“For their opening match of the new season the Misery were paired against the lethal Urban Nightmare; a team with more claws in it than a discount bag of 'horse meat'. The Urban Nightmare fans were strongly represented in the crowd, and invaded the field as soon as the ball was in the air! Most of the Misery were left prone by this undignified display, but enough remained to secure the ball. Mr_Foulscumm made a point of decapitating the first fan to assail him, and the rest quickly fled. He secured the ball and started to run head first towards the Undead Nightmare who had seized the opportunity to move around the flanks of the Misery. The Misery recovered and formed up around Mr_Foulscumm, while Vincent Bluesnake delivered a nasty boot to a prone Beastman. The ref ejected him, but the damage was done. That goat was out for the game. The re-formed Misery isolated a few weak players on a flank and began to wheel the play around to favour a clean run for Mr_Foulscumm. They managed to hold off enough of the Nightmare in order for Mr_Foulscumm to get in to position for a final break at the goal. He took his shot, stunned a goat that got in his way, and scored. With time left in the half the Misery prepared to face the claws of their foes. Immediately a new player by the name of Da'boraaloa had his collarbone shattered by a fearsome Warrior of Chaos. The disciplined beast however stood tall and strong, and the Misery rallied around him to push back the offensive drive. Z'odra charged forwards and left the Warrior who had maimed Da'boraaloa whimpering and crawling off the pitch. Unsettled by the counter-attack the Urban Nightmare failed to make enough ground on the Misery to threaten a touch down. The Misery proceeded to redouble their efforts in harming their foes, and Cannibal Smith injured another mighty Warrior of Chaos, but was ejected for his creative methods. With the first half ending in a brawl centre-field the Misery prepared to defend again as the second half began. The kick went deep, but the Nightmare recovered it and tried for a fast play to get some points on the board. A goat with ball tried to run around the side of the defenders, but Mr_Foulscumm nimbly weaved through the defenders and spilled the ball. Outnumbered by the Nightmare he was pushed to the sidelines where their supporters grabbed him and dragged him off. With the ball still loose Manbush followed Mr_Foulscumm's example and singlehandedly assaulted the offensive drive. He too was grabbed by the fans, and a goat grabbed the ball and stumbled over the touch line before any more of the Misery could get near him. With Manbush and Mr_Foulscumm still missing in the crowd a violent riot erupted between the fans of the two teams. News reports indicated that many were killed, but official sources claimed only 'one or two' died and that it was due to 'mushrooms and alcohol'. As the game resumed the Misery found themselves outnumbered by their opponents. Despite this they managed to secure the ball and draw the Nightmare in to a losing fight in the centre of the field. The Nightmare managed to eventually lay hands on the ball, but it was too little too late. The buzzer rang with the score drawn at 1-1, and the riot resumed.”