Post by animallittle on Jun 9, 2008 11:39:17 GMT 1
That first pint went down in second's but the conversation had not yet turned to the game that afternoon,nobody wanted to be the first to bring it up,we just talked about the usual work,kids and how different things were going to be under a Labour goverment (sadly we were wrong).
We moved on to the N0.7 and i got the beers in,when i plonked the pint's down on the table the conversation had turned to an old mate of our's Tez or Tez the Tyke as we all knew him,Tez had died 10 years ago under tragic circumstance's and we all wondered if he was looking down on us on this of all day's,Dave the Rave hoped he could perhaps help out in a devine intervention sort of way,Mick said he'd better get his finger out because he still owed him a tenner from just before he died,we all just fell about laughing,the kind of humour you can get away with in these parts and no doubt Tez was laughing along too with us.
We moved on from pub to pub the beers flowing,the atmosphere in the pub's and the town was electric,plenty of singing,lads stood on the tables,beer in one hand singing their hearts out,all the bar staff wore red and white and the pubs were all coloured up inside with red and white ballons and streamers,i kept thinking if we failed today it was going to be some anti-climax.
The time ticked on towards 2 pm and we had to meet the old man in O'Neils bar,a ritual we still keep to this day,when we got inside he was already there with a pint in his hand,"aye we better do it today boys because i dont fancy us down at Oxford" was his opening line,no nether did i,it was today or nowt as far as i was concerned.
That Saturday afternoon session we must have knocked back at least 8 or 9 pints and the truth is i would have passed any breath test the Police could have produced,whatever chemical's the body produce's before events like this made my alcohol in-take null and void.
The time ticked towards 2.30pm and we set off to the ground,i was a nervous wreck and so was everybody else,the old man was very quiet,time to get our game face's on.
To Be Continued Part 3 Shortly
We moved on to the N0.7 and i got the beers in,when i plonked the pint's down on the table the conversation had turned to an old mate of our's Tez or Tez the Tyke as we all knew him,Tez had died 10 years ago under tragic circumstance's and we all wondered if he was looking down on us on this of all day's,Dave the Rave hoped he could perhaps help out in a devine intervention sort of way,Mick said he'd better get his finger out because he still owed him a tenner from just before he died,we all just fell about laughing,the kind of humour you can get away with in these parts and no doubt Tez was laughing along too with us.
We moved on from pub to pub the beers flowing,the atmosphere in the pub's and the town was electric,plenty of singing,lads stood on the tables,beer in one hand singing their hearts out,all the bar staff wore red and white and the pubs were all coloured up inside with red and white ballons and streamers,i kept thinking if we failed today it was going to be some anti-climax.
The time ticked on towards 2 pm and we had to meet the old man in O'Neils bar,a ritual we still keep to this day,when we got inside he was already there with a pint in his hand,"aye we better do it today boys because i dont fancy us down at Oxford" was his opening line,no nether did i,it was today or nowt as far as i was concerned.
That Saturday afternoon session we must have knocked back at least 8 or 9 pints and the truth is i would have passed any breath test the Police could have produced,whatever chemical's the body produce's before events like this made my alcohol in-take null and void.
The time ticked towards 2.30pm and we set off to the ground,i was a nervous wreck and so was everybody else,the old man was very quiet,time to get our game face's on.
To Be Continued Part 3 Shortly