Match Report: Loko v Celtic

Sunday 28th January 2007
Barnesalona League

Lokomotiv Londres FC 0 v Celtic 0

Battling Loko Gain Valuable Point

A good point for Loko against League leaders Celtic. Loko missing a number of key players and having a bare eleven turn up for the game, did well to earn a draw especially after Dave W (pictured below) got injured just before half-time.

The return of a number of players next weekend should boost the team for the test of Hendrix, in what will be the first game against them this season, due to the abandonment of the game in late November.

Team Line Up
1. Julian
2. Paul
3. Ivan (c)
4. Rohan
5. Nick
6. Dave W
7. Dave H
8. Ismail
9. James
10. Stefan
11. Stephen

Other League Results
Cosmopolitan FC 0 v Ladbroke Groovers 2
South Auckland Rangers 4 v Hendrix FC 1
Uncle Bob's FC 2 v Barnes FC 1
West Ken Kings 4 v Real Madras 1

Information Provided by Dale Mellor.

Big Match Preview: Loko v Celtic

Sunday 28th January 2007
Barnesalona League
Lokomotiv Londres FC v Celtic

General
Dale (pictured below) is still out this weekend due to the calf tear he picked up two weeks ago, but is hoping to be back for the game on the 4th February. The team should be similar to that of last weekend with no major changes expected.

This Season Head-to-Head
Loko Wins 1
Celtic Wins 0
Draws 0

Cup
17.12.06 Loko 3 v 2 Celtic (Roger, Stefan, James) [Match Report]

Last Season Head-to-Head
Loko Wins 0
Celtic Wins 2
Draws 0

League
12.02.06 Loko 0 v 4 Celtic [Match Report]
26.03.06 Celtic 2 v 0 Loko [Match Report]

Stat Attack

- Celtic currently top the group on 25 points jointly with Uncle Bob's, however, due to Bob's loss last weekend Celtic will look at this game as a chance to move ahead with a game in hand.

- Loko sit in sixth place with 14 points due to a draw and defeat in their last two league games.

- Loko have the fourth best defence and sixth best attack in League competition this season scoring 21 and conceding 14 and a plus 7 goal average. We have scored at 2.1 goals a game and conceded at 1.4 goals a game.

- Celtic have scored 40 goals at 4 goals a game and conceded 12 at 1.2 goals a game.

- Roger is the League leading scorer on 11 goals with Sebastian Collonge in second place way behind on 6 goals. Stefan has 3 goals and Dave H has 2 goals further down the list. In League and Cup together Roger has 15 goals with Barnes' Alan Cronin on 12 goals in second place.

- A win for Loko could see them move as high as third in the table on 17 points, whereas a defeat could see them fall to seventh place should Real Madras win and overtake us.

Match Report: Barnes FC v Loko

Sunday 21st January 2007
Barnesalona Cup

Barnes FC 3 v Lokomotiv Londres FC 5

Barnes Battered By Butler Hat-Trick

A great performance by the lads ensured that Loko's lead at the top of our Cup Group was increased over Barnes. The day got better when news filtered through that Uncle Bob's in third place slipped up and lost at bottom of the table Ladbroke Groovers 6-2.

The game didn't start as Loko planned with Barnes grabbing an early lead from a set-piece. Stefan (pictured below) scored to equalise and then scored again with a volley from a corner to give the away side some joy.

Arguably the games best goal followed and after Peggy had evaded three tackles he made a defence splitting pass in behind the defence for Dave H to latch onto, come inside the defender on the edge of the box and hit the ball with the outside of his foot into the bottom corner.

Half-Time Barnes FC 1 v Loko 3

The second half again started poorly for Loko with a simple looking ball over the top catching the defence unawares and the forward ran through and cooly finished past Julian. Roger then came off injured, and Ismail replaced Julian in goal with the latter taking Rogers place up front.

The equaliser came five minutes later when an air shot by a Loko defender failed to even make contact with the ball and it ran into the path of the attacker to score what would probably be the easiest goal of his Barnesalona career.

Loko then took the lead again with twenty minutes remaining through Stefan who hit the ball sweetly from the penalty spot over the advancing keeper to give him a well deserved hat-trick. The fifth arrived when Julian ran down the left and played the ball into Stefan who laid it off for Peggy to hit it into the keepers top left hand corner.

The boys throughly deserved the points and special praise to Stefan who not only scored the three goals but put in a performance of non-stop effort, and deservidly gets this blogs award of man of the match.

Final Score Barnes FC 3 v Loko 5

Team Line Up
1. Julian
2. Paul
3. Ivan
4. Nick
5. Rohan
6. Ismail
7. Dave H
8. Dave W
9. Roger (c)
10. Stefan
11. Stephen
12. Pete (Replaced Ismail 45th Minute, Ismail Replaced Roger (Injury) 60th Minute)

Goals
Stefan (3)
15th Minute - A good finish from the man of the match.
25th Minute - A corner from the right was hit on the volley from the corner of the six yard box into the top corner.
70th Minute - The ball was played into his path on the penalty spot and he beat the advancing keeper with a good drive.
Dave H (1)
40th Minute - Peggy beat three men and laid the ball into Dave behind the defence, he took it inside the defender and hit the bottom corner with the outside of his right foot.
Stephen (1)
80th Minute - Julian played the ball into Stephen who laid the ball off to Peggy eight yards out, who hit the top corner.

Other Cup Results

Our Group
Uncle Bob's FC 1 v Ladbroke Groovers 6

Other Group
Cosmopolitan FC 2 v South Auckland Rangers 4
West Ken Kings 2 v Real Madras FC 1

Other League Result

Uncle Bob's FC 0 v Ladbroke Groovers 2 (Double Header)

Information provided by Dale Mellor.

Big Match Preview: Barnes FC v Loko

Sunday 21st January 2007
Barnesalona League, 10.30am KO
Barnes FC v Lokomotiv Londres FC

General
A couple of changes this week, James (pictured below) is missing along with Dale who tore a calf muscle last week. Dave returns to start for the first time in a number of weeks.


This Season Head-to Head
Loko Wins 0
Barnes FC Wins 1
Draws 1

League
07.01.07 Loko 1 v Barnes 1 (Stephen) [Match Report]

Cup
05.11.06 Loko 1 v Barnes FC 3 (Roger) [Match Report]

Last Season Head-to-Head
Loko Wins 2
Barnes FC Wins 1
Draws 1

League
06.11.05 Barnes FC 1 v 7 Loko (Andreas 3, Steve W, Dale, Dave, Johan) [Match Report]
15.01.06 Loko 3 v 3 Barnes FC (Dale 2, Dave) [Match Report]

Cup
13.11.05 Loko 4 v 3 Barnes FC (Andreas 4) [Match Report]
27.11.05 Barnes FC 4 v 1 Loko (Mark) [Match Report]

Stat Attack

- Barnes are second in the cup group with eight points while Loko proudly sit top with 10 points.

- Loko have scored 12 while conceding only 7 whereas Barnes have scored 23 conceding 12 goals in Cup competition. This was due to a resounding 12-0 win against the Groovers.

- These are always tight affairs as last season shows with two Loko wins to one and one draw. This season Barnes have won one with one draw.

Match Report: Uncle Bob's FC v Loko

Sunday 14th January 2007
Barnesalona League

Uncle Bob's FC 3 v Lokomotiv Londres FC 1

Loko Struggle With Set-Piece Masters

A goal from Roger (pictured below) was not enough as Loko lost out to the physical presence of Uncle Bob's. Some strong attacking play and plenty of fluid passing all through the game, created enough chances to win it, but unfortunately Loko couldn't hit the target often enough and when they did they came across a keeper in inspired form.

Final Score Uncle Bob's FC 3 v Loko 1

Team Line Up
1. Ismail
2. Paul
3. Ivan
4. Pete
5. Rohan
6. Dave W
7. Nick
8. Dale
9. James
10. Roger (c)
11. Stephen
12. Adrian (Replaced Ivan 45th Minute)
13. Dave H (Replaced Nick 45th Minute)
14. Stefan (Replaced Stephen 45th Minute, Stephen Replaced Dale (Injury) 65th Minute)

Goals
Roger (1)
30th Minute - A ball over the top was latched onto by Roger who beat the keeper to the ball and lobbed it in from 25 yards.

Other League Results
Barnes FC 0 v West Ken Kings 3
Cosmopolitan FC 2 v Hendrix FC 7
Ladbroke Groovers 1 v Celtic 3
Real Madras FC 0 v South Auckland Rangers 2

Information Provided by Dale Mellor.

Big Match Preview: Uncle Bob's FC v Loko

14th January 2007
Barnesalona League, 2.00pm KO
Uncle Bob's FC v Lokomotiv Londres FC

General
Dave H (pictured below) returns to the squad for the first time in a number of weeks. The gaffer is away and can only make an appearance for the second half. Ismail returns and will go in goal, in the gaffers absence.

This Season Head-to-Head
Loko Wins 1
Uncle Bob's FC Wins 0
Draws 1

League
03.12.06 Loko 3 v Uncle Bob's FC 2 (Roger 2, Ismail) [Match Report]

Cup
19.11.06 Loko 1 v 1 Uncle Bob's FC (Julian) [Match Report]

Last Season Head-to-Head
Loko Wins 1
Uncle Bob's FC Wins 2
Draws 1

League
02.10.05 Uncle Bob's FC 2 v 1 Loko (Samer) [Match Report]
11.12.05 Loko 3 v 3 Uncle Bob's FC (Dave 2, Dale) [Match Report]

Cup
09.10.05 Uncle Bob's FC 2 v 1 Loko (Andreas) [Match Report]
02.04.06 Loko 2 v 0 Uncle Bob's FC (Win by default) [Match Report]

Stat Attack

- Uncle Bob's FC were previously known as Munchen and were last years League Champions.

- Uncle Bob's are currently top of the League.

Match Report: Loko v Barnes FC

Sunday 7th January 2007
Barnesalona League

Lokomotiv Londres FC 1 v Barnes FC 1

Honours Even In Local Derby!

An encapsulating contest between these two local rivals ended in a fair one all draw, as Loko shaded the first half, whereas Barnes shaded the second.

Loko started brightly and made a few great breaks early on that should have been capitalised on, Roger on a few occasions bringing the ball down on the edge of the area but just failing to created the half a yard of space needed to seriously test the keeper. Barnes had a few corners but only one shot in the first half which cleared Julians crossbar by a few inches.

Good interlinking midfield play around half an hour into the match sent Dale away down the right, who just beat the defender to the ball and whipped in a superb first time cross for Stephen (pictured above) to head in brilliantly at the far post.

A few good deliveries into the box by Dale, saw on one occasion Pete mistime a free header in front of goal when he could have scored with a firm contact and a teasing cross by Lineker was cleared off the line by the back-tracking defender for a corner.

Half-Time Score Loko 1 v Barnes FC 0

The second half was much different as the half of the pitch Loko was attacking was extremely boggy and it was a struggle to play the ball into feet and use the wings. A mistimed header by Rohan after an hour gifted the Barnes player a run on goal and Julian pulled off a superb save only for the rebound to fall at the feet of their centre forward Sebba who beat Jules and also Pete who was back on the line desperately trying to keep the ball out.

Barnes had a lot of possession for the rest of the half but didn't force Julian into a save for the rest of the match. They had a good opportunity at the end where their right winger shot over the bar from six yards when he really should have scored and that was about it.

Loko had chances to win the game, James hit a shot on the turn from ten yards out which whistled just past the upright, Roger ran through on goal and tried to round the keeper unsuccessfully, his ball across goal was latched onto by James but the Barnes defence put in a good last ditch tackle.

Dale then had two long distance free kicks from the left hand side, one was beaten away unconvinvingly by the keeper and the second one evaded everyone and went two inches past the far post, where any sort of touch by a Loko player would have resulted in a goal.

So aside from a lack of second half possession, Loko will be disappointed with the result and see this as two points dropped against a team they know they should be beating. Uncle Bob's next week in another big league contest.

Final Score Loko 1 v Barnes FC 1

Team Line Up
1. Julian
2. Paul
3. Ivan
4. Pete
5. Rohan
6. Dave W
7. Stefan
8. Dale
9. Roger (c)
10. James
11. Stephen
12. Adrian (Replaced Paul 45th Minute)
13. Nick (replaced Stefan 45th Minute)

Goals
Stephen (1)
30th Minute - A midfield exchange of passes sent Dale away down the right wing and a great first time ball into the box saw Stephen attack the back post and head it across the keeper and into the roof of the net.

Other League Results
Celtic 12 v Cosmopolitan FC 1
Real Madras FC 1 v Uncle Bob's FC 2
South Auckland Rangers 1 v Ladbroke Groovers 7
West Ken Kings 4 v Hendrix FC 2

Match Report by Dale Mellor.

Big Match Preview: Loko v Barnes FC

Sunday 7th January 2007
Barnesalona League, 2pm KO
Lokomotiv Londres FC v Barnes FC

General
The same team as the game before Christmas apart from Ismail (pictured below) who is unable to make it.


This Season Head-to Head
Loko Wins 0
Barnes FC Wins 1
Draws 0

Cup
05.11.06 Loko 1 v Barnes FC 3 (Roger) [Match Report]

Last Season Head-to-Head
Loko Wins 2
Barnes FC Wins 1
Draws 1

League
06.11.05 Barnes FC 1 v 7 Loko (Andreas 3, Steve W, Dale, Dave, Johan) [Match Report]
15.01.06 Loko 3 v 3 Barnes FC (Dale 2, Dave) [Match Report]

Cup
13.11.05 Loko 4 v 3 Barnes FC (Andreas 4) [Match Report]
27.11.05 Barnes FC 4 v 1 Loko (Mark) [Match Report]

Stat Attack

- Barnes are sixth with eight points while Loko sit fourth with 13 points.

- Loko have scored 19 while conceding only 10 whereas Barnes have scored 22 but conceded 21 goals in League competition.

- These are always tight affairs as last season shows with two Loko wins to one and one draw.

Player Profile: Roger Barnes

Name: Roger Barnes
Age: 41
Position: Att Mid RCL / Att RCL (Captain)


Q. What scared you most as a child?
A. The thought that one day someone might ask me to join Loko!

Q. Who did you support as a child and who were you favourite players?
A. Liverpool, Kenny Dalglish and second cousin twice removed, John Barnes.

Q. What's the funniest thing that has happened to you during a match?
A. My son Marcus, running onto the pitch and joining me in attack for Loko.

Q. What's the worst thing anyone has ever done or said to you?
A. You know, I really can't answer that, just can't think of anything.

Q. What makes you laugh and why?
A. Too many incidents to mention.

Q. What talent do you wish you had?
A. Happy just the way I am.

Q. What is your best physical feature?
A. I'll leave that for others... ...careful now!

Q. What do you most dislike about your physical appearance?
A. What is there to dislike about God's Creation!?!! (Yes, I am laughing)

Q. How do you think other people see you?
A. I'll let you know once the Census is in.

Q. And how do you see yourself?
A. Someone who gets on well with most people.

Q. What do you consider your biggest attribute as a player?
A. Believe it or not, a calm head in the heat of a battle.

Q. What is your favourite way of relaxing?
A. Chilling out with my family and the occasional night out with the guys.

Q. Who do you knock around with from Loko and why?
A. Ismail, who I have known for many years, but we have a good group of players and I like to think I get on well with all of them.

Captain's Corner - January 2007

These are Roger's hopes for the New Year and the rest of the season:

"If anyone had told me before the start of the season that we would be only six points behind the league leaders and top of our cup group by Christmas, I would have taken that.

Overall the start to the season has been fantastic and because we have put ourselves in such a good position, we must realise that from now on every game will be a Big Game.

Fixtures for January begin with Barnes in the league and a chance to keep pressure on the league leaders. Followed by another league game against the champions, Uncle Bob, who we have already beaten this season. Next up, a cup game against Barnes, where a win will put us on the brink of a semi-final. We round off the month with Celtic in the league another team that we have beaten.

We have proven by beating Uncle Bob and Celtic the teams that finished first and second in the league last season that we have the players, squad and attitude to make this a great season, lets not throw away all the good work we have done so far.

Happy New Year to everyone connected to Lokomotiv."

January Fixtures 2007

Sunday 7th January 2007
Barnesalona League
Pitch 1
Lokomotiv Londres FC v Barnes FC

Result: Drew 1-1

Sunday 14th January 2007
Barnesalona League
Pitch 1
Uncle Bob's FC v Lokomotiv Londres FC

Result: Lost 3-1

Sunday 21st January 2007
Barnesalona Cup
Pitch 3
Barnes FC v Lokomotiv Londres FC

Result: Won 5-3

Sunday 28th January 2007
Barnesalona League
Pitch 1
Lokomotiv Londres FC v Celtic

Result: Drew 0-0