Former players include Michael Ball (Everton and Rangers) and Stephen Wright (Liverpool and Sunderland). The club motto is 'To Enjoy, Not Destroy.'
YOU may remember I badly let down Jack on that not-so-glorious night in May when he was keen to watch the Champions League final with me. A dad and lad night.
His horrible dad was keen to get boozed up with his pals and cheer the mighty Reds to victory over AC Milan in the pub...again.
God made Liverpool lose that night as a punishment. Well, it's happened again.
This time my excuse is a better one. I was travelling down to Brighton to collect Auntie Pat and cousin Catherine and consequently I couldn't see Jack in action on Saturday morning.
It was the first match I had missed during his fledgling career. Boy, did Jack punish me.
He rang me afterwards to tell me they had won 2-0 and that he was man of the match. I was hurtling along the M25 at 90mph, weaving in and out of traffic, but I took the call on my mobile phone.
To compound my guilt, I had to tell him I couldn't speak for long because PC Plod would send me to jail. I said 'Well done, mate. I'm really proud of you' but I could detect his disappointment.
He was thinking: "You can't be bothered watching me and now you can't be bothered talking to me. The Gaffer's right, mate. You are a crap dad."
What will be my punishment from God this time?
Here's the official match report....
Marine U7s 2, Fleetwood Juniors U7s 0
MARINE got their league campaign off to a winning start with a far from convincing victory over a battling Fleetwood team in a close and tense encounter.
The first half was very even with both defences coming out on top with few chances for either team. Fleetwood seemed to be the hungrier team in midfield but thanks to some great work in defence by Jack Harvey, Liam Bromilow and keeper Paul Williams the score remained goalless in the first half.
The half-time team talk and a couple of substitutions seemed to make the difference as Marine came out a different team in the second half. With a little bit more urgency in their play Marine began to find space on down both flanks and create more chances.
Half time substitute and debut boy, Bradley Roberts, eventually broke the deadlock with a fine individual effort.
Fleetwood came back at Marine but were unable to get past a solid defence. With Fleetwood committing more players up front Marine created more chances and Bradley Roberts was unlucky not to make it two when a great long-range effort hit the bar.
His second, however, did come shortly afterwards when he got on the end of a goalmouth scramble to force the ball over. Despite having a couple more chances the scoreline finished 2-0 to Marine.
The Marine victory owed much to a great second half performance especially by debutant, Bradley Roberts, but MOM went to Jack Harvey for a faultless display in defence.
The second half performance was encouraging but the boys will need to up their game in the next few weeks and come out of the blocks a little quicker than they have been if they want to compete with the top teams.
Hopefully, this victory will give them the confidence they seem to be lacking at the moment and we can build on this over the next few weeks. A good result boys. Colin Begbie
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PC Plod wrote...
'Ello, 'Ello. Nice little confession we have ere, you 'orrible little Caucasian male. I think I'll ave to teach you a lesson, son. Let's see if you're still taking the michael outta the fuzz when I've finished with yer.
Posted by: PC Plod | October 8, 2007 2:32 PM