Outlaws Nostalgia

[Joe Shep]

Hi folks

Here's a section for you to add your favourite golden memories from your time watching or playing for the Outlaws. Feel free to add any amusing anecdotes or simply playful abuse of fellow Outlaws.

cheers

Joe

P.S. no filth please

[East End boy]

One funny moment was in the mid 90s, we had just played a game at Dewsbury Celtic I think it was,on the way back much the worst for wear shall we say, the coach broke down on the motorway, the police arrived and seeing 20 tired people thought it would be safer to transfer us to a nearby service station. this he did in his patrol car, We had just got into the car and driven off when Russ Smith who was captain thought it was hilarious to put on the sirens and blue lights, after several attempts to switch them off and several more attempts by Russ to put them on the policeman gave up and let us arrive at the service station lights and horns blazing.

I know we should have known better

[impatialobserver]

I went to Touchjudge a game Vs Hemel in the NLC, I think, at The Harvey Hadden. As I drove into Nottingham there was a snowstorm. The other TJ & referee who were coming from Oldham didn't make it because of the snow so I had to referee it. I inspected the pitch and found it was playable after the lines had been swept. By the time kick off arrived a thaw had began and now the pictch was ankle deep with water. At half time Hemel were leading 4 - 0 and I was asked to go into the Nottingham dressing room where some players were in the showers still in their kit ftrying to warm up, I called the game off after seeing that.
Every time I officated at Hemel after that they would complain about it, even now if I go there it is still mentioned especially if it's raining.

[East End boy]

impatialobserver said:

I went to Touchjudge a game Vs Hemel in the NLC, I think, at The Harvey Hadden. As I drove into Nottingham there was a snowstorm. The other TJ & referee who were coming from Oldham didn't make it because of the snow so I had to referee it. I inspected the pitch and found it was playable after the lines had been swept. By the time kick off arrived a thaw had began and now the pictch was ankle deep with water. At half time Hemel were leading 4 - 0 and I was asked to go into the Nottingham dressing room where some players were in the showers still in their kit ftrying to warm up, I called the game off after seeing that.
Every time I officated at Hemel after that they would complain about it, even now if I go there it is still mentioned especially if it's raining.

[East End boy]

I remember watching that game, glad to see you are still getting some stick.

Also doe's anyone remember the game against Barrow in the Cup when we lost 138-0 , That was one hell of a long day. The highlight of the day has to be a little boy about 10,who wanted to get our autographs after the game,I got the whole team to sign his book for him and he went away with a smile as big as the scoreline,( I wonder if we will ever see that book on e-bay) . I also have a video of that game with commentary,Ah happy days.

[carthorse]

here'a message from Ollie Scull - he was a really fat student who played a few games for city

'No one. Not even me, runs from Bingo. You just don't run into him. Or ever, ever consider tackling him. Ever.

I have to say that made me chuckle. I wouldn't have fancied playing a prison team. But there was one key omission in my opinion: No mention of the size of Jonny Yarker's plums. Can that be rectified? I think it should be.'

[scullinho]

Yarks' pods are worth a whole article. Magnificent they were. Well one of them anyway. Like a melon. He used to walk funny because of them.

And for the record. I wasn't fat, I was a magnificent thoroughbred of a centre. Hence, I was able to elude Bingo. Not however the unbelievably fat twins who played in the centres for Clowne.

[jg]

Any of you old boys know who this is?

[Gav Slater]

Bingo was rubbish, all you had to do to tackle him was get your shoulder in low (under his belly) and his weight would make him fall over you. Can't really remember what it was like to be tackled by him, it's either concussion or the fact that Coach Shaw used to tell me to catch the ball then keep running in a straight line until someone stopped me. All of the getting stopped have sort of merged into one.

[Matt]

I remember a match at Rotherham and I was acting as TJ. I had not been playing much due to a number of things, but had made the effort to go up to Rotherham to watch! Well we had been behind for the majority of the match and then an amazing come back! Then with a few seconds to go, we scored in the corner to draw level with the kick to come! So I did my duty and went behind the sticks and the kick was taken! I wasn't 100% that it had gone over, but the TJ from Rotherham put his flag up so I followed suit! Of course I was the bad guy and the Rotherham team were not too happy with me! Thankfully the team rallied round and in the end the Rotherham lads sort of saw that I was just dong a job!

[Joe Shep]

I remember that one Matt! A last minute try from Dave Ivemey and a pressure kick from the touchline from Rob Brown to seal it!

[Matt]

Thats the one! ROb certainly had his kicking boots on for that one!!

[richbuck]

i remember that game think they were truly pissed that the kick when "over"

[benh]

I'm thinking Daves end to end rush to the tryline, then dropping the ball really ought to feature on this page.

[amandownunderuptop]

2008 - When that Australian guy ripped apart the defence & ran 80 metres and scored in the corner!