Game two - Celtic 2 Andover 1

Before I get sidetracked I would like to draw your attention to this great old chestnut. It is one of my favorite jokes from "Not the nine o'clock news" in the old country.

It was bloody freezing at kick off on account of a cold Canadian high pressure air mass making it's way down the eastern Seabord and straight into my shreddies. Dougie Vee made his season debut. He had been up all night, broken into all of our houses and had taken everyone's meds before kick off. My dogs canine distemper pills included. I know this because he was at least five times louder than he usually is. Doug does not have covid but is considered a super spreader for loudness. We followed the covid protocol and wore masks. Doug mentioned to me that Andy Henderson told him that wearing a mask whilst playing footy is like being waterboarded .... I think he's right. Despite the waterboarding not one of our players revealed where Bin Laden was holed up! This is the very definition of  team cohesion. We had to self ref the game which essentially meant that we would follow the honor system. Both teams were full of reprobates so the system was not on solid ground. They scored first with a goal from a clearly offside position but we were playing well despite only having one sub. Why did we only have one sub? I can't explain all of the reasons but I was told that Rob and Jan went apple picking this morning. I think that they may have been picking "Doug's Snout" or "Razor Russets" .... how do you like them apples? Andover had a whole gaggle of subs who were forming human pyramids on the sidelines. We went into the half down by one but we were fairly evenly matched up and Captain Flicky did his fireside chat.

We were better in the second half because we had the Canadian wind with us. We scored two and had a hat full of chances. The first was a cross by Taso from an acute angle that found its way into the back of the net. I can tell you this ... if a cross goes in the net ... it was a shot! The second goal was scrambled affair with Oscar finally bundling it in with his left testicle. We continued to press and could have had more goals. They tried to equalized but we kept it tight at the back. 

Back to back wins. Nice new kit. Comfortable socks. It's all good.