Football 365: War Lads Get A Hiding
"UK military forces may be making strides on the battlefield in Iraq, but it was a different story on the soccer pitch for 11 Royal Marines. The British soldiers suffered defeat on the dusty streets of Umm Khayyal, when they took on the local football team," reports the BBC. Our brave lads were, it seems, beaten like a red-headed stepchild, going down 9-3 to the locals. "In truth," sighed Leading Airman Dave Husbands, "they thrashed us."
Next week: cheer as the Americans join in with the British soccer team, totally ignoring the referee, hospitalising nine of their own team-mates and blowing up the burger bar after mistaking it for a nuclear reactor...