Sky Blue Harry H
Well-Known Member
Apologies if this is a bit off piste, but I just saw one of those '20 years ago today, John O'Rourke chased a chicken' type headline that the CET likes to do.
It reminded me of a bizarre incident away at Crewe last season (Grendel will remember, as JCH scored!) It was blowing a blizzard pre-match and me and 2 mates were trying to make our way to a local boozer amidst the mini whiteout. This bloke suddenly stopped us and said 'are you Cov fans?' Yes, we said, at which point he removed his wallet and showed us his driving licence and said 'I'm John O'Rourke'. I'm old enough to have seen him play, but wouldn't have a clue what he looked like now, but was trying my best between snowflakes, steamed glasses, and having downed a couple of beers, to match the bloke in front of me with the player. He told us he'd been out drinking with other Cov fans at another away game we'd had and had a real laugh with them. We were freezing our nuts off but didn't want to appear rude, when he announced, 'but I'm not the real John O'Rourke, I've just got the same name'. We left, a bit miffed that we'd just wasted five minutes in the cold for no obvious reason. Please feel free to share odd incidents at matches!
It reminded me of a bizarre incident away at Crewe last season (Grendel will remember, as JCH scored!) It was blowing a blizzard pre-match and me and 2 mates were trying to make our way to a local boozer amidst the mini whiteout. This bloke suddenly stopped us and said 'are you Cov fans?' Yes, we said, at which point he removed his wallet and showed us his driving licence and said 'I'm John O'Rourke'. I'm old enough to have seen him play, but wouldn't have a clue what he looked like now, but was trying my best between snowflakes, steamed glasses, and having downed a couple of beers, to match the bloke in front of me with the player. He told us he'd been out drinking with other Cov fans at another away game we'd had and had a real laugh with them. We were freezing our nuts off but didn't want to appear rude, when he announced, 'but I'm not the real John O'Rourke, I've just got the same name'. We left, a bit miffed that we'd just wasted five minutes in the cold for no obvious reason. Please feel free to share odd incidents at matches!