Guantanamo Destroyed In Controversial Match
3rd April 2008
Racing Guantanamo were outclassed and outplayed in an entertaining match last night at BRAC.
The match began in controversial circumstances when Broome Soccer Association President Mike Doyle made a last minute fixture change without consulting Guantanamo officials. Hagen’s Heroines made a request of the league that they be allowed to play early which was agreed to by the BSA, moving Team X into the slot.
The Mighty Oranges appealed the decision on grounds that they had spent the week preparing a scouting for a match with Hagen’s Heroines and that the fixture swap had lead to the team going into the match ‘woefully unprepared’ and had taken a ‘psychological knock’.
The match went ahead with Guantanamo fielding an under strength team that was missing George Perera who was still struggling with a calf injury, as well as Tony Delaney who flew south at the start of the week on international duty. Dan Walker also called time on his footballing career after a glorious eight months.
It was smiles at the beginning for Gunatanamo after a swift goal from Adam Shanley gave the Oranges the lead. The feeling of euphoria was short-lived however, with Team X hitting back in quick succession, stunning the heroes in Orange.
The Oranges found it hard to create space anywhere on the pitch, and were often caught with either all of the team defending or all attacking.
