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We also recognise Jimmy9 who, as part of his rehabilitation from injury, attended to help with officiating and also unexpectedly found himself kindly acting as a de facto ball collector.

Tonight is our last match of the 2025/26 Old School Captains league season. The only thing left was to determine the league's runner up and by default this season who would compete in the belt final next week. Straight shoot out Kenanaliria v Eddie117. Winner finishes runner up in the league and competes in the end of season final for the Captain of Captains belt.

By the sixth minute on the clock the Green Bibs led 3 - 0. A pessimist could have been forgiven for thinking that the match might have already been over as a contest.

For almost the next half an hour the fixture saw the Green Bibs unpicking the Mufti's defence and hammering accurate shots at the goal. It was only inspired goalkeeping from Kenanaliriza that kept them out. I counted at least half a dozen quality stops from him. Meanwhile, though less accurate, his team were plugging away at the other end and managed to pull back two goals.

Mufti 2 - 3 Green Bibs

42 minutes on the clock - between them VIIGeorgeVII and Kenanaliriza had possibly stopped around a dozen goal attempts. They had limited the Green Bibs to a grand total of zero goals in 36 minutes. Then finally the Mufti scored the égalitaire goal to bring both sides level after 42 hard fought minutes of play in the blistering heat.

Mufti 3 - 3 Green Bibs

Three minutes later, like a machine, the Green Bibs went to another gear and dared the Mufti to keep up.

Mufti 3 - 5 Green Bibs

Less than 10 minutes of normal time to go.

Within a minute the Mufti had demonstrated that their vehicle had an extra gear too and they were running on electric.

Two goals in a minute and suddenly it was anyone's match again.

Mufti 5 - 5 Green Bibs

At the end of allotted time the Mufti went ahead for the first time on the night.

Mufti 7 - 6 Green Bibs

Into time added on with a wholly unforeseen lead for the Mufti to cushion home across the finish line.

In a world where defending in the last seconds is sometimes frowned upon the Green Bibs played perfect catch up in time added on.

Mufti 7 - 7 Green Bibs

Again it was anyone's match or now more than likely a draw as the next team gathered.

The match ball is awarded to Naz for scoring the only hat-trick of the evening,

I occasionally use the powers vested in me as match reporter to award Player of the Match. This is awarded to Kenanaliriza for stopping a deluge of goals that Green Bibs tried to score past him when he was in goal.

All players are commended for a hard fought end to end match, played in possibly the hottest May conditions in years.

Final Score

Mufti 8 - 7 Green Bibs

Match awarded to the Mufti

With the league season now over, Leon94 is the most successful captain and therefore Old School Captains League Champion 2025/26. The result tonight took Kenanaliriza to the outright runners up position in the league.

The season finale will take place when Leon94, the holder of Captain of Captains belt, brings a team to help him defend his belt against a team captained by Kenanaliriza for the 2025/2026 Captain of Captains belt.

In the stakes of Old School Captains (arranged in alphabetical order where WLD the same)

Leon94 C13x W8 D2 L3 Champion

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Kenanaliriza C5x W4 D0 L1

VIIGeorgeVII C6x W3 D1 L2

Eddie117 C5x W3 D0 L2

Elvis C5x W3 D0 L2

Israel90 C5x W2 D0 L3

Naz C7x W1 D1 L5

MGure C1x W1 D0 L0

Chev C2x W1 D0 L1

Fabiocc117 C2x W1 D0 L1

Jimmy9 C2x W1 D0 L1

Jumhal C2x W1 D0 L1

Leonalexis C2x W1 D0 L1

Mash10 C2x W1 D0 L1

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Andyhibbert C3x W0 D1 L2

BILZ96 C3x W0 D1 L2

Hagenius C3x W0 D0 L3

Let's do it all again next match at Tottenham Wednesday FC