I went to see Lower Hutt play Upper Hutt in the Womens Premier League earlier.
The big talking point of the match was that Lower Hutt's keeper stayed on after TWICE punching an Upper Hutt player, in two separate incidents.
After the first incident when no red card was produced the ref said "once more and you're off". Then after the second he produced , wait for it, a
yellow card. There was then a period of "discussion"**. During which I suggested to the Lower Hutt coach he should sub his keeper for the "sake of the sake of the game". I now realise that this was trite pious nonsense...
Upper Hutt won 2-0.
Upper Hutt did have their star , STAR. left back ***** booked for her "peace making" in another incident. Other highlight was ****'s upflappable perfomance in goal for UHC.
Fair to say that the game was reasonably competitive.
** There was I an assessor at the match who spoke to the ref after the match. I don't think he was impressed.
Also, don't stand too near the Upper Hutt bench as comments that may be interpreted as neutral aren't ... ummm... favoured. For the record I do think the Lower Hutt midfielder ***** is a good footballer.
dairyflat2009-05-10 15:44:28
Profile pic. Should you be interested. Lakhsen, on the right, lost touch with him.
Mohammed, on the left, I'm still in touch with. He's now living in Agadez, Niger. More focused on his animals now as tourism has dried up. Is active with a co-op promoting local goods, leather work and bijouterie, into Europe.
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