The youngsters learn a lesson, hopefully....

As I have just a couple more birthdays before I hit 70 years (I hope) I think I may have learned a few lessons along the way. That is one of the few 'benefits' of getting older. Age brings with it a lifetime of making mistakes. But as we know, this also brings the wisdom to NOT make the same mistake again! If only, eh!!

I mention this as the young Under 18's Guernsey football team all learnt a lesson in last Friday's Stranger Cup game against Bels. I was only there for the first half during which the youngers put on the style with their confident and skilful performance.

They only slipped up in added time by giving away a single goal but they left the pitch with a well deserved lead of 3-1.

I then had to leave to photograph a Basketball game and I was quite surprised when I was given updates on the second half of the football to hear that Bels had turned the game around and into a 4-3 lead!

This is where my comments above come into it. It seems, from reports I heard, that in the second half the U18's sat back on their lead and they let Bels come back into the game. Hopefully they have learnt a lesson... and remember it!

However you should never rule out a second twist in any sport because the U18's did managed to score one more goal to pull back to a 4-4 draw.

But could it have been different? Maybe next time they will have learnt from their mistakes!

I've uploaded a few pics if you are interested:
CLICK TO VIEW THE BELS v GUERNSEY U18's STRANGER CUP PHOTOS