By R. E. Porter
There was a palpable sense of excitement at the TLF Towers Stadium last Satday as for the first time in its history it was home to Subutteo.
Sadly, the ground staff were perhaps not as prepared as they should have been, with kick off delayed as they had committed a schoolFox error; a pitch folded for over 10 years requires a LOT of ironing.
Well that’s not a good look
An historic moment
But eventually kick off arrived. Although after the build up and the expectations of history they fans perhaps deserved better. Whether it was a much closer application of the rules than occurred back in their yoof or a total lack of skills by these mature teams, there was little to excite the crowd, unless they had come to see a record breaking number of players leave the field of play, rather than connect with the ball. Plenty of missed passes, and players receiving the ball with their back to the goal and the managers not knowing how to flick em round so they could take the ball in the direction of the opponent’s goal.
The first half saw no shots on target with the main point of debate, whether concussion protocols should apply to players who fell off the table. (NB it should be noted this was never due to foul play and always to do with incompetent flicking).
The second half continued in much the same vein until remarkably, TLF found herself in charge of a player facing the right way and hit the target in the final minute.
“Thank goodness for that,” said all concerned.
1-0 to the least incompetent Fox
GOOOOALLLLL!!!!