Wednesday, January 09, 2008

With more aliases than Klaus Barbie...

...blowing hot and cold, that's CTFC.

Apologies to any fans of Carter: The Unstoppable Sex Machine for the slight alteration to the words for 'Sheriff Fatman', but it's the lyric that jumped into my head (for reasons best known to my own state of mind) as I trudged away from Park Road last Saturday after witnessing Cheadle Town FC at their very best: so bloody wonderfully unpredictable.

What alias are we? The footballing visionaries that can beat anybody on their day and roast a NWCFL Div 1 side by five goals to two away from home? A team that has found its four-leafed clover, plays absolute gash and yet still nicks a 2-1 away win at places like Daisy Hill? Or a team that is always capable of losing a match that it dominates for large periods?

For this very reason I refuse to make any sort of scoreline prediction in my match previews as I'd be simply wasting my time, yet there are two people much closer to the squad who always stick their necks out.

And so it is to Trevor Howard and Steve Brokenbrow - team managers and eternal optimists - that this blog tips its online hat. Despite the erratic nature of the squad that borders on the wildly eccentric, Trevor and Steve's pre-match faith never wanes.

If Trevor's prediction of a 5-1 home win this Saturday comes true, you'll hear it here first....

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