End of season special

These were desperate times. These were people that were not going to give up.

"Could I ask as many of you as possible to come up as soon as you can with a garden fork to see if we can loosen the ground and clear the water" said the text from the manager.

The wet area was cordoned off, a protective event shelter was erected, coffee and biscuits appeared, and the game began.

A very sweet 3-0 win including a brilliant and unexpected goal from Josh.

Pouring rain, a fierce wind, and a group of happy laughing football mad families.

Quite a start to the day.

Steve says that to be fair I should mention how grumpy I was at the start, about going out to a match on a sodden pitch in the rain