With a clear shot at goal, she scuffs the ball and it almost hits the corner flag. Trembling, the 14-year-old girl awaits an inevitable taunting. But it never comes. "Could have happened to anyone," says a team-mate, as the play continues.
On an adjoining pitch, two lads struggle to their feet. For them, the aftermath of a crunching challenge is not a time for handbags at 10 paces.
Unhurt apart from Astroturf burns on their legs, they get up and just carry on with the game.
With more than 100 local young people playing or hanging out at the King George V complex in Dumfries, either situation could have escalated. But in a neighbourhood where Friday night has traditionally meant gangs, street corners and trouble, those involved in the Midnightleague have a rather unusual incentive to keep the peace.
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