What no Grand Final!!!???

Now I'm sure all of you have been wondering what happened to the much heralded Grand Final for my football team that should have taken place last weekend. Well let me fill you in...

At the end of the season Dudley (my team!) finished in first place and had to play Stockton who finished second., now you'll remember that we beat Stockton to progress to the Grand Final. Meanwhile Garden Suburb played Valentine in the third and fourth placed play off game, which Garden Suburb won 3-1. They then should as winners of the semi gone forward to play Stockton losers of the final... got it so far? Now that game could not be played due to a weekend of heavy rain, the league managers then decided that the Stockton vrs Garden Suburb game couldn't be played because the Grand Final had to be played during the weekend just gone. Instead first and second (Dudley and Stockton) should play each other in the final as they had the best results during the season. However after some crazy protests and news coverage this decision was reversed with Stockton playing Garden Suburb as planned and the Grand Final moved to this coming weekend ... simple!

The upshot of all this is that now we will play Garden Suburb on Saturday in the Grand Final after they beat Stockton on penalties! The sad news is that Beth's brother Matt is unable to play due to a business trip, but this does open up a small opportunity for me it was looking as if I might have had to sit it out! Stay tuned...