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Everton 0 v 0 Spurs
By Skinny Dave |
Originally Tom Carr and I
volunteered to drive a mini bus to
Sunderland, until of course the date
was changed to a Sunday kick off.
That put a lot of people off so when
the trip up to the Spurs game was
put out I thought I would pay my
dues to Eddie and volunteered to
drive.
On the day, I arrived in Portsmouth
at about 7.45 after dragging myself
out of a nice warm bed at 6.15.
Normally I would get up at 7.30 for
a 8.15 pick up at Parkway. Once the
paper work was sorted out we were
off, question was, was the bus
governed? Looking good I said as we
approached 60 MPH yes, thank you
god, 65 MPH deep joy, delirium, then
it died at my feet. 65 MPH was the
max. It was going to take a lot
longer to get to Liverpool and more
to the point it was going to be late
when we got back FCUK.
First stop Nice Phil and Steve Pugh
on the slip road at Hedge End, then
onto Parkway for the usual suspects.
The banter started almost
immediately with Grey Dave on top
form. He was so quick it was unreal.
Tales from Old European trips were
relived. It doesn't matter how many
times you hear them they always
crack you up. I was enjoying myself
up on the "Bridge" and waiting for
my pilot "Sat nav" Paul whom we were
picking up at East Illsley.
Paul climbed into the back of the
bus, I thought he doesn't want to be
responsible for getting us lost. He
has form for falling asleep on
navigating duties. Anyway all
passengers had embarked so we
slipped our lines and set a course
for "that there Liverpool"
You maybe wondering what all the
nautical terms are all about, I
shall explain later.
At Warwick the ESSCA flag was draped
over the hull by "Pirate Pete" and a
photo was taken of the motley crew.
Just as we were about to leave
Captain Ahab arrived with Ian Welsh.
We piped him out of his car and
carried on with our voyage.
The grog flowed and Eddie jnr (Sam
aka Cuckoo) got into song. On our
last trip the 84 team chant or "Stefs
song" as I know it was changed to
include all of the mini bus
passengers. Very very funny, but
this time it was sang very loudly
and in a pirates accent, again very
funny. I have to say that after 11/2
hours of pirate songs 6" from ears I
wanted to "Run" young Sam through or
put him in a barrel. Pirates have
never really floated by boat and the
fashion is too 80's if you get my
drift.
We finally docked at the Elm Tree
and the crew disembarked. I met up
with Chris Brown aka Captain Ahab
and had a meal in a "mess" in City
road. It literally was, very
friendly though.
The bit in the middle i.e. the game
was average to say the least, having
said that Rodwell and young Gosling
are going to be great players if
they progress as they have been
doing.
After the game we all met up at the
Elm Tree and gave the traffic time
to die down. Once underway the
pirate reappeared and I slipped into
auto pilot with my foot jammed into
the deck. Tom Tom Tom kept slipping
in and out of consciousness but was
woken at every piss stop, which
there was a few.
The mess deck was a pub in
Oxfordshire. A raiding party was
sent ashore to see if there was any
rations to be had. The galley was
closed but they said it could be
opened again for us. The power of
Wonger eh. Poor little Holly was run
off her feet, fending off the
sailors requests for more grog and
vitals, ahhhh. My head was throbbing
and Steve Robbo dispensed the pills
which sorted it out very quickly.
The crew had a great laugh and the
FA were put to the sword, yet again.
Some of the crew where beginning to
show the signs of their excesses so
we were off, I think there was a
couple of Jolly Rogers left in the
pub.
I got home at 1am after dropping of
Birthday boy Pirate Pete at his
place.
The Crew
Captain Eddie, White shoes, PA
Colin, Cuckoo, Tom Tom Tom, Stevie
Robbo, Orange Phil, Mark the Hill,
Steve the cook, Cockney Sparrar,
Pirate Pete, White (Grey) Dave (aka
Gandalf), HORSE, Shaggy Fred,
Captain Skinny Dave (aka Ray
Charles).
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