WSFFL History - PCMT Final 2001/02

Time for another Final from the archives, this time the 2001/02 edition.

San Dimas High School and Kylie Bumcheeks had already fought out a 2-2 draw (San Dimas' Michael Ricketts had scored at both ends) so here's how the reply, on New Year's weekend 2002 in front of a 78,592 attendance at the Millennium Stadium, panned out.

Kylie Bumcheeks 4 v 0 San Dimas High School
Shearer 69 (1)
Carbonari 72og
Kelly 90
Perry 90

The Paul Cartmell Memorial Trophy final replay was a rather one-sided affair, with underdogs Kylie Bumcheeks easily defeating an off-colour San Dimas High School 4-0 to win the first silverware of the season. Rich Smith therefore achieves the notable feat of winning a major trophy in his first full season of WSFFL Fantasy League.

Rich elected to stick with the same line-up as the first game. Peej, however, tinkered with his defence, recalling Franck Queudrue and giving youngster J Lloyd Samuel a chance on the big stage. However after a largely forgettable first half, Kylie Bumcheeks exploited the hesitant San Dimas defence, with Shearer going close before finally breaking the deadlock on 69, with a trademark header from a Gary Kelly cross. Kylie then doubled their lead 3 minutes later, San Dimas’ sub Carbonari deflecting another dangerous Kelly cross into his own net.

San Dimas’ defence then crumbled, and man-of-the-match Kelly grabbed a late goal for himself, before Chris Perry sealed the win for Kylie Bumcheeks in injury time.

(Sheriff provided the words again)

The Bumcheeks line up was:
GK - Van der Sar Sub - Walker
DEF - Elliott, Hyypia, Perry, Kelly Sub - Short
MID - Johnston, Savage, Wright, Oakley Sub - Mustoe
ATT - Shearer, Ravanelli Sub - Beattie

And San Dimas would have hoped that this lot could have done better:
GK- Sorensen Sub - Harper
DEF - Queudrue, Terry, Costa, Samuel Sub - Carbonari
MID - Sinclair, Reuser, Svensson, Ziege Sub - Ouaddou
ATT - Ricketts, Kanoute Sub - Burton

There will be more on Kylie Bumcheeks in the next History post but you can probably tell from the names Van der Sar and Hyypia that this team have morphed into the Cow-Faced Juniors.

Of my team John Terry and Steve Harper are still in the squad, Thomas Sorensen and J Lloyd Samuel ae still playing in WSFFL. Overall though, it's a surprise to me that San Dimas were ever favourites for anything!