I was lucky enough to get a ticket for the Saturday at the Oval against Oz in 2005. When myself and Chesters got there it was raining and no play was due before 11.30. We decided to have a wander. We didn't get far before 2 separate touts offered us £500 for our pair of tickets (which, iincidentally Chesters won after drinking some Red Stripe in a pub!) and ended up in the local pub. It was 9.45am and the bar and surrounding pavements were overflowing with the Barmy Army. It was a fantastic atomsphere both in the pub and then in the ground. Singing Jerusalem full blast at the start of play will stay with me forever and still sends shivers down my spine. These guys are a vital part of Team England. Without them and their blind enthusiasm we would be sunk. The Aussies don't get it and that says more than words can convey:
Me
Contemplating polishing my forehead a bit more
About Me
- Middle & Off
- Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
- Mad as a box of frogs when it comes to cricket...playing, watching, eating, sleeping, everything cricket. Not a great season for me last season. I took 21 wickets @ 19.75 and scored just 62 runs at 15.50. Heroes: Ramps, Randall & Langer Zeros: Nasser Hussain & David Graveney.
2 comments:
Blind drunk enthusiasm, I think you mean!
Those guys kept up their boundary "Barmy Army" chant for a full half an hour on the morning of the last day.
Did you take the £500. Bet you did!
Didn't take the money...wouldn't have missed the site of so many Aussies inside the ground actually weeping as much as it was raining for the world!
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