Post by Jon on Feb 27, 2011 21:10:16 GMT
I love it when you trip into a match report which doesn't just talk about the match but says a bit about the day out.
This one is a momentous occasion because it was the very first time that either Town or United had ever ventured outside of Devon - for an FA Cup replay at Bournemouth.
Our opponents were not the current league club - they were then known as Boscombe and awaited the winners in the next round. This was to take on the might of Bournemouth Gasworks.
A 7.18 start doesn't seem the ideal preparation for the biggest match in our history. Breakfast connoisseurs will be pleased to see that our lads put away a decent breakfast and will be relieved that there is no mention of baked beans with the consequent risk of yolk contamination.
When did baked beans become popular? When were they added to the breakfast plate? Did the addition of potato-based products only come about to provide a barrier to keep the bean juice away from the eggs? Was this ham sliced cold ham? If so, was this the norm in those days? When did fried or grilled bacon come into vogue? Questions for a different thread perhaps.
Singlehurst met up with the team at Exeter. He was certainly the odd-man-out in being Exeter-based, with the squad split between Plymouth-based and Torquay-based players. Perhaps our trainspotting correspondents could comment on whether having to wait an hour and twenty minutes for a connection at Exeter is surprising or not.
How did the team get from St Davids to Queen Street (isn't that the Central station?)? Was there a connecting train? Did they walk - stopping for breakfast en route? Ten years earlier the United team had suffered a trauma on crossing the Iron Bridge by horse and cart when a wheel fell off. Would that have made them wary of this form of transport?
Is bovril a good pre-match meal? I wonder if there was any dissent amongst the players against the decision to turn down a slap-up lunch just before kick-off?
This one is a momentous occasion because it was the very first time that either Town or United had ever ventured outside of Devon - for an FA Cup replay at Bournemouth.
Our opponents were not the current league club - they were then known as Boscombe and awaited the winners in the next round. This was to take on the might of Bournemouth Gasworks.
A 7.18 start doesn't seem the ideal preparation for the biggest match in our history. Breakfast connoisseurs will be pleased to see that our lads put away a decent breakfast and will be relieved that there is no mention of baked beans with the consequent risk of yolk contamination.
When did baked beans become popular? When were they added to the breakfast plate? Did the addition of potato-based products only come about to provide a barrier to keep the bean juice away from the eggs? Was this ham sliced cold ham? If so, was this the norm in those days? When did fried or grilled bacon come into vogue? Questions for a different thread perhaps.
Singlehurst met up with the team at Exeter. He was certainly the odd-man-out in being Exeter-based, with the squad split between Plymouth-based and Torquay-based players. Perhaps our trainspotting correspondents could comment on whether having to wait an hour and twenty minutes for a connection at Exeter is surprising or not.
How did the team get from St Davids to Queen Street (isn't that the Central station?)? Was there a connecting train? Did they walk - stopping for breakfast en route? Ten years earlier the United team had suffered a trauma on crossing the Iron Bridge by horse and cart when a wheel fell off. Would that have made them wary of this form of transport?
Is bovril a good pre-match meal? I wonder if there was any dissent amongst the players against the decision to turn down a slap-up lunch just before kick-off?
