By Roger Vincent

We Fought the Law and We Won

The North Bank was starting to get into its stride, or should I say voice. It's intriguing how some chants seem to emerge, unplanned. Perhaps, in retrospect, "Lemmie, Lemmie, Lemmie from Motorhead" lacked a certain relevance and was soon superseded by "Lemmie, Lemmie, Lemmie, Lemmie, Leamington"!

The lustiest rendering, however, was reserved for "We fought the law and we won". There was also some chant, to do with bacon I think, but being a cultured sort of bloke I didn't really understand that one. It was also nice to see some fancy dress being introduced for this particular match; the local shops must have done a roaring trade in fake police helmets.

I remember thinking at one point that, strangely, the opposition didn't seem so downhearted as one would expect. Though Josh Blake seemed to score at will (just the 5 this time with Brian Agar and Si Wickson 1 apiece) there were some good-humoured exchanges between the Police defence (i.e. all their team) and the North Bank. I think they just enjoyed playing in front of a crowd - or maybe they were clocking features for the identikit pictures when, later, they reminisced on the day's events and brought home the bacon.

Leamington Paul O'Keeffe; Tim Romback (Simon Proctor 76m); Simon Gulliver (Martyn Beeston 77m); Will Payne; Kevin Ariss; Adam Ball; Barry Shearsby; Nick Mort; Josh Blake; Brian Agar (Andy Cameron 71m), Simon Wickson