5-a-side

I've gotten back to playing 5-a-side once a week recently. It's been a little while as we moved a little bit too far away from the previous group I played with and I had never really gotten back into the rhythm of it after I tore my calf muscle. It is funny how many injuries you can pick up in a friendly game. I wouldn't say anyone is particularly rough in this group but I've got a fair kick from a studded boot on my ankle, bruised my arm saving a ball and - worst of all - took a rebound to the face that smashed my glasses and left me with the tiniest black eye ever. Thankfully there hasn't been any injuries as bad as the one I had with my calf - and notably this group does seem to play a bit safer than the last one which is great. I love how relaxed the organising is for 5-a-side. Someone posts on facebook and suddenly there are 30 guys in a Whatsapp group. There are never any issues getting numbers and I don't really know anybody's name but we all have a chill time out there every…