SPARTANS SHINE IN LOSS

LOSE CLOSE AFFAIR TO SECOND PLACE TEAM

Anders Gets Some Revenge!

"It's a game with mixed emotions," stated Baron in his traditional post game interview at the Royale in Whitby."The lads played an amazing first half, lost some charm in the second half, but regained it again for the last 20 minutes. It's a game we were simply unluckly to lose."

Baron juggled his offensive staff about after the Shooters found a way past Mark with two goals in the first half.

"They were good goals," revealed the impressive Spartan Keeper.

The change, largely ineffective, saw the Spartans switch from a controlled passing affair to a dump and chase experiment. Gone were the close shots by F'n J, Scott and Baron.

The lone Spartan goal came after some shenanigans by the Shooters against Paul.

"The guy takes a clump outta my back," yelled Paul, who revealed claw marks on his back,"and these aren't my wife's. She's a lot tougher than that bloke."

As the Referee looked on, he allowed the shot to proceed and Anders popped in the rebound.

"At first I thought the Ref was going to call the blatant foul against Paul," said Anders," but he had no intention and let us play the advantage."

"We learned a lot from the game, and we'll be better equipped to win our last few games," prophesized Baron.

STATS:

GOALS:

Anders (1)

NET:

Mark (2) (0-0-4) AVG: 2.75

Man of the Match:
Mark

SPARTANS PLAY BADLY

GOALTENDER ONLY GEM IN CRAPPY LOSS

Mark finds his Skillz again

It was one of those games that could have easily been forgotten.

"The Spartans looked like they'd never played together in their lives," said one pundit from CBC.

Another poor showing has left the Spartans in the bottom half of the standings, and worse for wear. That is, except for Goalkeeper Mark, who seems to have found his old groove.

"I felt good out there." replied the Spartan goalkeeper.

Years ago, Mark arrived at half season to save the team from relegation. After last week, he found his groove and made the saves look easy, including a penalty shot.

The Spartans struggled often, and seemed to look like the '92 NY Rangers.

They only sported a few chances, including F'n J getting hauled down within the 18.

"Last man rules, Ref," shouted the angry superstar," C'mon!"

"It's ultimately my fault," indicated Baron," we have to make some changes, and ensure that this does not happen again. Every game from now on is a playoff game."

STATS:

NET:
Mark (0-0-2) AVG: 2.50

Man of the Match
Mark

SPARTANS HUMBLED IN LOSS

BEATEN BY TEAM OF GREAT POTENTIAL

Stone's Throw is a Top Team for a Reason!

It was the game that almost didn't happen.

"The Stone Throw's Captain and I decided to have a scrimmage game," told Coach Baron," after the Ref didn't show. But, 40 minutes later there he is. But he had to leave by 8pm to pick up his kids, so the game was shortened to allow for this..."

The Spartans quickly showed that they were no match for this 9 man team. In the first 20 minutes, they were up 2 - 0.

"It was horrible," said F'n J," Dave bent over to tie his shoe and I saw his soccer butt."

"Hey, that's my schtick!" yelled an absent Kevin.

Although Stone's Throw proved to be much better in the first 25 minutes, the Spartans proved to be products of a late start.

They improved their team work, but were continuously shut down despite some on field heroics up front by the Baron.

In fact, the only shot on net came from Anders, who tried a variety of clever and wierd moves to let a blooper into the 18 that was snatched up by the goalie.

"Had to try something," the ex-Bayern Muenchen player replied.

Mark, goaltender for the second game, was instrumental in keeping the Spartans from getting buried.

"Overall, there's not much to be ashamed about," said Captain Baron,"they were the better team, and I think we learned a lot from this game."

STATS:

NET:
Mark (0-0-2) AVG: 3.00

MAN OF THE MATCH
Dave

HEARTBREAK LOSS

REFEREE PLAYS 13TH MAN FOR OPPONENTS

Hapless Spartans get the one of the left!

"We had some difficulties," said Coach Baron," and the League will review the Referee's absolutely dreadful performance on the pitch today."

Fans pelted the Referee with beer cups (sans contents) and hotdog cartons after he botched call after call.
"He's paid off," came the chorus from the rowdy Spartan fans.

TSN's Gerry Dobson and Craig Forrest agreed in a post review of the match.
"The League needs to stamp down these destroyers of the beautiful game! He called no offsides, couldn't call obvious illegal tackles, and wouldn't discipline the proper players."

The game started poorly for the Spartans, who decided to play as if they had been off for a seasonal break. This led to an offside goal directed by an offside player.

"Where's the call on that?" were the incredulous calls from the Stands.

Then the Spartan team we know and love came out from the wood work. Two good goals didn't tell the overall picture. After the first half it should have been double. Our local heroes were poised to win their second game!

But the team decided to take a break. Throttling on half, the Gunners made play after play against Mark, who's netminding skills were tested in his first game back in goal since 2010. A break down in defense made it 2 - 2.

From there, it was all Referee.

Each time the Spartans got their engines rev'd, the Referee quickly created some call to force them off balance.

"I had the ball," related Carmen," and the Gunner guy falls over his own feet. Penalty for them."

"The Gunner goalie catches the ball outside the 18, everyone's looking for a call and they're laughing. Referee allows the play to continue?" questioned Paul.

The last straw was a text book offside. Instead of calling it, the Referee allowed play to continue, and then allowed another pass to a Gunner striker that was alone infront of the net. With all Spartans behind him, the Gunner forward made it 3 - 2.

The Spartans also received bad news when Ian and Tyler both went down, and Kyle limped off field. Without proper subs, Coach Baron decided to hit the field, but was quickly wrestled away from his gear by field doctors.

Not having the depth, the Spartans felt off balance and didn't make much of the last 20 minutes.

"Overall, we didn't play as a team," judged Coach Baron," but the Referee cost us this game. We weren't beaten by a soccer team. We were beaten by terrible officiating!"

STATS:
Matt (A)
Dismo (G)
Dismo (A)
Paul (G)

NET:
Mark (0-0-1) AVG: 3.00

Man of the Match:
Dismo