2007 Season Introduction
Our Christmas holiday was marred by events in the Antipodes. Here are a few of the headlines and newspaper quotes which tormented us:
POMMIES: SEND OVER YOUR FIRST TEAM, NEXT TIME
(Sydney Morning Herald)
“In them days, if we bust a rib or two, we just shook ourselves and got on with it”
(G Boycott in The Barnsley Trumpet)
COMPLETE HUMIDIFICATION
(The Sun)
“Aaaarrgh!”
(A Flintoff, on realising that Harmison’s first ball was heading straight for him at second slip)
ASHES WHITEWASH CONSPIRACY: DID DUKE OF EDINBURGH ORDER IT?(Daily Express)
“50°C – bah! In them days, they wouldn’t give us a drink until we’d batted for three days at least”
(G Boycott in The Tadcaster Times)
Meanwhile, the outcome of Hilton’s Summer 2006 Tour of Cambridgeshire scarcely raised amention in the press. We came a creditable third in our division. We’ll be doing it all over again when global warming sets in, three months from now.
We need your support. Recruiting to the Hilton Barmy Army has already begun. Join now! No previous experience of hooliganism necessary.
PS The Pavilion Clock has been returned, fit and well! The wonders of modern clock medicine conquered its paralysis and it can move its hands once again. Our thanks to Lou King, Graham Barradell, a ladder and a screwdriver!
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 14 February 2007 )
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