Oh how we have grizzled and groaned about certain referees in our time, but people have always countered with " Without them, there would be no game" Tch! we replied, but this Sunday the statement was proved to be true when Referee Goddard looked out of his window and saw the rain, er I mean Referee Goddard injured his leg and could not attend. Agreement could not be reached on who was to take charge of the game, and it was postponed to a later date. 

But what to do at 10.30 on a Sunday morning when there is no beautiful game to keep us interested? Certain members of the team were back to join the better halves in bed in the blink of an eye, but the other twelve members of the squad moseyed on down to Hornchurch eaterie Caffe Uno for a spot of petit dejeuner.

Joined by superfans Daniel Shoult and Dominic Wilson,  as well as the half cut Darren Foster, the Hornchurch Rossoneri tucked into their traditional breakfasts as though they were going out of fashion. There were however some subtle differences in the various LC/DC palates. Dean Jordan, Terry Soteriou, Mark Harris, Jonny Gray and Shoult opted for scrambled eggs, while Matt Gillham preferred the fried variety. A couple of the lads went poached, while Samuel Knowles swapped his oeufs for extra sauccison et bacon. Warren Hardwick and Ad Jeffers decided to have egg & Bacon on toast. When it came to the drinks there was even more of a divide... A couple of the boys felt it was late enough for a bottle of lager, whilst the italian connection in the team ordered skinny latte's.

Then it was down to The Bridgehouse to watch United v Chelsea. All in all a good bit of team bonding... but there's nothing like the real thing... roll on next week and St Aug Res in the Arthur Atkinson!