Din out practising earlier this week |
Joey O’Brien has
been on high do all week as the Hammer’s trip to the rebel county of Cork
approaches. In particular, Joey is looking forward to visiting his Auntie
Bridget and Uncle Mossy who will be travelling all the way from their 12 acre
farm in Skeheenarinky in order to see their nephew play. This opportunity is
all the more precious due to Giovanni Trappatoni’s strange decision to pass
over Joey’s consistently excellent performances in the Premiership last season has
denied them the excuse to travel up to Dublin to see him turn out for Ireland.
While the locals
are hard at work preparing a feast of buttery hangsangwiches to go with some
daycent milky tae for the esteemed visitors, concerns have been expressed
regarding Joey’s highly strung cousin ‘Din‘ who is already well over-excited
and it is feared could engage in the kind of streaker-scenes that marred the
Hammer’s last visit to the Emerald Isle when they played St Patrick’s Athletic
back in July 2000. Luckily on that day Harry Redknapp was on hand to douse the
naked intruder with some cold water!
Big Sam and the lads can expect a mighty warm welcome and may even get a surprise visit from Sally - Joey's second cousin twice removed on his mother's side, of ‘and the way she
might look at you’ Harp lager advertisement infamy.
Either way, it is
hoped that the tie will provide a rare chance for Hammers Irish followers to
get a viewing of Sean Maguire and Stephen Henderson turning out for the Bubbles
boys as well as an opportunity for Cork soccer fans to recall the stars who
have turned out for both clubs. Older Cork fans will surely recall Geoff Hurst’s
three turnouts back in the late 1970s and Trevor Brooking’s two appearances in
the 1980s.
The rest of
the Hammers pre-season itinerary involves trips to a hsot of much less exotic
venues with the current list and dates as below:
7 July: Cork City
10
July: Boreham Wood
13 July: AFC Bournemouth
16 July: Colchester United
20 July: FSV Mainz 05
23 July: Hamburger SV
27 July: Eintracht Braunschweig
13 July: AFC Bournemouth
16 July: Colchester United
20 July: FSV Mainz 05
23 July: Hamburger SV
27 July: Eintracht Braunschweig
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