Our story begins with the good-natured feuding of the brothers Constantas who made the decision to hold an eleven-a-side football match to settle their argument over whether age or experience was more valuable. The event quickly gained a life of its own as each brother recruited footballing talent from among their group of friends. The obvious enthusiasm for the event at least in part resulted from the desire amongst a number of the organisers to convince wives, girlfriends and families that the battle against the beer gut was not yet lost. However, it should not be forgotten how important the Constantas brothers were in the recruitment of two teams from which SC Falcon was to be born.

The game itself is widely held to have been an anti-climax, particularly amongst the losing team. However, it had some important repercussions which, contrary to logic, the losers were instrumental in. Firstly they pushed heavily for the now legendary Under 30s V Over 30s matches to live on, despite the fact that the Over 30s persist in losing every year. They punish themselves this way presumably in the hope that the opposition will dwindle to the point where the only team available will be a toddler and a passing stray puppy, but observers are still not convinced that victory will ever be assured. The second and most important result of the match was the formation of SC Falcon.

So what happened? Well it seems that one of those who took part in this match was an organiser of the Grafton & District League and he knew that they were looking for some new teams. Those that heard this subsequently relayed the message to others that if the two teams which played in the match joined together they would do well. During an unguarded moment most would admit that he might actually have said they could do 'alright'. Sadly however, it is more likely that he actually said 'shite' and they completely misheard. Anyway, fuelled by a strangely misplaced self-belief a meeting was arranged at the Falcon pub to thrash out the finer details of entering a team in a league.

Reliable descriptions of what happened at this meeting are hard to come by. Most people remember a surprisingly generous queue at the bar to buy rounds, but none of those who ended up with positions of responsibility within the team can remember the point at which they agreed to take on these roles. It is a widely held belief that Mark B was elected to take on the managerial role when he put his arm in the air to demonstrate that he was still able to move at least one part of his body despite the alcohol induced paralysis he was suffering from.

Early practice sessions led to high expectations, particularly during the post training pub-crawls. These expectations were also fuelled by an early victory in a friendly match which seemed to suggest that the time spent training in the pub was helping to build a 'team'. Sadly, however, the first league game for the Falcons proved to be a rude awakening for all concerned. This humbling by Grafton on the Astroturf of Crystal Palace was the first of many days for the Falcons where team spirit has taken a severe battering. Despite what must be considered an extremely disappointing first season there were some high spots (the team performance in the match against Philosophy Football which led to the first ever point for SC Falcon, Dave's fantastic goal in the 4:0 victory away at Grafton and the first half performance away at OW Strollers were very memorable) and for some reason these high spots gave most of the team enough faith in the future to try again.

Although George was the only Constantas brother to join the fledgling Falcons, pairs of brothers were a very important feature of the original squad. Sadly the level of brotherly understanding in the team did take a couple of important blows prior to the 2001/2002 season when Dan and Binoy decided to call it a day. Despite this the core of the team stuck together and were fairly optimistic about the games to come, particularly after the legendary 3:2 international friendly success gained against the Evora Select X (plus Binoy) in Portugal.

Spurred on by his Golden Boot award Dave decided to take over the managerial reigns. Things began well with a 3:3 draw away at South Indies, the champions from the previous season. Were it not for a highly suspect late penalty awarded against the team things could have got off to an even better start. The Freak is still recovering from the trauma of this decision as well as the bruise on his arse to this day. Sadly, however, this was about as good as things got. As with the first season there were some high spots. The victory against Burge & Gunson and the first half of the home game against Philosophy Football, which featured what is widely believed to be the best 'team goal' the Falcons have ever scored, contain happy memories for most Falcons. Unfortunately however, there were some disastrous games as well. Three times during the season (twice in the league and once in the Cup) the Falcons conceded 10 or more goals, a feat they had stubbornly resisted in the first season. Furthermore, some poor turnouts at crucial matches suggested that the squad was too small. On the plus side the Falcons were able to avoid the wooden spoon with a points tally double that achieved in the first season. Cynics may point to the fact that three of these points came from a game that was never even played, but these points were just reward for the hard work of Jose and Marcus who had taken on the bulk of the organisational responsibilities for the Falcons up to that point, if not for the team as a whole.

So what then of 2002/2003? At the time of writing there is still some dwindling optimism in the camp thanks to some interesting new signings. It remains to be seen if these signings will make the blindest bit of difference, but with any luck this third season will remind everyone of how fun it is to go out drinking together.