Gaz was going nuts around his house, as he could not get hold of faulkner at all.
Next was the news that Colin Hoey was unable to play so there was a place available in midfield still going with beevers absense.
Gaz then got a call from conroy and was told Cuma was available to play for the muja and gaz ggave the green light as dugga was nursing an injury.
Gaz then with chips frantically got there shit together and upon going home a crazy sprinting chips cam erunning after gaz shouting manically that ste was going. Gaz paid no notice of him as ste never shows........
When gaz got there, he was greeted by a nuhappy dugga due to certain reasons but the team started coming in straight away.. The injured sick and NO GEL on hair rogie arrived and looked worse for wear. He was eating an orange and had foot bandaged up lile a mummy.....
Storer was next to arrive and then the unberlievable happened STE turned up along with a rake of other players.....Gaz and chips knew they had selection probs but amazinbgly they were on same page again this year and agreed with selection again
The team was sat down in the friary and gaz announced this team..
Rogie, Joyser, Finnegan, McGahon, Hanratty
Locksie, Dugga, Ste, Bowler
Jonny Lynch, Snowy
Subs: Gerry Kelly, McAnallen, Cian, Storer, Cuma, .......
Gaz and chips gave team talks inspired by the ramblings of an over confident gilly the night before.....Then it was the captain who had the next parts to say John Rogers who along with probably Dugga was the most focused..
There was a couple of minor problems within the camp but they went away ie McGahon Finnegans rivalry, Cuma-Duggas, and Rogies injury......
the match started and was a scorcher from the start as aefc gave the mor there all. They showed the mor this was no easy game like the last time the sides met and SNOWY had more than a bucketful of chances to finish the mor but was denied by keeper Rudser and it seemed that Snowy was the unluckiest person ever to grace a football field. others went close with efforts such as bowler and Jonny. It looked like it was going to one of those days and it sorta was.
Mickey o Kane ghosted past the Aefc defence 3 times and on two occasions produced WORLD CLASS saves from Rogie but the 3rd time he handled the ball and put it in the net for the luckiest goal ever. Rogie was livid and gaz expected a booking to come for him but it never came.
at half time there was not much of a team talk onloy the essentials were covered and gaz was disheartened by news that Dugga was injured and couldnt go on..
This paved the way for cuma to make his grand entrance and although gaz was anxious bout this but cuma repaid his crimes for fueding with dugga last year by slotting the ball in the back of the net much to delight of the Aefc sideline who was going nuts....
Conroy, Gaz, chips, the now hyper Dugga and subs, along with Rogies dad, beevers dad etc were all going nuts...
Snowy again remined the unluckiest cunt ever as he was denied many more times and i thought he was gonna hang himself when one just went bout an inch past the post....
Jonny lynch broke free and was one on one with the keeper but unlcuky for him the ball bobbled and he lost it to the keeper.
Another break through by jonny Lynch caused a defender to clip him and bring him down. Dugga went nuts as did the rest of the boys but dugga was the most livid. He was screaming abuse at the ref even when he sent the Mor player off
Aefc had more and more chances but it wasnt their day in front of goal until again somehow Cuma broke through beautifully and finished with the help of a deflection.. Conroy leaped bout 5 feet off the ground and landed on gaz while everyone else went ballistic..
But then things took a turn for the worse when AEFC went 3-2 down....
Paudie Hearty broke through to the box when it was 2-2 and Finnegand slide tackled him and seemingly got the ball only for the ref to give a penalty. Uproar from the aefc bench but finnegan remined on the field thank God and then a silence fell on the friary field as Mickey took his run up..
Rogie tried his best to distract Mickey but he slotted home..
3-2 M/Mor.....
What would happen now as the mor were down again......
They went many more times as chances came and fell......
Conroy said to Gaz that the left side was exhausted as they were from the 1st half as they were outnumbered... Joyser was replaced by storey as Aefc played 3-4-3.
Next conroy spointed out that locksie was fucked and was holding his leg. He was knackered by running all day and next of all Jonny lynch broke through but was completely lifted out of it by a defender...
Locksie started running towards it but Gaz told him no..his legs were too tired even to run up to it.. Cuma was prob expecting the call to take the penalty for a hat trick but next the big blonde bollox rogie Shouted "GAZZZZZZZZZZZZ" and was starting a run.. Gaz gave the nod and roared LET ROGIE TAKE IT.......
There was chaos everywhere on the side, even Rogies father told him not to do it but there ws no one who could have taken that ball off rogers..
He started his run up but Paudie hearty tugged his shirt.. his run was mounted and i though Fuck thats it, theres concentration gone, but he did it again. The whole sideline could not look, Gaz head in hands as were many others..
ROGIE DRILLED it home to the RIGHT HAND CORNER AND THE PLACE WENT BANANAS.....
The game then could have been won many more times by AEFC but they were again very unlucky....Things were changed again as locksie made way for Cian as locksie was fucked.
To give man of the match would be unfair as the whole team literally ran their socks off every one of them gave everything they had.
The dressin room was pretty quiet as everyone was still outta breath but knew that things were looking good for AEFC at the moment......