2005-6 Season
Hairdressers’ XI 0 Kenchels FC 1
The Hairdressers looked a cut above the ‘Chels as we trotted out at Gunnersbury Park for our last fixture of the domestic season.
The opposition had an average age of 14 or thereabouts and even in the warm-up were doing things with the ball that would probably leave any one of us in knots. And so [...]
Brentham 2 Kenchels FC 2
Brentham! There’s something about that name that makes the very best of ‘Chels tremble with apprehension. As I took up my position on the bench, talent dripping off me in the pale spring sunshine, I knew it was only a matter of time before the boss called me on.
Sure enough, 20 minutes in and with [...]
Holyport Vets 5 Kenchels FC 2
Apologies for the late arrival of this match report, fellow ‘Chels, but I have been in a state of post-traumatic shock following this latest defeat.
Travelling out to rain-swept, wind-swept Bracknell is a bloody long way to go to get tonked like this – and just a couple of weeks before we journey head off to [...]
NPL 2 Kenchels FC 2
Another week, another disappointing outcome for the unlucky ‘Chels. No surprises, really. We did, after all, have the self-styled Greatest ‘Chel of All Time playing for us and Stevie B coaching from the touchline. Arf, arf. Or should that be Arif, Arif?
Anyway, the real talent was on the bench for the first half. Myself and [...]
Meadhurst Vets 4 Kenchels FC 3
Another week, another defeat but it was a tight game that we might have nicked had we been tighter at the back or had put more chances away at the other end. God I just read that opening sentence back to myself, it could’ve been written by Ron Manager, isn’t it. Anyway back to [...]
