Bath v Reading

All the sevens 7th day of the year. 7th time Bath have played Reading competitively (1st win) 7 losses for Bath in the league this season so far 7 goals scored by Reading (Bath got 8 remember) 77 league goals scored by Bath so far this season. 107 league goals against Bath this season so far. 107 Years is the combined age of Happy and Trevor Rogers (good ground ball). 797 is the goal difference for the Bath first team in all competitions since 1982. 7 inches is just a wish.

Bath start the new year with their first ever competitive win over Reading with a mirror game of the away fixture earlier in the season, not since February 2000 in a friendly have Bath managed to get ahead of the Reading outfit, the win also moves Bath above Reading in the league.Some rapid rearranging was needed by the Bath captains, moving LDO Defenceman Mike Brand into attack and calling on Happy Harrop for a camio role in goal, both had good games, Mike with an assist and a goal and Happy with some outstanding saves, he even came out of the goal to contest ground balls, one of which, with Trevor Rogers must have been one of the oldest match ups in the game (107 years combined).Bath started well, controlling the ball all over the park and bossing the defence, getting Jim Cowen on at every opportunity as long stick middie. In a tight game Bath converted better with 2 goals from returning attack man Nik Roberts and a clean sheet for the defence, by half time Bath had gained a 6:1 lead and frankly looked the better team.The second half saw a shift in tactics by Reading, man marking Roberts and pressuring the ball carrier, gradually they got back into the game with a 4 to 0 third quarter, Bath looked nervous, and silly mistakes started to creep in, letting Reading go into the last 3 minutes of the game 7 all and a man up play. Happy saved well and in the last minute, Birthday Boy Ken Murray shot from midfield to score the winner.Most of Baths goals were well crafted with the midfield finding the attack well, Dougie Mackay in particular having an outstanding game scoring twice and assisting what was probably the best goal of the game.Lets hope the momentum is kept up in the weeks to come.Noise of the day:The Radiator like hissing of Happy''s lungs.Insincere Quote of the day:''So sorry'' Ken Murray after trying to decapitate Trevor RogersMilestone of the day:Kens Birthday, 43 and still the fittest (health not looks) bloke on the pitch.