I called a few mates who I knew would be interested and they all said they weren't interested. The next step was to advertise the team on facebook and pretend I had more players than just myself already signed up. I managed to rope in a flatmate from last year, some dude off the internet, and a good friend from my course. The final team member proved more difficult. I asked around a bit, but discovered that most people don't like physical exertion.
Eventually Liz agreed to play, so I rang up and registered the team in a league. They'd ring me back a few weeks later, two days before the opening game (today) to tell me were in, but that it was men only, as apparently FA regulations stipulate that you can't have a mixed team down at the local sports centre's five a side Sunday league... Hmm.
I needed to find a player, so I contacted a guy I know, again from the internet. His qualifications for the position involve being male, human and liking football. This is good enough. I rang back to confirm our team and came up with a team name - we are Dynamo Diabolical FC.
However, I've just discovered that our striker is uncontactable and our goalkeeper is hungover and possibly in Wales. We're currently trying to get people involved for a match that begins in five hours time.
I reckon we may be lucky not to play and therefore record a 3-0 loss by default. Otherwise god knows how bad it may be... I'll post a match report later, along with details of the final team members!
At the moment we are:
Michael (me, captain - self-appointed, probably a centre-back or midfielder).
Richard (ex-housemate, dunno his position).
Manny (possibly hungover in Wales, goalkeeper).
Nick (University Challenge semi-finalist, supports Burnley, dunno his position).
Jamie (internet geezer, absolutely no idea where he is, striker).
Jamie and Manny are doubtful.
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