The Annual Quarry Green Seniors versus Juniors Football match took place today Sunday the 28th Dec. The venue was Windy Harbor, and luckily the Sonae Toxic Chimney was shut down on this particular day. The games pace was slowed down by a continuous downpour of rain but the players were there to play football come rain hail or shine. Windy Harbor has been the traditional home of Sunday League Football here in Kirkby until it was sold off by Knowsley Council to Liverpool FC. There only remain a few football fields which are situated right next to Sonae, a polluting Factory which was built despite 99.9% of us opposing it. Anyway, enough politics, lets get to the Football!

The two opposing sides were made up from drinkers at Quarry Green Tenants Club and the game kicked off at 12.00pm with the crowd anticipating a closely fought game where a strong midfield was vital. There was controversy even before the game began when a spectator told the Kirkby Times photographer that "The Ref was bribed" Kirkby Times at this point, could see no evidence of anything untoward at this point. That came later.

Below, the Crowd seemingly asking the referee to participate in dubious actions.

Offside Trap

The Offside Trap was played by the seniors on more than a few occasions, the interplay between the senior's midfield and the defence led to the juniors becoming frustrated by the continual offside trap. The seniors hit the bar twice, glory being denied by the cruel luck of fate. The Game was effectively closed down by the seniors with a continental style play similar to the Germans. Pound for pound the seniors won the weigh in hands down, this weight helped to wear down the youthful exuberance of the juniors, who resorted to increasingly aggressive challenges as the game wore on. One of the Quarry Green defenders spent the last 10 minutes playing on his knee's due to the tackles which took out his legs from the knees down. The juniors were determined to win the game at all cost, and as time ran out it appeared that they were prepared to throw caution to the Sonae wind and resort to vicious Wayne Rooney type tackles.

Pictured below, knee's taken out by vicious tackles

With 10 minutes to go the game was subject to one of the most controversial refereeing decisions ever witnessed in Kirkby. The game looked evenly matched and headed for a 0-0 scoreline. A fair result given the evenly balanced sides. Then, out of the blue, the referee gave an offside against the seniors. The juniors hoofed the ball upfront, senior players were clearly behind the ball, but the referee blew offside as the players gathered round to point out the stupidity of the decision. The crowd watched amazed as the juniors took the free kick and scored a goal that can only be described as a fluke beyond belief. The seniors were furious that the game had been turned by such a dubious decision. The last 10 minutes saw the atmosphere soured by the refereeing decision. One spectator told us that "It's just a fu**ing joke, the juniors will be buying the ref a few pints tonight"



Kirkby Times can report that allegations of bribery may well be correct! We took a series of exclusive photos which seems to show the ref being handed a wad of money. Why would the referee be handed a wad of money? Perhaps one of the juniors was repaying a loan and took the opportunity to do so whilst playing. We will leave YOU to decide whether there is anything untoward in this handing over of money to the ref whilst the game is in motion. Only minutes after the money exchange, the referee awarded the free kick. We have highlighted the referee's hand, and under magnification, the evidence is as plain as can be. As one spectator told us "There's a smell round here, not just Sonae, but the smell of corruption and bribery."

Below, the evidence speaks for itself. If photo's could talk this one would say the refs definitely been bribed with cash,plus drinks.



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