{"id":8868,"date":"2019-05-17T16:23:13","date_gmt":"2019-05-17T15:23:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/meteorology\/?page_id=8868"},"modified":"2025-07-30T10:45:40","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T09:45:40","slug":"football","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/meteorology\/intranet\/social\/football\/","title":{"rendered":"Football"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-8952 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/meteorology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/07\/Met_footy25.jpg\" alt=\"Met footy team after hard fought 2-5 loss to Henley Business School\" width=\"730\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Met football games take place every Tuesday either at 5pm or 6pm, either 8-a-side on 1\/3 of the large astroturf pitch or 6-a-side on one of the smaller 3G pitches depending on player numbers and availability of pitches. There are also occasional 11-aside games &#8211; our latest result was a hard fought 2-5 loss to Henley Business School (see above) and some close matches with ECMWF. <\/p>\n<p>* Costs around \u00a33 per person<\/p>\n<p>* Everyone is welcome; from undergrads to head of school.<\/p>\n<p>* Everyone takes a turn in goal<\/p>\n<p>* No talent required<\/p>\n<p>* Don&#8217;t\u00a0take it too seriously.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Please contact <a href=\"mailto:carlo.cafaro@METOFFICE.GOV.UK\">carlo.cafaro@METOFFICE.GOV.UK<\/a> if you\u2019d like to join the mailing list.<\/p>\n<p>And finally, just to mention that we have <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20060102193018\/http:\/\/www.met.rdg.ac.uk\/~marc\/sport\/footy\/\">history<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-8952 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/meteorology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/05\/football-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"730\" height=\"548\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/meteorology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/05\/football-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/meteorology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/05\/football-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/meteorology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/05\/football-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Met football games take place every Tuesday either at 5pm or 6pm, either 8-a-side on 1\/3 of the large astroturf pitch or 6-a-side on one of the smaller 3G pitches [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":198,"featured_media":0,"parent":8855,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"__cvm_playback_settings":[],"__cvm_video_id":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-8868","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8.1 - 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