The day started with an 8.30 early doors meet at the Union. The banter started as well with Karris and Gee taking the brunt of the punishment with their terrible shirt and tie combos.

We didn’t end up leaving till about half 9 for our trip to Romford, Essex. Karl Harris decided to step up to do a quiz on the way to pass the time.

The winners ended up being ‘Cable, Big Dave, Davids and annoyingly Leigh Higgins who branded them the team of dreams. Team of woes went to Ned, Gee, Beaky and Boz with a pathetic 25/60.

Getting to Romford with around 20 mins till our 12.30 kick off, a mad dash was made for the changing rooms off the bus. Main problem with this was the fact that in one of the bags was two crates of team beers.

The game then started in the changing room with Higgins announcing the team, with a shock exclusion of big Dave not being lino.

The poor fella didn’t know where he was without a flag in his hand. The warm up was short and lack luster.

The game started with NESCOT on top for the opening half with challenges flying in from the likes of Ouzo, Davids and Higgins Who injured their star centre back.

NESCOT had a host of opportunities but top goal keeping from Karl Harris kept them at bay. Leigh Higgins had a rasping shot from 20 yards which went over by inches.

The second half started with us on top after a poor first half Ebun had a header wonderfully saved by the NESCOT keeper. Phil Cable was causing all sorts of trouble for the NESCOT defence but the conditions conspired against him.

Outstanding performances on the day from the defence included Ryan Beak, Tom Rowe, David Gardner and Jaime Atherton. The game was going into extra time with a goal less 0-0 draw, but no in the small print in the rules the games would go straight into a penalty shootout.

The five brave men to step up were Roman Wolf, Nedjad Medic, Phil Cable, Chris Musgrove and Alex Ouzonogalu. However Ouzo being a bottle job stepped down and Thomas stepped in.

It came down to Chris Musgrove needing to score to win the game after a perfect penalty record from the rest of the team and a top save from Karl Harris. Musgrove remembered his technique and slotted it home to a mass bundle.

The shenanigans started with champagne thrown everywhere and animal dress up initiated. Higgins was royally stitched with a princess costume and a few tins of special brew.

We watched the 3rds and the 6ths slip to agonising defeats. The night moved on to Fuzzy Duck for a boat race, and then to The Union for a few bucas and snakebites.

A few of the lads ended up in the Gate of India at about 3 o’clock in the morning thoroughly drunk and rowdy. All in all a great day with the 4th team boys.