Focus On... Peterborough

SMBU soccer historian Paul Hunchback looks back at connections between Peterborough and Wanderers ahead of tomorrow’s game.

Slip Sliding Away
Saturday night wouldn’t be Saturday night without weeping heavily into your stained cushion as a man in a floral dress forces you to watch ITV’s soul-destroying Dancing On Ice. Well curiously enough series founder Mink Coates came up with the tawdry cash spewing idea while watching Wycombe play Peterborough in 1997. The sight of United players gliding gracefully across the pitch before collapsing in a sorry heap in an attempt (NB: successful) to get the game called off is said to have made him physically aroused and the rest is history, though it won’t be recorded in any history books. Rumours abound that for the next series puffing crook Barry Fry will be the main judge.

Memories
Do you remember the FA Cup tie with Peterborough in 1990? Do you remember John Motson standing in the snow like a suburban Scott of the Antarctic? Do you remember some bright spark taking a photo of the BBC commentator in the pack ice? Do you remember the naïve eager snapper being attacked from behind by a deranged but unknown assailant [NB: police be aware he was wearing aftershave]? Do you remember the arrogant maniac developing the film, selling the photo and living off the proceeds? Do you remember drinking heavily and walking around the Octagon without any trousers on, sobbing and urinating by the Christmas tree? Do you remember fixing some engines? I bet you remember some of these things.

Across The Vistula
Peterborough has seen large-scale Polish immigration in recent months and while most of them are unknown to me, one old friend of the Wanderers, Jixz656, has spent the past year living and working in the town. He emailed this to me the other day:

“Hey Hinchback!!! Great to heer you after this time I have still gott poster of Fred Dibbbner in my toilets!!! Life is good for me since Jerzy Dudek has left England the traitor Jerzy Dudek!! I never allow back in Bisster Village after seeing DUDEK THE SCUMM buying ralf loren underpants!!! As my uncle telled me Jixz Dudek is enemy of people look at his eyes can you see his wolf eyes kill him for Poland!! But he run off!!! Good luck for wandrers against Poshborough on Saturday!! Poshbrough local man abused me in road the other day!!! Last time I was in his bedroom with his wife Wendy HEY you FUK YOU Mr Wnedy whos got your car keys!!!!! BYE

03.04.2008. 23:28

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