To cheer us up for 5 minutes....

[Markyboy]

From William Donaldson's "Brewer's Rogues, Villains and Eccentrics": -

"William Keech (c. 1860-????)

In the 18990s 'Lord' George Sanger's celebrated travelling fair had as its main attraction an elephant that took penalty kicks. The elephant was a formidable opponent, both at taking penalties and at saving them. The feeling grew that the elephant was unbeatable.

When the fair reached Leicestershire the elephant was challenged by four professional soccer players from the Leicester Fosse FC. The first three failed to beat the elephant, and it was left to Keech to retrieve the club's honour. Faced with a goalkeeper of his size, Keech realized that his only hope was to work a dummy, sending the elephant the wrong way. He therefore performed a little shimmy in his run-up and as the elephant dived to the right in anticipation of the shot, Keech placed the ball in the top left-hand corner. Using these tactics Keech held the elephant to a 2-2 draw, winning the rematch 3-2."

The suggestion that the first three players were called De Vries, Cort and Hammond is an unsubstantiated rumour.....

 

[Steven]

From William Donaldson's "Brewer's Rogues, Villains and Eccentrics": -

"William Keech (c. 1860-????)

In the 18990s 'Lord' George Sanger's celebrated travelling fair had as its main attraction an elephant that took penalty kicks. The elephant was a formidable opponent, both at taking penalties and at saving them. The feeling grew that the elephant was unbeatable.

When the fair reached Leicestershire the elephant was challenged by four professional soccer players from the Leicester Fosse FC. The first three failed to beat the elephant, and it was left to Keech to retrieve the club's honour. Faced with a goalkeeper of his size, Keech realized that his only hope was to work a dummy, sending the elephant the wrong way. He therefore performed a little shimmy in his run-up and as the elephant dived to the right in anticipation of the shot, Keech placed the ball in the top left-hand corner. Using these tactics Keech held the elephant to a 2-2 draw, winning the rematch 3-2."

The suggestion that the first three players were called De Vries, Cort and Hammond is an unsubstantiated rumour.....

:icon_bigg :icon_bigg :icon_razz :icon_wink

 

[Hammond Organ]

Get 'em both in! Keech and the Elephant.

 

[foxin_oz]

Get 'em both in! Keech and the Elephant.

In the 1897-98 season he scored 3 goals from 9 appearances and the following 98-99 season bagged 2 in 6 matches. So he actually scored the same amount of goals against the elephant as he scored in his whole Leicester Fosse career. He seems to disappear after that second season so I can only speculate on what happened. I'd like to think he ran away with the circus but frankly with just five in two years we probably loaned him out to Fulham or Leeds. :icon_conf

 

[camberwell fox]

In the 1897-98 season he scored 3 goals from 9 appearances and the following 98-99 season bagged 2 in 6 matches. So he actually scored the same amount of goals against the elephant as he scored in his whole Leicester Fosse career. He seems to disappear after that second season so I can only speculate on what happened. I'd like to think he ran away with the circus but frankly with just five in two years we probably loaned him out to Fulham or Leeds. :icon_conf

I veermantly disagree. With 5 in 2 seasons he was available for sale. In spite of lots of interest from hundreds of clubs in the premier, fizzy and jock leagues, and despite his suspect injuries over previous seasons....

....LCFC had been courting him for years and eventually signed him. Once signed he became (as previously) about as effective as an ashtray on a motorbike. LCFC relegated him (eventually) to the stiffs where he drew a wage of 20K a week until, unfortunately, one day (about 5 years on) he just...disappeared....

 

[Jeff]

I veermantly disagree

Are you Hazzman in disguise? He makes up his own words too.

or did you mean vehemently?

 

[Hammond Organ]

veermantly

Are you Hazzman in disguise? He makes up his own words too.

or did you mean vehemently?

Dutch?

 

[Hammond Organ]

William Keech (c. 1860-????)

Are we to assume that Keech is still alive, somewhere, taking penalties against Elephants somewhere in India, aged 147? Get him in then!!! He can do no worse than the current lot (Even if he was dead)...

 

[alex]

Hammypants, we must not talk of the Dutch...

 

[Hammond Organ]

shtop...

 

[foxin_oz]

Hammypants, we must not talk of the Dutch...

A sure sign of being in the inner circle is when other posters shorten your posting name in a brusquely familiar way. For example:

Hammypants, Melts, Newts, Hammond Eggs, Homeypants, BG, Notts, HF ... :icon_wink

 

[foxin_oz]

Okay, so I made up the 4th one ... :icon_conf

 

[Macky]

A sure sign of being in the inner circle is when other posters shorten your posting name in a brusquely familiar way. For example:

Hammypants, Melts, Newts, Hammond Eggs, Homeypants, BG, Notts, HF ... :icon_wink

F_O, no it's not

 

[foxin_oz]

F_O, no it's not

I'm sure it is Mac. :icon_wink

 

[newtonfox]

oz man your wrong :icon_wink

 

[foxin_oz]

oz man your wrong :icon_wink

Okay ... I don't usually admit I'm wrong (Mac will attest to that) but Newts is one of the more credible posters on these boards so I guess I must've been. :icon_wink

 

[spionfox]

shtop...

It ishn't ready yet....

 

[Hammond Organ]

Hammypants, we must not talk of the Dutch...

Alright Alex, I will let it go...

 

[Hammond Organ]

It ishn't ready yet....

Good advert... shit lager...