The group of police at the station are getting ready for action in the late afternoon after receiving word from control. There's been an upset in the match, and they're bracing themselves for the worst that a hard core of violent cricket hooligans can throw at them. Reinforcements of officers in riot gear wait nervously in vans just around the corner.
Soon the fans start to arrive at the station, and the police immediately notice that something's afoot. Usually in these cases the groups of fans are easy to identify. The victorious fans will be in party mood, whereas the defeated team's fans will be more despondent and downcast. But this time it's not like that. Both sets of fans are quietly trooping into the station and down the escalators looking stunned. Very few people are speaking at all, let alone looking likely to start a riot.
An officer collars a passing England supporter to ask what's up.
"We, uh, won..." he explains. "This can't be happening... it never
happens..."
He can't get a word out of any of the West Indies supporters.
Posted by mpk at July 3, 2004 2:28 PM | TrackBack