Message from Belgium

Nicolas Lucas has kindly dropped us an email to say how much he enjoyed our inaugrial International Football tournament last Saturday.

"I'd like to thank everyone who was running the tournament. The weather was ok, even though when we played there was a little rain. But it was nothing like the stroms we had last year at our 5-a-side tournament in Onhaye.
I think the games were very good, and especially the last game against the Estonians. What a great comeback we had. To be honest, I can't believe it yet...to think we were losing 5-2 with only eight minutes left to play, yet we won 7-5!
Now you can say that we play like a real English team, in that we never give up!! That's because we have played "The Rabblers" 2 or 3 times over the past year, so we gradually become more English and lose our technical game...
But for me, on a personal note, the most important game was the one against yourselves. Because you are good friends it is always a special occasion and if I'm right it is the first time we have beaten you in an eleven a side game.
It was a very long journey for all of us which started at 5.15 am and finished at 4.30am on the Sunday. But it was worth it. I am so happy that we won the tournament and of course I will marry Danuta next year!
A big thank you for your bottles of champagne.
Our team had a great time in Dulwich, good wins, plwnty of pints, & a few of us...they met some nice girls...
So it really was a great day for us!
Once again thank you to you all!"
Nicolas

A wonderful message from Nicloas there, though I can't let his comment go by on the 11-a-side games without responding.
Yes PSG Belgium did beat us for the first time, but only with some Dulwich Hamlet 'guests' in their ranks; AND-more importantly-only over 60 minutea. If this match was a full ninety minute one it is quite clear that "The Rabblers" would have come back from a mere three goal deficit in the 'final half hour'. And besides it would have been palin rude to win our own tournament, as a true English gentlemen we simply could not do that! ;-)