The Lords of Misrule have managed to snatch victory from the furry hands of the Black Plagues with a last second touchdown that capped off an amazing come from behind win. Lords head coach, Lucius "Thrice Damned" Maddenson said that he couldn't have been prouder of his team and the never say die attitude they displayed the entire match.
The match was held in the newly created Slaughterbowl Stadium in Altdorf to a crowd of 18,000 under perfect weather conditions. The Lords won the toss and elected to receive opening the first half with a brutal running game capped off with the death of #06 of the Plagues, Crash Verminhead, at the hands of #05 of the Lords, Bryn'gor the Vile. Khorne would be denied a skull however with the skaven apothecary selling poor Crash's soul to the dark powers in exchange for a second chance at life. The same drive saw #10 Surly Stripper taken to the sheds after being pushed into the crowd where they took turns beating the sorry Skaven until his ribs were shattered. #02 of the Lords, Mul'gor the Damned finished the drive crossing the line for the first touchdown of the day.
The Lords had dominated the first twenty minutes of the match but the next forty belonged all to the Black Plagues. #01 of the Plagues, Stunty Strongarm, the team's thrower put in a flawless effort passing for two touchdowns to #03 The Pied Piper and in the second half #07 Slash Verminhead. These forty minutes was pure skaven football with blistering runs and passes up the field highlighted by well placed blocks and dodges from the Black Plagues players. During their second touchdown scoring drive the Plagues lost another player #12 Eddie Elfslapper when the Chaos Warrior (#07), Kurgan Bloodroar, picked him up and threw him at Slash Verminhead in frustration as he raced pass Kurgan for a touchdown. Little did Kurgan know but this act of spite would mark the first part of the Lords comeback.
With only twenty minutes left on the clock the Lords received the ball and began a barnstorming run up the left side of the field knocking over anyone unfortunate enough to get in their way including a referee, an overzealous cheerleader doing a cartwheel onto the pitch and most tragic of all, little Timmy Johnson of the Wish upon a Star charity when #01 Tyr'gor Skullflayer crossed into the endzone and spiked the ball through a beaming Timmy who was holding out an autograph book to the celebrating beastman.
Khorne must have enjoyed the appearance of Timmy's skull on his throne for on the Plague's opening play their Stunty Strongarm went to throw the ball for what many commentators agree would have been a guaranteed touchdown only to watch the ball fumble out of his hands in horror and in front of the feet of none other than Kurgan Bloodhowl himself. A beaming Kurgan scooped up the ball as his lead blockers smashed Stunty off his feet while he still stared at Kurgan in shock.
What happened next in the dying seconds of the match will be guaranteed to appear on the highlight reels of the ESP Network this week. Bellowing for #06, Kry'gor Shadowpelt to get upfield, Kurgan drove the ball ahead with some excellent blocking by his supporting players. A desperate Pied Piper chased down Kry'gor Shadowpelt only to be knocked down in a sickening block by Mul'gor the Damned clearing the way for Kurgan to run up and hand off the ball to Kry'gor who ran it in for the winning touchdown as the siren blew.
Coach Maddenson congratulated his #06 for getting both the winning touchdown and being named the MVP of the Lords. He also tipped his hat to the coach of the Plagues who crossed the field and congratulated him on the win. "Well at the end of the day neither team wanted a draw and we were lucky to get the win" stated Maddenson, "Full credit to the Plagues for making us fight tooth and nail until the final whistle, they were a class act and that was how Blood Bowl should be played".
The first half was a scappy affair, with both sides struggling to generate any momentum. Late in the half, after several unsuccessful attempts to break open the Rotters' defence, the Vipers lost the ball. Pestigor Tra'mulgor #4 grabbed it and almost got away, but was chased down by a mob of angry Skinks.
