FMS — September 2010

Hey everyone, welcome back to FMS community story!

Last month was our first in the division, and we pretty much hit the ground running as we lay in the promotion places in the Championship after the 5 games we had. Yes, we suffered a heavy loss to Barnsley away from Patriots Park and failed to get any further in the League Cup after an exit at the hands of Blackburn, but we also had a massive win against Sheffield United! Would it be another roller-coaster month?

FMS vs Preston (Championship)

First game of the month saw us at home to fellow relegation battlers Preston at Patriots Park. FMS took the lead within the opening 15 minutes to set their stadium rocking, a corner by Dezmo on the left failed to find anyone in the middle. It looked as though all hopes of a chance were lost but Sears managed to grab the ball on the other wing, turn and stick a delightful cross on the head of Smith who turned it into the Preston net. Chance after chance went begging for the home side but they couldn’t extend their lead further. After the break though, it was much the same. Smith coming the closest when he smashed a fierce shot against the crossbar before his pass set Pepper free to score the second goal and give FMS some breathing space. Preston failed to carve anything open in the final 20 minutes though, and the points were the home sides after a very solid performance.

Match Stats:

Video Highlights: Here

Q.P.R vs FMS (Championship)

FMS’s second game of the month saw them travel to London, to face a QPR side sitting in the promotion places. Things got off to the best of starts for the away side, as they scored within 3 minutes. It all started from a QPR freekick in the centre circle, which lead to their midfielder being dispossessed by Johnson. A combination of Dully, Pepper and Smith helped move the ball up the right flank before Dully set Pepper free inside the box. His initial shot was saved by Kenny, but he made no mistake from the rebound to give his team a dream start. From then on, QPR started pilling on the pressure to get back on level terms but it seemed like they had forgotten their defensive duties as FMS went 2-0 up after 32 minutes! Edwards getting tackled by Crosby, who’s run down the left flank lead him to the byline, to cut it back for the ever grateful Smith to control beautifully and hit home from a tight angle. After the break, there was not much between the two sides, but QPR managed to grab one back after a corner from Bellvis found the unmarked head of Hall. They didn’t seem interested to salvage anything from the match however and the 3 points went back to Scunthorpe!

Match Stats:

Video Highlights: Here

FMS vs Cardiff (Championship)

Beautiful day at Patriots Park saw FMS host the other Welsh team Cardiff to try and keep their run of form going. It got off to the best of starts to as the home side took the lead within the first 5 minutes! Sea clearing the back line from a Cardiff thrown in before the ball found Smith on the half way line. His pass opened the space for Crosby on the left wing and with a few exchanges from Dezmo and Jagginman, the ball found its way to Rodrigo. Clean through, his shot took a deflection off Salukvadze which took it past the Cardiff keeper. Thing went from bad to worse, as Chopra was sent off for an aggressive lunge on Jagginman and Dami sealed off a great half time for the boys in blue as an exchange with Smith found him clean through as his smashed the ball past the keeper. Second half saw a goal from either side, FMS first with a cross from Pepper on the right hand side saw a pull-back from Crosby hit home by Smith while Cardiff grabbed a consolation goal when a quikcly taken freekick found Naylor who didn’t miss inside the FMS box.

Match Stats:

Video Highlights: Here

Millwall vs FMS (Championship)

Penultimate match of the month and it was away in London again against Millwall. The home side were looking the most deadly in the opening few minutes as they came close on a number of occasions and nearly scored a freak goal as Vaibhavc’s free-kick on the left wing after an offside was met by Barron. Nearly on the edge of his box, he smashed it all and was unlucky to not see it sail into the empty net as it whistled just wide of the post. They did take the lead in equally sublime fashion though, Lisbie finding some space on the edge on the area who rifled it into the far corner. FMS weren’t down and out just yet though, and they scored on the break just before half time. Pepper getting the ball after a cleared corner, running the length of the pitch before teeing up Crosby who connected well with it on the volley seeing it fly into the bottom corner. After half time it was tit for tat, but another breakaway from a corner saw the away side take the lead. This time Plobdork finding MRDNRA wide on the right hand side who’s cross was fumbled in by Pepper. It was a tense affair from then on, but FMS managed to hold on to secure 3 vital points.

Match Stats:

Video Highlights: Here

FMS vs Leicester (Championship)

Last game of the month saw FMS take on the might of Sven as they faced Leicester at Patriots Park. First action of the game was actually an injury, Von Karma getting injured on his debut back into the first team. We will know the extent of his injury after the game but it doesn’t look good for the young German. On the field, it was very cagey and there was little in the way of chances until a Leicester break saw them inches away from scoring, but at point blank range Matty B saved well. Things went in all square at half time, but not before the away side were pegged down to 10 men. Niller’s jinxing run as he cut inside from the right was too much for Meite and he was shown a straight red for denying a goal scoring opportunity. Even with 10 men, Leicester looked dangerous as Matty B saved again from Dyer, but FMS were happy to see the game out with a point to increase their hold on those promotion places.

Von Karma’s injury was as bas as first thought, and he will be out for 5-6 weeks again.

Match Stats:

Video Highlights: No Goals, No Highlights. So I have a picture of a cat instead :)

Go to the next page, to see the reserves and U18′s in action and the usual news and upcoming fixtures…

Reserve Games:

First goal conceded by the reserves, and who better to score it than Nobby Solano?! Bushy with another hat-trick with Wolfman and Samlar rounding off the rout.

Another massive scoreline for the reserves. This time, its Taylor091 getting the hattrick with the other goals coming from Bmwdestroyer, Karp and McLean.

The last game was much the same as the others. I’m thinking about just sticking the whole of the reserves out into the first team ;). Anyway, goals from Yank and McLean complimented a Bmwdestroyer hat-trick led to a 5-0 scoreline.

U18 Games:

Not emphatic by any stretch, but a win against Bradford with a goal from Cruickshanks.

Not a win?! I’m mortified! Only joking.. Stalemate against Sheffield Wednesday unfortunately.

Cup time for the youngsters, and they sailed through to the 3rd Round courtesy of Liam101, Ollie and Jimmy goals.

Wasn’t all good for the youngsters though, as Liam101 managed to get himself injured in the process:

Ouch.

Last game for the U18’s, and it saw an emphatic game with us running out 5-2 winners! Ollie, Skip, Bushy and Jimmy getting on the scoresheet to see them top their league.

Transfer news next and unfortunately it seemed to be too much for a couple of players..


Johnny wanted more football and at the moment I can’t give that to him as the guys are pulling the strings in centre midfield. He, a long with Jagginman who actually took it into his own hands to miss training are both on the transfer list. Sorry lads ;)

There was some good news though, as Dully won Championship young player of the month!

Thats all for the club, but remember we still have 14 players that need to be updated on too! I’ll be updating here to let you know of any first team experience you lot are getting!
Vinners has broken into the Reading squad with an average of 7 in his two games.
Joshy has come on leaps and bounds, breaking into the international squad and into the Liverpool squad, with a cup game under his belt.
Laxeyman has done the same, averaging 7.01 in his 4 games.
Big Mac is there too, with an average of 6.5 in his 2 games for Liverpool.
Widge has joined Vinners in Reading’s first team, averaging 6.68 in his 4 appearances.

The others are either on loan at another club, or still in the reserves/U18’s. Remember, we will be updating your profiles in January so you can see how far you have progressed :)

Next moth with see the first team face a relitevly easy fixture list as they go to struggling Ipswitch, Derby and Middlesborough. The only one I am looking at that we might not get any points in, is the game against Nottingham Forest but then I said the same thing when we faced Barnsley and look what happened there!

Had nothing to do last night, so I made the most of it and got keen with another update! So that’s it for this episode, hope you enjoyed the post and as ever, I’d love to hear your suggestions for your players and ideas for how to make the posts better! Thanks for reading :D