CNSL game of Sunday October 6, 1996.
Here are the results of the CNSL game of Sunday October 6, 1996 between North York Talons and Oakville Canadian Westerns played at Esther Shiner Stadium in North York at 3:00pm. This was considered a Cup game.
North York Talons(white socks and shirts, black shorts and hollow numbers, three black stripes over right shoulder and three white stripes on left thigh).
................................................00 Kevin Aldred
5 Lloyd Allen...6 Douglas Bell...16 Rashid Yousuf...13 "Ike"
15 Patrick Laineus...9 Michael Fairclough (cpt)...10 Paul Kitson...8 Jonathan 'Heineken' Palmer
...........................17 Lincoln Williams.....7 Rohan 'Charlie Chaplin' Thomas
Subs:...12 Trevor 'Dango D' Dennis...?? Anthony Dominique...?? "Felix"...4 Richard Tyndall...?? Karl Grant (Talons continue to play 'swap-a-shirt' each game which are different than their official lineups).
Oakville Canadian Westerns (white socks and shirts, red shorts and hollow red numbers).
...................................................1 Dragan Rajac
................3 Devere Hurley.....8 Mike Palmiotta.....7 Ralph Golan
11 Dana Peoples...10 Mike Mazza...15 Jonathan Miller...16 Marco Armellini
................9 Andrew Loague.....13 Czeslan Zajac.....17 Nick Sopovski
Subs:...none listed...(5 Jens Kraemar the injured player/coach did come on as a sub).
Oakville had just played the evening before against St Catharines. These back to back games were in the original schedule (neither was a make-up game).
Officials:...Referee Isaac Mata, linesmen Ian Collins and Neils Schofield.
1st Half (Talons defend west end in 1st half, weather mild and bright sun in the west)
7 min...CWs Zajac takes 35 yard blast that goalie tips over net.
20 min...Talons goalie makes diving lunge on Mazza point blank shot from 15 yards out.
22 min...Talons goalie caught out of box on headed pass back but CWs can't score.
23 min...CWs Zajac blasts shot that goalie stops, goalie also stops rebound on Loague's point blank shot.
27 min...CWs Palmiotta gets 10 yard chip shot just wide right.
35 min...Talons Thomas gets breakaway but low shot stopped on fall by goalie.
37 min...Talons Yellow card to Allen for knocking down Sopovski.
39 min...Talons goalie catches long cross from Peoples.
43 min...CWs Sopovski chips shot wide of net.
44 min...Talons Kitson on break centres ball to charging Palmer on short side who can't redirect ball from 2 yards out.
46 min...CWs 'goal' whistled down for goalmouth infraction.
48 min...Ref blows whistle to end half.
2nd Half:
53 min...CWs Golan threads 50 yard pass but Peoples 10 yard shot is wide to right of net on short side.
54 min...CWs Loague puts shot high over four defenders from awkward angle after Talons goalie fumbles ball.
58 min...Talons sub....Allen and "Ike" replaced by Tyndall on defense and #2 who was either Trevor Dennis or "Felix" and played forward.
63 min...Talons Yellow card to Bell on edge of box for foul.
64 min...CWs GOAL...Zajac on resulting free kick from edge of box curves ball around 5 man wall low into left corner.
68 min...CWs sub...Kraemar replaces Hurley. Kraemar plays forward though so Sopovski goes back to fill in defender spot.
73 min...Talons Kitson gets 15 yard chip off crossbar and rebound header is blown down on offside (?!) or interference.
79 min...Talons sub...Thomas replaced by #3 who could have been either Trevor Dennis or "Felix".
82 min...Talons Kitson hits right goalpost from 15 yards out.
85 min...Talons #2 gets 35 yard shot that goalie stops after one low bounce.
87 min...Talons Fairclough gets centered pass and he shoots wide from 25 yards.
94 min...game ends.
Final Score:....North York Talons.......0.......Oakville Canadian Westerns..........1.....
Those hollow numbers were hard to read! I needed help from the others in the press box. They look like elements on a kitchen stove and I thought that look which was popular in baseball in the 1970s had disappeared.
Oakville could have been beaten today. They had played less than 24 hours earlier and had no bench strength but the Talons couldn't take advantage. The Talons defending continues to improve. Aldred is the Talons backup goalie but Patrick Osunduba was apparantly sitting out from too many yellow cards.
Attendance was about 40 people.
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