Sat. 3rd Dec.2011 – Tynedale 2nds v Morpeth 4ths

Score:- 6-4

Scorers:- Bott, Foster(2), Mockett

Morpeth 4ths travelled to Hexham to face a strong Tynedale side. The opening 10 minutes were frantic and Morpeth were penned back in their own half. Debutant goalkeeper Lightley, mad some outstanding saves to keep Morpeth in the game and gave him some confidence.

As the game settled, Morpeth began to break down Tynedale and enjoy some success

Sat. 12th Nov.2011 – Morpeth 4ths v St.Georges

Score:- 1-10, Scorer:- I. Foster, MOM:- G.Evans

It is said that sanctuary never comes without some kind of risk, and that illusions without freedom never quite add up to bliss.  The haunting and the haunted play a game no-one can win.  The spirits come at midnight and by dawn they’re gone again.  And so it was with Morpeth 4^th team who found themselves 7-0 down at half-time to aNorth St George’s side full of young, fit and able hockey players.  Clearly there would be no sanctuary for Morpeth without taking risks, which is what they did in the second half and with good effect.

At half-time Morpeth set themselves the simple aim of scoring a goal, and in consequence played further up the pitch. 

Sat. 5th Nov.2011:- Tynemouth 3rds v Morpeth 4ths

Score:- 5 – 0

It is said that as the captain strolled the bridge one night, he was stopped in the evening light, to be asked would it be alright to join him.  But he stood there like some idol.  And he listened like some temple.  And then he turned away.  And so it was with Morpeth 4^th team, when, at a crucial moment in the second half of their match againstTynemouth, the captain’s surprised grunt at receiving a pass was penalised by the umpire for intimidation.

Sat. 15th Oct.2011 – Morpeth 4ths vRedcar 2nds

Score:- 1-3

Scorers:- Q. Fiddler

It is said that everybody’s building the big ships and boats,
some are building monuments, others jotting down notes.

Sat. 8th Oct.2011 – Stockton 6ths v Morpeth 4ths

Score:- 2-2

Scorers:- I.Foster (2)

MOM:- I.Foster

Morpeth took to the pitch in Billingham against aStocktonside fielding a mixture of youth and experience. Both teams starting the game fighting for possession however it wasn’t long until the home side started to take control with Morpeth having to play on the counter-attack. Stockton made us of the ball by taking the lead through some strong play, this was then doubled 5 minutes later, the away side managed to hold on from here to go into have time 2 goals down with A.Evans and A.Mackay combining to look most dangerous.

Sat. 2nd Oct. 2011 – Morpeth 4ths v Jesmond PC 2nds

Score: – 0 – 3

M.O.M:- Adam Craggs

 

 

It is said that it has been a long time.  It seems like we have come a long way.  My, but we learn so slow.  And heroes, they come and they go, and leave us behind as if we are supposed to know why.  Why do we give up our hearts to the past?  And why must we grow up so fast?  And so it was with Morpeth 4^th team in their first encounter of the new season.  The team has come a long way since last year, but still learns slowly.

Sat. 27th March 2011- Morpeth 4ths v Jesmond

Score:- 0-3

It has been a long season.  As the song says – it’s coming on the end of August; another summer’s promise almost gone.  And though I heard some wise man say that every dog will have his day, he never mentioned that these dog days get so long.  I don’t know when I realised that the dream was over.  There was no particular hour, no given day.  You know it didn’t go down in flame.  There was no final scene, no frozen frame.

Sat. 12th March:- Morpeth 4ths v Medics 3rds

Score:- 1 – 6.

This was the classic game of two halves.  In the first half Morpeth 4^th team were like rabbits caught in the headlights, frozen to the spot by Medics’ speed, movement and accuracy of passing.  Morpeth were 4-0 down before they registered an attack on the opposition’s circle, and were 6-0 down at half-time.  But they must have found sustenance in the oranges at half-time, because the second half was a different matter.

Sat.12th Feb.2011 – Morpeth 4ths v St.Georges 4ths

Score:- 2-4 , Scorers:- J.Macdonald(2)

Henry David Thoreau, the American author and abolitionist, said that he went to the woods because he wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if he could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when he came to die,

Sat.5th Feb. 2010 – Medics 3rds v Morpeth 4ths

Score:- 6-0

The song says that before the deluge some of them were dreamers and some of them were fools, who were making plans for the future.  With the energy of the innocent, they were gathering the tools they would need to make their journey back to nature.  And so it was with Morpeth 4^th team, more dreamers than fools, with energy in abundance, and not a little innocence, taking on a young and virile Medics team, which had pace aplenty.