Pre match scran plummeting from bad to worse!
Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2011 2:22 pm
Being an old fart, I remember the good old days when a curried chip at Ravers would have fed a small village in Africa for a month and I sometimes shed a tear when I mind being able to get a scoop or two of Guinness before myself my da and a dog watched the men in white take on anything that came here.
Now we have a new stand which is comfortable and keeps us dry ... the old days huddling under Gushers wooden shack as the wind and rain blew a gale round yer bits and pieces are a thing of the past, we have a great wee team, and once we get rid of them feckin bats we can have a great wee ground.
Alas I have found over the years a subtle erosion of the quality of prematch scran, this season has not started well ... Take the Glasgow match, I got my eye wiped feeding the Mrs Fleg and Fleglettes before kick off with a collection of items that bore only a passing resemblance too burgers and chips, a nodding acquaintance may be more accurate. I personally know people who at knife point in New York got a better deal. Last week I attempted to find solace and redemption in a ‘chicken burger’ ... I was once again taken for a ride by a friendly mugger in a van who extracted a large amount of cash from my wallet for what looked like a bap surrounding this months poultry award winning weight watcher. I used to champion the quality of the curry on our chips at Ravers at various other grounds I’ve been to in the support of the team … but nowadays the liquid they poor over the emaciated potato they used in the preparation of the aforementioned ‘chip’ has about as much in common with actual curry as Malcolm Changlang has in common with an IRB rule book. I stay well away from curried chips at Ravers now … it only ends in tears.
Then on Friday I was led by old habits to the beer tent were I handed over 8 quid for 2 Bulmers - I thought this was a bit steep especially after having tried and failed to extinguish my hunger by the Ethiopian diet rations I got mugged for by a friendly wee woman in a van, but they managed to dupe me once again into parting with said 8 notes by saying the alternative was Heineken or worse, if such a thing is possible, some black ditch water going by the name of Murphys.
I put it to the great unwashed of the UAFC - we are being exploited worse than the Samoan rugby team by charlatans and highwaymen in Burger vans.
The only redeeming feature about the 7 o'clock ko is that you can pick up some decent scran on the way home before one passes out on the road.
Now we have a new stand which is comfortable and keeps us dry ... the old days huddling under Gushers wooden shack as the wind and rain blew a gale round yer bits and pieces are a thing of the past, we have a great wee team, and once we get rid of them feckin bats we can have a great wee ground.
Alas I have found over the years a subtle erosion of the quality of prematch scran, this season has not started well ... Take the Glasgow match, I got my eye wiped feeding the Mrs Fleg and Fleglettes before kick off with a collection of items that bore only a passing resemblance too burgers and chips, a nodding acquaintance may be more accurate. I personally know people who at knife point in New York got a better deal. Last week I attempted to find solace and redemption in a ‘chicken burger’ ... I was once again taken for a ride by a friendly mugger in a van who extracted a large amount of cash from my wallet for what looked like a bap surrounding this months poultry award winning weight watcher. I used to champion the quality of the curry on our chips at Ravers at various other grounds I’ve been to in the support of the team … but nowadays the liquid they poor over the emaciated potato they used in the preparation of the aforementioned ‘chip’ has about as much in common with actual curry as Malcolm Changlang has in common with an IRB rule book. I stay well away from curried chips at Ravers now … it only ends in tears.
Then on Friday I was led by old habits to the beer tent were I handed over 8 quid for 2 Bulmers - I thought this was a bit steep especially after having tried and failed to extinguish my hunger by the Ethiopian diet rations I got mugged for by a friendly wee woman in a van, but they managed to dupe me once again into parting with said 8 notes by saying the alternative was Heineken or worse, if such a thing is possible, some black ditch water going by the name of Murphys.
I put it to the great unwashed of the UAFC - we are being exploited worse than the Samoan rugby team by charlatans and highwaymen in Burger vans.
The only redeeming feature about the 7 o'clock ko is that you can pick up some decent scran on the way home before one passes out on the road.