Maasai Of The Day.

Our trip to the Maasai region had heralded many things. Tackle Africa drills in action, interesting conversations on the Maasai people and Kenyan politics in general and, of course, night time giraffe stalking.

It also heralded another game for the Football Africa team. With FA regulars Johnson, Barnard and Howie in the team, again joined by fan favourite Neil Evans who was playing his last game before a four match ban (actually visiting the Maasai mara for a while). So, another 11 a side for the gang. The teams were made up of students from the school. This meant we were certainly increasing the average age of the side but with age comes wisdom (apparently) and we were confident that our greater experience (of watching top flight football) would give us the edge.

And so it was. I’m writing this a fair few days after the event and so I have to apologize for the lack of detail in the report. Also, Man Utd have just won the league so I find myself a little bit ‘tired’. I remember us racing into a lead when Andy lobbed a keeper who stood at around 5ft tall. There was a hole in the pitch so big you could comfortably bath in it. I schooled two strikers with a couple of sweet dragbacks( I know?!?), I also came no closer to scoring that elusive first goal.

Truth be told, it was a fairly easy match and we even looked on for our first clean sheet until the opposition introduced some new wonder-kid who helped them score two quick goals. However we quickly sussed this fella out and indeed added two further goals of our own eventually romping home 6-2.

It had been a great experience to stay with the Maasai community. We stayed in an outrageous location on the slope of a valley. There were Giraffes wandering round. Giraffes. Brilliant.

And surprisingly quick.

Lots of Love, especially to Sir Alex, JJ FootballAfrica

Line-up: Johnson 7 Evans 7 Barnard 7 Howie 8 SUNSTARMAN