March 29th 2011

Ecky Thump! 25 years ago today - ey oop lad - that was the tour that was - tha knost

For any of the 21 out there (and you know who you are) just in case you've got a horse brass or condom in your pocket, or a kitchen sink in the boot HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!

"In a baaar in Toledo, across from the depot ....." Yes 25 years (in the blink of an eye) today since we enjoyed (endured?) 3 days of room wrecking, worm eating, brass borrowing, pie burning, Mental Micky avoiding, Archie bar piddling, Zeke Williams listening, condom machine smashing, police cell residing, local bashing, snow drift sleeping mayhem. If you've never been able to watch Ice Station Zebra again, go to Yorkshire or listen to Frank Sinatra then don't worry, it's just normal trauma. How many rugby clubs get arrested en masse, transported to the cells while the sergeant serenades them on the coach and then has the copper that locks them up referee their game the next day? We're obviously special. All I'll say is, I wish I'd had a full Everest survival suit like the one Cottage Pye produced from nowhere on the Coach from Hell .... God bless everyone of you 21 who were forged in the furnace that was Huddersfield '86!

"Start spreading the news, I'm leaving today, I wanna be a part of it ....."