Debut Dancing at Blundell Park…
Once upon a time in the land of goalposts and grassy fields, young Harvey Davies was handed the keys to Crawley Town’s net, only to trip over them like a stampeding elephant in roller skates. The Liverpool loanee had barely tied his bootlaces when Blundell Park turned into a circus, gifting Grimsby Town a fine debut comedy act, complete with a controversial penalty nine minutes into the jazz show that doubled as a football match!
In a scene reminiscent of a slapstick gag, Davies transformed into a misguided human cannonball, charging out to greet a rogue football only to find himself headbutting Kieran Green and serving up a penalty more easily than a breakfast croissant! With Jaze Kabia nonchalantly placing the ball on the penalty spot as if in some kind of footballing infomercial, there was little left for our man in gloves to do but watch that ball zip past him. And just like that, MacJannet’s bullet header made sure his net resembled a fish on sale during a Black Friday special!
As he dusted himself off and mentally rewrote his dictionary of footballing mishaps, Davies did manage to show some goalkeeping magic by denying Sweeney a few goals, as if saying “not today, buddy!” Draped in a mystery shirt that seemed to have fallen off the back of a nonchalant Adidas truck, Davies ended his first day of antics with Crawley plotting revenge against Newport County, while Liverpool’s lineup shifted like a game of musical chairs mixed with speed dating!
