What makes a regiment of soldiers a more noble object of view than the same mass of mob? Their arms, their dresses, their banners, and the art and artificial symmetry of their position and movements.’ Lord Byron

Never in recent seasons of the institution that is our great club has there been a truer axiom.

After another German loss last week at Allan Glens, VC Lebkuchen’s won:loss ration sadly has plummeted to new depths and a welcome return from the Spanish front line of a true Officer. Welcome home Sir.

This seasons regular stand-off ‘Buckles’ has broken his ribs on Love Machines knee at training so one can only assume the sole of his boots unzipped and the Velcro has fallen off his uppers. Young Gun steps in to provide some of his acute knowledge in this position with the other change in the back row after Rory ‘Eyes Wide Shut’ McCormack taking leave to model for our VP Lord Litchfield in the Western Infirmary. [VP this is finable so please just quietly deposit £10 in the pig tomorrow and we can leave it there]

However, this is not a club to berate injuries or play up the small injustices that every sportsman encounters in the field of sport, this Men, is the time to pull on the green and blue tomorrow and deliver. Do not look back.

Outwith the close quarters of the OA barracks it is obvious that the troops are only one pass or move away from clicking to deadly effect. Pack your bags Men and cock your pistols.

The Regiment for tomorrows game against Hawick Linden at OA is as follows:

15 D ‘Volley’ Whyte
14 R ‘Davina’ McCall
13 A ‘Kankle’ Shedden
12 D ‘A trip to the Briatore school of thought needed’ Hoffman
11 R ‘The one Jake talks about’ Love
10 J ‘That’s our 10’ Shannon
9 M ‘Houdini’ Aird
1 A ‘Costa Brava’ Forbes
2 G ‘Kid Rock’ Reid
3 C ‘Can’t we play on the kitchen table..?’McLay
4 A ‘Safari Park’ Drummond
5 H ‘Bonnie and Clyde’ Parker
6 A ‘Alan’ Cummings
7 A ‘Naughty Step’ Catfish
8 P ‘Railway Line’ Broadbent

16 A ‘Hypochondriac’ Gunning
17 R ‘TS Eliot’ Brooksbank
18 C ‘Why, Oh Why, Oh Why, Didn’t you keep him Glasgow Hawks?’ Breckenridge

Genuine best wishes to all Anniesland teams tomorrow. Rapelle Le Cloche.

Yours as always, running towards the gunfire in front row union, ball in hand and making ground.

Disco

This article was posted on 2-Oct-2009, 11:42 by Hugh Barrow.