Summer at Murrayfield

By Mr Frivoulous
June 24 2014

The silly season is the period lasting for a few summer months typified by the emergence of frivolous news stories in the media. The term was coined in an 1861 Saturday Review article, and is listed in the first edition of "Everything Blue, Black & White" which goes on to expand the definition defining the silly season as "the part of the year when Bath aren't playing (about July and August).

As COML is a widely respected member of the media there is no reason for it not to follow the silly season tradition with our resident chief correspondent and analyst PG tips rusticating on his private island leaving the frivolous to write the weekly article, so here it is. Stumped  for a subject the frivolous and the tea boy retreated to the nearest hostelry for inspiration whilst watching the last drops of rugby slip past in New Zealand, with the final whistle blown the tea boy observed all that way, all that hope, all that money (if you went) not to mention the round ballers and for what? So here's the frivolous's  biggest and most expensive away game flops

Wasps v Bath 7th Feb 1999 35 - 0 (Lucky to get nil) -  Allied Dunbar Premiership

My first away game as a spectator having recently retired from playing armed with a brand new away shirt, I was even dim enough to speculate we might get something from this as I sat amongst the Loftus Road faithful.  How wrong I was! My most abiding memory was watching big Vic Ubogu trudging back to the halfway line as we had to restart yet again. So impressed I trudged off to Shepherds Bush Tube station and promptly lost my return ticket!

Bath v Leeds 20th April 2005 12 -20 - Powergen Final

Thought I'd make a weekend of this by staying up in the big city with some of the guys. Given the manner in which we lost with Malone slotting four penalties against two tries for Leeds sums up Bath's completely clueless attack despite having the likes of OB1 and Mad dog in the side. This made the post match celebrations the most muted affair ever even after investing in some laughing bubbles.

Edinburgh v Bath 19th Dec 2009 9 -6  Heineken Cup

Booked the tickets, flights and accommodation as soon as the fixture list came out. Shame about the snow then which closed both Bristol and Edinburgh airports, still got there though after waiting some 16 hours in the lap of airport lounge luxury. Experienced the Murrayfield swirl, a delightfully romantic name to describe the wind blowing the snow so hard it looks like it's snowing indoors. Didn't see the game despite being there! Seeing Nicky Little looking like a pint of guiness at half time was the only bit of action I saw that day.

I'm sure the august body that is the COML community  can trump these so get writing!

The Silly Season Starts

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hasta
24/06/2014 15:34

I remember being at Murrayfield for that game. Tom Cheeseman spent the whole game on the wing with his hands down his shorts.

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TCM2007
24/06/2014 16:03

I remember the game. I remember the drive back to Cumbria better - foolishly took the hill road and only just made it through the blizzard, then got snowed in overnight where we were staying.

Stuart

Former ed.

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Robbinho
24/06/2014 20:28

That game was like rugby in a snow globe.

The weather tends to make games memorable, at least the experience if not the match itself.

The Stade Francais game in Paris, January 2010 was one. Seats were holding about an inch of rain water, spent the game sat on half a plastic bag, rushing to drink €5 Heinekens before the rain filled the glasses up!

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Boy
25/06/2014 10:48

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Robbinho
The Stade Francais game in Paris, January 2010 was one. Seats were holding about an inch of rain water, spent the game sat on half a plastic bag, rushing to drink €5 Heinekens before the rain filled the glasses up!

What a birthday that was.

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hasta
25/06/2014 14:43

Yeah, that was a shocker of an away trip. Still, nice trip out to see the Louvre the next day.

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Robbinho
25/06/2014 14:43

The Ulster game in 2009 (I think) wasn't a load better. Took longer to get from the airport to the city centre than it did to fly there. Thoroughly rotten game, got soaked, and flew home at crack of dawn the next morning and was home by 9am, which did leave the rest of the weekend to pretend it didn't happen.

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trikidiki
30/06/2014 18:52

I remember in Edinburgh the French ref calling for "une balle orange" as no-one could see the white one.

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Boy
30/06/2014 20:01

I remember Murrayfield running out of hot water that day and having to resort to drinking beer (which was actually still warmer than the air).

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Never In Doubt
01/07/2014 14:30

Saracens in 1997 .... Vicarage Road and they put 50 points on us. We were awful, I have a vague memory of a decision going against Ieuan Evans in attack, who flung the ball down in disgust only for Sarries to pick it up, take a quick tap and score a breakaway.

Not much is worse than a 50 point shoeing at Vicarage Road.

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Boy
01/07/2014 14:51

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Never In Doubt
Not much is worse than a 50 point shoeing at Vicarage Road.

The 68-12 loss at Castle Grim with relegation looming does.

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Boy
01/07/2014 14:58

Still, from what I remember, the weather was lovely that day.

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Never In Doubt
01/07/2014 15:02

Fair point .... I didn't go to that game but I remember the sick feeling post Ashton Gate.

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Susanne
02/07/2014 08:28

Edinburgh - the game Pezza described as looking like Narnia.

We had a great welcome at Boroughmuir - despite their game being called off.

And just before the game we took a call telling us that the estate estate agent selling our house had just broken our front door! Quite what the numpty thought we were going to do about it when we were 400 miles away was anyone's guess. Never mind - it sold in January and we're here now!

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