Poster Profile 45: Sheffield Quin
By The Prof
January 3 2004
| Board Name: | Sheffield Quin |
| Age: | 28 |
| Location: | Sheffield |
| Occupation: | Local Government Officer |
| Why did you choose your board name?: | I'm a Quin marooned in Sheffield, hence Sheffield Quin |
| How long have you been supporting Quins?: | Since the 1988 cup final v Bristol |
| How did you start supporting Quins?: | I went to the 1988 cup final v Bristol |
| If you play(ed) rugby what position did/do you play?: | Hooker, then prop, then flanker, then scrum half (I got quicker and fitter with age) |
| Best ever Quins game: | At the risk of becoming tedious, the 1988 cup final v Bristol |
| Favourite off pitch Quins experience: | A session in a Southwark boozer (off Borough High Street - can't remember the name) after the cup final v Newcastle a couple of years ago - best banter ever. |
| What is the most ridiculous rugby related thing you have done?: | Played in the front row for 4 years at school |
| Favourite Ground (after The Stoop): | Twickenham |
| Favourite Quins Player: | Shaggy - no contest |
| Favourite Non-Quins Player: | Playing now, Brian O'Driscoll. Historically, a toss up between Serge Blanco and Waisale Serevi - greatest Quin that never was |
| Most likely to say?: | CCCCAAAARRRRNNNUUUUQQQQUUUUIIIINNNNSSSSAAAARRRRGGGGHHHH!!!! |
| Least likely to say?: | I say chaps, let's have another round of Pimms |
| What are your non-rugby pastimes?: | Hockey Hockey Hockey |
| Favourite Film(s): | The Italian Job, You Only Live Twice, The Hunt for Red October |
| Favourite TV Programme(s): | 24, Blackadder, Rory Bremner: Who Else?, Rugby Special in the days of the old theme tune, Chorlton and the Wheelies. |
| Favourite Book(s): | Anything by Tom Clancy, From Balham To Bollywood by Chris England, Fever Pitch, Sightlines by Simon Inglis. |
| Favourite Music: | Jools Holland, in fact all big band type stuff and Funk (especially the cheesey early 80s variety). |
| Favourite Food(s): | Anything apart from offal, but especially Indian (saag bhaji), Chinese (chicken in black bean sauce, Singapore noodles), Italian and French, and being in Sheffield, fish and chips cooked in beef dripping (I kid you not), and black pudding. |
| Favourite Drinks(s): | London Pride (in fact all Fuller's beers), Kronenbourg 1664, St. Emillion, Navy Rum, Southern Comfort, preferably in separate but adjacent glasses. |
| Favourite Quotation(s): | 'Cheers mate' (Richard Langhorn after I said I thought he'd had a great game in the 1991 cup final) 'When there are no adulterers on the opposition front bench, then you may speak to me of Profumo' (Lord Denning I think) David Campese admitting he was wrong on 5 live after England 'did' Australia |
| Favourite Place(s) to visit: | HQ, The Green Man at Hodsoll Street in Kent. |
| When you were young what did you want Jim to Fix for you?: | The lanky kid who lived down my street. |
| Tell us THREE things about yourself that we wouldn't know. BUT, TWO of these should be true, but ONE should be totally made up: | 1. Had a schoolboy trial for Kent at hockey 2. I'm writing a book about rugby grounds 3. My Dad was at school with Mick Jagger |