Match Report: Blisterin' Shagfisters 3Legon of the Dead 2

A crowd of 22,000 turned out to see how many humans would be permanently injured or killed in the match up between the Blisterin Shagfisters and the Legion of the Dead.  Some  of the crowd could barely contain themselves at the prospect of blood and mayhem, and a rock was thrown just as the whistle blew for kickoff with the Fisters receiving.  It’s unclear whether it was thrown by one of the 13,000 Necrophiliacs, or the smaller contingent of Fister fans but the rock hit the Flash E Farqueoff who hit the pitch before the ball, spending the rest of the game on the sidelines badly hurt.

With their Thrower out of the game before it even started Will Mashewgud and his still fractured leg stepped up and played like a P-junkie.  Lineman Bruis d’Nutsak knocked out Roger the ghoul as part of the forward drive that saw Mashewgud throw to catcher Dash Stikkyfingers who sprinted downfield, stumbling across the line to see the Fisters go 1 - 0 early in the first half.

The Legion of the Dead regrouped and put forward a solid drive, taking 4 more phases to level the scores with a touch down to Precious the ghoul.  It must have been close to that time of month for Knight Howler, as he chased down anything moving faster or smelling fresher than a zombie.  Within two wags of his tail Howler had new human catcher Pants Onfirah smashed off the pitch into the crowd, where he remained for the rest of the game.

It was during this leveling drive that the Legion’s head coach ordered a tactical slow down to burn up time when the endzone was within striking distance.  This strategy may have been regretted as it was during the extra phases that Mashewgud lay the smack down on the wight Lord Doom who’s groin strain will keep him out of the next game.  At same time Lineman d’Nutsak smashed the brains out of Brains the zombie, resulting in serious concussion which will have repercussions in the future if Brains ever makes it back onto a Blood Bowl pitch.

With clock moving on in the second half the Fisters tried to hurry through a return but Howler chased down Catcher Stikkyfingers who was carrying the ball into the Legions half.  Precious recovered but lacked remaining time to add to the score.

The second half started with a pitch invasion, which saw three of the Fisters and two of the Legion on the ground.  Brik Enface knocked himself out making a desperate tackle without support, and Mashewgud slipped and spent some quality time with the Doc before returning to the pitch.  Again the Legion’s coach was ordering slow play and the Fisters took the opportunity to lay down a foul on the Legion’s flesh golem “The Rock”, which seemed to hurry Precious across the line to take the Legion up 2 - 1

With enough time for three more phases the Fisters were desperately playing for the draw and quickly threw the ball to Stikkyfingers who ran down field with cover from Enface.  The Howler knocked down Stikkyfingers allowing Precious the ghoul to recover the ball before being badly hurt when Mashewgud bagged his second casualty of the night.

The play of the day came from Blitzer Enface, dodging through multiple tackle zones to scoop up the ball from under the Howlers nose and slipping across into the end zone to level the scores again.

A blitz from kickoff saw the Fisters charging deep into the Legion’s half where Roger the ghoul was positioned to take the kick off.  The Howler was racing down field and The Rock was to clear a channel for a hand off and throw but Lineman d’Nutsak took The Rock to the ground with him when blocked by the Flesh golem, stunning all but Blizter Mashewgud. Mashewgud ran in the Fisters third touch down of the night and first victory of the season.