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Singers FC 3-0 Napoli 0
I wrote the word ‘bootiful’ under this result in my notebook. For those not in the know, ‘bootiful’ is a rustic mispronunciation of the word ‘beautiful’, as popularised by the Norfolk farmer and businessman Bernard Matthews in a series of television advertisements over the past 20 or more years. In recent times bootiful has come to be used informally and/or ironically, when the speaker wants to be playful. I really don’t get out much.
Blackburn 1-2 Singers FC
Always a pleasure to beat one of the trickiest teams in the game.
Singers FC 1-2 Celtic
I’ve mentioned before that I find Celtic either ridiculously easy to beat or impossibly hard to beat in next-gen PES2008, with no middle ground. This was the hard Celtic, with Vennegoor of Hesselink (surely the greatest-ever name of anyone, ever) playing like a rampant beast throughout. He scored both Celtic goals, with me getting a late consolation.
Feyenoord 0-3 Singers FC
A return to form with a thrashing of Division 2’s current whipping boys.
Three wins out of four—and a stack of goals scored—have lifted me up to 2nd in the table and put some clear blue water between me and the chasing pack. After 30 games I’ve almost secured promotion—although my focus must not waver. The Division 2 Championship will look after itself.
Somewhere in amongst all these games, Andy Cole scored his first goal for my team. A very nice goal it was too, with some careful build-up play:
He’s still only 17 and has several seasons to go before he’s the finished article. Having said that, in my last ML career I only had him until the age of 19 and he was one of my best strikers even then. If he gets too good in this career I’ll have to change my House Rules and get rid of him. The same goes for any player, including the likes of Camacho and Mathieu. I’m getting very worried by Melengue, my left winger. He shows worrying signs of being a bit of a wonder-dribbler. He might have to be disposed of first of all. But I’ll cross these bridges if and when I get to them.