Tears, fears and plenty of cheers!

Some people say that rugby is a game of blood, sweat and tears, and they may be right. But last night’s football was definitely a game of tears, fears and cheers, because we certainly had our fair share of all three!  Read on to find out more. 

Goy and the Super Bullets kicked us off with a twelve goal thriller, with Goy coming out on top 9-3!  All 5 outfield players scored for Goy, but it was Robert Mulanzi, who took most of the plaudits, with his first hat-trick of the tournament.  For the record, Ginda,  Yoram, Frank, and Jona, with two, helped finish the bullets off.  I don’t have the Bullets scorers, but I know that Sam Kasirye was on hot form and later scored a hat-trick of his own against Bonya!  Burt more on that later.

The second game saw second-placed Brothers United play bottom side, Hard Rock.  What looked on paper to be a straight forward win for the Brothers turned out to be the upset of the night!  With Hard Rock scoring in the opening minute of the match, and Danny Mickoh out injured, defiant defender, Sean Kinsella, was forced to take up the role of striker.  He did score with a left-foot poke to the bottom corner, but it was too little too late.  Brothers concede a penalty and then 14 year old Ssembojjive Martin (Martin, for short!), hammered the last nail, and his third for the game, into the coffin of the Brothers United.  There were plenty of cheers from the ABU Workers Union, but only tears for the Brothers, whose only consolation was the appearance of their super-sub, Max Ssali.

Game three, was a real thriller, and the upset of the night.  Goy, still fresh from their 9-3 thrashing of the Bullets, took on the low-placed All-Stars.  Yet it was the All-Stars who showed all the class.  A brace each for Masese and Kolungi were sufficient enough to outplay, outclass and outscore the boys of Goy.  One might say the cruel injuries to Frank and Jona didn’t help, but they would just be making excuses.  The All-Stars were hot last night and bolstered by the crowd cheering them on, were fully deserving of the 3 points.

The ‘fears’ part of the headline, came in the last game, where high flying Bonya took on the weary  Super Bullets.  When Sam Kasirye opened the scoring after three minutes, panic set in for some of the Bonya boys.  Clearly unfamiliar with being behind in a game, they rallied hard and pushed forward with venom and fire in their eyes.  So when Omo pulled them level, and Brisaac fired them in front (dubiously, after referee Dennis missed a blatant penalty for the Bullets), they were cock-a-hoop with delight.  So much so, they missed the quick-fire restart from the Bullets who immediately fired in the equaliser!   So again, panic set in amongst the Bonya players, and it only increased, when their goalkeeper stepped out of his area and conceded a (not missed this time) penalty to Bullets.  But inform Kasirye hit the post!  And though he was to claim his hat-trick later in the game, it was to no avail, as a second goal by Omo, a neat finish by Tamandani, and a goals each for Alfred and Stuart, guaranteed the Bonya another deserved three points.

So with three rounds to go, it looks like Bonya are nailed on to take the title, but as we’ve seen with Arsenal, Chelsea and Liverpool (not Manchester United, they are too good!), it’s tough at the top, and many fall away.  I’m not saying Bonya will, but to see their fears, their tears and their final cheers, last night, this writer for one, hopes there are plenty more twists and turns to come!

ABU Premier League

ROUND 4

TEAM	PLAYED	WON	LOST	DRAWN	FOR	AGAINST	DIFF.	POINTS
Bonya United	4	4	0	0	23	5	18	12
Goy F.C.	4	2	1	1	13	8	5	7
Brothers United	3	1	1	1	5	3	2	4
All Stars F.C.	3	1	2	0	10	10	0	3
Alpha F.C.	3	1	2	0	6	12	-6	3
Super Bullets	3	1	2	0	11	19	-8	3
Hard Rock	4	1	3	0	4	15	-11	3

Latest Results: Goy 9 v 3 Bullets; Brothers Utd 1 v 3 Hard Rock; All Stars 4 v 1 Goy; Bullets 3 v Bonya 6

Upcoming Fixtures:

29^th Nov: 1. Goy v Alpha; 2. Hard Rock v All Stars; 3. Bullets v Brothers; 4. Bonya v Subs (Please note: Matches may have to start late, due to the possibility of the Christmas Crusade finishing late)

6^th Dec: 1. 1. Bullets v Hard Rock; 2. All Stars v Alpha; 3. Bonya v Brothers; 4. Subs v Goy;

13^th Dec: 1. Bullets v Alpha; 2. All Stars v Brothers; 3. Bonya v Goy; 4. Hard Rock v Subs

Sorry there are no photos this week, but due to Thanks-giving celebrations, our resident photographer decided to have an early night!