london fancy a kick about again FAKA?

To our surprise, at the park, there was still these folks, who were STILL PLAYING FOOTBALL!! "Local hardcores" as described by canada briggs, so we challenged them to a game and they accepted and we played in the stormy pitch (thank god for their flourescent ball).

With the rain cascading down on us, it was no place for fancy trickery. The other team tried it but their advances were quenched by a few sliding tackles. Our route one, ball over the top tactics worked a treat and WE THRASHED THEM! Final score was 17-9.

eyeballkicks' forehead was full of mud after all the headers. he may have scored one with his eye (eyeball kicked!)

so much fun - same again next tuesday? (hopefully sans rain?)

Congrats to the hardcore ILE champs but doing anything in pouring rain that doesn't involve getting out of the rain as soon as possible = mentalism.

I admit I started to cry. And I am not a man known for easy tears. This spirit, along with the kind of football genius unknown even to the greats of Brazil, is what will surely come to be known as the FAKA Spirit. It was like Dunkirk. Only in Regent's Park. And with fewer Germans.
Next week, then, chaps. Bring your boots and your FAKA Spirit. We will fight them on the park. Whatever the weather. Just don't let Ken near the jukebox in the pub after the game. He is not to be trusted. He is already the subject of transfer interest from I Love Soft Rock.

or the odd men?

REVIVE.

haha, a little short notice for today, i guess, but i DO have a football and kit if anyone is up for more mud action today.

Otherwise, who's free for THURSDAY? (giving the clouds a chance to go away)

i'll keep my football stuff at work on standby whenever but mark next tuesday in your diaries for footie action? hopefully the weather will be good and nobody would have broken any toes on ceremics.

TUES 11th May - 6:30 regents park tube

anyone else? if we have, say, 6 we'll go for it? i'll text my mate ben. weather looks better than last week.

Anyone interested in joining my weekly game on Mondays in Regents Park? We usually manage to cobble together about 7 or 8 uncordinated reprobates which is not quite enough to make a decent game so we typically join forces with any other shorthanded game - a highly unsatisfactory arrangement because they likely as not turn out to be a bunch of cocks.

if we could get a couple more together regulars I reckon we could manage a really decent game.

i would like to but unfortunately already playing another regular monday one in south tottenham! :\ (plus i currently recovering broken foot)

What time do you start, Nick? And are you really all malcos or are any of you actually quite good (NB the latter would be a bad thing)?

we tend to start around 7 - or whenever i turn up.

there are some decent players amongst us (i am probably one of the least capable but what i lack in skill i more than make up for in mouthiness) but no ronaldos and no-one takes it too seriously, which is why last night was so frustrating.

Didn't realise the extnet of your injury, Ken.

As for your game, Upt0eleven, I play with Ken (I say!) in South Tottenham on a Monday already. Which gives me an idea - perhaps we could have a showdown between your Monday people and ours later in the week...!

^^^ This is a mighty fine idea. Won't take much to persuade my boyz and I imagine the extra exercise won't hurt. Unless i break my foot. Which I almost certainly will.

Great! I'm sure there won't be too much arm-twisting required on our side either.

Regents Park? Wednesdays?

Sounds good to me. Seeing some tonight for a gig - will report back.

I'm backing myself in an ILX kickabout. Make it happen, everyone.

some interests on ILF
I SCORED A GOAL FFS

how about it, london ILX?

there is FAKA in regent's park on the coming Monday after work, if anyone's interested let me know?