e-mail sent to league bloke at st albans today.
No point going to 40 + just keep it at traditional vets level, 35+!
Goldings had many 20 year olds! The son of one of their players is the 24 year old son of their ref, who was recently going out with our centre half's daughter, the son that is !
As for not being able to recruit older players, we used to beat Goldings fairly comfortably yet since this league started they've mysteriously morphed into a very young side- Bob doesn't play nor does the ref anymore, and several of us are older than them.
Also they had several subs which meant two or three who were on the side at any one time were true vets with the ringers on the field. We had 1 sub- all our players were vets and we feel that their vets should have been on the field matching their skills and longevity against us.If someone was suffering from some near fatal injury then and only then should a youngster come on and replace them.
When the vets league was mooted I would have thought all those who put themselves forward were vets' teams- no point an under 21- club putting themselves forward I would have thought! The league gets started and suddenly youth is all the rage- Ware have told me that Sandy have used that 19 year old for the second year running- yes he apparently scored another hattrick against poor old Ware! We do not accept puny excuses and ultimately cheating and will continue to fulfil our fixtures this season but despite your obvious hard work and organising we won't be continuing next season. What must be acknowledged is yes it's only a game- well then 'friendlies' are quite suitable, but for some reason in competitive situations when youngsters are turning on their arrogance alongside their definite superiority in physiques, energy and running ability nasty retaliations become highly possible- re our game with St Helens last season, who by the way continue to be far from being a vets team. Sorry to be harbinger of crap tidings but there we are, we are a vets side who wish to test our diminishing skills and memory banks among our peers.
Personally, I recognise there has to be a vets cut off point be it 35 or 33 or 43 but it is universally recognised as 35 so why don't people just stick to it, what's the glory or enjoyment in winning, drawing or even losing with your team packed with youngsters? Ultimately it's unfair, it's cheating.
Ron
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You tell 'em Ron! The bastards. In fact there should be one player per team using a zimmer frame. In fact the league should drug test...for Viagra. These bloody whipper snappers have probably never heard of Paul Young unless they turned onto Hell's Kitchen to stare at Abigail Clancy's tits! The fuckers. In fact we should test to see if players can remember if the 'toon' had won anything in their lifetime...that would age them. In fact we'd end up playing teams from the morgue. Bring it on!!!
Even with numerous youngsters on the feild they still failed to beat us.
Are you counting Ron as a youngster?
Who's ron?
Toon? The TOON?
1969.
38 short years ago.
38 years of angst, tears, gnashin of teeth, in chewin of scarf.
38 fuckin years for fucks sake
38 years of, how can put it?- sheer bliddy hell
Well done old boy, i agree with you. FUCK EM!!
This is great info to know.
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