All down to young men, heat of the moment, over excited, minds gone and just acting like big school kids. I can never understand why anyone thinks it is such a funny thing to spray sticky fizzy alcohol drink all over everybody standing near in order to celebrate winning a sporting event. Apparently all started in Formula One by Dan Gurney back in 1967.
''Dan Gurney invented Champagne spraying on the victory podium at Le Mans in 1967, he placed his thumb over the open bottle, shook and intentionally sprayed the onlookers, thus beginning a tradition that has transcended all sports.'' https://glassofbubbly.com/the-history-o ... orts-wins/
Dan Siefert 1966 Le Mans
Faulty bottle cork popped out & so the tradition began
I don't even like Champagne, for myself, very overrated and some are way over priced. Then again what would I know, I very rarely drink alcohol in any shape or form, sometimes a nip of Brandy or Whisky and when I feel under the weather, sometimes have a hot drink made with Brandy or Whisky, with a bit of sugar sugar and hot water to perk me up, plus drink the occasional lager, sometimes as a shandy in the summertime when its nice to have a drink out of the fridge, also like the occasional glass of cream sherry. When young, like everyone else, I used to go down the pub and have a drink, but once the drink driving laws came in, I valued my driving licence far more than a beer so soon stopped going and if I did go to a club or a pub, then kept it down to the one pint of lager !
I thought you might have made your own elderberry wine
or some form of home made beer Sid .
I'm rather dissapointed that you dont to be quite honest !!
Dan Siefert 1966 Le Mans
Faulty bottle cork popped out & so the tradition began
I don't even like Champagne, for myself, very overrated and some are way over priced. Then again what would I know, I very rarely drink alcohol in any shape or form, sometimes a nip of Brandy or Whisky and when I feel under the weather, sometimes have a hot drink made with Brandy or Whisky, with a bit of sugar sugar and hot water to perk me up, plus drink the occasional lager, sometimes as a shandy in the summertime when its nice to have a drink out of the fridge, also like the occasional glass of cream sherry. When young, like everyone else, I used to go down the pub and have a drink, but once the drink driving laws came in, I valued my driving licence far more than a beer so soon stopped going and if I did go to a club or a pub, then kept it down to the one pint of lager !
I thought you might have made your own elderberry wine
or some form of home made beer Sid .
I'm rather dissapointed that you dont to be quite honest !!
Perhaps if I had more of a liking for the hard stuff, then that might well have happened ! When I first left school, I worked on a farm for the first two years of my working life and many of the older farm workers made their own wines etc and used to give us younger guys a glass or two around harvest time, it was strong stuff, especially remember the potato wine and elderberry wine, could be very potent, couple of glasses of that and my head would start to spin !
I don't even like Champagne, for myself, very overrated and some are way over priced. Then again what would I know, I very rarely drink alcohol in any shape or form, sometimes a nip of Brandy or Whisky and when I feel under the weather, sometimes have a hot drink made with Brandy or Whisky, with a bit of sugar sugar and hot water to perk me up, plus drink the occasional lager, sometimes as a shandy in the summertime when its nice to have a drink out of the fridge, also like the occasional glass of cream sherry. When young, like everyone else, I used to go down the pub and have a drink, but once the drink driving laws came in, I valued my driving licence far more than a beer so soon stopped going and if I did go to a club or a pub, then kept it down to the one pint of lager !
I thought you might have made your own elderberry wine
or some form of home made beer Sid .
I'm rather dissapointed that you dont to be quite honest !!
Perhaps if I had more of a liking for the hard stuff, then that might well have happened ! When I first left school, I worked on a farm for the first two years of my working life and many of the older farm workers made their own wines etc and used to give us younger guys a glass or two around harvest time, it was strong stuff, especially remember the potato wine and elderberry wine, could be very potent, couple of glasses of that and my head would start to spin !
I grew up visiting uncles aunts & cousins on 3 or 4 different fams as a kid .
Derek Bowden the current Chief Exec is leaving. It wouldn't surprise me to see our Danny Mac going for the job. He came from Essex and I'd think a Chief Exec with Essex is ranked higher in the sports world (and paid more) than his current position with the O's. We shall see.
EliotNes wrote: ↑Thu Dec 24, 2020 4:50 pm
Nice touch and here's to Essex retaining the County Championship or the Bob Willis Trophy next year. C'mon Essex, C'mon you Eagles.
I look forward to sitting in the sun at Chelmsford again in the summer watching the cricket.
EliotNes wrote: ↑Thu Dec 24, 2020 4:50 pm
Nice touch and here's to Essex retaining the County Championship or the Bob Willis Trophy next year. C'mon Essex, C'mon you Eagles.
I look forward to sitting in the sun at Chelmsford again in the summer watching the cricket.
Great to be back at Chelmsford today and to watch Sir Chef and Nick Browne steadily accumulating the runs. Even a bit of warmth when the sun pokes through the clouds. However, due to the near hurricane force wind I’m wearing lots of layers and my Orient woolly hat and gloves. English springtime
A privilege to be at Chelmsford today. The first full days play I've seen since 2019. A century for each opener. At one time I was thinking maybe both would carry their bat through the day. Oh well, c'est la vie. Now I've got to defrost ready for tomorrow.
Putting on two pairs of socks today and a thicker jumper to visit the County Ground. It's like going to Brizzie Road in mid-winter. But the weather forecast is for less wind.
Our bowlers gave little trouble to the Kent batsmen (sorry batters, we can't use the term batsman or batsmen anymore ) today, so it looks like it's already heading for a draw as we don't have magic Simon Harmer playing as he's in the SA test squad.
Bizarre match at Taunton. 39 wickets fell for a total of 527 runs in 217 overs and Essex scraped home by one wicket. So a wicket fell, on average, every 5 and a half overs. All over by lunch on day 3. Must be a huge question mark about the pitch although the pitch inspectors only seem to get involved if spinners take loads of wickets. In stark contrast, in the game v Kent at Chelmsford, 1,163 runs were scored for the loss of only 20 wickets in 368 overs.
Thank goodness for the new boys Rossington and Critchley today.
Pitch inspectors must look at that pitch, it must have been a farce.
I remember Essex being docked 25 points for a "bad" Southend pitch in (not sure which year of the late 80's) which cost us the Champions Pennant that season and there were 500+ runs scored on that wicket.
Difficult one. Watched the streaming and would have to say the bowling was really high class and the batting was abysmal from both sides. My nerves and heart just about held out.
It wouldn’t be Essex without a collapse though. There have been years when 20 odd for 6 would have meant 30 or 40 all out. There is a bit more resilience these days at least.
I remember panic setting in and a batting collapse in a one-day final, that cost us the Cup that was at stake. I can't remember which year, but it was in the gloom at Lords so probably the 60-over competition, the Gilltte Cup or NatWest trophy whether it was called at that time and Nobby Phillip was playing.
) today, so it looks like it's already heading for a draw as we don't have magic Simon Harmer playing as he's in the SA test squad.