Hodgson's Rejects

The Gorse Fox joined Hodgson's Rejects. As it is increasingly unlikely that the Gorse Fox will be picked for one of Roy Hodgson's new-look England squads, he has joined the local "Walking Football" team. This is arranged by Brighton & Hove Albion's community programme and run by one of their coaches.

It was great fun with gentle warm up exercises, followed by static passing, then pass and move drills. As we didn't have sufficient members for two teams we played an attack-v-defence game. This then swapped over so everyone got a turn.

The Gorse Fox notes that it is immensely difficult not to run. He also notes that the mind still manages to write cheques that the body cannot cash - as he got the ball stuck beneath his feet several times and miscued a number of shots.

As regular readers will know, the Gorse Fox has problems with his feet - and is now interested to see if there are any after effects. If not, he'll be back next week.