A Derby for Alex the Droog
It was cold on the morning of 6th February. Word had just got out that there was to be a major fracas near Stanley Park. As the morning ended, forty thousand spectators crammed themselves into a stadium waiting for their fighters to emerge.
They did. And for ninety minutes - plus a fifteen minute medical break - two teams of men - one team in red, the other in blue - kicked, punched and made rude faces at each other. Some were distracted by the appearance of a plastic spherical object and when they were unable to assail their opponents with sundry acts of violence, vented their frustration on the spherical object, kicking and headbutting it to and fro. This was a distraction, but only intermittently, as the main thrust of the encounter was a series of kicks, pushes, and elbows followed by rolling on the ground and pointing at anyone who was wearing a different shirt.
Oddly enough the spherical object - called a ball - was in fact part of the exposition, and much rapture ensued after a man in red pushed the ball into a net with his head. However, things returned to normal quite quickly, with mayhem and ultraviolence aplenty.
It has to be said that although the blue men fought well and with spirit, the men in red were by far the most wily and ruthless in their aggression. One of the men in red was particularly noticeable for talking unendingly to the 'referee', asking him to recognise the excellence of the blue team's assaults. However, the 'referee' only recognised one of the blue men's efforts belatedly, rewarding him with an early break and the dressing room to himself. That said, the match ended even with both sides having a man removed from the fight for trying too hard. Only one team - the red team - were able to push the ball into a net, but that was obviously irrelevant for those on and off the pitch.
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