Hey Baco...
This is I belive Paul Alders, the captain of strange answer to all this.
After you read it could you please tell us if you feel like a idiot
now?
Steffo
"..... I was in France for the 4th of July, so I am just sitting here enjoying the fireworks.
Please save all your questions for the end of the tour.
Here are a few facts, but I am saving the full story with photos for Joe Carter from PGI.
- we arrived late to the game
- Mauged passed me on the way to the score table and told me that he WOULD play the game if the judges would allow us to
- the judges said we could play the game
- Mauged then changed his mind and wanted the points
- this made us angry
- this made us very angry
- later we found a blow up doll with a Joy Division jersey on it
- we thought they lost it and tried to find them
- after a long search and a call to scottland yard, we tried to locate the "lost and found" department
- the person in charge of lost and found was none other then "Moose"
- it was a long week for Moose and he looked at the doll with deep loving eyes
- I could not turn over this doll to Moose, knowing what he would do to it. After all he is a top breeding stud in England and this doll was no match
- besides, it was the property of JOY DIVISION,, and it was our duty to return it to the proper owner.
- We arrived at the award ceremony and placed in plain view for everyone to see.
- We hoped and prayed that the owner would arrive.... and they did.
- this made them angry
- this made them very angry
- now they know how we felt
- they know how we felt for a pro team to receive a forfeit from another pro team
- if this were an amateur or novice team, I would have understood the logic in the points and dealt with it better
- for another pro team to do this is very poor in taste. Other teams dream of playing at our level and watch our games to learn and grow.
- was it in bad taste.......... sure it was, but so was forfeiting the game.
- sorry Joy, sorry we didn't get to play you, sorry about the doll. "