Once upon a Hallow’s Eve eve, fourteen brave ladies awoke early to begin the long and treacherous journey to spooky Spalding.

Creepy Cooil had the cauldron bubbling away ready for breakfast in Lolworth en route. Fuelled, we were ready for adventure. The drive was long, there were times we weren’t sure if we would make it to the end but eventually we all arrived.

Jack-O-Lantern Lou delivered the plan of attack…we were ready for action! The Scary Southerners started strong, quick passes and great distribution from Heathen Heather, Killer Kenyon and Gory Georgie saw plenty of chances for the forwards but the Spalding keeper (and in Sinister Sophie’s case, the goalposts) denied our advances.

As with all Halloween tales, we were nout without injury. Thankfully there was no bloodshed but Frightful Fairlie and Creepy Cooil both suffered bumps and bruises. With Doctor Diane unavailable this week, Jack-O-Lantern Lou ran onto the pitch with the first aid kit to try and revive a winded Creepy Cooil (I’m not sure what item in a first aid kit would have helped with this) but thankfully our team remained intact.

While we had our backs turned for just a minute, Spalding slipped past our defence and battered a ball past our Ghoulish Goalie. That was it, no more Little Miss Nice Girls.

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Six times the ball hit the back of the Spalding net thanks to Evil Ellie, Eerie Elaine, Lurking Ludlow and Rogue Robin. Our fiendish defence of Monstrous McClean and Murderous Murphy made sure no more Spalding attacks slipped under our radar.

Spooky Spalding were defeated and our heroines all survived to tell the tale…for now.