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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.

IJLW Brazil 0 – 12 Killingworth Social YPC (match void; fixture to be replayed)

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10/01/2004
Tyneside Amateur League Division 2

IJLW Brazil
Andrew, Davison, Churchley, Kennedy, Paterson, Hinks, Mitchell, Haigh, Smith.

With the game called off and then ordered to be played, Brazil struggled to find available players at such short notice and were therefore forced to play with just nine men. The conditions were virtually unplayable, with large areas of the pitch covered in water, fully justifying the original cancellation of the match.

Unsurprisingly, Social dominated right from the start and it didn’t take them long to take the lead. By half time, the visitors had scored six and had a penalty well saved by Al Andrew. Brazil had played well though, with every player working extremely hard. Debutant Paul Smith looked lively up front and caused some problems for the away defence, despite the lack of available support. Dave Churchley, Mark Kennedy and Gary Davison made numerous tackles and interceptions at the back but were outnumbered on every attack. Shortly before the break, Brazil produced their best move of the match. Tom Mitchell played the ball out to Jon Hinks who curled a perfectly weighted pass round the back of the defence for Shaun Haigh to run onto, as Ewan Paterson watched approvingly from the right wing. Haigh struck his shot well, forcing a good, one-handed, diving save from the goalkeeper.

As the match resumed, Brazil created their best chance. Hinks’s lobbed ball forward was completely missed by Social’s centre back, leaving Smith one-on-one with the keeper. Both the ball and Smith got stuck in the mud resulting in a weak shot that was comfortably saved. From the rebound, however, Smith made an audacious attempt at an overhead kick which only just went wide of the post.

The home side inevitably tired as the second half progressed. This was made even more apparent when Social brought on their substitutes. The visitors scored another six goals, with the last two being the pick of the bunch. They were a curling left-footed free kick into the far bottom corner and a diving header following a late run into the box which was perfectly picked out by a fast, swinging, left wing cross.

This was Brazil’s worst ever defeat but it could have been a lot worse had the players not given as much effort or been as committed as they were. It turned out that one of Social’s goal scorers (the player who made the difference between the sides) was actually suspended so the result will not stand and the match will have to be replayed (hopefully between two teams of 11).

IJLW Brazil 5 – 1 West Jesmond

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15/03/2003
Friendly

IJLW Brazil
Andrew, Davison, Churchley, Kennedy, Charge, Bancroft, Toms, Belcher, Slack, Paterson, Harrison.

A young West Jesmond side started brighter than Brazil, who seemed to be lacking energy from the start. Although Jesmond had the vast majority of the possession early on they failed to create a single chance. Mark Kennedy and Dave Churchley won everything in the air and Churchley was sweeping up all the balls over the top. After a quarter of an hour, Brazil won their first corner. Peter Slack swung it into the box where it was cleared only as far as Churchley. Brazil’s skipper pushed it through the crowded penalty area to the unmarked Alan Bancroft who put the ball into the net. The goal was ruled out for offside. Brazil did take the lead though, five minutes later. Steve Toms, on his left foot, fired past the diving Jesmond keeper from the edge of the box. Brazil were now the dominant side though they were still playing far from their best.

The advantage was doubled on the half-hour mark. A corner was again only half-cleared, after a vital touch by Gary Davison, and fell to Churchley who unleashed a powerful right footed shot from the edge of the D. Although the keeper managed to get his hand to the ball he couldn’t keep it out due to the force of the shot.

A skilful run by Slack, beating three men, petered out when he ran out of steam as he got to the last defender. A few minutes later though he had regained some energy and managed to keep the ball alive on the left wing. After some good work by Ewan Paterson, Toms found himself striking home his second goal of the game to put the result beyond doubt. The closest Jesmond came to making a breakthrough before the break was when Anand Charge headed clear off the Brazil goal line, following a corner.

In the second half Brazil were even more dominant and Jesmond rarely got out of their own half. Most of Brazil’s chances fell to Mark Harrison, who never stopped working, and Paterson. But it was Bancroft that put Brazil 4-0 up, with 15 minutes of the half played. A clever ball over the top by Paterson landed in Bancroft’s path. Although his first touch took him wide his second made up for it as he smashed the ball into the top corner with his weaker left foot. Toms almost completed his hat trick when he turned two defenders before shooting just wide.

Jesmond were given a consolation goal from the penalty spot after an unnecessary slide brought the forward down from behind when Churchley was covering in the middle. Al Andrew dived the wrong way and got himself muddy for the first time in the match in the process. Brazil continued to create chances of their own. Bancroft had another goal disallowed when he punched Paterson’s corner into the net. Paul Belcher’s free kick was only kept out by an excellent fingertip save and, whilst Paterson was getting closer to scoring with every shot he had, Harrison seemed to be missing by more. This culminated in the lanky striker hitting the changing rooms with a shot from the edge of the six-yard box directly in front of the middle of the goal. There was still to be another goal, though. Slack hit a tired cross high into the box where it was hideously misjudged by Jesmond’s keeper. He came towards it but it bounced over him and into the unguarded net.

Brazil are back in action in the league next week when they are playing The Bush Wallsend, at Norham School. It is hoped that there will be a crowd of Brazil fans in attendance at the match.

Willington Quay Saints 2 – 2 IJLW Brazil (abandoned after 55 mins)

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26th October 2002
Tyneside Amateur League Division 2

IJLW Brazil
Andrew, Davison, Churchley, M McClure, Haigh, G Clark, Lambert, P Clark, R McClure, Hinks, Goodliff.
Subs not used: Kennedy.

Brazil’s squad, ravaged by injuries, showed its strength in depth by still managing to field a strong line up. Despite the blustery conditions, Brazil looked dangerous when they got the ball down and played their trademark passing game. After 20 minutes Jon Hinks slipped a beautifully weighted through ball between the Saints’ centre backs. Ricky McClure timed his run to perfection to beat the offside trap and be left one on one with Saints’ keeper. He calmly placed the ball in the back of the net with his left foot. The goal stood, despite the animated protests from the Saints players. Saints were level within 5 minutes though. They were awarded a corner even though it was the Saints player that dribbled the ball over the goal line. Brazil’s marking was sloppy and, although Andrew saved the header, the rebound was put away. Brazil’s new-found resilience kicked in and they continued to impress with their short sharp passes. At the other end, Al Andrew made a couple of very good saves, including one from a Mike McClure lobbed own goal attempt, and Hinks and Dave Churchley cleared the danger from the corners, as Brazil looked to have learnt from the first goal.

Brazil’s second goal came from a lovely move. Shaun Haigh started it, at left back, by playing the ball up the line to Hinks who quickly knocked it in-field to Paul Clark. His pass into space was ideal for Les Goodliff to run onto and slot the ball past the Saints goalkeeper. Brazil had further chances for Goodliff and R McClure who was only stopped when the referee failed to play the advantage and blew up for a foul in Brazil’s favour. Saints are a good side, however, and they fought their way back in to the game and levelled the score before half time.

Saints started the second half as much the stronger team, going close to taking the lead on a couple of occasions. Brazil were just beginning to find their feet again when disaster struck. Tim Lambert passed to P Clark but, as he turned, his studs got caught in the ground and the referee stopped the match immediately. Lambert’s left foot was 90 degrees out of position so an ambulance was called to deal with the situation. Saints very kindly offered to abandon the match and arrange for it to be replayed at a later date. Brazil, after consulting with the referee, gratefully accepted the offer.

It would appear that Lambert has played his last game for the season as he has had an operation on a seriously broken ankle and is now recuperating in hospital, where he will have to stay for at least a week. If you would like to make a donation to the “Tim Lambert Recovery Fund”, cheques are payable to Dave Churchley.