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Title: There's a group of kids outside my house... Post by: sonicyouth on Sunday, August 28, 2005, 19:22:03 ... playing cricket. They've been there since about 11 this morning, I wish I was a kid so I could go and join in 8)
They lost their ball in my garden, I couldn't find it so I gave them three :D Title: There's a group of kids outside my house... Post by: OOH! SHAUN TAYLOR on Sunday, August 28, 2005, 19:24:26 That is great fucking news. It can only be good for the future of the game.
COME ON ENGLAND!!!! Title: There's a group of kids outside my house... Post by: Spud on Sunday, August 28, 2005, 19:28:09 Go and join them and whack the ball all over the shop Freddie Flintoff style.
Title: There's a group of kids outside my house... Post by: yeo on Sunday, August 28, 2005, 19:28:58 Call the police.
:D Bloody hoodies Title: There's a group of kids outside my house... Post by: Ralphy on Sunday, August 28, 2005, 19:36:30 I love playing cricket :D
When i was a little boy chap i used to walk down the park in full whites with gloves, pads and helmet for a knock about with my mates :soapy tit wank: Title: There's a group of kids outside my house... Post by: Spencer_White on Sunday, August 28, 2005, 19:51:56 Mate said that after the Old Trafford test every park they went past in Manchester was full of kids playing cricket.
The game has been threatening to come alive for quite some time. Title: There's a group of kids outside my house... Post by: Spud on Sunday, August 28, 2005, 19:53:31 Even some of my mates who dont like Cricket have started to get into it.
Title: There's a group of kids outside my house... Post by: sonicyouth on Sunday, August 28, 2005, 19:55:01 Quote from: "Spencer_White" Mate said that after the Old Trafford test every park they went past in Manchester was full of kids playing cricket. The game has been threatening to come alive for quite some time. That's great news, hopefully it won't just be a passing phase like Rugby was. I remember playing cricket in the summers as a little'un whilst my Dad sat and watched the Ashes... nostalgia sucks Title: There's a group of kids outside my house... Post by: Bob's Orange on Sunday, August 28, 2005, 19:55:35 The scots still don't get it!
Thick twats! :twisted: Title: There's a group of kids outside my house... Post by: Spud on Sunday, August 28, 2005, 19:55:44 Ive never liked Rugby tbh. :-))(
Title: There's a group of kids outside my house... Post by: reeves4england on Sunday, August 28, 2005, 20:03:23 Good to hear that kind of thing.
Kinda used to that living in Goatacre where cricket is a religioni but it is good to hear that people are getting more interested. It could be great for the future of the game. Title: There's a group of kids outside my house... Post by: DV on Sunday, August 28, 2005, 20:50:56 Cricket is actually over taking football....just you watch
The Premiership attendences are shite so far this season Title: There's a group of kids outside my house... Post by: reeves4england on Sunday, August 28, 2005, 20:55:50 Quote from: "DV85" Cricket is actually over taking football....just you watch But then again this is like the FA Cup Final of cricket, except it doesn't happen so often! :DThe Premiership attendences are shite so far this season Title: There's a group of kids outside my house... Post by: Whits on Sunday, August 28, 2005, 21:03:52 Quote The Premiership attendences are shite so far this season i read an article by bobby robson in the papers today saying the premiership so far this season has been awful. 16 goals in 10 games, so many teams playing defensively. attendances are down because its starting to get boring. at least with our league you get some entertainment, alright its not the best quality of football but thats not the point 30+ goals in 12 games played in league 1 this weekend. i know what i'd rather be watching...... Title: There's a group of kids outside my house... Post by: Whits on Sunday, August 28, 2005, 21:04:09 oh and its not cricket! :D
Title: There's a group of kids outside my house... Post by: reeves4england on Sunday, August 28, 2005, 21:21:02 dirty dirty man! :wink:
Title: There's a group of kids outside my house... Post by: DV on Sunday, August 28, 2005, 21:23:54 the latest premiership phase is 4-5-1 *yawn*
Title: There's a group of kids outside my house... Post by: Ben Wah Balls on Monday, August 29, 2005, 00:18:00 Lets be honest the premiership has been dull since about May 1994. Personally I think it has improved over the last couple of seasons purely because Arsenal and Man United are no longer winning anything which is clearly the best thing that has ever happened to the premiership as it was fucking intolerable when they were.
The Ashes has been very good entertainment to be fair but football is entertaining in a different way, the tension is normally all in short periods which makes it even more exciting. 5 minutes to go in a crucial game with just one goal in it, happens all the time in football but cricket only a few games are that close. Title: There's a group of kids outside my house... Post by: Spud on Monday, August 29, 2005, 00:20:32 Quote from: "Ben Wah Balls" Lets be honest the premiership has been dull since about May 1994. personally I think it has improved over the last couple of seasons purely because Arsenal and Man United are no longer winning anything which is clearly the best thing that has ever happened to the premiership as it was fucking intolerable when they were. Dont hate class..... :beers: Title: There's a group of kids outside my house... Post by: Spencer_White on Monday, August 29, 2005, 07:14:40 Certainly captured the imagination of the hacks. Even staunch footy tabloids like the Star and the Sun have had Ashes coverage on the back 3, 4, 5 pages.
You can tell Woolly (Stars top sport man) doesnt really want to cover the football, he wants to be at the Ashes. And quite rightly so, we are after all on the verge of basically being crowned the best test side in the world. Title: There's a group of kids outside my house... Post by: STFC Village on Monday, August 29, 2005, 08:59:07 Quote from: "Spencer_White" Certainly captured the imagination of the hacks. Even staunch footy tabloids like the Star and the Sun have had Ashes coverage on the back 3, 4, 5 pages. :D :beers: :\/You can tell Woolly (Stars top sport man) doesnt really want to cover the football, he wants to be at the Ashes. And quite rightly so, we are after all on the verge of basically being crowned the best test side in the world. Title: There's a group of kids outside my house... Post by: reeves4england on Monday, August 29, 2005, 10:31:27 Come on England! Come on England! Come on England!
I have to agree, the Premiership wil never be exciting without Fjortoft! Title: There's a group of kids outside my house... Post by: Boeta on Tuesday, August 30, 2005, 22:22:08 It'll be like the Rugby World Cup when we won it. Everyone jumps on the bandwagon for a couple of months but many will jump off it just as quickly. How many of the new 'followers' will care when we are travelling India and Pakistan in the winter? However, the thing cricket has going for it over the brief riugby phenomona is that it's a summer sport and a great day out rather than standing in the freezing cold.
Title: There's a group of kids outside my house... Post by: yeo on Tuesday, August 30, 2005, 23:25:22 Quote from: "Boeta" It'll be like the Rugby World Cup when we won it. Everyone jumps on the bandwagon for a couple of months but many will jump off it just as quickly. How many of the new 'followers' will care when we are travelling India and Pakistan in the winter? However, the thing cricket has going for it over the brief riugby phenomona is that it's a summer sport and a great day out rather than standing in the freezing cold. Not me thats for sure 8) Title: There's a group of kids outside my house... Post by: land_of_bo on Wednesday, August 31, 2005, 08:55:07 Quote from: "Boeta" It'll be like the Rugby World Cup when we won it. Everyone jumps on the bandwagon for a couple of months but many will jump off it just as quickly. How many of the new 'followers' will care when we are travelling India and Pakistan in the winter? However, the thing cricket has going for it over the brief riugby phenomona is that it's a summer sport and a great day out rather than standing in the freezing cold. But come the winter its back to sky sports, I think that the ashes being on C4 and being accessible to everyone has had something to do with the huge interest. I went to Weston Super Mud sunday and everyone on the beach was playing cricket, I was loitering near people hoping to get a catch! Title: There's a group of kids outside my house... Post by: reeves4england on Wednesday, August 31, 2005, 09:48:22 Cricket is also easier to play here. There are sooooo many teams around you can't fail to find one if you want to play.
I will not be following the winter tour much because I don't have Sky and am hardly able to get there myself!!! I agree that cricket on C4 has played a big part in gaining interest in the sport, and it will be a shame for it to go to Sky. Title: There's a group of kids outside my house... Post by: Reg Smeeton on Wednesday, August 31, 2005, 09:50:52 Quote from: "reeves4england" Cricket is also easier to play here. There are sooooo many teams around you can't fail to find one if you want to play. I will not be following the winter tour much because I don't have Sky and am hardly able to get there myself!!! I agree that cricket on C4 has played a big part in gaining interest in the sport, and it will be a shame for it to go to Sky. There's always the radio R4E....which has long been the case for tours abroad...pre Sky Title: There's a group of kids outside my house... Post by: reeves4england on Wednesday, August 31, 2005, 10:02:40 Very true! But I will be at school for most of it I would imagine.
Newspaper supporter me! Title: There's a group of kids outside my house... Post by: Reg Smeeton on Wednesday, August 31, 2005, 10:07:38 Quote from: "reeves4england" Very true! But I will be at school for most of it I would imagine. Newspaper supporter me! I thought you'd finished school.....don't you go to some sort of FE college in Wilts? Grow your hair stick in an ear piece and no-one will notice. |