Those of us at Tor have lived with various labels over the years, such as Whipping Boys, Underdogs, unfashionable (mainly due to Nick Sarjant's dress sense) and "That lot from Glastonbury we always beat". Times however, seem to be changing.
Muddy Lane, Meare, saw the latest instalment of Glastonbury local Derby's with the much fancied and high flying home side looking to consolidate their position as promotion candidates. Tor, along with Andy 'Linford' Mullet returning to his former club, managed to throw a spanner in the works and came away with arguably their best result since avoiding a double figure hammering in the cup at Railway club, it was however, not as easy as the scoreline may suggest.
Tor were without the main body of regular back four players for this game, the most noteable absentee was Jon Jagger, after seasoned Tor supporter Geoffrey allegedly nicked his bike then turned up for the game with both the bike and a shiny new bell. Geoffrey, who resides under a tree in Glastonbury High Street has since been sentenced to watching Glastonbury Town games for a year, he is hoping however to be released from his sentence early for good behaviour.
The visitors went in at half time with a 2-0 lead, given to them by Truckle, after a goalkeeping error and Johnson, who it seemed took forever to finally take his shot, we suspect he caught sight of himself in the reflection from the goalposts and paused for a 'How U Dooin!!' moment. The defensive contribution of debutant Joyce also played a big role in keeping Tor's sheet clean with a strudy "they dont like it up 'em Mr Mainwarring" performance.
The second half commenced and Countryman started to show their quality, putting the Tor goal under that much pressure it's a wonder the crossbar and posts didnt snap from being hit so many times, they did finally get rewarded for their persistant efforts with a goal fifteen minutes from time. At this point it seemed like only a matter of time before the scores would be level and the home side could push for the winner, especially with Tor defender "Wiggy" and his goal saving Rear end and stomach limping off the field with cramp. Cometh the hour cometh the man, Tor keeper "Angry Kid" Wilcox put in a typical Polish goalkeeping performance to keep Tor hanging onto their lead long enough for birthday boy and newest member of the thirties club John Osman, to grab the vital third goal with only ten minutes remaining.
The third goal appeared to take the wind out of the home team and whilst still recovering, they conceded a penalty after David Sarjant was upended in the box, which was cooly converted by Pentney. Tor played out the final five minutes by bringing on Dave "Gary" Wilson to display his own brand of total football, which includes the 'River dance' step over and 'Cruyff', sorry, 'Crufts turn' which sees him chasing an imaginary tail around and around until everyone is dizzy, then licking his own..... whilst we are on the subject, Paul "Fuzz" Forster managed to do the seemingly impossible, twice finding the nether regions of older brother Richard Forster in the space of four seconds whilst attempting a penalty area clearance. Im fine now Thank You.
After the final whistle, We got drunk and nicked Geoffrey's bell.....
(Story First Published: 29.11.05) |
