Thursday 8 September 2011

Hold The Back Page!



Once again, The Accies have hit the headlines in Rotterdam. Not content with Sam, Graeme and myself being photographed in the Rotown nightclub last year (click here for a reminder), The Accies have been caught up in a Dutch media circus again!

Hopefully we'll get a proper copy of this soon - with full translation from Mr Dietz - but in the meantime here's a photo of the local paper carrying the big sporting story of last weekend: the fantastic game and even better result against our Dutch friends.

Yes Stu, that is you! And you Sam - making it 2 media appearances in 2 years. And yes, I think that's Cuptain Thornes too!

Up The Accies and huge thanks to Flaccas legend Nils Ligthart for alerting us to this!

1 comment:

Graham said...

Gentlemen, at last, a rough translation:

Last Saturday, at VVOR [followed by various directions to the ground], the Anglo-Dutch Challenge Cup was contested for the 10th time. Ten years ago Graham Dietz came from London to live in Kralingen [the bit of Rotterdam where the park is] and met Nils Ligtart. Since that time, the Effra Academicals (Graham's team, who play in red-and-blue) and F&F United (the mates' team for Nils, who play in yellow) have played against each other every year, in England and Kralingen. This year the Effra Academicals won 5-2. [Then I can't read a bit of it, before...] The local councillor for Kralingen-Crooswijk, Robin de Roon, played for the F&Fs (right midfield), but he could do nothing to prevent the Cup going to the English this year.

Text: Nils Ligtart. Photo; [Er, someone else...]