Chapter Three: The Discarded

Oscar scanned it. “You get thirty.” Danny looked at Lin. “You really let the old man decide?” “Welcome to Greyport.” Registration went through at 11:59. 【Mission progress: Players 16/16; safety works complete; new revenue £19,612/£20,000.】 Seabridge Rovers quickly demonstrated the gap between third and seventeenth. They were stronger and better drilled. A ninth-minute corner produced the opener. In the twenty-seventh, Gary mishit a clearance and their striker scored again. The singing faded. Eli was Greyport's only route forward. He beat two men and was fouled; then reached the byline without seeing Mike free in the middle; then lost the ball among three defenders and nearly conceded a counterattack.