At the other end of the frontline last night, roughly 100 miles to the south, American spotting teams appear to have directed Cruise missile strikes on Ansar al-Islam, a militant Islamic group that occupies villages and bases along the Iranian border in the Kurdish-controlled zone.

Hammam was criticised by the head of the English Police Spotting teams for his comment preceding the game, which were deemed to be encouraging hooligans.

You can't keep spotting teams 10 and 12 points in the first quarter.

Her 40 mm batteries shredded concealments of shore batteries and sniper nests, working in close conjunction with shore spotting teams who ferreted out the hidden enemy.

It was the second consecutive loss for the Nets (38-19), who have played a dangerous game recently - spotting teams huge leads, then playing catch-up.

"If we're going to spot teams 20 points right off the bat, we're not going to win too many."

"They have spotted several small teams, though."

Certainly we can't expect to spot teams three goals every game.

"We can't keep spotting teams 17 points," Holloway said.

I spotted several teams of ebony specialists inside the cordon, crouching with scanners and samplers, sifting for evidence.