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The beer worm at Headingley
By Will 2 years ago, mid-August Leave a comment on this post
Even Getty were photographing this during the third Test at Headingley. Cricket: it really is the new football…
Tags: beer, brilliant, cricket-videos, headingley, madness, video, worm |
7 Responses to “The beer worm at Headingley”
August 10th, 2006 at 10.05 pm
August 10th, 2006 at 11.28 pm
it’s a shame how the ground staff at headingley came down so tough on the crowd, saw one of them steal some poor bloke’s beach ball on telly… and he popped it and everything.
August 10th, 2006 at 11.37 pm
After all, that was a particularly impressive (and totally harmless) beer worm, all done in the best possible taste. i’m dead jealous.
August 11th, 2006 at 11.14 am
I wonder if that’s a beer worm from the third day, when we were all ready to slit our wrists before the first wicket fell just before 3pm! Not sure it’s THE beer worm though, that was behind us and to our right [we were in the West stand, in front of the replay screen] in the next block over [Block H, maybe?] - that was so long it had a bend in the middle - it was brilliant.
Got to see Inzy fall on his stumps - live and then on a giant replay screen. Absolute class and a once in a lifetime event!
Really loved it - lively crowd, and the two Liverpudlians behind us were making fantastically funny comments like, “Harmy should have caught tha’ - he could have used his longness,” and informative ones like, “A fly slip, that’s what you need,” and “A 7-2 FIELD?” The only bad moment was when someone behind us threw beer on a steward who’d come up to ask his group to calm down. Not cricket at all.
Just found this blog - LOVE IT!
August 11th, 2006 at 7.11 pm
Aaah, didn’t realise there were bolshy folks in the crowd also, maybe it’s true what they’re saying about cricket being the new football. Any other funny comments you overheard? (particularly like the one about Harmy’s “longness”, it’s very true). They northern chappies are a funny lot.
August 11th, 2006 at 11.29 pm
Not specifically - the lads were on a roll; I was in stitches most of the day. Just after lunch, one of them said we needed a wicket - and I turned and repeated my earlier comment to my friend Rach,”I have NO PRIDE. I will take a hit wicket, really.” [Prayer answered!] - he replied, “HIT WICKET? I’d take obstructing the field!”
As soon as Inzy came on, they called out “You are a fat po ta to” - the rhythm is STILL running through my head - and an abortive attempt at something to the tune of Khumbaya. I think I worked out a good alternative later: “We need a wicket, Lord - In-za-mam (x3)/OH LORD…IN-ZA-MAM” - also works with Younis Khan. And as for the fat potato, I later thought of this - and you’ll know the tune: “Inz-aloo (x4) ooo ooo - We’re gonna win 3 more than you…” All inspiration credited to the Liverpudlian lads.
August 14th, 2006 at 3.46 pm
Yeah, the beer worm further over was even more impressive… Actually, we got pelted with beer twice, but at least I only got covered when a wicket fell at 399! Such an emotional moment, I could cope with smelling like an alkie for the rest of the day.
There was some brilliant fancy dress around: the lads behind us were all cowboys, there was a group of surgeons, but the classiest was the group of guys in drag! Some of them even looked quite good - one of the guys in front of me buying beer actually thought one of them was a woman!
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