Reading Fatboy, MOTM at Leeds ??

Contract renewal ?
By Paddy69
September 12 2002

It was a sunny September Sunday in Leeds when the call went out: "Is there a Fatboy in the ground ? We have some bombs that need sorting".

"Not unless there are Beer Tokens involved !" came a voice from the crowd. "Listen, pal, I’m John Bentley, and you wouldn’t like me when I’m angry, but there are lots of beer tokens to be had".

"Oh, I know who you are, Sir", answered the voice, "I’m your Fatboy ! By the way, a T-shirt would go nicely with your hair. Can someone look after the bodhran, please ? Ere, have you spoken to your mate, Pieter today ?". The voices drifted off.

With that, on to the field stepped the Fatboy, to be faced with Andy the Tyke and Craig Emmerson the Bomb Deliverer, in the absence through injury of the highly rated Japie Mulder.

Swigging from a pierced can of AG to get the head spinning suitably, the Fatboy grabbed the microphone from Mr. Bentley, to do his Delboy "Get your luvverly T-shirts here, offices in Reading, Sunbury and Headingley" routine.

Three catches to one later, the beer tokens were secured ! No dropped balls from this man (what’s that, oi, no heckling). Surely the day was to be ours from this point in. Two visits in a row the beer tokens were going to the boys in green, and this time the opposition lad wasn’t on the last legs of his stag weekend. Or should that just be on his last legs ?

Sadly, this was the only 100% catching performance this weekend, but the beer tokens were redeemed and isn’t it amazing how good free beer tastes ? Even if it’s not AG.