MTR - Phil Hirons


By Rich
August 20 2004

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Chris the Saint
Planet Lom messages - Too many logins to count!
Saints and Sinners messages - More than anyone else ever by miles!
chris
The man who started it all!
Real Name Chris Gleadell
Location Wolverton (or Milton Keynes if you must)
Occupation IT Manager and trainee astronaut
Favourite:
Movie(s) GodfatherII, Cinema Paradiso, Pulp Fiction,
Amelie, It's a Wonderful Life
TV Programme(s) King of the Hill, Time Tunnel, Waking the Dead,
Spooks, Salut Serge.
Book(s) One Hundred Years of Solitude, Winter Colours,
Endless Winter, Cobb, Great Expectations
and any Ellroy or Leonard.
Music The Who, The Jam, Gershwin, Cajun, Delta Blues.
Radio Station(s) Radio7 and RadioFiveLive traffic reports that
mention Marsh Gibbon.
Food(s) Pies! (and more power to em!)
Drinks(s) Guinness then plenty of fresh orange juice the
morning after. Wines forgirls.
Place(s) to visit France, American west from California up to Montana,
south west Ireland.
First ever Saints match?
Can't honestly remember, few games in the lates 70's
but not seriously till early nineties.
Best ever Saints game
(Excluding 2000 HC final)
Including the 2000 HC winning 25-12 at Tigers.
Favourite Saints experience
off pitch?
Our crowd being 'kidnapped' after the game Montferrand by
Les Vignerons for a great night in their bar.
What are your non-rugby pastimes? History, local history, family history, natural history
(god I sound boring), baseball, travel and films.
Most likely to say? Apparently.............etc etc etc
Least likely to say? Three cheers to the club for closing the main bar
at Xmas again.
In less than 20 words what would you
 do if you won the lottery?
Retire. Move to Montpellier and become a rugby commuter.
If you're not from Northampton,
 why Saints?
North Bucks lad, born and bred, live and work
around a dozen miles from the Gardens.