I know how serious all this is – but there may be no harm in a little light relief from time to time.
So - has anyone else found themselves watching the football and fantasising about a game between Trans Rights Activists (or whatever they’d like to call themselves) and … shall we say … a Mumsnet Team of Everyday Radical Feminists? (Or maybe a team called Spartacus?) After all, there was a temporary cessation of hostilities at Christmas 1914 during which English and German troops apparently played football with each other.
Here are some extracts from how the commentary might go:
“That was a dangerous run by Munroe Bergdorf, neatly blocked at the last minute by AngryAttackKittens.”
“Keeper Jane Fae has put the knitting down in the corner of the net as Datun steps up to take the penalty.”
“SwearyGodmother has been shown a yellow card for something she said to the referee.”
“Bowlofbabelfish, Spontaneousgiventime, and LangCleg are in the wall as Paris Lees gets ready to take the free kick.”
“We can see how important the preparation was, with R0wantrees briefing the team on the opposition’s tactics in previous matches.”
“The referee is running over to an incident involving the realposieparker and Lily Madigan.”
You can paint your own mental pictures of what the spectators might look like!
Okay. Back to reality.