TIGERS CLAW OUT THE PERFECT SEASON
20 February 2005 Glasgow Tigers Head Coach Lee Adams insists that hs team has got what it takes to go all the way and clinch their first British Title in 11 years after a 23-6 victory over the Stirling Clansmen at Airthey Castle this afternoon. The win gives the Tigers the perfect 8-0 regular season record along with home field advantage in the first round of the BCAFL Play offs at Glasgow’s Garscube Complex. The Glasgow side’s last championship win was a 26-0 victory over the Leicester Lemmings back in 1994 and the Glasgow Boss knows that home advantage in the knock out stages will play a huge factor with regards to their championship play offs He said: “To be ranked number one and to have home field advantage will make a huge difference.” “We have played at home during Wildcard games, but this time we are ranked number one so we can expect everybody who comes to us to be under a lot more pressure than we are.” “Our team now believe in themselves. They have gone from 4-4 to 5-3 and now 8-0 and it is pretty much the same team. So for a lot of the guys this season, this will be their last chance and they will give it everything that they have got.” Following a two point safety from Digger Grant early in the first quarter, the Glasgow side then increased their lead through a touchdown run from Ronald Gaffin along with a fumbled recovery into the endzone from Justin Bergeron early in the second. However the Tigers, who lost to the Clansmen in the play offs at the same venue twelve months ago soon found themselves under pressure when the Clansmen reduced the deficit to 10 points after a 38 yard run by Paul Gallagher at the start of the final period. But with home advantage at stake, the Tigers finally wrapped things up in the dying minutes when Quarterback Matt McCusker hooked up a 35 yard completion with Kenny McPhail. “Stirling got a cheeky score and their confidence became a lot more than it was in the first half,” said the Tigers Boss. “Out defense put in a hell of an effort today to stop them from coming back again. The offense finally got that last score, we should have taken a knee but Kenny decided he was going to score. He needed the All Star Nomination.”
With the environmentalists telling us all the time that the earth continues to get warmer, then it was obvious that none of the them had been to the picturesque settings of Airthey Castle playing fields. The sun was shining and it was a perfect day for a football game except for a wind chill of at least -5. But nothing was going to stand in the way of what was to be a hard hitting game. |
