Notes on a day at the Delph

Early start. Little traffic on the M53. Arrive at 9:10. There's Lucie and Ellie. 6 of us and 1 of them. Check watch. 9:30. Now 2 of them and still 6 of us. Lets kick off now. Caitlin lost in New Brighton somewhere. Phone rings. Caitlins dad on the end. Where the hell is Martins Road? "Oh I can see the Liscard Chippy now, I know where I am" One goal goes up. Second goal going up. Emma points out dog poo in 2 locations. Lucie getting warmed up, she's up for it. 5 of them turn up at 9:40. We do shooting practice. Neighbours rush inside. Hello Caitlin. Ready to go. Pick up the dog poo. Horrible but Jason has some spare dog bags.  Emma is captain. Channel the aggression into the next 60 minutes Emma.

First 10 mins Waverton doing well. Handball! Yes Bill, well spotted. Caitlin steps up. Bang no messing, in the back of the net. 1-0 to us. Emma gets clattered. Rebecca doing well. Lily controlling centre mid. Rick gets the teas in. Oh dear easy goal for them. Annaliese, yes, oh nearly, but good chance. Emma's shoulder goes. Time for deep heat.  Lily corner goes too long. Back up this end. Another goal, can't believe it poor Lucie was completely taken out knocked over. She feels sick.

2-1 and we're still in this at HT. Emma gets shoulder massage from her dad. Big queue forms behind. Hughie the watching League Sec says deep heat treatment is against the League rules. Think he's getting it mixed up with doping.

Second half. Pitch getting difficult. No subs so take a rest girls. Getting stretched. Another goal, oh poor Lucie. Ellie boots the ball. Emma knackered  tired. Annaliese dead on her feet. Rebecca never gets tired she runs and runs and doesn't get put off by girls three times her size. Nice sliding tackle Lily. Annaliese fouled. Lily's free kick brilliant. but just needs a Caitlin head. From defence we work the ball up well. Now we lose the ball, goes up the other end. Lucie can't do anything.

Come on Waverton, lets get another. Great move from Lily then to Caitlin, yes back of the net. 1 minute left lets get another. Whistle goes. Hard luck girls, well played. Special praise for the girls from Ref Bill Downey - "girls are a credit to your club". Special mention for Rebecca - "heart of a lion" he says. Home to showers and scraping mud off legs. And that was just the parents.