November 15th 2012 Home V Merrymen

Hopes were high this week after a convincing win in the cup the week before which rewarded them with a tricky away tie against top of table Crooked Billet.
But tonight was all about the league and the need for two points to ease the relegation worries.
Tonight's visitors were the newly promoted Merrymen from the Robin Hood who themselves have yet to set alight the top division making this the first true four pointer of the season for the home side.
The brothers Grimm were up first as is customary on these occasions and were aiming to put behind them a miserable run of form, but as in previous weeks it was not to be as they went down 2-1.
The home side are no strangers when it comes to having to claw back a deficit, and have done so time and time again down the years So when Big Ron and Dave Noble stepped up to the Oche hopes were high of squaring the match but neither of them were able to get going and played well below their usual standards. So it was down to Skip himself along with the Dude to bring the Rose and Crown back into tie for surely it would be an uphill struggle coming from 3-0 down. But that is exactly what they must do as Skip and Neil were unable revive this tie for the home side.

If coming back from 3-0 down wasn't a tough enough task then coming back from 4-0 behind surely would be as Big Ron continued what for him has been a miserable season so far losing two straight legs.
A mini revival was on the cards as the dude produced probably his most accomplished performance to date on his way to an impressive 2 leg victory which was closely followed by Kev who seems to be getting better and better as the season goes on. But the mini revival was just that as Ian narrowly missed out in a tight affair that none the less condemned the home side to defeat. So with just pride and legs to play for the former Blue Anchor prodigy John Goode pulled one back but a below par Dave Noble was unable to get the forth leg and the home side went down meekly to a 6-3 defeat