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End of December/ Mid-January Update
Hednesford 1 - 4 FM Base (30/12/14) (VCN)
Scorers: Roberts (40), Baker (45+1, 55, 90)
Ratings: Redgrave 6.9; Banana 7.1, Manbearpig 7.6, Burheim 7.2 (Harrison --), Whyte 7.3; Patrik 8.4, Dance 6.8 (Thompson 6.8); Mason 7.5, Biggun 6.6 (Goyzueta 6.7), Baker 9.6; Roberts 7.9
Nice and easy, as we warm up for our cup game. Baker led the way, with pleasing performances from Mason and Roberts in the front 4.
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FA Trophy 2nd Round Draw – Boston Utd vs FM Base
Messi takes the Golden Ball, and WPOTY
Baker POTM, God Fish gets MOTM.
Thompson pulls hamstring – out for 3 weeks.
Burheim gets a virus – out for 8-10 days
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FM Base 4 – 1 Bradford (3/1/15) (FA Cup)
Scorers: Mason (3), Peters (31), Roberts (54), Harrison (58)
Ratings: Redgrave 7, Thunderfoot 7.6, Schwarzenegger 9, Harrison 8.6, Whyte 8.4, Patrik 8.4, Dance 6.8 (Palmer 6.7), Mason 8.2, Peters 9, Baker 6.7 (Hogg 6.8), Roberts 7.9 (Williams 6.6)
Well then. A real humdinger of a game puts us through, but on another day, Bradford would have won that comfortably. We were just too clinical this time.
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Williams suffers damaged elbow – out for 10-12 days
FA Cup 4th Round Draw – West Ham vs FM Base
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FM Base 3 – 0 Tamworth (6/1/15) (VCN)
Scorers: Baker (3), Harrison (17), Manbearpig (45)
Ratings: Redgrave 6.9, Banana 8, Manbearpig 8.2, Harrison 9.1 (Schwarzenegger 6.7), Whyte 7.1 (Thunderfoot 6.6), Palmer 6.9, Dance 6.8, Litmanen 7.9, Baker 8.2, Goyzueta 7, Roberts 6.8
Nice and simple. No cup hangover for us, as we play Tamworth off the park. Both centre backs score in a delightful display of our talents from set pieces.
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Manbearpig joins up with USA U20’s for their championship squad, misses rest of January for us
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Boston United 2 – 4 FM Base (10/1/15) (FA Trophy)
Scorers: Roberts (24), Mason (37), Harrison (69), Goyzueta (82)
Ratings: Redgrave 6.8, Banana 6.9, Schwarzenegger 6.7, Harrison 7.4, Whyte 6.8, Yakin II 6.7, Biggun 6.5 (Palmer 6.6), Mason 9.1, Hogg 6.6 (Litmanen 6.7), Goyzueta 8.5, Roberts 7.8.
Given we went 2-0 down, I can live with that. A great turnaround by the lads, and we continue our march towards silverware.
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Arnie bruises a rib – out for 4-5 days
FA Trophy 3rd Round Draw – FM Base vs Oxford City/Chelmsford
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