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One hat but two hat tricks!

Welcome back to the Ulidia blog after an enforced lay off due to work, injury and holidays! Holidays are better than injuries and injuries are definitely better than work since an injury often leads to a break from work for recuperation! Monday's game saw two fit teams of oul lads with no necessity to call on young pups to make up the numbers. An attritional game of one half ensued with one team embarrassed by the quality displayed by the opposition.


Ron Manager's selection relied on simple passing football with no place for fancy dribbling (Deeno), shooting from distance (Culchie) or negativity (Conor, who drew another blank). Kev's selection looked to  nimble feet (Magic) and powerhouse bully boy tactics (Ultan - he's gonna kill me!) to overrun the hard working class heroes of Mr Smyth. True, Girly Bhoy would not qualify for Ron's team since he has never had a job but a career in the pornographic film industry beckons after he demonstrated the monster balls between his legs during the match - normally referred to as a nutmeg!


Two hat tricks and goals from Deeno and Jim "Tank" Sheridan completed the rout. It's indeed back to the drawing board for Kev and his team who failed to find the net.


On a more serious note, it is poignant to mention that the international tour is just over a month away and more lodgements to the tour kitty are imminently due. Ron Manager will be in touch. Additionally, a final warm up game has been arranged for 24th April against Inst Legends at Ulidia. This game has also been chosen as our big charity fundraiser for the season with all proceeds going to Action for Pulmonary Fibrosis since our long standing goalkeeping philosopher mate, Weiry, finds himself in the market for a new set of buffs! We are expecting a huge turn-out for this game and you will find more details at https://www.justgiving.com/weirysbuffs where you can also make a donation. Please pass this link on to friends and family and do what you can to make this a big occasion. I will continue to remind you until you have coughed up!


Heroes                          Zeroes


Ron                               Kev
Marty                            Ultan
Jolinho                          Lorenzo
Tank (1)                        Ferryman
Deeno (1)                     The Don
Culchie (3)                    Girly Bhoy
Noel (3)                         Magic
Conor (0)                      Texas
Fuzz                              Sean