Labour MPs v lobby journalists football match – in pictures
The Labour players, including MP Sadiq Khan, shadow chancellor Ed Balls and MP Andy Burnham, walk on to to the pitch at Sussex County FC, Lancing, SussexPhotograph: Chris Ison/PAThe parliamentarians come off the benches to warm upPhotograph: Chris Ison/PAA light-hearted team photo for the boys in … blue?Photograph: Chris Ison/PA
Ed Balls 'eds balls.Photograph: Luke Macgregor/ReutersAndy Burnham calls foul playPhotograph: Ray Tang/Rex FeaturesEd Balls playing catch-upPhotograph: Luke Macgregor/ReutersMP Jim Murphy narrowly avoids a journalistic stingPhotograph: Chris Ison/PABalls keeps a reporter at arm's lengthPhotograph: Luke Macgregor/ReutersBalls runs rings round a hackPhotograph: Luke Macgregor/ReutersAndy Burnham goes toe to toe with a newshoundPhotograph: Luke Macgregor/ReutersOne journalist who will evidently protect his sources at any costPhotograph: Chris Ison/PABalls mistakes the goalkeeper for George OsbornePhotograph: Chris Ison/PABalls is a shadow of his former selfPhotograph: Ray Tang/Rex FeaturesBalls tries to work out how to present a 4-0 thrashing as a stunning victoryPhotograph: Chris Ison/PA
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