Roses 2018: Overall Lancaster Victory
Outdoor: 2 wins, 1 loss
1st XI: 6-1 win
2nd XI: 6-2 defeat
3rd XI: 2-0 win
Indoor: 2 wins, 0 losses
1st: 8-4 win
2nd: 2-1 win
1st XI: 6-1 win
2nd XI: 6-2 defeat
3rd XI: 2-0 win
Indoor: 2 wins, 0 losses
1st: 8-4 win
2nd: 2-1 win
2nd XI Match Report |
Final Score: Lancaster 2 – 6 York
The game started evenly with both York and Lancaster piling pressure on the oppositions’ defence, but with few threatening shots. The break-neck pace of the game forced high work rates, with Lancaster captain Chris Hall putting in an excellent shift in midfield, working up and down the pitch with some strong attacking runs. However, as the first half wore on York started to get the better of Lancaster with short corners being awarded, the first couple the Lancaster keeper Callum Simpson managed to keep out, but the York side was gaining momentum, even with loud applause from the Lancaster supporters on the side-line. Consequently, around 15 minutes into the first half the York side managed to work their way into the area causing the keeper to move towards one player, who then played the ball to his teammate who scored.
After more well contested play York managed to get another short corner, this time they converted it with a drag flick into the top left corner of the net. Two more goals before half time for York, one from open play and another from a short corner left Lancaster 4-0 down and disheartened going into half time.
The second half began with a 4-0 down Lancaster side managing to keep York away from their D for a while, whilst making some good attacking moves, with Felix Jeffreys making fast runs towards the York half. One attacking moves almost resulted in a goal, but the Lancaster player missed the ball at the far post. York bounced back from this momentary slip though and scored another short corner goal. York were continually forcing Lancaster onto the defensive with their excellent play, playing the ball round the Lancaster players and trying to stay away from contact, this forced Lancaster to mainly defend. The defensive efforts did result in two cards for Lancaster players in quick succession; one for a bad stick tackle and the other for an aggressive tackle. York were also awarded a flick, which they scored when the keeper dived the other way. Lancaster did manage to score two goals from open play, one of which came from the ball being worked through from Conrod Chamberlain to Chris Hall then on to Adam Lord in attack who managed to put the ball past the keeper. This meant that overall Lancaster drew the second half but ended with a difficult loss.
The game started evenly with both York and Lancaster piling pressure on the oppositions’ defence, but with few threatening shots. The break-neck pace of the game forced high work rates, with Lancaster captain Chris Hall putting in an excellent shift in midfield, working up and down the pitch with some strong attacking runs. However, as the first half wore on York started to get the better of Lancaster with short corners being awarded, the first couple the Lancaster keeper Callum Simpson managed to keep out, but the York side was gaining momentum, even with loud applause from the Lancaster supporters on the side-line. Consequently, around 15 minutes into the first half the York side managed to work their way into the area causing the keeper to move towards one player, who then played the ball to his teammate who scored.
After more well contested play York managed to get another short corner, this time they converted it with a drag flick into the top left corner of the net. Two more goals before half time for York, one from open play and another from a short corner left Lancaster 4-0 down and disheartened going into half time.
The second half began with a 4-0 down Lancaster side managing to keep York away from their D for a while, whilst making some good attacking moves, with Felix Jeffreys making fast runs towards the York half. One attacking moves almost resulted in a goal, but the Lancaster player missed the ball at the far post. York bounced back from this momentary slip though and scored another short corner goal. York were continually forcing Lancaster onto the defensive with their excellent play, playing the ball round the Lancaster players and trying to stay away from contact, this forced Lancaster to mainly defend. The defensive efforts did result in two cards for Lancaster players in quick succession; one for a bad stick tackle and the other for an aggressive tackle. York were also awarded a flick, which they scored when the keeper dived the other way. Lancaster did manage to score two goals from open play, one of which came from the ball being worked through from Conrod Chamberlain to Chris Hall then on to Adam Lord in attack who managed to put the ball past the keeper. This meant that overall Lancaster drew the second half but ended with a difficult loss.
3rd XI Match Report
The day had finally arrived. After months of anticipation and training, this was it: Roses 2018.
It’d been a whole 12 months since the 3s had lost in the third world county that is Yorkshire, a painful last minute short corner dooming them to fall 2-1, and the squad was anxious to get in a victory in front of the teaming home support. Lancaster knew that the York hockey club were out of practice, having spent their Wednesdays of the last year at EDL rallies rather than playing in BUCS. The reds knew that this was the perfect opportunity to win a historic 1st win at Roses.
Preparations on the day started early: (some) freshers arriving in at Chateau de Tom Smart (who?) to prepare breakfast for the rest of the squad to arrive for 8:30am. Despite a noise complaint (it’s nearly 9am you dingle you should be up anyway) breakfast went smoothly. Quality planning on Tom Smart’s meant there was 3 choices for cereal, satisfying both parties in the bitter Honey Cheerio’s – Special K divide, as well as the option for some chocolate stuff. A good start to the day requires a good breakfast and even though the yoghurt was slightly frozen, the Pride left Lonsdale full of vigour for the 70 minutes ahead.
The Meme Team Supreme headed down to the astroturf early to support LUWHC’s 3rd team. On the way Ollie Pugh clearly having second thoughts about spending a year as 3rd team captain attempted to skateboard into an incoming car but for some reason changed his mind. Rocket Rory arrived later on, himself fresh from a drive from Manchester and a breakfast consisting of whatever vegans/gingers eat, meaning the 3s had a full squad to unfortunately see their LUWHC counterparts drop to 0-2 despite some promising play. Warming up on the sand based and then 15 minutes on the actual pitch getting that possession game going and pinging some shots at Kaiser before 11:00am arrived.
Being the shrewd tactician that he has become known for, Anders once again decided to let the opposition captain win the toss and give away the push back. The game started slowly and the passing was a tad loose from both sides, the nerves and the noise seeming to get the better of a few of the lads in both red and white. Lancs were stuck in their own half for much of the first ten minutes, struggling to get the ball into the York final twenty-five but nothing came from York’s territorial advantage. Monster biffs from Anders, Dwelley and Rocket were all being stopped prior to the halfway line although passing round the back occurred and occurred well, the York press not doing enough to stop balls getting down the side-lines, even with Sticky’s infamous first touch sometimes getting the better of him (and sometimes his marker).
On a couple of occasions however, the ball did manage to find red sticks and that was when Lancaster looks their best. Quick running down both wings tore York apart. York seemed to lack shape and discipline, the team following the ball around the pitch and surrounding it like a minority at a BNP march. Lancaster’s pace and determination was paying dividends, short-corners coming thick and fast. However, despite the sustained pressure by Lancs, the score remained 0-0. It was starting to get frustrating and the bench was getting agitated. York dropped to nine men, clearly also feeling the gravity of the situation with a green card and yellow card being given out. Possession and territory turned in Lancaster’s favour, and with it, renewed pressure. The Pride were doing what they were working for all season: setting up the press adequately to stop the free hits from the back and recycling the ball when there were dead channels. When the press was beaten, York earned nothing from it, thanks to a massive tackle from Conor and great defending as had come to be expected from Cam. Other notable actions of the first half included Serko slap hitting a massive aerial towards the York base line to start an attack as soon as one was stopped. A goal was on its way.
This was when the bright-eyed, fresh-faced Kobe stepped up to the plate. The play leading up to the goal was scrappy, but the finish was anything but. Some might argue that it was a tap-in, but the keeper and three players in front of the York goal would say otherwise. The ball zipped off Kobe’s girthy stick, breaking both land-speed records and the backboard. Only seventeen years old, in only his second game for LUMHC, a graduate of the club’s development squad scheme. 1-0.
Halftime came soon after, Nick vowing to both verbally and physically assault the next player to play a long pass through contact. Lancs, wanting to preserve their looks for Sugar later that night, decided that short passes were answer and Guardiola sent out the squad with a new game plan in mind, and to actually mark that York player that always received the ball because no one was marking him. Spurred on by the noise from the home crowd and dugout support from Matty Gravey and Zachary Jaffa, who both had already drunk to much for a regular Saturday night, Ander’s boys went into the last 35 with high hopes.
The second half started much like the first, but the reds soon got a hold of the ball and started dismantling the York eleven. Immediately, fast, accurate passing from the front between Tom Smart and Mackerel found the reds already in shooting range, but nothing came from it, but this second half was already looking promising. Lancaster had the majority of possession both down the wings with Sticky and JP making moves beyond York players over and over, and the rotating middle three of Hamlyn, Pugh and Rory always finding space earned control of the centre and effectively the game.
A scrappy few moments in the York D resulted in Lancaster being awarded a penalty flick. The ball was placed in the hands of Rocket, who’d been replaying the moment in his head for the last 52 weeks. His confidence was misplaced however, not knowing the most basic rules concerning penalty flicks. Wanting to add a bit more speed to the flick, he decided that a run-up of a few paces sounded like a fantastic idea. The ball flew into the goal. The goalkeeper was unmoved, but so was the score line. What a tit, if he had as much iron as a meat-based diet provides, he probably would have been alert enough to score with only one step.
After throwing away a golden chance for a two-goal cushion, panic seemed to set in for a few minutes. York were rejuvenated, whilst Lancs started to look fatigued. Both sides knew that the next goal could define the outcome of the entire game. However some more huge tackles from Cam, Jolly, Conor and Anders stopped York changing the score in their favour as well as tracking back from all members of The Pride, even Alvin (unperturbed by some no-one on the sideline telling him he wasn’t the best), Mackerel and Jack came from the front to assist in defense.
Thankfully, the next scorer was wearing red: JP, under the assistance of a beautiful reverse cross from Mackerel, wrapped his wand around the ball and sent it flying into the far corner of the goal. 2-0. Lancaster were now firmly in the driving seat. Only ten minutes until the 3s could make history.
The team in red held 90% of the possession following the goal. York’s lack of subs was starting to have effect with interceptions stopping any chance of a goal. Lancaster started giving the sidelines what they wanted: Anders chipping the ball from a three vs one situation to JP, and Jolly doing what Jolly loves and attempting to skill anyone he can, from the backline. Insulted by his disallowed goal, Rory too decided to skill anyone that came near him, creating attacks all on his own. JP decided to take whatever anger he had out in different ways: following a succession of York short corners, a massive stick tackle sent him to the stands for whatever little time remained. If amateur boxing matches are JP’s go to when he even suspects his own clubmen of racism, UYHC men’s 3s should be glad a stick tackle was all that occurred. The final short came to nothing, thanks mainly to the fact that Conor knows no fear when wearing a mask, and can actually run one, unlike whoever was running one at Roses last year. The seventy minutes were over: Lancaster had won.
Sixteen players on the spectrum had finally defeated sixteen (slightly fewer really) that had some dodgy political views. Every player on the team had played well and done themselves proud. Solid performances from Conor, Dwelley, Kaiser (who probably faced more shots in the fifteen minutes before the game than in the seventy minutes during the game) and Anders had meant a clean sheet against York – something which hadn’t been achieved in years. Who cares about the rugby union men’s 1st team game: this was the real highlight of Roses (@LUSU, closing ceremony when?) What a way to end the year as captain. Thank you for a successful year Anders, and also to vice-captain Alvin. The baton will now be passed to Pugh and it will be interesting to see how the team fair under the new leadership.
Honestly, this was the best game the 3s have played this season, probably also better than any of last season and in LUMHC 3’s entire history. The mood was set for a second LUMHC Roses win in row and an overall destruction of York in Roses 2018. Congrats lads! Roll on next year.
MOTM: Dwelley -solid defending as always, a rock. Special mention also goes to Rocket Rory, JP and Pugh for bossing the midfield.
DOTD: Rocket (‘Miss the flick, get the dick’ – Will Clegg, 2018).
York’s Lancaster MOTM: Rory (MOTM shirt still unclaimed)
Ander’s Mum’s MOTM: Hamlyn for some silky moves at cdm
Ander’s Mum’s DOTD: Jolly for dingling with the ball when Anders could have been playing
The real MOTM: the game of hockey
Match report by Rocket Rory and Anders
The Pride 2017/18 Left to right:
Top Row: Matty Gravey, Will Clegg, Zachary Jaffa, Cam Dwelley, Jolly, Ben Mackerel, Jack Tracey, Sticky Vicky, Serko Elyan
Middle Row: Kobe! Chow, Rocket Rory, JP, Tom Smart (Who?), Alvin (VC), Anders (C), Ollie Pugh, Tom Hamlyn, Conor Sherr
Bottom Row: Kaiser
Missing: Benoit Ferrand, Rob Pyne, James Porter, Lenny, Johnny Bardrick
It’d been a whole 12 months since the 3s had lost in the third world county that is Yorkshire, a painful last minute short corner dooming them to fall 2-1, and the squad was anxious to get in a victory in front of the teaming home support. Lancaster knew that the York hockey club were out of practice, having spent their Wednesdays of the last year at EDL rallies rather than playing in BUCS. The reds knew that this was the perfect opportunity to win a historic 1st win at Roses.
Preparations on the day started early: (some) freshers arriving in at Chateau de Tom Smart (who?) to prepare breakfast for the rest of the squad to arrive for 8:30am. Despite a noise complaint (it’s nearly 9am you dingle you should be up anyway) breakfast went smoothly. Quality planning on Tom Smart’s meant there was 3 choices for cereal, satisfying both parties in the bitter Honey Cheerio’s – Special K divide, as well as the option for some chocolate stuff. A good start to the day requires a good breakfast and even though the yoghurt was slightly frozen, the Pride left Lonsdale full of vigour for the 70 minutes ahead.
The Meme Team Supreme headed down to the astroturf early to support LUWHC’s 3rd team. On the way Ollie Pugh clearly having second thoughts about spending a year as 3rd team captain attempted to skateboard into an incoming car but for some reason changed his mind. Rocket Rory arrived later on, himself fresh from a drive from Manchester and a breakfast consisting of whatever vegans/gingers eat, meaning the 3s had a full squad to unfortunately see their LUWHC counterparts drop to 0-2 despite some promising play. Warming up on the sand based and then 15 minutes on the actual pitch getting that possession game going and pinging some shots at Kaiser before 11:00am arrived.
Being the shrewd tactician that he has become known for, Anders once again decided to let the opposition captain win the toss and give away the push back. The game started slowly and the passing was a tad loose from both sides, the nerves and the noise seeming to get the better of a few of the lads in both red and white. Lancs were stuck in their own half for much of the first ten minutes, struggling to get the ball into the York final twenty-five but nothing came from York’s territorial advantage. Monster biffs from Anders, Dwelley and Rocket were all being stopped prior to the halfway line although passing round the back occurred and occurred well, the York press not doing enough to stop balls getting down the side-lines, even with Sticky’s infamous first touch sometimes getting the better of him (and sometimes his marker).
On a couple of occasions however, the ball did manage to find red sticks and that was when Lancaster looks their best. Quick running down both wings tore York apart. York seemed to lack shape and discipline, the team following the ball around the pitch and surrounding it like a minority at a BNP march. Lancaster’s pace and determination was paying dividends, short-corners coming thick and fast. However, despite the sustained pressure by Lancs, the score remained 0-0. It was starting to get frustrating and the bench was getting agitated. York dropped to nine men, clearly also feeling the gravity of the situation with a green card and yellow card being given out. Possession and territory turned in Lancaster’s favour, and with it, renewed pressure. The Pride were doing what they were working for all season: setting up the press adequately to stop the free hits from the back and recycling the ball when there were dead channels. When the press was beaten, York earned nothing from it, thanks to a massive tackle from Conor and great defending as had come to be expected from Cam. Other notable actions of the first half included Serko slap hitting a massive aerial towards the York base line to start an attack as soon as one was stopped. A goal was on its way.
This was when the bright-eyed, fresh-faced Kobe stepped up to the plate. The play leading up to the goal was scrappy, but the finish was anything but. Some might argue that it was a tap-in, but the keeper and three players in front of the York goal would say otherwise. The ball zipped off Kobe’s girthy stick, breaking both land-speed records and the backboard. Only seventeen years old, in only his second game for LUMHC, a graduate of the club’s development squad scheme. 1-0.
Halftime came soon after, Nick vowing to both verbally and physically assault the next player to play a long pass through contact. Lancs, wanting to preserve their looks for Sugar later that night, decided that short passes were answer and Guardiola sent out the squad with a new game plan in mind, and to actually mark that York player that always received the ball because no one was marking him. Spurred on by the noise from the home crowd and dugout support from Matty Gravey and Zachary Jaffa, who both had already drunk to much for a regular Saturday night, Ander’s boys went into the last 35 with high hopes.
The second half started much like the first, but the reds soon got a hold of the ball and started dismantling the York eleven. Immediately, fast, accurate passing from the front between Tom Smart and Mackerel found the reds already in shooting range, but nothing came from it, but this second half was already looking promising. Lancaster had the majority of possession both down the wings with Sticky and JP making moves beyond York players over and over, and the rotating middle three of Hamlyn, Pugh and Rory always finding space earned control of the centre and effectively the game.
A scrappy few moments in the York D resulted in Lancaster being awarded a penalty flick. The ball was placed in the hands of Rocket, who’d been replaying the moment in his head for the last 52 weeks. His confidence was misplaced however, not knowing the most basic rules concerning penalty flicks. Wanting to add a bit more speed to the flick, he decided that a run-up of a few paces sounded like a fantastic idea. The ball flew into the goal. The goalkeeper was unmoved, but so was the score line. What a tit, if he had as much iron as a meat-based diet provides, he probably would have been alert enough to score with only one step.
After throwing away a golden chance for a two-goal cushion, panic seemed to set in for a few minutes. York were rejuvenated, whilst Lancs started to look fatigued. Both sides knew that the next goal could define the outcome of the entire game. However some more huge tackles from Cam, Jolly, Conor and Anders stopped York changing the score in their favour as well as tracking back from all members of The Pride, even Alvin (unperturbed by some no-one on the sideline telling him he wasn’t the best), Mackerel and Jack came from the front to assist in defense.
Thankfully, the next scorer was wearing red: JP, under the assistance of a beautiful reverse cross from Mackerel, wrapped his wand around the ball and sent it flying into the far corner of the goal. 2-0. Lancaster were now firmly in the driving seat. Only ten minutes until the 3s could make history.
The team in red held 90% of the possession following the goal. York’s lack of subs was starting to have effect with interceptions stopping any chance of a goal. Lancaster started giving the sidelines what they wanted: Anders chipping the ball from a three vs one situation to JP, and Jolly doing what Jolly loves and attempting to skill anyone he can, from the backline. Insulted by his disallowed goal, Rory too decided to skill anyone that came near him, creating attacks all on his own. JP decided to take whatever anger he had out in different ways: following a succession of York short corners, a massive stick tackle sent him to the stands for whatever little time remained. If amateur boxing matches are JP’s go to when he even suspects his own clubmen of racism, UYHC men’s 3s should be glad a stick tackle was all that occurred. The final short came to nothing, thanks mainly to the fact that Conor knows no fear when wearing a mask, and can actually run one, unlike whoever was running one at Roses last year. The seventy minutes were over: Lancaster had won.
Sixteen players on the spectrum had finally defeated sixteen (slightly fewer really) that had some dodgy political views. Every player on the team had played well and done themselves proud. Solid performances from Conor, Dwelley, Kaiser (who probably faced more shots in the fifteen minutes before the game than in the seventy minutes during the game) and Anders had meant a clean sheet against York – something which hadn’t been achieved in years. Who cares about the rugby union men’s 1st team game: this was the real highlight of Roses (@LUSU, closing ceremony when?) What a way to end the year as captain. Thank you for a successful year Anders, and also to vice-captain Alvin. The baton will now be passed to Pugh and it will be interesting to see how the team fair under the new leadership.
Honestly, this was the best game the 3s have played this season, probably also better than any of last season and in LUMHC 3’s entire history. The mood was set for a second LUMHC Roses win in row and an overall destruction of York in Roses 2018. Congrats lads! Roll on next year.
MOTM: Dwelley -solid defending as always, a rock. Special mention also goes to Rocket Rory, JP and Pugh for bossing the midfield.
DOTD: Rocket (‘Miss the flick, get the dick’ – Will Clegg, 2018).
York’s Lancaster MOTM: Rory (MOTM shirt still unclaimed)
Ander’s Mum’s MOTM: Hamlyn for some silky moves at cdm
Ander’s Mum’s DOTD: Jolly for dingling with the ball when Anders could have been playing
The real MOTM: the game of hockey
Match report by Rocket Rory and Anders
The Pride 2017/18 Left to right:
Top Row: Matty Gravey, Will Clegg, Zachary Jaffa, Cam Dwelley, Jolly, Ben Mackerel, Jack Tracey, Sticky Vicky, Serko Elyan
Middle Row: Kobe! Chow, Rocket Rory, JP, Tom Smart (Who?), Alvin (VC), Anders (C), Ollie Pugh, Tom Hamlyn, Conor Sherr
Bottom Row: Kaiser
Missing: Benoit Ferrand, Rob Pyne, James Porter, Lenny, Johnny Bardrick
