Shambles Football Team

The team at 2pm was Norm Fox Jim Jon Mark A Joel Mark G Arnaud Rob Kevin Giggs Francois SH Mike Sadly Mike injured his left wrist again. Many temporary Shambles goalkeepers have not bothered using their hands, so it's obvious Mike is a bit classy. Norman, having slammed one emphatic goal in in the first half, then took over the heavy burden of goalkeeping in the 2nd half, when we ended up losing 6-5. We would normally be happy to blame Norman, but since he scored in the first half, and quite a few people could not be bothered to run (something to do with 35 deg C temp and 897% humidity, and 956% unfitness) we can't do it this time. The good-natured 11-goal thriller came to a close and most of the team stayed on for the second game at 4pm. Yours truly was going to stay, but the wife called and so I strolled off to the swimming pool, much to the disgust of the swimmers. Joel's last game for a month and he celebrated by (a) playing left back, and (b) losing. The 8-a-side tournament was pretty successful, given that it was put together in 6 days. The team known as The Kalebs was easily the best for elan, team spirit, that sort of thing, and they had the best support. Needless to say, the Shambles did not win, but we came 3rd, quite astonishing for the ragtag crew that came along (no offence, lads?). The sports students pipped the Nepalese Doctors at the post, winning 2-1, I think. A tiring day for all, but lots of footy played and a good atmosphere. Next one in September, when we hope all teams will remember to bring money with them. Oh, and I might remember to buy trophies next time, too...