Messi?

 It was a frosty start to the day, but the sun was shining and the sky was blue. Better still, there was football to play.

The Gorse Fox went across to Chichester to collect the Coventry Hobbit and we made our way to Ford. All of the outside games had been called off because the pitches were water-logged. This meant that the car park was empty and we needn't have got there quite as early.

The game was 5 a-side with the Coventry Hobbit playing on the Orange team with the Gorse Fox. Well, it turns out that our little Hobbit is quite the Midlands Messi. In the first half hour he was part of our attack and managed 5 goals - the Gorse Fox only got 1.  At half time we were 7-3 up, but both teams changed their shape and changed their goalkeepers. The Coventry Hobbit went in goal for us and over the next 30 minutes made some incredible saves, double saves and clearances. Unfortunately, the change in the Yellow team shape allowed them to start work reducing the deficit. The Gorse Fox scored a couple more goals and it seems that whenever Yellows got close, we managed to score and keep the gap. Nobody knows what the final score was but it was agreed that Oranges won.

The Coventry Hobbit seemed to enjoy the game and has asked to come back whenever we need to make up the numbers. The Gorse Fox dropped him back home in Chichester then headed home. Once showered and dressed the Gorse Fox took the Silver Vixen round to drop off some items at the charity shop and to pick up some cat litter. After that, it was a quiet afternoon for both of us in our respective studies.