Wednesday, June 23, 2010
For The Queen, England, and St. George....
TonbridgeBlog asks: Will England be playing in the red shirts today? What's the significance? You may well ask. Call me superstitious but England wore the famous bright red strip when they won in 1966. That alone should be enough to inspire the team, to motivate them to play out of their skins. Forget nerves now boys The Queen, England and St, George need you to play the best god damn game of football you've ever played in your whole lives ever ever ever! Which only leaves the question of where to watch the game? Let me think. Option number One: close shop early go home so I can crack open numerous cans of Fosters lager, be undisturbed and be able to shout at the TV. Bit saddoand lonely though. Option Two: watch on computer in my bookshop. This could be disastrous if (a) computer and/or internet crashes and (b) a railway books enthusiast with no interest in football wanders in mid way through second half and wants, quite understandably, to talk about his area of interest! No this cannot be the option. Which, as it's too late to catch a flight to Johannesberg, only leaves going to the pub to watch with like minded people on a biggish sports screen. But where in the centre of Tonbridge is the best spot? I watched some of the last World Cup games in the Slug and Lettuce but felt a bit out of place there being older than twenty; so what about the Rose and Crown outside bar? Or there's the good old Chequers or maybe the Ivy House. Then there's the Somerhill at the other end of town. Come on help me out here....
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Fosters??? That's the sad part. Can't think of anywhere decent in Tonbridge to watch footie. Weatherspoons full of old bids buying coffee. Castle, Forresters, Summerhill and Slug full of ugly men with tatts and earings wearing shellsuits. Man of Kent and Punch & Judy will be empty and prob have tv on mute anyway. So best bet go Sainsburys and stock up on some fine English ales and go home to watch match.
Gone are the days when you could stand outside Radio Rentals or Visionhire and watch the 1966 world cup in B/W and then on 1st July 1967 watch Wimbledon in colour.
We're showing all the games at Tonbridge Baptist Church either in the church itself (probably the biggest screen for football in Tonbridge) or in our new £40,000 cafe facility. Feel free to come and join us on Sunday afternoon for the next game.
Do you do miracles Chris? We'll need one!
You're right the red strip is definitely good luck - as I read it we count as the away team against Germany on Sunday so we should be in red again. I reckon the flags should keep flying a bit longer.
.. and the Man of Kent will definitely be a great place to watch the game
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