Line-up (4-4-2):
Barrasso, Rogers (Smith 70 mins), Eyre (Moore 60 mins), Johnston, Murray, S. Newman, N. Newman, Johnson, Ameri, Kuczynski, Wills (Fulton 80 mins)

Another cracking display from CPR, another win and another 3 league points, but boy it was close. Steve Newman’s hair was all that separated CPR from this new Chiswick side and it was the promoted team who raced into the lead having decided to play with the wind when the toss was made by Charles Charlesworth. I’ll moan about the referee’s bad decisions now and get them out the way – Charles please just admit that you don’t have a clue about the rules of football and that you guess your decisions? Did you also guess your surname when you found out your forename was Charles? For the second week in a row the opposition handled the ball in the box and no penalty was given, but for the second week in a row we didn’t suffer because of it and the victory was ours.

After another slow start from the usual suspects CPR gradually stepped into gear. We were playing against the wind and found ourselves 1-0 down after 10 minutes when the lack of a solid challenge let Chiswick create room at the edge of the CPR box and the low shot beat Donny as he dived to his left. The past few weeks have done wonders for developing strength and resolve within the CPR ranks and yet again we all responded brilliantly to going behind. It was minutes before this new found passion kicked-in and for the first time in a long time we actually scored from one of Steve’s long throws. It was Amir who took advantage after the ball was floated in form the right touch-line like a hungry Eagle, where the young Axis managed to help claw the ball into the net after a goal mouth scramble, seizing the bait and finishing off the kill.

It was Chiswick who took the lead once again, beating our defence with some nifty footwork and well timed passing, where the end result left Donny helpless for the second time. However, give up we did not and again we lifted our heads and gave the Chiswick team some problems to think about; the speed of the strikers making constant chances including one where Stuart crossed from the right and the keeper saved Richards’ goal-bound effort; the height and strength of our middle two causing constant fear; the skill and ability of our two wide men; the increasingly organised wall of our defence, but most importantly our headstrong refusal to give up at any time.

For the CPR second we equalised through Richard, who was assisted by Steve and his persistent direct targeting, where a clever exchange and a well taken shot left the Chiswick keeper beaten and the goal standing. Luckily Charles didn’t cancel out the goal because of a leaf falling in-front of him or the because of the strange stench that Paul and his Pepperami refused to take the blame for.

We went into half-time having scored a third, this time Stuart benefiting from a through ball from Steve on the right, where with his back to goal and the keeper charging towards him, he flicked the ball with his right toe over the goalie where it bounced then looped high into the net, Jason kindly leaving the goal to the Scotsman after contemplating the jump for a cheeky header and easy steal. Unlike the Lampard v Owen goal-scoring debate, CPR showing unity amongst its players content to work as a unit for a common purpose, not as a group of individuals. Cheers JJ.

At the end of the first half Steve went very close after meeting a couple of corners on the left at the near post, but the keeper came to the rescue. In the second half Steve almost made it 4-2 when Amir sent in a shot in his direction; however the pace of the ball made it difficult to direct on target and it whizzed over high and wide. CPR were still creating the chances although didn’t benefit from playing with the wind at our backs, as it was Chiswick who scored the next. A mazy unchallenged run on the right from their center-midfielder resulted in 4 CPR players being beaten and the score being pulled back to 3-3. The lack of a solid crunching challenge almost jeopardised the result, but again we responded well.

It was Stuart who grabbed the next after a ball from Scott came over from the right and found its way over the Chiswick defence. As the keeper made his way towards the ball, the fleet-footed striker robbed the ball from the air and then took another touch to poke the ball over the keeper into the top right of the net. We should have shut-up-shop when it became 4-3 but again we were almost left wanting at the back as our desire to score resulted in gaps in the defence. Chiswick almost got one back, but the counter attack sent 4 men chasing the ball, Amir taking the ball to the wing and as the Chiswick defence started to get numbers back to defend, the quick-thinking Iranian cut the ball into the middle and slammed the ball low into the bottom left corner.

Once more 5-3 should have been enough to see us through, but Chiswick didn’t give up and pulled yet another back to leave CPR with 15 minutes of nervous fighting still to do. After a couple of Chiswick corners, strong defending from the CPR back 4 and a one-on-one that Andi sent over the bar, Charles finally blew the whistle and the points were safe. The new Chiswick team might have felt hard done by not to get something out of the game, but not one of them could deny the fact that CPR wanted it more.

Jacques Derrida died at the weekend after 70 + years on earth, spending 50 of them trying to prove ‘deconstruction’ – his concept that nothing can be proven or indeed properly read and understood because language and meaning is constantly changing and therefore indefinable. I feel at times that CPR are constantly changing but I also think we can be defined, as from what I’ve seen this season we have never given up in any game and for that reason at this moment, this match report is proving Derrida wrong. The fact this will be read again other CPR players at a later date gives value to the premise of never defining deconstruction (as people will take away different meaning from my definitions at different times), but it also shows a commitment that transgresses time which this match report signifies: Once CPR, always CPR! The match report is a vehicle for this commitment for each one of us and although Derrida suggests words like never give up may change over time, our unified understanding of what this signifies will never change.

“Up yours Derrida”, says the young striker, as the genius laughs from his grave.

Final score: CPR 5, Racing Chiswick 4

Match Reporter: Stuart Kuczynski