A few months ago, we started a 5-a-side team in the office. We signed up for Footie Fives in Cambridge and the journey began.

Mao Tse-Tung once said “every journey starts with a first step”. Well, our first step was more like a stumble than a step, as our rag-tag bunch got absolutely hammered 13-0. Pretty impressive for a 28 minute game. I should’ve spoken to our friends at Guinness World Records to find out if that was some sort of record.

Staggering off the pitch, I gasped “what happened” to the guys running the show. “Oh, as you joined half way through the season, we put you in Division 1 to see how you fared. You were so bad, that next week we’ll only charge you half-price for subs.”

So a consolation of sorts.

Well, I am pleased to announce that after several intensive training camps and a re-routing to Division 6, where we feel much more at home, Boca Texperts are competing for honours!

Season 25 started 3 games ago, and our proud record reads Played 3, Won 2, Lost 1. And we was robbed in that defeat, I tells youse. It was a game of two halves, the lads gave 110%… (etc).

We stand 3rd in the table and are planning a Christmas training camp to get our fitness to a new higher plane (we are aiming for the fitness of a 55 year old mother-of-three with a chocolate habit).

Watch out KPMG and What A Kerfuffle, we are coming to get you!

One of the hidden benefits of the Texperts service is the advantage to creating an account on the website - see the red registration banner to the top right of the page.

As advertised creating an account gives 5 free questions which could be handy this time of year if travelling and away from the computer over Christmas.

However there are other things you can do with an account:

• Sign up for the Fact Of The Day email. I love reading FOTD which is on a totally different subject every day, I have no idea why it is kept secret!
• View all previous questions and and answers associated with that mobile phone number, no need to worry if you’ve deleted old answers from your phone.
• Check the sources used by the Texperts to compose the answer, giving much more information than can be fitted in a text message
• Keep track of any free credits.

None of the personal information is available to the Texperts answering the questions, so personal details are all confidential.

If you haven’t already got an account sign up now and check it out.