GAME STILL ON

Saturday's Brigg Amateurs Veterans v Brigg Town X1 football match at the Hawthorns is still very much on and will kick off, as planned, at 6.30pm.
Co-organiser Chris Faill reports it being "all systems go" with players attending from as far afield as Edinburgh and Gloucester.
"It seems people are talking about the game so hopefully we will have a great night," Chris says.
Some of us haven't pulled on an Amateurs shirt since about 1986/7...or played in a meaningful match for well over 20 years.
There will be an after-match disco/get-together in the Hawthorns clubhouse and plenty of opportunity to recall memories of classic (?) Amateurs games long ago, when the Brigg club - based at the Rec - fielded three teams every Saturday.
Unfortunately, towards the end of the 80s, three became two, then one - and sadly things folded the next season.
However, the memories remain strong down the years, and it's to be hoped those taking part bring along their old team photos for others to enjoy.
I'm going to have to root round the garage later this week in an effort to locate the old football boots, which survived through use with Brigg Hockey Club for ever less frequent matches on grass before things moved 100 per cent over to "Astro" surfaces in the Yorkshire League.
The footwear was OK about three years ago when Brigg Rec was the venue for a friendly football match between the Scunthorpe and Grimsby Telegraphs.
Spectators are very welcome at Saturday's reunion, and (even at this late stage) if you know any ex-Amateurs FC players who might not have heard about the get-together please ask them to pop down. Oh, and bring their boots if they think they can still make a contribution, however brief.
Chris Faill has this minute emailed with a telling update: "Just heard this morning that the charity shops in Brigg can't keep up with the demand for football boots."