Post by PW on Oct 19, 2004 20:26:59 GMT 1
After the events of Saturday night-memorable as they were, the famous-in-their-own-lunchtime away diaries have been resurrected for a short time only-here's what happened, minute by minute. Or close (all times are approximate)
1:55 pm: The coach that would later cause so much trouble is sat outside the Skydome, containing the usual suspects such as myself, Whiskey, CB16 and more to be named later. It's supposed to leave at 2.
2:10 pm. The coach is still stuck outside the Skydome, as we wait for Graeme to arrive, having left his house in a taxi at 2-it's now about 3 quarters full, and there is much laughter on the back seat in particular as people settle in for the 3 hour ride. James has managed to bag himself the 'club-class' seat by the emergency exit, and has far too much legroom compared to everyone else. Graeme is applauded onto the coach, with shouts of 'who are you?'
2:15: The coach finally leaves-with worries that we'll be lucky to make it to Hull by the 5:30 face-off.
2:25: I go ballistic at Whiskey for forgetting his Calder shirt, which I wear at away games. Jokingly say 'if there's bad luck, it'll be your fault!'
2:35: Out come the top trumps-for a card game. Which lasts all of 30 seconds as the beer has also come out.
2:40. Apparently King Rich looks like Justin Timberlake. Can't see it myself, as Whiskey says 'when he hears about this, he'll Cry Me a River'-Cue helpless laughter for a minute or so...
3:10: Whiskey sits there self-satisfiedly as Villa take the lead against Arsenal. He's the only one who does though as the insults hurled are enough to make a sailor blush.
3:30: The first of many renditions of 'hole in my bucket' has a poor girl, who shall remain nameless, in stitches on the back seat. We're now on the M1.
4:10: On the M18 (as you can tell, not the most eventful of journeys up there)
4:50: Under the Humber Bridge, with a priceless quote of 'is that the Hull rugby league ground? No, it's IKEA' ringing in our ears. Also, Villa have lost 3-1 to Arsenal. Whiskey is quiet. No-one else is as they remind him of this...
5:00: Arrive at Hull Arena, and are treated to a fine 58-point turn from the coach-driver to get into a parking space next to the players coach...
5:05: Into the Arena, and settled down. Most Blaze fans expecting a win, but there's the odd note of caution...
5:30: Face-off.
5:31. Adam Radmall scores his second senior goal, and his second in a week. For Hull. Silence in the away block.
5:56: Dru Burgess makes it 2-0. Uh-oh....
6:25: Chris McNamara pulls one back. Only for Andrei Nikolaev to make it 3-1 a minute later. Blaze are not at the races.
6:55: Russ Cowley roofs a beauty-3-2.
7:15: Schueller equalises. Bedlam-now it's Hull who are quiet.
7:23: Overtime begins...confusion in the away block as it's played under BNL rules-10 minutes 5-on-5.
7:29: Scott Wray wins it for Hull. The announcer manages to rewrite history by claiming Blaze have never lost in cross-league competition, prompting a huge shout of 'BRACKNELL!'
End of part one...
1:55 pm: The coach that would later cause so much trouble is sat outside the Skydome, containing the usual suspects such as myself, Whiskey, CB16 and more to be named later. It's supposed to leave at 2.
2:10 pm. The coach is still stuck outside the Skydome, as we wait for Graeme to arrive, having left his house in a taxi at 2-it's now about 3 quarters full, and there is much laughter on the back seat in particular as people settle in for the 3 hour ride. James has managed to bag himself the 'club-class' seat by the emergency exit, and has far too much legroom compared to everyone else. Graeme is applauded onto the coach, with shouts of 'who are you?'
2:15: The coach finally leaves-with worries that we'll be lucky to make it to Hull by the 5:30 face-off.
2:25: I go ballistic at Whiskey for forgetting his Calder shirt, which I wear at away games. Jokingly say 'if there's bad luck, it'll be your fault!'
2:35: Out come the top trumps-for a card game. Which lasts all of 30 seconds as the beer has also come out.
2:40. Apparently King Rich looks like Justin Timberlake. Can't see it myself, as Whiskey says 'when he hears about this, he'll Cry Me a River'-Cue helpless laughter for a minute or so...
3:10: Whiskey sits there self-satisfiedly as Villa take the lead against Arsenal. He's the only one who does though as the insults hurled are enough to make a sailor blush.
3:30: The first of many renditions of 'hole in my bucket' has a poor girl, who shall remain nameless, in stitches on the back seat. We're now on the M1.
4:10: On the M18 (as you can tell, not the most eventful of journeys up there)
4:50: Under the Humber Bridge, with a priceless quote of 'is that the Hull rugby league ground? No, it's IKEA' ringing in our ears. Also, Villa have lost 3-1 to Arsenal. Whiskey is quiet. No-one else is as they remind him of this...
5:00: Arrive at Hull Arena, and are treated to a fine 58-point turn from the coach-driver to get into a parking space next to the players coach...
5:05: Into the Arena, and settled down. Most Blaze fans expecting a win, but there's the odd note of caution...
5:30: Face-off.
5:31. Adam Radmall scores his second senior goal, and his second in a week. For Hull. Silence in the away block.
5:56: Dru Burgess makes it 2-0. Uh-oh....
6:25: Chris McNamara pulls one back. Only for Andrei Nikolaev to make it 3-1 a minute later. Blaze are not at the races.
6:55: Russ Cowley roofs a beauty-3-2.
7:15: Schueller equalises. Bedlam-now it's Hull who are quiet.
7:23: Overtime begins...confusion in the away block as it's played under BNL rules-10 minutes 5-on-5.
7:29: Scott Wray wins it for Hull. The announcer manages to rewrite history by claiming Blaze have never lost in cross-league competition, prompting a huge shout of 'BRACKNELL!'
End of part one...
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