BUGBROOKE ST MICHAELS 1-2 HISTON FC: 27 IMAGES + CAPTIONS FROM THE GAME...

 

WEST'S GLOVES ARE FLIPPER-LIKE...

WHILE THE TOSS IS CONDUCTED, AN ASSISTANT REPAINTS THE STRIPE ON HIS SHORTS...

MEADOWS (IN GREEN): "DON'T WORRY, BRAD, I'LL WATCH OUT FOR YOU IF THERE'S BRAWL..."
ILUNGA: "YEAH, RIGHT..."

KICK-OFFS HAVE SO CHANGED...

CRISP COVERS OBENG...

THOUGHTFULNESS IS WATCHFULNESS, IS HELPLESSNESS...

AN EARLY EXIT AWAITS BADGER ATAT...

SORRY ABOUT THIS, BUT IT REALLY IS A CRISP SANDWICH...

AN INJURY = A DRINKS BREAK IN JULY...

THE CLAN DISCUSSES ITS RATHER SLOW START...

HART'S STARTLING BOOTS...

...BUT NO-ONE TAKES ANY NOTICE...

BARNES HAS SCORED FOR THE STUTES & IT'S 0-1...

SETCHELL: "OH, BUT MY GOOD FELLOW, ARE YOU CERTAIN THAT I COMMITTED A DREADFUL MISDEMEANOUR?"

REF: "YOU'RE BOOKED..."

CRISP ARGUES THAT AKANDE'S HEAD HAS TAKEN NO THUMP AT ALL...

DECENT LEAP BY BROOKS FOR THE BADGERS...

OBENG DOES A FAIR IMPRESSION OF A SUBBUTEO FIGURE...

ILUNGA (5) PREPARES TO COVER BARNES (9)...

CRISP & YORK (WHICH READS LIKE A FIRM OF ACCOUNTANTS) COMPLAIN, WHILST BADGER WEATHERLY SMILES SCATHINGLY...

LEKA HAS HAULED DOWN HISTON'S HOLMAN TO EARN A CAUTION...

GOAL TWO HAS BEEN LASHED IN BY HISTON'S YORK...
(A WARMING-UP PLAYER RAN IN FRONT OF MY CAMERA JUST AS THE GOAL WAS SCORED, NEARLY OBLITERATING MY VIEW OF IT. SOD'S LAW...)

DECENT BACK-HEADER BY JESTER SAFFERY...

HISTON'S WEST GOES DOWN HURT, ODDLY IN THE SAME 18 YARD BOX AS BADGER MEADOWS HAD IN THE FIRST PERIOD...
BADGER MEADOWS IS A GOOD NAME FOR A NEW HOUSING DEVELOPMENT...

16 IS SLAYMAKER BUT MAYBE I SHOULD HAVE SEEN HIM PLAY NEARER CHRISTMAS...
HE REPLACED THE INJURED ATAT...

KERINS (2) WAS ANNOYED THAT A FOUL WAS AWARDED AGAINST HIM FOR THIS CHALLENGE...
(HOPE I HAVE HIS NAME RIGHT, WHICH I CHECKED ON THE FULL-TIME WEBSITE..)

KNIGHTS, THIRD FROM LEFT, TURNS AWAY AFTER SCORING FOR THE BADGERS...