Not only did Mossley register their long time coming second win of 2008, but they also claimed their first win on Yorkshire soil this season and, in doing so, ensured that the club would still have its Unibond status for the start of the new campaign. At least that is if the club is still in exisistence come August.
As well as avoiding the possibility of finishing rock bottom of the First Division North, the 3-2 victory over Bridlington Town at the windswept Queensgate Stadium (at least I'm guessing it was a tad breezy) also means that we can't finish second bottom either. Who said that this was a disappointing season?
In the end it was two goals from Martin Allison and a 61st minute winner from Paul Garvey that ensured that Mossley will start the 08/09 season with at least two wins under their belts since the year was rung in.
Whilst having bored everyone in the build-up to this match with tales of how this was a nailed on three points, the final scoreline was something of a surprise; mainly because when I rang up Bridlington at half-time to find out the score, the combination of a crackly line and the Tameside Stadium's overly loud P.A.system had lead me to believe that we were 3 - 0 down!
Yes, instead of braving the elements sweeping in off the North Sea, I was shivering myself silly at Curzon's bitterly cold home on Ashton. Which was surprising really as places with as much sand as Curzon had on their pitch tend to be a lot, lot warmer.
I could go into great detail about the clash (rather too literally at times) between the Blues and, the not Blues for the day, Clitheroe but as I don't really want to I'll keep it short and say that this was a great game of football. Goals, countless talking points and more ex-Mossley players than you could shake a stick at - it certainly made a refreshing change to be at an exciting match on a Saturday afternoon. As someone pointed out as the game neared its climax, it's hard to believe that Mossley are actually in the same division as the sides that fought out an entertaining 2 - 2 draw.
It was also interesting to see, or rather hear, that the playing of "I feel good" after Curzon score isn't as bad as things get. If it's Norton that scores the goal, the crowd also get a brief burst of the opening verse of Toni Basil's seminal 1980's hit 'Hey Micky', an act which registers a high 8.7 on the Camp-ometer. What next? A brief snatch of "Favourite Things" from The Sound of Music when Josh Mitten scores?
So instead of reading about the game you can, in a first for this blog, watch selected highlights of it. See four well taken goals, witness some tough tackles, observe a slightly embarrassing miss and, most of all, be amazed at Curzon's incredible tumbling Spaniard*:
* As always - be careful as it contains some particularly off colour language.
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