@page { margin-bottom: 5.000000pt; margin-top: 5.000000pt; } Chapter 27 'A bit tame, so far,' said Morris. 'Two Red's sent off.' 'Dirty rotten cheats,' said Crowe. 'One Blue sent off.' 'Blind referee. Think Billy Knocker will have permanent brain damage?' 'Who'd notice?' said Morris. 'Probably just concussion. He should never have head-butted that linesman. What's the score?' 'They score these games?' 'I always thought so.' The electronic scoreboard told him what he wanted to know. 'Twenty one to nineteen. We might win this one.' 'Here we go. Second half.' Two mud and blood covered teams exchanged punches as they emerged from the tunnel, and the ref let the captains go toe to toe for five minutes before blowing his whistle. The crowd booed as they were enjoying the fight more than the game. Somebody found the ball and after the kick off, the Red's striker was wrestled to the ground by three Blue's. A linesman got stuck in and pulled two Blue's off him. A dazed Red scored but in the wrong goal.
