Out

2.55pm, the teams ran out. Jim, out first with a mighty roar from the home crowd, was the striker, the star, and he scored a hat trick.

He had scored with Lucy too. She was a WAG now that Jim was taking her out. Her family were avid supporters of club and star striker.

Josh, 12, idolised Jim, who always arrived early for Lucy and played football games with him before going out.

Lucy, impatient to leave, burst into Josh's room one day to see an altogether different game in progress. Jim's secret was out.

Dad's shotgun took him out.