Let's be honest, we were all worried sick that Mike 'Wally' Karran had once again gone on the kind of bender that is only a pipedream for some of the newly family-orientated members of the team (that's you Mark, Jon, Aston). But alas, even though VC Stu had Wally's address pre-loaded into Google Maps for the inevitable trip to visit his communicative flatmates, it was not to be. He showed up - half-time oranges and post-game Jug included. In team retribution for his absence last week, he also played all seventy minutess in midfield…well, sixty-eight minutes in midfield.

Other parts of the game that happened, not necessarily in this order:

• Pearson scored a goal.

• Paresh bloodied his nose again.

• Graveling got a green card.

• Archie got a green card for the same offense two minutes later.

• Graveling got a second green card (G - how do we enter this on the web site, by the way!?)

• Captain Xabi delivered a fine half-time speech, motivating the team to their one-one draw.

Important quotes from the game: "Dave Aston was a welcome addition to the team, winning almost all the MOM votes and generally being an alright guy", said Mark Williams at half time.

Overall, this was very much a game of two halves, with much recycling of the ball and team spirit around.