Longfei-Taijiquan Association of Great Britain

Match of the Day!
Longfei News Letters - Volume 1, Issue 3

Match report by "The Saint" and "Greavsie"

First Leg - Saturday Scotland 0, England 0

ENGLAND fielded a fully fit team of some 20 members, comprising of both sexes. Scotland, fresh from the World Cup, were depleted in numbers due to injuries. To even up the competition the Jersey contingent were drafted into Scotlandâs squad as were Master Wand and Heinrich Franzen from Sweden. The remaining deficiency was made by loaning several stars from the English squad.

DESULTORY AFFAIR

The game was a desultory affair with both sides looking to build supremacy in mid field or a quick break up front. Derek Daley was looking a likely lad for Scotland and in the Scot's goal Wang was looking quite safe and formidable. However the referee was turning a blind eye to his repeated performances of "Ye Ma Fen Zongä (parting the horses mane) and there was a strong feeling that he should have been shown the red card for his ãGotamaä (High Pat on the Horse).

The First Leg score remained at 0-0.

Second Leg - Sunday The Final England 3, Scotland 2

BOTH teams were aware of the urgency for a result, as a consequence there was a brisk start. The ladies were showing an appetite for the contest with Celia Cullen making positive runs through the midfield only to lose the ball in Scotlandâs penalty area.

MORE POSITIVE

Ann Gathercole could be seen leaping to head the ball in Englandâs penalty area thereby frustrating attacks on Englandâs goal. The second leg was proving to be more positive football and both keepers were seen making brave saves, Wang for Scotland was very active freely performing ãPeng Jingä (Ward Off) on both the ball and the English forwards!

The referee was seen to be completely impartial, freely passing the ball equally to both teams.

The two-day deadlock was broken when canny Jack Cummings decimated Englandâs back ten giving Scotland a 1-0 advantage.

LONG LAY-OFF

There appeared to be twice as many players in the English team and the numerical supremacy was beginning to tell. Big Malcolm Powell, back after a long lay off, got in his stride and put England on level terms making the score 1-1.

At this stage Wang was released from goal in an attempt to even up the game and the Sassenachs could be seen bouncing around the penalty area on the end of his ãPeng Jingä.

There was some good work being put in by Simon Watson and Steve Price but it was Big Malcolm who cut through the Scots to score his second goal.

With the score now 2-1 to England the game looked to be beyond Scotlandâs grasp when Slippery Ian Sibley came from nowhere to put England 3-1 up.

FINAL WHISTLE

With the final whistle fast approaching, Scotland were looking for goals and Canny Jack Cummings slipped in his second goal past Englandâs keeper taking Scotlandâs score to 2.

This was to be the final score and a fair result if one discounts Englandâs supremacy in numbers.

Final score: England 3, Scotland 2.

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