Yellow (8): Ahmet, Jim N, JP, Jeremy, Gerald, Kevin, Richard P, Daniel
Red (7): Larry, Gareth, Joe, Keiran + three others whose names I didn’t catch – aka ‘The Other Team’
Halloween on Peckham Rye.
The leaves rustled in the chilly wind that whistled through the trees surrounding the park. The pools of recent rain mirrored the grey clouds rolling overhead. A face appeared in the water, reflecting from the shadowy figure in the car park. A face so hideous and so ugly that the children in the cafe ran screaming to their parents, unable to comprehend why such a beast would blight their little memories for the rest of their hitherto innocent and carefree lives. Jeremy stared into the puddle wondering why his footballing chums were so late.
Yeah, so as a result he volunteered us to play them. We could have had a nice cosy morning in the park playing amongst our sensitive little selves but instead we got a hard slog with the chance of being crippled for life by the sliding psycho, the halloween horror tackler.
This all could have course been avoided if we had turned up punctually and therefore not given Jeremy the opportunity to sacrifice us. 10.30am
The game wasn’t a corker. A bit scrappy with neither team managing to string together many passes. Ahmet dusted of the cobwebs and made an appearance after being away for a few weeks. JP got a hatrick, no idea who got the other one. Their ghouls came from a keeping fumble by Gerald and an own ghoul from Jeremy. Anyway we’ve now beaten them twice in a row – satisfying but jaded by the idiot.
Final score: Us: 4 – 2 Them.