Fracas @ Hunslet TPL

The offical TPL soccer match between teams Tus.TheSmoky and NKDz.Rhinos was a well contested with its usual dose of drama and some good football. The team comprised of the T.Company colleagues and some local below 10yold (had to mention this) boys both black&white. NKDz.Rhinos team won the game 5-2. I scored one classic goal and missed well 2 goals which would have been true classic goal but then who cares when your team so convincingly won, well1!!

But it also showed how much little stamina we have and we don't even try to develop it, becoz all of our guys were well completely exhausted doing only one round of the olympic stadium size large football field. Our guys were doing huhh huhh etc and panting like canines and their myths about their sporting abilities was completely broken beyond any doubts, so did they learn anything from it or resolved to increase their stamina. Next two days we all slept and ate like pigs. Learning lessons are for kids not for us.

But till now I have narrated the boring part of the great TPL league match, the real exiciting part was when the game had ended and the players were all resting at one of the goal post. This was when these foreign TPL players got the feel of the English hooliganism complete with all the spine chilling action to drive a normal man crazy. But these TPL players are tough enough to face any adverseries, they are the best of the T.Company. The incident began when some local Haram.Kids attacked these rather out numbered TPL players. First, the players did not pay any heed to them but then they became quite violent.

These Haram.Kids as they are commonly referred to by the local desis are a determined lot, they commonly are seen in groups and they come out after late evening loaded with their beer cans and F.word abuses to drive any normal person go mad. So these Haram.Kids became very violent because they thought that some other local team had taken over their ever so beloved football ground. So then one of the H.Kids took the football and kicked at one of the player's head who was really kicked hard, and shouted in a rather murmered voice to 'call the cops', which was audible only to the person so close to him only. Now, all the H.Kids were on us, they tried to open the backpacks we carried and showed one of the players knives who in return beat this guy up with shoes well almost. One of our players managed to snatch the ball from the H.Kids and then we decided to leave the ground voluntarily. Now as we marched out of the ground, these H.Kids almost encircled us, talking and swearing at us like wild hoardes. Then as we entered the supermarked on our way back, one of the TPL players was attacked by a beer bottle, this guy who is a great beer fan was really moved by the insult to the beer so he drank the last drops and then smashed the bottle on one of the H.Kids, who bled like anything, faked!! :)

Well!! to an outsider it was ugly, it was cruel and it was racist!! Some people might have been scared and really moved and angry at their inabilty to act as they would have done in their native places, but people like moi! who have really got bored of the secure and courteous lives we live here, it was some adrenalin rushing fun and quite enjoyable as well!! If you know how to find fun and enjoyment in any situation and you sure can if you are self-aware, God save the Queen....