“Not until Nuffle reduced my team to a non-beast starting nine did He finally grant them killer instincts. The cold weather suited David Weir as he returned to cold-hearted form with a double-cas performance.

The cold weather should have suited the visiting assassins also, but it took them some time to find their rhythm. The defence held strong and quickly whittled away the delfs attempting to pass them. A sideline squeeze made things difficult for the attackers and then a lucky throw-in gave rookie beastman Jordan stalled out for the half-time lead.

In the second half, the snow kept falling but the delfs ceased to do so. The beastmen received in the second half but could not move far before the ball was on the ground and the assassins were upon them. The equaliser arrived with ievitability, and offered the Strangers a small chance to equalise, but when the ball was finally collected from the frozen ground, there was no visible target for the pass and the game ended in a draw.”