MASSIVE NIGHTS FC...6
LA GAYLAXY...3
IT'S on. Massive Nights' title charge took a huge step forward with this stunning win against previously unbeaten league leaders LA Gaylaxy.
Nights had faced a traumatic week in the build-up to the big game, with keeper Kit hitting the headlines after his doughnut thievery escapades, Paul being sidelined with a poorly toe and ageing pin-up Darrell's dodgy back showing no sign of recovery.
If that wasn't enough, contract rebel Greavesy then went AWOL meaning Gaffer Will had to shuffle the pack again.
Feas took the keeper's gloves in the brown-booted one's absence, terrifying the opposition with his riot cop-style navy blue uniform, Big Callum turned up with his Copas (good lad) to make his debut and leading scorer Andy returned to the attack.
But the platform for the win was soccer bad boy Donaldinho's switch to defence, where he put in a performance reminiscent of Italian World Cup winner Fabio Cannavaro in his prime (before he went bald).
It's safe to assume that when The Don got home after the game and emptied his pockets, along with his keys, phone, loose change, lighter and Hamlets, he found the LA Gaylaxy centre forward still in there too.
But games aren't won by defenders. They are won by strikers, hitmen, goalgetters - the type of players who children worship, international supermodels seek to seduce and world leaders consult.
And Massive Nights have one. It took Andy just minutes to rock Gaylaxy's world, opening the scoring with a surgical left-foot strike.
Suddenly full of belief that their patched-up team could prevail, Nights poured forward and Will mis-kicked in a second.
Andy grabbed a stunning second, this time with his right foot - a fizzing, curling exocet of a shot which made Brazilian full back Josimar's goal against Pat Jennings' Northern Ireland in the 1986 World Cup look a bit Sunday League, to be fair.
Andy fires in his second of the night...
Vito added a non-descript fourth, and despite Feas' best efforts to allow Gaylaxy back into the game with a comedy roll-out Nights were 4-0 up at the break.
The second period was a different story as Nights conceded twice in quick succession while Will was off backing up his dad, who was trying to start a scrap with some kids.
But once the off-the-field violence subsided, Vito handballed in two more offside efforts to ensure the points were safe, despite Gaylaxy notching a third.
Gaffer Will was relieved to come through a testing week with Nights' title ambitions firmly on track.
"It's been a bit of a nightmare, to be honest," said the Massive Nights manager. "My biggest worry was losing Paul. After all, he brings something to the team that nobody else has got.
"But fortunately Big Andy was able to nip round his house and get the kit off him, so that was all fine in the end."
Massive Nights scorers: Vito 3, Andy 2, Will 1
The 'I had a Massive Night-mare' award goes to: Two this week: Vito, for the least accurate shot in football history (and before anyone says anything, mine was a clearance okay); and Feas for claiming he didn't know the rules despite being a level one-qualified FA coach.
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