Barmy Army video

[Lady Whistledown]

....just found this on YouTube from the last Ashes tour in 2007.

Anyone know the guy in the Albion shirt talking to camera at about two minutes in?

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[Sheebo]

How random I've been looking at these vids and would love to go to cricket with the barmy army!

Do they tend to be at every match - 1 day and all the tests? The hardcore barmy army i mean - like the bloke all dressed in St George...

 

[8ace]

How random I've been looking at these vids and would love to go to cricket with the barmy army!

Do they tend to be at every match - 1 day and all the tests? The hardcore barmy army i mean - like the bloke all dressed in St George...

Just the tests I think.

Barmy Army - Overseas Tours

 

[Lady Whistledown]

So many brilliant songs.

I like Your next Queen is Camilla Parker Bowles to the tune of Yellow Submarine, obviously aimed at the Aussies.

Or
"Get your shit stars
Get your shit stars
Get your shit stars off our flag"



And it's just a JOKE, before the Aussie posters start getting the hump

 

[Sheebo]

Did u see the Freddy song i posted on the Freddy thread Edna?

 

[8ace]

During the last Ashes I was walking down the corso in Manly to get the ferry back to Circular Quay when I met another Brighton fan.
They said to me "do you still sit in H block?" - was that anyone on here?

 

[Billy the Fish]

Do they tend to be at every match - 1 day and all the tests? The hardcore barmy army i mean - like the bloke all dressed in St George...

Just the test matches.

I've been on a couple of tours and it's great fun, the Barmy Army lads can be a bit cliquey though. Also the Barmy Army tours are hideously expensive, best to go independant.

 

[seagullwedgee]

It was me and my 3 boys. because sydney finished a day early we had an extra day on manly beach, and got the circ quay ferry back, stayin at the intercontinental. we all had our albion shirts on that day.

we also played beach crikky against 4 aussies blokes and poked them badly.

 

[Lady Whistledown]

It was me and my 3 boys. because sydney finished a day early we had an extra day on manly beach, and got the circ quay ferry back, stayin at the intercontinental. we all had our albion shirts on that day.

we also played beach crikky against 4 aussies blokes and poked them badly.

The mystery is solved!! Looks like you may have had a few beers too

Would LOVE to do an Ashes game in Australia.

Oh hang on....quick edit...you mean it was you at Manly or you in the video?

 

[8ace]

It was me and my 3 boys. because sydney finished a day early we had an extra day on manly beach, and got the circ quay ferry back, stayin at the intercontinental. we all had our albion shirts on that day.

we also played beach crikky against 4 aussies blokes and poked them badly.

I'm guessing it was one of your sons I spoke to as they were only about 20ish?
I too had my Albion shirt on. :albion1:

 

[8ace]

The mystery is solved!! Looks like you may have had a few beers too

Would LOVE to do an Ashes game in Australia.

Oh hang on....quick edit...you mean it was you at Manly or you in the video?

I think that video was filmed in Perth.

I am going to the first two tests (Brisbane and Adelaide) this time around

 

[rcf0712]

I'm sitting with 4 Aussie work colleagues on the 2nd day of the 3rd Test in Perth. I think they gor me a ticket for entertainment value, but you never know, I just may have the last laugh.....

 

[webbyson]

I have a Brighton mad mate who live's in Oz and went to a test match over there (a test where Gough got a hat-trick) and has a photo of himself and 10.....yes ten Albion shirt wearing fans going loopey. Fantastic sight and as a P*lace fan walked by they chanted "is that all you take away"

 

[Lady Whistledown]

I think that video was filmed in Perth.

I am going to the first two tests (Brisbane and Adelaide) this time around

*jealous*

 

[Sheebo]

Did u see the Freddy song i posted on the Freddy thread Edna?

I think Edna's ignoring me

 

[Lady Whistledown]

I think Edna's ignoring me

Sorry

Yeah, was looking at lots of Barmy Army songs on YouTube earlier too

 

[OzMike]

, guilty, how embarrassing
Had been in the pub with mate about 5 hours before filming started so was fairly pissed as you may have noticed.
Most of the people had just turned up for the days play, but my mate and I had endured 4 and 1/2 days of the tripe, men vs boys type of thing.
So was just venting my spleen.
My mate left me trying to explain the rules of cricket to a Spanish tourist that's what he says, as I can't remember much.
A couple of pints later I ran out of money but luckily had bought a return train ticket, I knew where the station was and the platform number, so off I went.
Some bloke next to me was getting off one stop past mine, so I got him to wake me up when I got to the station I wanted.
I woke up later in the station car park at about 6.30am to the sound of birds singing and commuters, I had climbed into the back of my ute and fallen asleep.
I then drove home and had to hear another dawn chorus.
Thanks to the poster who said I was 20ish as I was 47 when that was filmed
Mistaken identity me thinks.
Will be there again this year and have tickets for first four days, lets hope it's better this time.
Some of the members of the team I play for had seen the film earlier and keep yelling at me to 'get yer foot back', whenever I bat.
The new season starts soon here so I will probably have to endure it all over again.

 

[Storer68]

So many brilliant songs.

I like Your next Queen is Camilla Parker Bowles to the tune of Yellow Submarine, obviously aimed at the Aussies.

Or
"Get your shit stars
Get your shit stars
Get your shit stars off our flag"



And it's just a JOKE, before the Aussie posters start getting the hump

I must admit that when I went in 2002-3 I may have been found serenading the Aussies...

"Three dollars to the pound.
We get
Three dollars to the pound"

Not this time tho

And I spotted a load of Albion folk in stripey shirts on a blacony at the MCG in 2002

 

[Willow]

I remember the 'We Want Our Muskets Back' tour of New Zealand, 1997. Still got the T Shirt somewhere, and the bus pub crawl will live long in the memory.

 

[Billy in Bristol]

I was there when it all started in 1994-5, have hours of hi8 beta footage as well...lots of interviews both from the players and the Barmy Army...any ideas on how to get it into a modern format would be gratefully received.

PS: F*** me we are second in the league...