George sees red as Chapi trip up in handbag finalé

Under uncharacteristically leaden skies, 3rd placed Chapi took on 2nd placed C.F Casarubios in what turned out to be a bruising encounter. Going one down to an early goal and with talisman Arthur marked out of the game by tough-tackling opponents, it was left to George to fire in a long shot to keep Chapi in the game at 1-1 at half-time.

Going behind again early in the second half, Chapi responded well and once again George restored parity with another stormer. In a game geting increasingly bad-tempered, Chapi withstood a barrage of attacks from Casarubios with the ball pinging from both posts and the crossbar. Just as it seemed escape was in the offing, a dreamy move from Casarubios ended with a sweet volley sailing past Rafael 2 into the corner to go 3-2 up.

With time running out, Chapi forged forward in search of an equaliser and George broke clear only to be bundled down by a defender. Somewhat piqued by not even getting a free kick, George told the referee (translated literally from Spanish) "go to the shit". In Spanish this does not mean go to a specific shit, but is a general insult. The referee responded with (again literally translated) "go the street". This does not mean go and stand in the road, it means 'sorry mate, you're off'.

Pandemonium then ensued and handbags were swung by both sides. Even normally mild-mannered Lewis despite being similarly ancient to El Davo, had to be retrained from laying one on one of our considerably younger opponents. The referee having apparently decided this was all too silly, blew for time and both sides drifted back to the changing rooms paradoxically trading a mixture of handshakes and insults.

Interesting fact from Spain: The Spanish word for 'bunged up' or congested when you have a cold is 'constipado'. This results in many Spanish tourists to the UK asking in the pharmacy for a cure for 'constipation 'when they have a cold. Consequently, a runny nose might not be all they get.