Real Milan 0 S J Cherokees 2

Injury ravaged Real Milan were forced to take on SJ Cherokees with just EIGHT fit players and remarkably held Cherokees at bay till just after half time. Real were rocked just hours before the game when Karim Usmani became the latest player to with draw from the squad.
Frantic phonecalls resulted in Scott Lawrie climbing out of his sickbed and agreeing to play, on condition he could take regular rests during the game. Danny O'Sullivan also defied doctors orders and agreed to play despite an agonising achilles problem that required ice packs before and after the game.
In spite of all this, the Milan players were determined to give a 100% effort to the cause and played their hearts out against a well organised hard working Cherokees outfit.
Man of the Match was Sam Haggerty who was simply outstanding in the first half.Tom Emery was also superb in an unfamilar right wing role and working very hard for the team and helping Danny out. Every Real Milan player should be proud of their performance and with a bit more luck they could have got an unlikely result.

Real Injury Crisis Deepens

Real Milan could be forced to field only 10 men tomorrow in the home league match against Slough Junior Cherokees.
SEVEN players are absent from the match through various reasons, including
Ashley Kang (Badly bruised foot)
Kevin Long ( Heavy cold)
Scott Lawrie (Muscle strain)
Harley MacAuley (Family commitments)
Chris Zuber (Long term injury)
Louis Martin( Leg injury)

Danny O'Sullivan will face a late fitness test on a swollen ankle.

Who Will Win The Golden Boot?

Remaining Fixtures

29th January S J CHEROKEES (H)
5th February TAPLOW BOYS (H) cup
12th February UXBRIDGE PR (A) league
19th February BRITWELL UNITED (H) league

Real Rain Jackets Available Shortly

Real Milan Nike rain jackets will be available begining of February.The Uri Geller sponsored jackets, modelled here by Freddie Ljungberg will be in black and white.

Taplow United 6 Real Milan 2

Real Milan went down 6-2 to Champions-Elect Taplow United in an exciting hard fought encounter on sunday. Real started the game brightly and made several fine openings. The impressive Harley McAuley firing just wide with a fine shoot on the turn. in the 11th minute, following excellent work from Lewis Martin on the right, a dangerous cross was latched onto by Kevin Long but his finish went past the post. Taplow's twin goal threat of Daniel Fleet and Niki DiBart began to carve out some openings of their own and on 17 minutes it was DiBart who beat the offside trap to put Taplow 1-0 ahead. 5 minutes later it was Fleet who scambled home a second. Milan kept calm and following a suberb Long through ball Josh Lake sprinted through the Taplow defence to calmly slot home for the whites. Disaster then struck for Real, when following an innocuous challenge, Lewis Martin lay in agony. After a short delay, he was taken off to hospital with soft tissue damage to his right leg. He looks to be out for the rest of the season.
The Ref blew for half time which allowed Real to regroup, with Karim Usmani coming on for Lewis.
Barely 20 seconds into the second half, DiBart wasted a great chance when clean through and fired tamely wide.This should have been a warning to Real, but following more sloppy play and failure to clear a corner, Elliot Christie out jumped the Milan defence (without jumping!) to put the league leaders 3-1 up. Real had no choice now but to come out and attack, and with Jack Evans and Ricky Wheeler left exposed at the back, DiBart, with a beauty, and Fleet added further goals for United. Karim managed to pull one back, in between Taplow's goals, with a rocket from an impossible angle. But Christie with a penalty 5 minutes from time sealed the result 6-2 in Taplows favour.
For Milan, Harley McAuley, Jack Evans, Karim Usmani and Scott Lawrie were outstanding although all the Milan players did very well. Real's lapses in concentration and superb finishing by Fleet and DiBart was the difference between the teams.
The game was played in a very sporting manner with a 100% effort from all players. The Referee was excellent too.
Thanks to all the players and coaches of Taplow for a great game and we appreiciated the encouragement given to our players during the game.
Scott Lawrie won the SDK sponsored Man Of The Match Trophy

MacCarroll Man Of Training

Anthony Mac was man of training Sunday. Greater effort, excellent attitude and superb goalkeeping. Well done Ant!

Team News

Real Milan hope to have a full squad available, apart from Chris Zuber, for the first time since September. Danny O'Sullivan (Achilles), and Ashley Kang (Leg) will have a late fitness test before tomorrows game. Josh Lake and Karim Usmani both recently grounded will also be back. Milan also welcome back Scott Lawrie, out for 3 months will a damaged foot muscle.

Tomorrows Match

Please meet at ICI at 12.45pm. Real Milan will play in the all blue away kit.

WE'RE BACK!

Following technical difficulties with the Real Milan computer, the news section has not been updated for a month. These problems have now been overcome and normal service will now resume.