Three orange cones now sit where the halfway line used to cut the London City Lionesses training pitch in two. The club tore that stripe out after a 2-1 Women's Super League loss at West Ham, the Hammers' first win of the season. Staff rolled the paint up like a player who had bottled a header.
Kelly Gago's run was thunderous. She took a ball from nearly halfway and rounded Elene Lete. West Ham stuck two in the net and clocked off.
On Sunday the staff held a three-hour court martial for the centre circle. The verdict came from a London City coach who would not give a name.
That stripe bottled a fifty-fifty. It does not see the pitch until it wins one back.
