The final game of Group
C was between Olympic Phil Babb and Meal Machine.
In terms of the league table the result was immaterial
as Olympic Phil Babb had already won the group,
whereas Meal Machine were four points off fourth
place with just three points available. Olympic
Phil Babb took the opportunity to mix their team
around, but this should not be seen as them entering
a weakened team. The proof of this particular
pudding was in the fact that Phil Babb opened
up a 4-1 lead with goals from James Batty (2),
James Cooper and Alex Woolston. Meal Machine then
started a courageous fight back as Sam Walmsley
claimed the third goal of what was a quick fire
hat trick to bring the teams level at 4-4. The
unbelievable then happened as Julian Perdikov
scored the games 9 th and final goal to turn a
4-1 deicit into a 5-4 victory. If you'd bet on
that mid way through the first half you'd have
lost your house on this result. An incredible
performance from Meal Machine although, alas,
it could not prevent their qualification to the
Wooden Spoon playoffs.
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