26th May 2000

 . A nice friendly game against the new and nicer version of Hire-It (?) and a good turn out (?) Oh, yes Jack if you're short we'll have a couple spare!
 . How many turned up? . . . . Seven - John Lynch fell asleep in his arm chair in front of the TV, John Frisby forgot about the cosmetic's exhibition in Debenhams he was going to, Jason pleaded ignorance, Jon Elms had a sniffle (no doctors note) and Paul Hanvey says he got stuck in traffic in Sainsbury's car park.
 . So it ended up that Hire-It had to lend a player to the Dads - they gave them Jack Frost!!!

SPRINGHILL DADS
Les Maros
Brian Medway - Martin Kingsbury - Andy Simpson
Dave Hedges - Tony Pascoe - Dave Smith
Jack Frost

 .The Dads went on the attack from the beginning and an early chance for Jack when a blocked shot fell at his feet and his shot was also blocked.
 . Dave S broke on the right and crossed in to Tony Pascoe who tried a left footed drive which drifted wide.
 . Tony was put through and forced a defender to make last ditch block.
 . Les was doing his bit when called on - making some terrific saves and played out - Route 1 to Tony. Tony shot and his blocked shot fell to Jack who also had his effort blocked and cleared.
Andy intercepted a pass from mid-field and played it up to Tony but was robbed, the ball was played over the top and Brian and Les managed to get in each others way leaving the forward a simple tap-in! 0 - 1
 . Jack was away and put the ball through for Andy to try his luck. His shot was blocked and went out for a throw-in.
 . Hire-It caught the Dads in the wrong half of the field and over-run their defence (?) J.D's shot was blocked but looped up and over Les into the back of the net. 0 - 2. Andy had a header go over.
 . Jack won a loose ball and played it on for Dave H to break but lost his way. A Hire-It corner was put over Martin made the clearance and Jack lumped it up field.
 . Dave S was away and played the ball back to Tony who's shot was blocked - ANDY SIMPSON took a touch and shot into the roof of the net. 1 - 2
 . TONY PASCOE picked up on a Hire-It mistake in defence and coolly lobbed the keeper with the opposition screaming off-side? 2 - 2
 . Hire-It were in disarray and shots were raining in, a cross from Jack into the box and there was DAVE SMITH stretching to toe-poke the ball into the corner of the net passed the stranded keeper.

HALF TIME
DADS 3 - 2 HIRE-IT

 . Alan Jones played out to Danny and Les was quickly to the rescue to finger tip the ball over the cross bar.
 . Hire-It were through again and there was Les to the rescue again with another great block followed up by Andy blocking the rebound on the line. The corner was crossed in and there was that big defender with a simple free header. 3 - 3
 . Another corner to the near post, this time and a touch to Alan Jones who was competing with Les and Brian for the ball but still managed to tap it in. 3 - 4
 . Tony was off on a run and crossed to Dave S who draws the defender before releasing JACK FROST who's drive beat the keeper. 4 - 4.
 . The Dads were starting to get into it and got a bit over confident. Luckily, Les was up to it - bringing off two great one - on - one blocks to thoroughly demoralise J.D. and then finger tipping a deflected shot over the bar.
 . A stinging shot was to hot for even Les and it was spilled for J.D. to redeem himself with a tap-in. 4 - 5.
 . Tony showed some nice skill and played up for Andy to trap the ball with his gut - Dave S took on the initiative had saw his shot blocked. It was then played up to Alan Jones who cracked one off from distance and was amazed to see it flying into the net - no chance for Les. 4 - 6.
 . The Dads gave themselves a good shake and got themselves going again - some terrific mid-field play between Tony, Andy, and Dave, bewildering, before feeding JACK FROST to score from the narrowest angle. 5 - 6.
 . Then Dave Hedges put a couple of corners over and Dave Smith headed down for BRIAN MEDWAY to greedily snap up the chance to shoot into the back of the net. 6 - 6.

FULL TIME
DADS 6 - 6 HIRE-IT

 . The Romsey Abbey bells had sounded for time but no-one wanted to stop - looking for the golden goal. Eventually, J.D. managed to make amends for a catalogue of missed opportunities and great keeping from Les, to net a goal opportunity when the Dads were camped in the Hire-It half. 6 - 7.

Man of the Match

 . . . . . . . . Jack Frost
Contender for Dads Golden Boot after 2 guest appearances!!