Turned out nice again for Formby
When North West Counties team, Formby, lost 5-1 to Bootle in the Liverpool Senior Cup this week, the number of goals in the game would not have surprised fans of the club. In fact, this season in their 18 games, there have been 92 goals, so the 5-1 score was only just above the average.
You might think that it would drive The Squirrels’ fans nuts and you could well be right as in the previous game they leaked four goals at, er, Leek CSOB. In the game before that though, they lost 7-4 to Norton United, which must have come as a relief after two amazingly low-scoring 1-0 defeats to Daisy Hill and Ashville.
It seems that although Formby score plenty they often concede one too many, although their 6-3 win at Cheadle Town earlier in the season was one of their better results. I guess fans of Formby could see the glut of goals coming – a pre-season friendly resulted in an extraordinary 10-5 win over the Hare and Hounds.
Still, things might change now as we understand that Graham “Grumpy” McLoughlin is back in goal after a long lay-off. Eeh, isn’t it grand?
You might think that it would drive The Squirrels’ fans nuts and you could well be right as in the previous game they leaked four goals at, er, Leek CSOB. In the game before that though, they lost 7-4 to Norton United, which must have come as a relief after two amazingly low-scoring 1-0 defeats to Daisy Hill and Ashville.
It seems that although Formby score plenty they often concede one too many, although their 6-3 win at Cheadle Town earlier in the season was one of their better results. I guess fans of Formby could see the glut of goals coming – a pre-season friendly resulted in an extraordinary 10-5 win over the Hare and Hounds.
Still, things might change now as we understand that Graham “Grumpy” McLoughlin is back in goal after a long lay-off. Eeh, isn’t it grand?
As a supporter of Bootle I can say that it was a good game and Formby were unlucky (FootballCynic writes: Welcome to FootballCynic.com. Good to hear confirmation that Formby were unlucky. It certainly says that in the match report on their website. Was "Grumpy" McLaughlin grumpy?)
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I am a bit grumpy that young McLoughlin of Formby Athletic has taken my nickname. It should also like to make it clear that I am just above average height. (FootballCynic writes: FootballCynic understands that the Formby (no Athletic, note) fans chant "There's only one grumpy McLoughlin" rather "There's only one grumpy", so there can be more people with a nickname of grumpy.)
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