. The J**s came dangerously close to scoring but back combination of Sangin,Shawn,Drew, Ralf with Vega playing defensive midfield were able to break it. Ofcourse they had talented boys who could run, dribble and score but we held them back.

Going into 2nd 20 mins and Martin, Rasmus, Mike with Big Emma full fledge attacking gave us 1st goal. I was taking a p*e so can't describe it sorry..😅 Couple of chances but the J**s held on. 1H still 1-0. 2nd half we went into offensive immediately and a great corner from Martin which was well connected by China Tim and we were up 2-0. It just goes to prove that practice makes perfect. as Tim and Matt were on the field at 4.30 practicing their crosses and headers with Bangla Peter getting crisp with his catches. ok back to the game..
2nd 20 mins and all of sudden a little bit of over confidence and little lack of focus and suddenly the J**s came back and put 2 bloody balls in ..sh*te !! WTH !! we are getting into the last 20 mins and a nice thru ball from Mike to China Tim who ran the fastest 30 meters of his life and in doing so bulldoze their Goalie straight into their net and managed to just touch the ball which hit their defender who was bearing down on him and rolled in for goals. Linesman did not raise the flag so 3-2 but within 3 mins a counter attack by the J**s and 3-3 .. 🤬🤬
ok ok.. no swear words !! all around encouragement going on among the P**sers and we started pushing forward again. martin together with Mike playing vital role in midfield and we did a counter attack of our own and Mike with a solo run dribbling pass their defenders lands solid shot and we are 4-3 With 5 mins to go and the J**s tiring and Tim had another Thru ball from Midfield and borke thru thir offside trap and it was 1 on 1 between China Tim and J*p goalie who ran out of the box towards and Tim executed and lobbed the ball just over the head from 30 yards and sealed a well deserved 5-3 victory. Hell yeah !! That's what I'm talking about !!😁😁 We had about 16 players and everyone pitched in and it was a team effort. Well done P**sers and Gaffer Drew !!! Cool tiger and inner circle to celebrate the victory.
Proud to be a P**ser !!
Agape and God Bless
P**S Chaplain
Vincent Vega

7th July P**S 3- 3 Sabahans Adventist
It’s been awhile since I last gave a game commentary but had some time on my hands. So for the benefit of the Global P**s brothers who would want to know what’s happening here goes..
It was a hot bloody afternoon and the Indian Group had just concluded their tournament on our field. With background Indian music still blaring felt like a carnival. Not the best of 20 mins I have to admit with the sp*edy Sabahans running riot on us. We were unable to get the ball thru to Tim or Kok Beng as they intercepted every pass we were trying to make. They broke down our defences easily with their sp*ed and we were down by 2 goals. Peter tried his best but carrying a hamstring injury he did the best he could and manage to stop them from creating more damage. 2nd 20 mins saw Ben combining with a small size J*p dude (sorry forgot the name) with this new found sp*ed upfront with Mike supporting we were able to create more chances upfront. A brilliant run down the left by Ben and cracking shot secured 2-1. They countered with a quick counter Attack 5 mins before 1 half and we were down 3-1.
2nd half saw Gaffer Matt employing a diff strategy with him partnering Shawn In the middle at the back with D**g on the left back and Christoff at the right and Vincenzo playing a more defensive midfield. We stopped all their attacks with this formation and slowly started pushing up and getting more balls upfront and quick 1,2 between Big Em and Sp*edy Ben we got our 2nd goal. The Sabahans had a full squad of 20 players to our 16 veterans. They were half our ages but we gave them a run for their money. We pushed, we pulled, we tackled and we ran as much as our feet can take it with Dave doing his best on the right after a doing his Half marathon earlier in the morning. Mike supporting as attacking midfielder with Matt’s Long ball gave us more attacking power and we were pushing back real hard and our Oppty for an equaliser came in the last 7 mins of the game with a corner kick and Richard Pape who just turned 63 exhibited he cannot be written off as he landed a solid Big Em header. yeah !!! Whose your daddy now huh? The Sp*edy Sabahans were not Sp*edy anymore as we controlled the midfield and even when they tried Long balls it was killed off by Matt, Richard or Vincenzo. It felt wonderful to be able to come back MU style...errr I mean the Old MU under SAF to equalise. We could have bested them at the end if we had more time but Senor Tiger was calling out and it felt heavenly gulping down the cold tiger baby in a hot weather... P**s spirit of fighting till the last whistle is blown still living strong !! No retreat.. no surrender.. no apologies..sometimes we win.. sometimes we lose but as Long as you’ve given your best there are no regrets!!
Congrats!!
Signing off
P**S Unworthy Chaplain
Vincenzo Vega

Sunday May 19th 2019 P**S 5-2 Penang J*panese
Sunday May 12th 2019 P**S 1-7 Penang J*panese
Not many results posted recently so, a quick update.
What a difference a week makes.
Crappy game with a few hangovers on 12th but every time Murata-san shot it was in the corner of the net! The sorrows were drowned in Tiger very fast though.
On 19th The J*panese were one short so I (Drew) not wanting to give them our best player volunteered. The J*panese went 1 up from a half way line shot and then another from a bounce off the hip before Brendan crossed from wide, great strike, right over the top of the keeper to get one back. Despite the drubbing last week, this was quite against the run of play especially as the J*panese had a few young teenagers!
HT 1-2
Second half was good for P**S, especially Chance from midfield, not so sure about Brendan's finishing up front :D
Anyway with 20 mins to go I was too tired to chase Brendan and Matt any more, and thought I can relieve Murata-san in goals and give the J*panese more fire power up front. Well either I was defending well in midfield or I was crap in goals. Parried Matt's driven ground ball, only to Vega to the side, who took 5 mins to get the ball under control and then toe smashed it perfectly just inside the far post. I had to make a few saves then Brendan turned and half volleyed from 10 yards glanced off my thigh and into the net, maybe I can claim that one, but where is my cover? Matt ffs, collected the ball 40 yards out wide right and drove a sweet left foot into the far top corner of the goal! Finally after taunting Matt at the corner he crossed and there was a scary white mass of P**S players charging in on the dropping ball and Tim headed/ bundled it into the net. I felt sorry for the J*panese who were leading 2-1 before I went in goals. Scorers - Brendan (2), Vega, Matt, Tim. Feeling Humiliated at Scott Road field of dreams, but a beer soon sorted that out. And P**S won! 😁

Quick Updates
Sunday Feb 17th 2019 P**S 5 -2 J*panese
Scorers Jani, Jani, Martin, Martin, Martin
Wednesday Feb 24th 2019 P**S 3-4 PSC Wednesday
HT 3-0 Shocking result although Jani crashed the ball square against the post in the dying seconds of the game
Sunday Feb 24th 2019 P**S 2-3 J*panese
Scorers Dave and Chance HT 2-0 We need to hold the game better, still we got over it quickly with the help of some Tiger beer

Drew Phillips Vincent Vega

The 3 Amigos of P**S United

Sunday Feb 10th P**S 3 - 3 Penang J*panese
24 players this week!
Welcome back to UK P**Ser Paul Jones and son Pete on holiday... Darlington and friend Addis too.
Kept the original first 21 signed up and gave the J*panese Darlington, Addis and Dave. Very hot, and quite firm pitch.
We set up as a 4-5-1 with Jani and Brendan swapping in the lone mobile striker role. Great start, first 25mins we pressed and forced an own goal off Adam's cross.
1-0 Defensively we were relatively untroubled. Second 25 mins of the first half we continued to create but struggled a bit defensively and rode our luck with the crossbar and the post (from our Dave's deft touch).
HT 1-0
Second half the dream team went back in but succumbed to a looping ball over Peter the Keeper forced in past last a covering Rasmus. 1-1
Second 25 mins team went in and held our own for a while until a 30 yard shot from the centre back whistled through the air and dropped just under the bar. Great strike, can't say much. 1-2
We missed many chances, to name a few... good strikes over the bar from 25 yards (Adam, Brendan), missed the goals from close range with only the GK to beat (Paul), one extremely dubious offside given which Tim ran onto which was a certain goal, and Jani stunned by a fingertip reflex save over the bar from 2 yards, GK on the ground! Then a counter from the J*panese, a good final pass and a great first time finish put us 1-3 down.
Last 10 mins, cross from Emanuel in a wide position and Jani rose about the middle of the goals, 6 yard line, and glanced it in at the far post 2-3
That lifted our spirits and we pressed and pressed, good dribble down the left flank by Mike and square cross 3 yards out, GK just got his fingertips to it and tipped it to Emanuel steaming in at the far post to level the score at 3-3 with 2 mins to go.
F-T 3-3
Thanks to Paul Jones for the spare case of Tiger. Enjoyed and off to Inner Circle at Goodalls, incl.Matt (Orange) and dad Gerrard (pic attached) [Drew]

Sunday Jan 27th 2019 P**S 2 - 1 Penang J*panese
Welcome back Jani (NOR) for his annual visit. P**S had 15 players and a strong squad, so we went out to play with some confidence. Jani would add some fire power too. The pitch has got hard and bumpy in the last two weeks. As usual the J*panese played good team football and we matched that, except our passing was a bit wayward, but credit to the J*panese for pressuring and forcing mistakes. We were creating chances and miscuing them or firing them wide or sky high. Rich Pape was closest with a drive to the far post from the edge of the box tipped out by the goalkeeper. We defended well and with a few last ditch tackles got through to half time at 0-0
Early Second half the J*panese went 0-1 up. Within 5 mins Chance streaking in at the far post volleyed a dropping cross into the ground and left the keeper stranded 1-1 With 20 mins to go, Emanuel crosses from the left, ball bounces once, keeper starts to come out for it, then changes his mind, cool headed Dave Hughes waits, as the ball drops again he hits a thunderous volley from the front of the goal tightening and stretching the net. As is psychologically customary, for some reason, the trailing side (J*panese) pressured the rest of the game. 5 mins to go and Rasmus clashed heads with their striker in an aerial duel, both players down. The J*panese fought tooth and nail throughout the game, until it seemed they had 13 players, but we thwarted them time and again. It was our day. Thanks to Jani for the extra case of arrival beer. Cheers, Drew

Sunday January 20th 2019 P**S 5 - 5 Sabahan Boys
What a game. What goals! What a comeback!
The pitch has dried out and required accurate passing and good control to keep the ball and control the game.
We had 18 players and International P**Ser Hector (San Fran) watching the game as he's in recovery mode after surgery. The first 20 minutes the team did well, worked hard against a very mobile opposition. 0-0
For the uninitiated, we change players on 20 mins so if we have 7 players waiting we change 7 players. The second 20 mins team didn't quite gel although the goals were struck very accurately, one going in off the post, but we should have been closing them down better. Went in at half time a disappointing 0-3!
Second half back to the dream team of the first 20 mins and we conceded early in the half 0-4 !!! Geez guys, let's get at least one goal. Cue Emanuel, Chance crossed the ball across the goals 15 yards out, Emanuel controls at the left side of the box, sets and fires the ball into the roof of the net just glancing the underside of the crossbar. 1-4 Emanuel again,long cross from wide left controlled and fired home at the far post by Adam. 2-4 Things were going well and we soon leveled at 4-4! Can't remember the goals, Gotta be Brendan for one.
Another speculative cross from Emanuel, Adam chests, turns and volleys from 40 yards dipping in to the top of the net out of reach of the keeper. 5-4 !! Not much time left, let's keep the ball.... Emanuel the villain this time, caught on the ball in the middle of our half and they ran through and scored. Full Time 5-5
Tiger beer to finish the game and an extra case courtesy of Small Emanuel (ex-P**Ser) who has opened his new pub in Love Lane, called "Friends Forever". fantastic comeback and we nearly stole it. At half time Raja (Ref) said the opposition (3-0 up) are newly formed and a good team. Thanks for the compliment Raja (5-5) :)
Thanks to Peter in goals and good to have Rich Davy return from KL to support the defence. Next week sees the return of Norwegian star forward Jani. [Drew]