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You're going to have to indulge me on this one, I'm of a (comparatively) tender age. If cheese, why cheese?

Guess who managed to foul up a war cry at Eastbourne :oops::cry:

 

I managed to lose count of the Es.

 

It wouldn't have been so bad if I wasn't the announcer.

Not so many years ago at Wolves, an announcer who shall be nameless *cough* Porky *cough* delivered a Wolves warcry without the V, drawing a spirited response of "Woles!" from one section on the terrace.

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The war cry at Romford was "Give us a B" "B" "Give us an O" "O" ....etc.... "What have we got?" "Bombers"

 

There was a section of the crowd near the starting gate (I think) who used to reply backwards, so, "Give us a B" "S" "Give us an O" "R"....etc...."What have we got?" "Srebmob"

 

You had to be there...

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Still have 'war cries' at Leicester. Give us an L, give us an I.........

 

Spot on! That's the only way forward - by going back to this
Plus, 13 heats and a second half
Riders socialising with fans in bar afterwards.

Shame but it would very rarely happen these days as they are too busy packing up and catching a flight to ride for their other team/s.

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The war cry at Romford was "Give us a B" "B" "Give us an O" "O" ....etc.... "What have we got?" "Bombers"

 

There was a section of the crowd near the starting gate (I think) who used to reply backwards, so, "Give us a B" "S" "Give us an O" "R"....etc...."What have we got?" "Srebmob"

 

You had to be there...

I also spent 2000 announcing for Boston at King's Lynn. You may recall that they were at that time called the Barracuda Braves.

 

Yes I did do war-cries.

 

Yes they did go C-U-D-A-S - CUDAS!

 

Well if it was good enough for Gordon Parkins.....

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Still have 'war cries' at Leicester. Give us an L, give us an I.........

 

Shame but it would very rarely happen these days as they are too busy packing up and catching a flight to ride for their other team/s.

Not at Glasgow, the team are in the bar having a bite to eat and sign autographs. :t::cheers:

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Not at Glasgow, the team are in the bar having a bite to eat and sign autographs. :t::cheers:

Ah...well....that's Premier League riders for you. I hope Leicester return to that league next season.

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Cradley v Wolves without a doubt.

 

I can recall Sam Ermolenko telling the story of when he tried to explain the meaning of the Dudley / Wolves Trophy to Freddie Lindgren and why half of each side was regularly injured at the end of each encounter.

 

All Freddie could keep saying was "I don't understand - it was a challenge match!"

 

Yes but what a challenge match!

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Where did it all go wrong? I know people started to think it was a serious sport with no strange rules as television showed riders getting double points for beating an opponent, the same riders that they saw last week but riding for a different team to that shown the previous week and the use of a joker in the World Cup which made it a competitive sport thus leaving outsiders wondering if it was for real or a new cartoon series. Oh well.

 

Bless. Another load of baloney.

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