Gonna update daily from now on, something I haven't really done since Vegas...
First thing's first, yesterday I scored a hat trick at 11 a sides. I signed for a team 2 weeks ago, they have 7 teams. Standard for all players to play a few games for the 7s before moving up the ranks. Yesterday 7s played the 6s and it was a big rivalry etc. 0-0 after 20 mins, we get a corner, one of their players is marking me, and they put a wee guy in front of me (I'm 6 ft 5), the fat **** marking me says to the wee guy "stand on his toes". The wee guy looks at me and I very quietly say "stand on my toes wee man, I ****in dare ya". Corner comes in, I leap like a kangaroo, "GAZZAS BAAAAAALLLLLL", bullet header, 1-0. As I run back to the centre circle I say to the fat guy marking me "stand on my toes pal aye?" That was it for him, spent the rest of the game trying to absolutely do me at every opportunity. Fat **** couldn't get near me though. Anyway it's 2-2 in the second half and one of our guys, a wee young lad called Dean gets halved and wins a penalty. The adrenaline is pumping through me at this point and I just start psychoanalytically saying "Ball. Ball. Ball." with my hand outstretched to the guy wanting to take the penalty. He doesn't think twice and gives me it. I place it down and slot it away. 3-2 up. They score 2 goals and it's 3-4. 5 mins to go, we turn into Barcelona for 20 seconds and play our way into the box with some outrageous one touch passing. Their boy absolutely cleans our boy out, ref blows, and we get another penalty. Big Gaz steps up, goes the same way, keeper goes the same way, and doesn't get near it. 4-4 and I've only gone and scored a bloody hat trick. The game ends and both teams go get changed. I get voted MotM for my team, and have to go head-to-head vs the 6s MotM in a "drink a pint as fast as you can" challenge. I get about 3/4 of the way through mine and the gas in the cider is overwhelming and I start to choke and lose. There is video evidence apparently, can't wait to see it.
They absolutely love me at that club they do. They say they'll move me up to the 4s after another week or two, and then I just have to get myself fit enough to break into the first team...
Graph from today...
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