No prayers before match!

Even the prayers can't stop the fighting!

Spare a thought for the Church's league in Canberra

A social league providing football for many.

Well talking to Pete yesterday who was mulling over his teams weekend's loss.

"We had a loss in our Church's League match on Saturday but, more interestingly, we were spared the traditional pre-match prayer."

Apparently all games in the league always start with a prayer.

"Instead of the prayer," said Pete, "we and were given a speech from a player outlining the new discipline rules following two all-in brawls the previous weekend, after which two players received life bans and two more 1 year bans. It's God's way of telling us we're too old and should know better."

Nice one Peter, thanks for the story.