They're going to try, at any rate, and won't make such a bad fight of it either, mark my word; for hasn't old Brooke won the toss, with his lucky halfpenny, and got choice of goals and kick-off? The new ball you may see lie there quite by itself, in the middle, pointing towards the School or island goal; in another minute it will be well on its way there.
Old Brooke takes half a dozen quick steps, and away goes the ball spinning towards the School goal, seventy yards before it touches ground, and at no point above twelve or fifteen feet high, a model kick-off; and the School-house cheer and rush on.
And then follows rush upon rush, and scrummage upon scrummage, the ball now driven through into the School-house quarters, and now into the School goal; for the School-house have not lost the advantage which the kick-off and a slight wind gave them at the outset, and are slightly "penning" their adversaries.
TODAYFootball BT Sport 1, 12noon Premier League Southampton v Manchester United (
Kick-off 12.30pm).
SFA Regional Challenge Cup (South) round one (all
kick-offs 2.30pm unless otherwise stated): Berwick Rangers v Newtongrange Star (
kick-off 3pm); Broxburn Athletic vTynecastle (
kick-off 3pm); Coldstream v Dunipace; Lothian Thistle Hutchison Vale v Dalkeith Thistle; Oakley United v Easthouses Lily; Ormiston v Dumfries YMCA.
The Reds will now take on Arsenal at Anfield in a 5.30pm
kick-off on Saturday, August 24.
Firstly, Marco Silva will take his squad to Kenya to face Kariobangi Sharks in the SportPesa Trophy in Nairobi's Kasarani Stadium - with the
kick-off time now confirmed at 4pm local time (2pm UK) on July 7.
Pre-season fixtures in full: July 6: Quorn v Loughborough Dynamo, 3pm
kick-off July 9: Mansfield Town v Loughborough Dynamo -
kick-off tbc July 13: Loughborough Uni FC v Lough Dynamo, 3pm
kick-off July 16: Borrowash Victoria v Loughborough Dynamo -
kick-off tbc July 20: Bedworth United v Loughborough Dynamo, 3pm
kick-off August 3: Loughborough Dynamo v Matlock Town, 3pm
kick-off August 10: Loughborough Dynamo v Coleshill Town, 3pm
kick-offMIDDLESBROUGH'S hopes of winning a play-off place have received a huge boost after Derby failed to win their game in hand last night The Rams' 1-1 draw at Swansea's Liberty Stadium means Boro will finish in the top six on Sunday if they beat Rotherham and Derby fail to beat West Brom (
kick-off 12.30pm).
And the following week will see them trek back up the A55 for another coastal location, this time Welsh Premier League side Llandudno FC at the Giant Hospitality Stadium on Friday, July 20 (
kick-off time subject to confirmation).
The minicompetition will be held at the MSV-Arena in Duisburg, on Sunday July 23, with
kick-off at 12pm UK time.
The proposed 2016/17 SkyBet Championship Play-Off Semi-Final schedule is as follows: Saturday May 13: Championship A (
Kick-off 5.30pm) Sunday May 14: Championship B (
Kick-off 12.00pm) Tuesday May 16: Championship A (
Kick-off 7.45pm) Wednesday May 17: Championship B (
Kick-off 7.45pm) Monday May 29: Championship Final (
Kick-off 3.00pm) | |The exact game pairings as to whether Championship A or B will be confirmed nearer the date.