The annual choir football tournament was marred by controversy this weekend, with the first red card in the competition’s history.
In the match between Christ Church and Worcester-St Peter’s, a rough challenge by a Worcester player almost resulted in a fight, as one of the Christ Church players pushed over someone from the Worcester team, and threw a punch at him.
The fight was immediately broken up by referee John Murton (Bass, Magdalen). He commented, “The Christ Church player turned what was a minor scuffle over a tackle into a potentially violent situation and for that he had to be sent off.”
One of the other players said: “They were being aggressive all the way through the competition, and much too competitive; not really in the spirit of choir football.”
Lincoln went on to win the competition.
