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IJLW Brazil 1 – 3 Willington Quay Saints

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06/08/2005
John Hampson Memorial Trophy Group D

IJLW Brazil
Wilkinson, Mitchell, Churchley, Walker, Haigh, Cuggy, Paterson, Armstrong, Ho, Bull, Stephenson (Smith 65).

The new campaign got off to tough start with the visit of Division 1 side Willington Quay Saints. With several Brazil regulars missing, the home side looked a little lost at times as they tried to gel together. Saints made the better start and were rewarded with the only goal of the first half despite a strong suspicion of offside. Matty Bull worked hard to pressurise the Saints defence but often looked quite isolated up front when Brazil were in possession. As the half progressed, Brazil’s defensive play got tighter as the midfield and defence remembered and realised what to do.

The second half saw Brazil looking more composed and made the match a lot more even. Dan Armstrong impressed on his debut in midfield.

A freak goal, as the ball was curled in from near the corner flag, gave the visitors a more comfortable lead. Brazil responded well, though, and pulled a goal back quickly. Tom Mitchell put in a good curling cross from the right which picked out Mike Stephenson, in the box. He beat the first defender but was hacked down before he had the chance to shoot. The ref had no hesitation in awarding a penalty which Bull slid neatly into the corner of the goal.

Paul Smith’s introduction as a substitute up front was, confusingly, the second Brazil debut of the day, as he is not the same Paul Smith that has played previously.

Continuing on from last season, Lee Wilkinson was man of the match.

West Jesmond 3 – 1 IJLW Brazil

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22/05/2005
Friendly

IJLW Brazil
Wilkinson, Walker, Churchley, Kennedy, McGowan, Creighton (Cuggy 70), Freath, Hinks (Katirai 55), Haigh (Mitchell 75), Goodliff, Paterson.

An assorted crowd of friends, family, lap dancers and squad members assembled along the side of the St Peter’s pitch for this special, one-off game to be featured in BBC documentary ‘Spendaholics’.

Brazil got off to a good start with Les Goodliff blasting in a 25 yard free kick after Jon Hinks had been carelessly bundled over. As the game progressed, Brazil looked increasingly rusty, having finished their 2004-05 league program weeks ago. West Jesmond took advantage of this to go in 2-1 at the interval, with Brazil’s chances few and far between. The hosts, however, had been extremely lucky with their first goal as the winger had taken the ball over both the touchline and the goal line before getting his cross in.

Brazil’s second half showed an improvement with James Katirai coming off the bench and getting himself into the right place at the right time. He came close to levelling the scores three times but just missed the target on each occasion.

Despite the presence of two BBC cameras, the slack third goal went in apparently unnoticed. After the game had finished the goal was unconvincingly re-enacted for the cameras, virtually guaranteeing Lee Wilkinson an appearance on national TV. The programme is scheduled to be shown on BBC 2 in July.

Other news:
On the same day, ‘A Certain Trigger’, the debut album by Maximo Park, charted at number 15. If you don’t already have a copy, go out and buy it. You won’t be disappointed.

2004/05 Season Summary

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Tyneside Amateur League Division 2: 7th
NFA Minor Cup: 3rd Round
North East Amateur Shield: Semi Final
John Hampson Memorial Trophy: Group stages
Tyneside Amateur League Fair Play Award: Winners

Player of the Year: Lee Wilkinson (9 moms)
Players’ Player of the Year: Lee Wilkinson
Top Goalscorer: Matty Bull (11 goals)
Most Appearances: Dave Churchley (27 apps, 100%)

Players used: 36

IJLW Brazil 1 – 2 Killingworth Social YPC

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09/04/2005
Tyneside Amateur League Division 2

IJLW Brazil
Wilkinson, Walker, Churchley, Kennedy, Paterson, McGowan, Creighton (Mitchell 55), Freath (Harrison 70), Haigh, Goodliff, Bull.
Subs not used: Katirai.

Brazil’s best season since joining the Tyneside Amateur League in 2002 ended with a disappointing defeat. After quarter of an hour of a fairly even encounter, Matthew Creighton’s free kick came back to him off the wall. He slid it neatly to the side where the veteran Mark Freath was waiting to strike the ball into the top corner giving Brazil the lead and simultaneously overtaking Creighton in Brazil’s scoring charts.

Social confirmed their inevitable promotion by coming from behind to win with two soft goals before half time. In the second half one excellent save by player of the year Lee Wilkinson was the closest Social came to extending their lead. Brazil came closest from corners. Bryan Walker’s header was cleared off the line and then, late on, man of the match Mark Kennedy went close.

Other news:
Brazil’s Paul Smith has been on the radio a lot recently as his band Maximo Park followed up their top 20 hit “Apply Some Pressure” with the release of “Graffiti”, on 02/05/2005. The excellent debut album “A Certain Trigger” will be in a shop near you from Monday 16/05/2005. They will be playing a free set in Virgin Megastore, Northumberland Street on that day.

Ryton AFC Reserves 3 -1 IJLW Brazil

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26/03/2005
North East Amateur Shield Semi-Final

IJLW Brazil
Wilkinson, Walker, Churchley, Kennedy, Katirai, McGowan, Creighton, Haigh, Ho, Goodliff, Bull.
Subs not used: Freath.

A bumper crowd saw Brazil’s cup hopes end for another season despite a brave performance in the face of adversity. Playing a 3-5-2 formation designed specifically to counteract Ryton’s league-topping form, Brazil started well giving Ryton none of the time or space they thrive on. The five man midfield also allowed Brazil to give some support to Les Goodliff and Matty Bull up front. With 20 minutes gone, the critical moment of the game occurred when Bull reacted badly after a foul on him went unnoticed. A verbal tirade directed at the referee resulted in Brazil’s top scorer being dismissed for foul and abusive language.

Regardless of the setback, the ten men of Brazil continued to work hard for each other and actually took the lead. Jonny McGowan broke into the box and was bundled over from behind as he brought the ball under control leaving the referee no alternative but to award a penalty. With the regular penalty taker off the pitch, Goodliff stepped up and confidently smashed Brazil into the lead. A strong team effort, with no Brazil player losing out in a 50-50 situation, kept the lead against the numerically advantaged, top of the league, home side right up until seconds before half time, when a fine volley from the edge of the box levelled the scores.

In the second half, Brazil were under almost constant pressure; with Ryton having corner after corner. Brazil defended them well, despite being a much shorter team so it was ironic when the home side took the lead from a short corner. As Brazil napped at the front post, the ball was taken into the box and the cross was met by a powerful header into the top corner. Some of Brazil’s players were tiring fast but Mark Freath’s broken toe ruled him out of making an appearance. Although Goodliff was very isolated up front, the man of the match’s pace and strength almost got Brazil an equalizer. He got onto the end of a long ball, past the last defender and stabbed the ball past the goalkeeper. As the ball bobbled towards the goal, however, the defender managed to get back and knock it round the post.

Despite Ryton’s incessant pressure, they did not get many clear goal scoring opportunities, thanks to the way Brazil defended as a team, all working hard for each other. Lee Wilkinson’s rushed clearance presented Ryton with their best chance when it rebounded to a striker off the back of McGowan’s head. Brazil’s goalkeeper atoned for his error though with a brilliant save. On another occasion, when Wilkinson was beaten, Dave Churchley sprinted back onto the line to clear with his head. The third and decisive goal came from a low strike into the bottom corner of the goal following a half-cleared corner, with about ten minutes remaining.

IJLW Brazil 1 – 1 Killingworth

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12/03/2005
Tyneside Amateur League Division 2

IJLW Brazil
Wilkinson, Paterson, Churchley, Walker, Haigh, McGowan, Freath, Creighton, Ho, Katirai, Bull.

A push on Lee Wilkinson allowed the visitors to take an undeserved early lead. Brazil were the better team throughout and produced chance after chance to try to get back into the game. James Katirai got past the last defender but failed to test the keeper. Less than a minute later, Katirai got another chance as Steve Ho curled in a beautiful cross. Katirai’s header was just wide. Next it was Dave Churchley’s turn to be the provider. His left-footed through ball from the back left Jonny McGowan alone in Killingworth’s half of the pitch with just the keeper to beat. As the visiting custodian advanced, McGowan became caught in two minds. The result was a gentle chip into his hands. Churchley’s well-flighted free-kick into the box fell nicely to Matty Bull but he dragged his left-footed volley just wide of the post.

After the break Brazil dominted even more and wasted even more chances. Killingworth never looked like scoring so, after Katirai bagged his first ever Brazil goal (a tap-in after Bryan Walker’s curling 25 yard left-footed shot had come back off the bar) to level up the scores, there looked like there would be only one winner. Unfortunately, as chances came and went, time ran out before the winning goal came. In the 90th minute, Brazil were lucky to escape with any points at all when the referee controversially waved away Killingworth’s penalty appeals following a clumsy challenge by Mark Freath. (Not Mark Kennedy!)

Ewan Paterson won his first Brazil man of the match award thanks, in part, to his back heel and Cruyff turn to go past two Killingworth players whilst under pressure in his own half.

Ryton AFC Reserves 4 – 1 IJLW Brazil

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26/02/2005
Tyneside Amateur League Division 2

IJLW Brazil
Wilkinson, Davison (McGowan 55), Churchley, Walker, Kennedy (Harrison 70), Paterson, Freath, Creighton (Katirai 75), Haigh, Bull, Goodliff.

An awful first half display left Brazil trailing 3-1 at the break. The only highlights for the visitors were Matty Bull’s goal, set up by Shaun Haigh, and an excellent save by Lee Wilkinson.

The second half was much better. Despite conceding an early goal, Brazil started winning battles all over the pitch and chance after chance was created. On another day Brazil could have scored a hatful of goals but it was not to be as the target was missed more often than not. On the few occasions that the shots were on target, the Ryton keeper proved himself to be in good form. Les Goodliff’s strong running earned him his first man of the match award of the season.

On a positive note, the second half display proved that Brazil can compete with Ryton. With the cup semi-final having been switched to March 26th, Brazil still have a realistic chance of reaching their first ever final.

Other news:
Congratulations to Paul Smith and Maximo Park who entered the UK Top 40 Singles Chart at number 20 yesterday with “Apply Some Pressure”.

Proctor & Gamble Cobalt 2 – 3 IJLW Brazil

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19/02/2005
North East Amateur Shield Quarter-Final

IJLW Brazil
Wilkinson, Davison, Churchley, Walker, Kennedy, Paterson, Freath, Creighton, Katirai (Slack 55), Bull, Goodliff.

After going behind to a good individual goal, Brazil fought their way back into the game and equalized through Ewan Paterson, following in after Les Goodliff’s shot was parried after some good work on the left by James Katirai.

A stunning volley by Mark Freath gave the visitors the lead in the second half and from there they never looked back. Man of the match, Matthew Creighton latched onto Goodliff’s through ball, rounded the keeper and scored to set up a semi-final at Ryton, on March 19th. A late penalty was little consolation for P&G as Brazil beat them for the second time in three weeks.

IJLW Brazil 2 – 0 Gateshead 3 Tuns

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12/02/2005
Tyneside Amateur League Division 2

IJLW Brazil
Wilkinson, Creighton, Churchley, Walker, Kennedy, Katirai, Paterson, Freath, Haigh, Bull, Goodliff.

The visitors never looked like scoring all afternoon, after Lee Wilkinson made a good one-on-one save early on. Brazil’s control of the game grew steadily and they created numerous chances. James Katirai latched onto a loose ball and struck a powerful curling shot which came back off the crossbar. Moments later he nearly scored again. Les Goodliff sent an excellent cross in from the left wing but Katirai could only half connect as he ran into the box with the goal begging.

A corner by Matty Bull fell to Mark Kennedy, eight yards from goal. The full-back appeared to suffer from vertigo in the opposition box and he skied the half-chance well over the bar. Matthew Creighton’s mazy run opened up the Gateshead defence and he supplied the pass to set Bull free. Brazil’s top scorer made no mistake as he hit a low shot into the far corner to give the home side the lead.

Brazil continued to dominate in the second period and, even with the right flank unguarded (as Katirai stopped playing for a while to throw up seven times), Gateshead never threatened. Bull’s attempted lob looked set to kill the game off but only the crossbar could deny the man of the match his second of the encounter. Goodliff’s shot from the rebound was well saved by the keeper’s feet.

As the game moved into its final quarter, with Brazil still just leading by a solitary goal, it was a time for heroes to stand up and be counted. Dave Churchley won possession for Brazil and passed to Ewan Paterson. He beat two men and supplied the ball which allowed Mark Freath to take advantage of a goalkeeping horrowshow to give Brazil an unassailable two goal lead and make the three points safe.

Other news:
Maximo Park’s first “proper” single will be available in all good record shops from Monday 21st February. Go out and buy it – or buy it online if you’re feeling lazy! Brazil striker Paul Smith and the rest of the boys in the band will be making an appearance at Newcastle’s HMV at 5pm on that day, before performing at The Cluny later on in the evening.

IJLW Brazil 4 – 1 Proctor & Gamble Cobalt

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05/02/2005
Tyneside Amateur League Division 2

IJLW Brazil
Wilkinson, Mitchell, Churchley, Walker, Kennedy, Harrison, Paterson, Freath, Haigh, Bull, Goodliff.

Brazil’s excellent 2005 continued with a resounding victory over P&G. A small boy refereed the match and, although he did not have total control over the game, he will develop into a well respected man if he keeps at it. As the rain eased off, it turned into a sunny afternoon which, despite the sticky surface, allowed both sides to try to play good, attractive football. A record crowd cheered and jeered as Brazil took the lead in comical circumstances. P&G’s centre back ignored a loud, clear call from his goalkeeper and sliced Shaun Haigh’s cross-shot into his own net. Haigh, of course, claimed the credit for the goal.

Half time arrived with the hosts still a goal to the good. The performance to this point had been excellent at times and patchy at others but this inconsistency was to change after the break as Brazil were superb throughout.

With about 20 minutes remaining Les Goodliff really seemed to come to life and the link-up play up front, with Matty Bull, made the manager proud. The two of them were running and working hard and passing to each other, rather than running down a dead end street as has sometimes been the case in the past.

A terrible error at a corner allowed P&G to equalise but Brazil did not crumble, as the visitors were hoping for, instead they came back stronger and dominated more than before. After Goodliff had put them back in front with his first goal of the season, Brazil were confident that they could defend their lead all day and all of the night (or at least see out the remainder of the match). Goodliff put the result beyond doubt however, when he stormed forward and blasted the ball into the top corner. Bull also managed to get on the scoresheet to complete the rout as he converted a penalty earned when he was cynically up-ended in the box as he got on the end of Haigh’s delightful through ball.

Lee Wilkinson was the man of the match, just getting the nod ahead of Bull and Dave Churchley.