It’s the end of an era tonight as No Saints play the final Monday night game in our three season history. Before we begin our assault on the Wednesday league, we take on Spot The Difference tonight, a side we narrowly lost out to 2-1 last time around.
With a close to full squad to choose from and even three subs, we’ll be looking to round of the season in style and maybe even get off the bottom of the table.
It’s quite ironic that our final game of the Monday league is against a side called Spot The Difference as No Saints have come a long way and are a totally different side now to where we were way back on March 12th when we took on Southampton Allstars in our first ever game.
The first season was a struggle with an unbeatable three own goals from myself and a season full of defeats. But we came back strong in the second season and in the opening game gained our long awaited first victory, winning a tense game 4-3 against new boys Stones. The good form continued the following week with a win over Icy Retards before Liverpaul’s strong arm tactics helped them to a high scoring success to bring us back to earth.
Further defeats followed including a complete annihilation by now-Premier League outfit Pete F.C. before we were back on the winning trail against The Kickabouts in late June. That proved to be our final “real” win of the season as we picked up a couple of victories because the other sides didn’t turn up!
It’s this season, though, that has seen a huge transition from league whipping boys to genuine contenders. We started with a couple of defeats but claimed a point in an entertaining 4-4 draw with Unathletico. Spot The Difference beat us 2-1 the following week but defeats were on the way from TOAR and 88 Miles per Hour. The return against TOAR brought an improved performance and the debuts of Andy and Abib gave us more of a threat going forward. They helped us to wins over Unathletico and TBA United in the last couple of weeks and we now end the season this evening.
A big thanks to everyone that’s represented No Saints for the last three seasons and we wish Rich good luck as he departs for pastures new in Brighton. Sean remains injured from Season Two while Stewart and Kev are also unavailable at the moment. We’ve had over 20 players don the red shirt over the last three months so thanks to everyone who played for us!
We now head for the Wednesday league with a more settled squad and a team spirit that’s better than we’ve ever know it. Four original members remain with myself, Jamie, Dave and Aaron still around and added to that the new faces we’re well set up for the new season that begins in a quick turn around this Wednesday!
I think it’s going to be quite easy to spot the difference between the old No Saints and the new No Saints as we look to rise from the ashes of the previous three seasons.
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