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The train keeps going and going

24th September 2019 @ 6:06am – by Charlie Cooke
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Tattenhall Railway Station closed its doors for good on the 16th of September, 1957. A sad day for the village, but a recent uprising has meant that the Tattenhall Train does not need to stop at this moment. The train keeps going and going. And on board are seventeen hungry young men, stoking the fires, shovelling the coal, and kicking and scoring their way to the top of the table. Enough of the train analogies.

Axis United were the fair maidens, cruelly tied to the tracks, awaiting a hero's rescue. But it was the baddies of Tattenhall who steamed towards them, ready to crush them into the sleepers. Incredibly, again, Tattenhall were 3-0 up after 10 minutes, just like last week against Tarvin. All goals came from the front three's relentless press, hounding the opposition into submission. James Withe harried the keeper into losing the ball, dribbled around him before selflessly squaring it to Thorburn to tap in. This rich vain of form continued and Tattenhall were 5-1 up (Feel the Thorburn 2, Withe 1, Macgowan 1, Mutete 1) as the referee parped his half time whistle and Tattenhall retired beneath the tremendous oak tree for their team talk from manager of the month nominee, Roy Nodgson.

Something special is happening in Tattenhall, even more special taking into account the fact that the combined age of Sunday's centre halves, Smith and Prabkirikul, is 99. Yet so ripe, and full of verve and youthful zest. Make no mistake, these are young men with young minds and sprightly joints, just in wrinkly old bodies.

Tattenhall pulled out of the halftime station like a Ghost Train – putting the willies up the Axis straight away. Cooke won the ball on the halfway line, supplying Mutete who seemed to take the ball down in slow motion, winking to his fans on the touchline, before playing the most sumptuous pass into the path of Withe. Withe proceeded to score, but everyone turned to applaud Mutete, whose pass was more accurate than a Swiss Railway Clock.
Moments later, Cooke – on his 150th appearance for the club – bundled the ball in from a sublime Tilston corner with a very special part of his body. Goal!!

Despite a late scare, an injury to top notch keeper Curtis, and a couple of shipped goals, Tattenhall triumphed 7-3, continuing their march up the table.

In the words of Elton John himself, "this train don't stop, this train don't stop, this train don't stop there anymore". But that is fine, because this train, this beautiful, well oiled, steaming hot, express train just keeps rolling on.


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