I'll never forget a game against Wigan and as Shaun Edwards stood on the touchline waiting for a kickoff, a tiny old octogenarian with no teeth and flat cap screamed:



"EDWARDS!! If my dog wor as ugly as thee, I'd shave its arrse an make it walk backwards!!!"

That Bullseye has a way with words.

You not into the Madchester scene then?

Not a huge amount. I like some things (The Fall, Magazine, Barry Adamson, and I've had Inspiral Carpet's Saturn V stuck in my head on and off for twenty years or so), but the Stone Roses thing turned into hagiography and a pox on that kind of thing. Anyone with an Oasis haircut in 2013 wants shooting. This is unfortunately every band of young lads under the age of 20 I've seen down at [url=http://oldchapelleeds.com/default.aspxOld Chapel[/url in the last fifteen years.

The Stone Roses first album is a classic IMO. However it has been played to death so I haven't wanted to listen to it for at least a decade.



Saturn V happened to be the first song played at my wedding reception.

That's weird, I think I have Saturn V in my head more often than any other song too. I still don't know the words properly so have to mmmmmm those bits.



And now, thanks to this, it is back in my head again.

It's a great album. But if everyone who now claims to have been at Spike Island all stood at one end of the country it'd flip over and land on our heads.

If every one who claimed to be at Leeds Uni when The Who played their first gig there, then the refectory would have fallen through the earth's crust.

If everyone who noes claims they weren't at st George's hall to see hawkwind weren't actually there I might have got served a bit quicker

I work in the fancily titled Directorate that also manages the refectory where the gig took place. I have numerous meetings in the adjoining building, the photos of some of the bands playing there is staggering. However, in the 5 years I have been here there is barely a band I have wanted to see.

I last saw Hawkwind a couple of years ago at Manchester Uni'. They have Captain Pugwash singing for them now.

Back to topic

Rochdale have allocated their Willbuts Lane stand to us. This is a 3,400 seat stand down one side of the ground.

Tickets are £12 adults, £8 concessions and £5 "kids"

These are available now from the Bulls ticket office (where the club get a commission) or on the day.

The coach price is £11 from Odsal.



So..£23 for a ticket and travel or £19 for us oldies.



It would have been all pay at full rate had the match been at a home = £20/£15 concession standing: and £25/£20 concession seating.

My old lass and I are two of the smarmy rich bast@rds in the premier

seats and our tickets at home would have cost £30/25 concession.



So a saving on concessions of £12 for both of us - travel included.