Yellow: Jeremy, JP, Jim, Richard N, Finbar, Jack, Paul, John, Gerald, Kevin
Red: James, Tufan, Julius, Keith, Rich, Ahmet, Daniel, Richard P, Toby, Martin
1. Basic confusion. The idea of costumes was for a PCFC Harlem Shuffle that never happened. Not for the game. This resulted in three people on the pitch with wigs. Jack with a mullet looks quite amusing. Even more so when the spectators who’d never met him thought it was real. James with two-foot long scarlet locks looked like Jane Goldman and then Tufan as Elvis.
2. What a turnout! 10-a-side!! Numbers not seen since the great cull of the mid 2000’s.
3. Supporters!!! Wives, girlfriends and children genuinely there to watch the game. For five minutes and then turning aside for a good natter.
4. A filmcrew!!! People actually there to record the game. Unfortunately the same individuals as above so a good natter means that what is caugght on camera is anyones guess.
5. Richard Piper travels all the way from St Albans!
6. Paul returns after a year away.
7. Jonathan held the record for the longest gap between appearances, 73 weeks. However, Finbar doesn’t read the script, shows up and promptly takes the record, approximately 285 weeks since his last appearance. I can’t be accurate but the last time he showed was before records began!!
8. More confusion. The left/wrong/gammy foot special. In honour of Jonathan key’s left foot prowess we would all use our left feet. But only when the whistle blew – from time to time as dictated by which supporter was in possession of it. Which meant an equal amount of bias. This meant it was blown just as Tufan was about to shoot, amusing. It also seemed to be blown several times just as Yellow got possession. And was it ever really decided that your left foot could only be used to shoot? To pass? To tackle? To take a goal kick? All the above? Chaos. Moments of note include Richard Norman kicking air as the ball rolled between his kicking and standing leg and Jim conceeding a corner from a goal kick. Sadly the video footage has yet to be published so what actually happened will remain safe in the annals of the memories of those who were present. Which is probably a good thing.
Final score: Red 2 – 2 Yellow