A group of seven hardy Old Harrovian souls attended the annual Arthurian League Dinner at the Connaught Rooms just off Covent Garden on Friday night.

Former Club President Fred Woolley, current Veterans goalkeeper Bobby Tindall, 1st XI players David Lederman and Harry Woolley, 2nd XI players Max Curry and Alex Cater and 3rd XI captain Azhar Khan represented the club and generally enjoyed the speech given by former Wimbledon and Bolton Wanderers striker Dean Holdsworth, who included some amusing tales from his time with the Crazy Gang and their eccentric chairman Sam Hammam.

The enjoyment didn't quite stretch to the food provided however, with Woolley Jnr querying why his smoked chicken Caesar salad should taste fishy - Alex Cater dubiously suggesting there was a hint of anchovy in the mayonnaise sauce, a point Lederman disagreed with.

The main course of lamb with mixed veg in a red wine jus was solid if unspectacular and clearly didn't appeal to Azhar Khan, who twice left the room for lengthy unexplained reasons. 'Very rude actually,' commented Lederman, to which the rest of the table agreed. In fact, he was frustrated that a complex sabotage action by Cater on Khan's remaining piece of lamb, dousing it in a pepper/beer combo marinade, was going to go untested, despite numerous awkward waving aways of the hovering waiting staff.

Pudding was a herbed panna cotta with red berry sauce and was harmless enough, the addition of some Bendicks mints received a warm welcome, even more so when the Foresters on the next door table pointed out that they hadn't received any.

Heads and tails, with the crowd now verging on becoming a drunken mob, allowed Bobby Tindall his time in the limelight. The OHAFC legend, who had earlier enjoyed the 'entertainment' provided in the newly-refurbished Griffin Pub in Clerkenwell, made it through to the last four and was roared on by the Harrow table but sadly his ability to read the penultimate toss cost him and he was sent back to his seat empty-handed.

After dinner there was time for a light ale at the bar before the group departed, like many clubs not wishing to hang around while Charterhouse had their photos taken with the 21 different trophies the club had amassed over the course of the season.

One final point of note: the Referee of the Year Award was won by Alan Greenberg. Just remember that next time you query his decision to ask the tea lady and a passing Labrador if they could run the lines for him...