Jul 012013
 
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Found this while having a brief look through some old files today.

One of my reports from 1997. As was usual from that time, it was a shabby performance, but it’s worth noting several things from my report of that game, when I used to get abuse for “writing that b#@@@ks in the Advertiser.”

My favourite bit is “Vinie Ball” returning after disciplinary problems. Vinnie, please fill us in because I can’t remember!

It’s also quite amusing referring to Mark Wright being “put out of his misery” when sharing a changing room with the legend.

Fun stuff, and evidence that I have been writing nonsense for more than just the last two years.

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Jan 182013
 
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Anthony Lepere joined Heywood’s misfits for the 2010 tour of Worcester. Here, the Australian – from the Midland Guildford Club with which we have such great links – recalls a great few days away with the lads. I was first asked to write about my memories of Crimble an embarrassingly long time ago. I hesitated Click here for more ….

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Aug 232012
 

Nearly 20 years ago, Andy Greenwood moved from Norden to Heywood and started a revival in the club’s second team’s fortunes. Greenwood – nicknamed GOD for his love of a ‘Game Of Darts’ – brought some much-needed pride back to second team cricket at a time when both the club’s first and second teams were Click here for more ….

Aug 172012
 

Many thanks to Bob Dearden and Mike Law for organising what turned out to be a first-class day at Crimble last Saturday. The ground had a feeling reminiscent of my days of youth thanks to a great turn-out for the Former Players Reunion day. The event sadly came two days after the death of one Click here for more ….

Apr 132012
 

“You could really hear the ball fizzle when Duncan Carter bowled.” It was just the sort of thing I wanted to hear when I spoke to one of Heywood’s best amateur batsmen and my current neighbour Jimmy Porter recently. A left-handed opening bat and one-time wicket-keeper Jimmy, 68, played in some of Heywood’s greatest teams Click here for more ….

Mar 192012
 

To coincide with one of the biggest years in the club’s history, Heywood CC are organising a very special ‘Former Players Day’. A date has been pencilled in for Saturday 11 August, and it’s an event we really want to be something special to honour and remember the players who have made the club what Click here for more ….

Mar 162012
 

With the season fast approaching – and after a talk with one of Heywood’s best amateurs – I thought I would share a memory from Vernon Connolly’s archives. I approached Jimmy Porter – who lives over the road – about setting up an interview with him, and he recalled the day Ralph Farmer played possibly Click here for more ….

Feb 212012
 

Found these old pages from the 1993 Wood Cup final between Heywood and Middleton at Crimble and thought I would scan them in. They’re a bit rough and ready but good nostalgia. Great originality on the back page lead, but good stuff! Enjoy. Click on the pages and they will enlarge to normal size.  

Jan 232012
 

John Kaye played for Heywood from 1982 to 1996 and was a member of the most successful youth sides in the club’s history. Here, he tells of why – despite forging a new career down south – Heywood CC is his first and biggest love. Reading the ramblings of the likes of the likes of Click here for more ….

Jan 192012
 

I haven’t seen Olly Slawson for a while, but I bet he hasn’t changed from this picture from 1997! Also, football fans, remember the stories when Heywood was pushing for a proper town team? You can see the beginning of a back page lead from Simon Crawford. Why did it come to nothing?

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