SPECIAL NEWS

Bonjour blog fans. A tremendous festive was had here at Bloggingham Palace, and was made even more superb with a special telegraph that arrived this morning. It came from the little palace down the road, and was hand written from Her Maj herself. That's right folks, a number of Viscounts have been rewarded for their hard work, dedication, commitment, resolve, self-belief and for the times they have triumphed in the face of adversity or gone out of their way to help others. For others, all the time spent on the training pitch has paid off with the acknowledgement of their sporting excellence.

So without further wait, here are the list of prize winners and the reasons of their award in the Inaugural Viscount Empire Awards

MVE (Member of Viscount Empire)

These are awarded to people who have done something that has inspired others in their field to achieve sporting excellence like they have.


ADS - Services to Podiatry
SHEP - Services to Farming rugby
COSTAS - Services to Immigrant rugby
MAHONY - Services to York General Infirmary Thumb Unit
GAV - Services to Naughty Forties with dodgy shoulders
LITTLE NICO - Services to the Pastry Industry
NIXO - Services to the Destruction of Chris Chilton hobby
MAJOR - Services to Defection and thinking the grass is greener
KNIBBS - Services to Ignoring your Better Half because your on tour

OVE (Officer of the Viscount Empire)

These are awarded to those who have excelled in not just rugby, but at least two other areas of supreme dedication.


JOCK - Services to Viscount Rugby, Saracens Rugby, and Usefulness
CHILTS - Services to Usefulness, Usefulness and Usefulness.
DUX - Services to Rugby, Silk Cut and Vodka Tonic


KNIGHTHOOD

The top award, main attraction of the evening. Now these awards are not given out cheap (i.e.- a MAJOR DONATION TO THE BLOGGER) could be enough to achieve one of these most prestigious titles, and this year only 1 of our plethora of fine athletes has done enough to be warranted to be called 'Sir'. That's right people, he is of course

SIR BLOGGER

Congratulations to all award winners from 2007. If you didn't manage to make it this year, never give up and keep fucking up all year and who knows what 2008 will bring. After all, there are a few big names who haven't made it this year. Also to finish guys, we are 6 weeks unbeaten and I don't think anybody wants to play us anymore!

HAKA ANYONE?

With the Viscounts at the top of their game, the blogger was racking his brains about how we can be more formidable and intimidating to the opposition. Then it came to me! How about a really menacing pre-match build up like the All Blacks haka?

So the blogger asked for 2 volunteers (well, guinea pigs)to be put through their paces by a really scary south sea islander who would oversee this experiment. Click on the link below to see what he came up with.

http://www.elfyourself.com/?id=1569713611

v ENSIANS 3rds 8/12/07

We have only gone and got ourselves a match ball! 3 on the bounce for the mighty Viscounts. Now rightfully returned to the place as the pride of Otley after winning the latest chapter in the Old Firm trilogy. With the return of our perma-tanned Skipp after his boat trip round the Carib, his deputy RokoChilton, despite his heroics over the past fortnight, was banished from the armband and told to fuck off back to the wing and keep his mouth shut! Haha. Don't worry Chilts, nobody can take away your 100% record and the blog is on your side.

In the most shite conditions, both sides gave it their all and a decent game was had. The fearsome Viscount heavyweights, including new daddy Sam, had the edge in the weather and set a platform for the speedsters to run riot out in the backs. Ensians No.10 Chappy kept Ensians in it with some decent kicks but he could do nothing about the super 1st try. From a turnover, Beefy set Andy off who linked up with Will Darbs and Shep, and our flying farmer shot down the outside and passed to the supporting Andy who galloped to the posts for a 7 point lead. With the game in the middle of the park, Ensians tried shifting it wide only for lightening to strike again. Interception king Woody took the long pass and, well trundled to the line!

HALF TIME VISCOUNTS 12-0 ENSIANS

After the HT talk, it was absolutely baltic and both sides had 40 mins of shivering in front of them. Ensians started the stronger and were camped around the V's 22 but a mixture of great defence and a slippery ball, the line stayed strong. We came into it more with Gas and Beef kicking the corners, and we had total control. From a lineout, the ball was set up for a couple of phases and it found Sam in front of the posts, 5 yards out, in front of him was a winger. Try time. Skipp knocked the kick over and within 2 or 3 minutes we had scored again. This time another break by Farmer Shep, clearly loving the mud, and passed it to his bum chum Andy to score his 2nd. It was all Ensians at the end, searching for the try they probably deserved but again they couldn't quite get over.

FULLTIME VISCOUNTS 24-0 ENSIANS

That result has us off the mark in the race for the honour of Otleys top dogs, but there will be probably another 10 games between us yet!!

v Ensians 3rds
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NUMBER 14, THE FLYING WINGER

The number 14 shirt. The finishers shirt. The flying number. Campese, Underwood, Howlett, Robinson. A handful of speedsters who have graced the number over the years. The South African winger Bryan Habana is regarded as the quickest player in world rugby and he wears 14. He once famously raced side by side with a Cheetah, the quickest animal in the world, and only just lost. He can run 100m in just over 10 seconds which is nearly Olympic standard.

All this got the blogger thinking about the disgusting and utter embarassment our no.14 must of felt in his 'head to head' race on saturday.

In lane 1, we have the Cleck prop. A rather rotund chap, at his happiest with his head in a scrum and pushing like mad or to really make him feel like a pig in shit, charging at little weedy backs.

In lane 2, we have captain Chilton. With his treacle boots and his confidence at an all time high.


Picture the scene. A dropped ball in midfield, a huge kick into open space in the Cleck half and no fullback.

The gun bangs and their off! The prop sets the early pace. And the middle pace. And the sprint at the end to win the race to the ball. Laughter all round on the touchline!

"Let him up!" cries the ref which, now he has eventually caught up, Chilts does.

Only for the prop to rise to his feet, turn on the pace and leave Captain Manwarring eating his dust for the 2nd time in a minute!!

Gold to the prop, copper for Roko!! Absolutely priceless!!!

v CLECKHEATON 3RDS 1/12/07

He has only gone and done it again, inspiring his troops to a 2nd win on the bounce. RokoChilton's army are on a roll! Cleck were the latest team to roll up at CG expecting a win, but the Viscounts are made of sterner stuff under their new skip!

The ref was a no show and that left our very own DoR Peely to done the whistle. Cleck started the stronger but that is not enough to rattle our rabble. And certainly cheating wont help!! When Gas chipped over the top and knocked it past the full back, he was taken out by a back-tracking defender on the half-way line. The ref had no option but to award a penalty try!!!!! The Viscount sponge soaked the rest of the half up and hit the break 7 to the good!

HALFTIME VISCOUNTS 7-0 CLECKHEATON

After drinks and a power talk from the main man, the V's got to work on the Cleck defence. For about 2 minutes. Then it was back to tackling practice! Cleck had attack after attack and after 25 minutes breached the wall and scored a try. Roko looked at his men, eye to eye, seeing would wanted it. Who was going to front up for him? Who was going to score to win the game and make him a legend? It was no other than interception king of the north, Paul Wood. A long pass was plucked from the air and he screamed downfield to score to delight of his captain.

FULLTIME VISCOUNTS 12-7 CLECKHEATON

v SKIPTON 3rds 24/11/01

ARISE FOR CAPTAIN CHILTON!!

The fucking muppet steered the mighty Viscounts to their first victory off the season with a demolition job on Skipton. No, you did read that correctly!

Admittedly, we were strengthened by RAF Ben and Frosty bringing 4 other rugby lads down and having Sam Gardener and Will Darby playing the 2nd half, but we were winning at half time anyway! It was a feast of running rugby from the kick-off. Well, in fact Beefy hit his kick-off straight out. From the scrum on half way, Skipton scrumhalf knocked on. We had the head and ball our SH Ryan passed to Beefy who chipped it over the top, regained it and scored! 5 -0 up and only 3 people had touched the ball! With no Skipp, Beefy had the chance to turn it into a 7 pointer but hit the post. Skipton replied with a try before RAF Barry scored in the corner. A great conversion and a great try by Andy under the sticks after a great backs move and we were flying!

HALFTIME VISCOUNTS 19-5 SKIPTON

With a few changes because we had subs for once, Viscounts just dominated the second half. Early pressure created a score for RAF Ben and one for captain fantastic RokoChilton. RAF Barry got his second, all were converted by Beefy. Sam G scored a great 80 meter try on his own and then late tries from RAF Frosty and Will Darby completed the rout.

A great day after all the shit and near misses that we have had this season, we proved to ourselves maybe that if we knuckle down and stop being so lazy on the field we will win more often, and not come out 2nd best in the games that are close.

Anyway, I think 15 or how many years are now under threat Skipp! I doubt he will never play as well as he did on Saturday, so for all the stick you have taken from the Blogger Roko, well done Saturday mate!

FULL TIME VISCOUNTS 55 -5 SKIPTON

COME ON!!

CELEBRATION TIME !!!

ARISE NEW SKIPPER!

With Skipp now lying on a sun lounger somewhere in the Carribean woo-woo in hand, after that all over bronzed addonis look, he leaves us with no captain or team organiser for 3 weeks. DOR Peel is also away, so it left only 1 suitable candidate to keep the seat warm.


Thats right folks, first he got voted as a muppet. Now he has turned his fortunes around! Can he inspire the squad to that elusive first victory? Can he be the shining light at the end of a very dark Viscount tunnel? Always on the wing, never complaining. Always the butt of the joke, now he is the one that all others look to! Its Captain Chilton!!


Or is he going the otherway. Is this where it starts to REALLY fall apart in the Viscount land! No Skipp, no Peel. Just left with this goon in charge? Is someone havin a laugh? He cant run a bath, never mind a rugby team! Ladies and gentleman, he really is fucking useless! I present Captain Chilton!!



Which captain will turn up? The world cup winning Chilton or the Home Guard muppet? 1pm meet at CG to find out!!!

v RIPON 3rds and 4ths 17/11/07

After a weeks break, and a public drubbing in the polls, Viscounts got back on track with a trip up to Ripon. On arrival we found out that there was no Ripon 1st team game, the 2nd team were playing away and the 4ths game was called off at 1pm. Therefore, we were fearing another close 100 point stuffing!!

However, Ripon lent us a couple of props and it was game on.

The joy of being a Viscount is one week we are so shite its not even funny to watch, then we go and play like we did on Saturday. Everybody in the team pulled there finger out and got stuck in and it was great fun, knocking back the squaddies!! So much so that the game was camped on halfway and not in the Viscount 22 like normal. So much so that Ripon kicked their penalties cos they couldn't get through us!! I know what your thinking - God they must of been shite! Honestly, 3 penalties was all they could manage.

HALFTIME RIPON 9-0 VISCOUNTS

Playing with a bit of wind behind us, we decided Charlie and Andy would boot it into Ripon territory everytime and see if we could creep over. This tactic was working well, the Viscounts dominating both possession and territory until Charlie headbutted someones knee and got sparked out! The tit! The boys rallied round and kept pounding the Ripon boys, the large crowd not seeing the pasting they thought they would, but as ever we ran out of steam and conceded a soft try late on.

An enjoyable game and again we can count ourselves slightly unlucky, maybe another day we would of probably got what we deserved. Ted and El Dux had super games in the loose. Even Knibbs got over his broken knee and worked hard with his Greek mate Costas. Pastry boy must of made about 50 tackles as his nutty flanker training continues!

FULLTIME RIPON 14-0 VISCOUNTS

EXCLUSIVE NEW T-SHIRT!

Look at these bobby dazzlers!! Wear our favourite haggis muncher everyday of the week!!!!


Only 58p each, a real bargain!!

POLL RESULT

Well, thats fairly conclusive!!

A massive 71% (well, it could of been higher) have lost complete faith in the ability of Chappell's army to register a win this season. An absolute landslide. The blogger is not often lost for words but the news has shaken him to the core!

When the news went public in Rugby World magazine, the whole country from Twickenham to Newcastle had mixed reactions. Here are a few quotes the blogger got from his contact book -


"Once the Viscounts get over their injury problems, they will bounce back in style" Brian Ashton


"The Viscounts have nothing to worry about and their form will soon pick up" Jonny Wilkinson


"Form is temporary, class is permanent" Martin Johnson


"Im still stamping my mark on this team, give me some time please" Viscount DIR Mick Peel


"They are the biggest pile of shit I have ever seen on a rugby field. Every week I am so fucking embarrassed to be involved it makes me wonder why I bother" Chris Chilton




Wow, mixed reaction across the land then. The blogger wants to support the troops and wishes them the best for the rest of the dickings they are going to recieve this season! You lads get your heads down, that win is not far away!!!!!!!

ANYBODY FANCY IT?

Skinful in Harrogate saturday night?

GAME OFF

Skipp informs the blogger that tomorrows game is called off. We have no Charlie, Sam, Boothy, Andy, Knibbs, Nico, Mahony and a few others.

Its ladies day down at Cross Green, so get down and give the totty some Viscount love!

v WETHERBY 3/11/07

Bonjour blog fans! Apologies for the lack of blog action, basically I havent been arsed to do it and since i missed saturdays game, this will be a shite, brief report.

My spy at the game tells me that the only talking points were being camped on the Wetherby line and dismissing 3 penalties under the posts, opting for a bit of Viscount finesse and the 7 pointer. That failed. Then there was the compulsary "I think I have broke my neck" moment that always seems to strike our Knibbsy every time he plays at Wetherby. Luckily, he had our immigrant doctor at his side, Dr. Costas, who will learn like everyone else knows, when Knibbs goes down you tell the numb tit to get up, dont roll him into the recovery postition! Kick his fucking arse!!!

Apart from that, no stories or tales got back to the blogger. Let the blogger know if you have something funny. Bloggingham Palace can be contacted at viscounts@hotmail.co.uk

v YORK 27/10/07

Following last weeks shite, the Viscounts made the trip over to York hoping to fair a little better. It started off well as the return of most of the backs and RokoChilton not playing, we had a much stronger squad than last week!!! Sorry Chilts, hope your 'sore head' gets better for next week.

With a few words said by a few players, DIR Mick Peel didnt have to say owt. Beefy kicked off and after dominating the first 10, Andy scored another quality try. He broke from 40ish meters and just pissed off to the line. So, we were on top and looking good. Until this. With no RokoChilton, the game was crying for a comedy moment and up stepped this little beauty. Obviously by playing at full-back he was still not in top physical shape after his 65 vodka tonics the night before, old snake hips himself El-Dux didnt fancy catching the high kick York put up. Instead he fancied his favoured George Best and tried to boot it on the half volley. But he missed it by a mile and they scored! 15 assembled Viscounts behind the posts all with the same thought of "you fucking numpty"! It became funny back at the club though! Skipp missed a penalty just on half-time

HALFTIME YORK 7-5 VISCOUNTS

DIR Peel told the boys to keep going but a sloppy start was punished by York with 2 penaltys. Then our scrumhalf, Mahony, had to go straight to hospital with a broken thumb. Pastry boy was fucked and went onto the wing. Dyson went to scrumhalf and Beefy went to flanker.
Big Richie made a break, Andy made another, and so did RAF Ben but we failed to score and York made us pay with a try that was slightly contraversial as nobody knew what the fuck was going on or why we had a penalty against us. Whats that saying? Never turn your back at a penalty. We did and got punished. But fair play to us, we got back up and after Charlie turned ball over, Pastry boy screamed over under the posts. Skipp knocked the goal over with the last play.

So another defeat, but at least this week we showed some cock and balls and put in a decent effort unlike last week. Roll on Old Mods next week

FULLTIME YORK 18-12 VISCOUNTS

NEW POLL!

Look, the blogger is aware that we are not out of October yet and the new signings may not of 'gelled in' yet but, after watching all last saturdays drubbing by local rivals Otliensians, feels that the point needs to be raised. Is there a chance of us winning a game? In fairness, the Viscounts have performed decently well before last week and maybe the blogger is over-reacting. But the word on the street is that our army of fans are not prepared to spend their hard earned cash on watching that shite and are fast losing patience! For the first time in his managerial career, Director of Rugby Mick Peel may be feeling the heat!

Here at Bloggingham Palace, we have a strict no-bias approach so in order to please the fans that have been camped at the gates demanding change, the blogger has set up a new poll that requires your votes!

JOCK LUCAN?

Whilst chatting with Ads, Skipp, ex-DOR Major and the queer, pastry hating little Nico before the World Cup final last saturday, we all came to the same conclusion. Jock hasn't done or said anything remotely stupid yet! The more we chatted about it, the more we agreed that Jock spouting a load of bollocks every saturday is par for the course, that it gives priceless ammo for the likes of Director of Sarcasm Nixo to verbally destroy favourite haggis eater in the clubhouse after! You see, so far this season it has been the one and only RokoChilton taking the majority of the flak. However, this has been totally justified and very well deserved!!


So what is the story with Jock? Where is the real Jock? Has he finally got to grips with the basics of the game? Is he thinking he has joined the Viscount top table and doesnt need to act the clown? People are saying that he has matured as a player and as an all round man. Is this the reason for his sudden lack of Jock-ness? The blogger has no answers for these questions, but just hopes that the real Jock returns from his bout of Lord Lucan because RokoChilton is nearing the edge of abuse that one man can take!!

vs ENSIANS 3RDS 20/10/07

Arse-raped

HALF-TIME VISCOUNTS 0-27 ENSIANS

More arse raping

FULL-TIME VISCOUNTS 7-52 ENSIANS


P.S. Ted scored our try

NO EXCUSES!

Some little birdy tells me there is a big game on this saturday? Didnt realise Keighley 3rds warrents all this press attention! We play at 3, Skip wants replies to his texts!

Anyway, all Viscounts are required in the clubhouse after the game for a massive piss-up. Everyone must turn up and watch Sheridan knock 10 bags of shit out of Du Randt, Jonny to kick the shit out of Butch James and Lewis Moody pull Montgomery's hair out. He is one puff if I ever saw one!

v BAILDON 2nds 13/10/07

With no game up at Baildon, the Viscount bandwagon gave up home advantage and traveled up to Jenny Lane to take on Baildon 2nds. With a full front row, and a welcome return of Wheelybin, a heavy pack, loads of backs and the RAF boys on their way down, it was feared for the first time in a long time that we might not have enough shirts!! Or we might have a chance of winning!!

Well, our fears were getting stronger at half time because the Viscounts put in, certainly since the blogger got into the Viscount scene, the best 40 minutes for a long time. The forwards were making yards round the fringes, Sam and Wheely making surges up the middle for fun and Charlie had his backs running, it was a joy to watch. Andy scored his second try of the year with a fine break from 35 meters, Big Sam charged through from 20 and Viscounts were 14-nil up after 20 minutes! It was like watching the Barbarians! Well, not quite.
When Baildon actually got the ball, they got knocked over by the tackles. Then the ref got involved. Now, the blogger doesn't agree with dissing the refs, tough job, not easy and all that shit, but fuck me. I wont name him but we all know him and to say we were all disappointed is an understatement. All he did was penalty after fucking penalty. They kicked 3 of them and didn't deserve a point, never mind 9.

HALFTIME BAILDON 9 - 14 VISCOUNTS

A couple of injuries, Charlie's thigh and Wheely's Achilles, forced Director of Rugby Mick Peel into some changes. RAF Ben into the pack and RAF Frosty on the wing. Both were still arsholed from the Regiment dinner they had the night before! Then Red Bull went down with a shoulder injury and Baildon caught us off guard with a quick try that was converted to give them an unlikely lead early 2nd half. Viscounts, with Andy hitting some big kicks, recovered and when he made a break and fed Shep who scorched up the field, drew the full back and sent Frosty to the line, thought they were back in charge. Wrong. The tosser blew his whistle for a forward pass!! Even the Baildon lads couldn't believe it. Guess what happens next? Yep. Baildon score. "Fucking hell"was the cry from the Kop end where the travelling army were enjoying their prawn sarnies. They scored again with a couple of minutes to go. But the Viscounts had one last attack in them, big Richie and Andy combined and passed to the supporting RokoChilton who, being true to his voters, spilt the pass and it was game over.

Really gutting result for the boys and you would of thought they had won the World Cup at the end judging the size of the cheer at the end.

FULL TIME BAILDON 26-14 VISCOUNTS

AN APOLOGY!

Whilst relaxing here at Bloggingham Palace on Monday evening, the blogger received a phone call from no other than ex-Director of rugby David Somers. After some general chit-chat and some light banter between the pair, David had not rung about trying to get his old job back, he was in fact letting the blogger know about the incorrect spelling of his surname! He checked the blog in fine detail and it is not Summers and is SOMERS. The blogger was disgusted with himself for letting down one of the pioneers of Viscount rugby and offers an immediate apology!!!

WEEGMANS IT IS THEN

Well, another poll done and another controversial result. The voters have spoke and have decided that you are skinny little shit. Little kids pick the meat out of their pies and leave their pastry, not so called men. FROM THIS POINT ON, IT IS UNACCEPTABLE FOR ANY PASTRY TO BE LEFT YOUR PLATE. FAILURE TO CO-OPERATE WITH THIS ORDER WILL END UP IN YOUR DISMISSAL FROM THE VISCOUNT RANKS. 5 pies a day from now on if you want to wear that famous number 7 shirt. For you to wear it now will not do any justice to former Viscount greats that shed blood and tears in the black shirt.

You skinny prick little Nico, next stop butchers please!!

vs WHARFEDALE 8/10/07

With the Viscounts managerless with Peely away playin cricket, and the obvious England game, many lads took advantage and stayed away. Tossers! Skipp's recruitment wagon picked up two lads from RAF Leeming called Frosty (winger) and Ben (No.8). Both had fine games.

With Skipp resting his ribs, Mad Mick lent us a player to even up the sides and a game that was a lot closer then final 27-0 scoreline suggests. Wharfe scored early 1st half, their quick winger burning past Chilts to score and the kicker did his bit too. This was the only score of the half as both teams attacked and defended superbly.

HALF-TIME WHARFEDALE 7-0 VISCOUNTS

It was more of the same for the first 20 minutes of the second half, but then we let in 4 tries as the Green machine forwards took charge. Nothing funny happened in the game to tell the blog fans so bit of a shit report!

FULLTIME WHARFEDALE 27-0 VISCOUNTS

IMPORTANT NEWS !

After his post-match wisdom at Wharfedale last Saturday, Chilts informs me that dumbbells are now in stock!

NEW POLL!

Get those votes in on your new poll!

AND THE WINNER IS ......

The blogger managed to infiltrate the high security bunker where the voting was being counted by an independant adjudicator. Security men lay on the floor in tatters as I made a James Bond style getaway(minus the fit bird).The worlds press at the door were left waiting days on end for the result everyone wants. But the blogger has come good with the result.

My insiders at the bunker tell me it was a one-horse race from the 1st vote cast. The winner withstood everything thrown at him by friend and foe alike. He was the one who came out smiling. He became a better man. People started to acknowledge him in the street. Schoolkids stopped pointing and laughing at him. Skipp still only gives him half a game? Wat a disgrace.

Enough of the bullshit, would the winner step forward.....

MR. JOE ROKOCHILTON!!

Congratulations Chilts, this makes it all worthwhile. This is YOUR moment.

LAST CHANCE SALOON!

Only 1 more day left on your inaugrel Viscount poll! Get those votes in sharpish!

TACKLING

Now, since all the Viscounts do is tackle because we are shit at going forward, the blogger stumbled across some action shots from our recent game against Ensians. The perfect tackle is to get low and hit your target in the hips and drive him back on his arse. A bonus is to hit him hard enough to knock the ball from his graft.

A perfect example here is Nico

Although little Nico is tryin to mould himself into a nutty flanker, he is about 3 stone wet. Obvious solution to your lack of weight is to eat your pastry from your pies and pasties you weak prick! So you would think that the big lads in the team will be all out massive bonecrunchers. Wrong. Knibs at a rough guess will be 6 foot 2 and 17 stone but check out this tackling technique.

Knibs, stop pulling his hair and bend your back you faggot!!!

VS ENSIANS 3RDS 29/09/07

Manager Mick Peel had stressed all week in the press that he didnt want this game to be seen as a grudge match after the previous weeks draw. However, 20 strapping Viscounts assembled at CG looking for the victory to kick start the season with a victory over the only team that wants to play us.


Skipp got his troops sorted and the game kicked off, and the usual wrestle in the middle of the park started. A penalty was given away in the 22, but the Ensians kicker Twisty missed it. Viscounts were actually playing quite well and took a deserved lead when Andy carved through to score, and Skip knocked the kick over. The arm wrestle continued when El Dux got bored and decided he would like to become a human puchbag, and the general target of their meathead. Ensians came back and scored a converted try.



HALF TIME VISCOUNTS 7-7 ENSIANS



Peel studied his notes and decided on a couple of tactical changes. He controversially replaced the Skip. Dux took the reigns and the instructions were sent on to the field that we should take the points we could. The kick off was turned over, Beefy dropped into the pocket and fired over a cheeky 3 pointer! However, it all got to his head and he flunked two penalty kicks after that. The pressure was unforgiving from the Viscounts, and nutty flanker little nico, who was tryin his best to break his back, nearly scored after some fine 7's style passing from the backs. Disaster was never far away with the Viscounts playing this fast, attractive high risk rugby that kept the full house glued to action, and Ensians turned over ball on halfway and scored a converted try to lead by a point with 10 to go. Try as they might, Viscounts couldnt make another break through and ended up defeated. So a good effort by the Viscounts against a decently stong Ensians team, Peel still waits for that elusive first win bonus.

FULLTIME VISCOUNTS 13-14 ENSIANS

v ENSIANS 3RDS 22/09/07

Viscounts travelled down the road to face the old enemy for the first game of the new season. Changes off the pitch were done, and spirits were high for a change on it. Dont be so stupid!

Viscounts couldnt manage 2 fatties so scrums were uncontested.

The game started in superb fashion for the Viscounts, Beefy's kick-off didnt go 10 meters. Ensians started strongly and the Viscounts defence got its first workout of the new season. They coped well, repelling the 1 attack Ensians could manage due to the high level of dropped ball. Viscounts were no better, Manager Peel but this down to rustiness. The players knew differently, they are shit at catching.

Ensians took the lead just before half-time, their number 8 running through to score, try converted

HALF TIME VISCOUNTS 0-7 ENSIANS

Second half went similar to the first, but this time Viscounts scored the only try of the half. But, oh my, what a try. After some champagne pick and drives from 3 yards, the ball was seized upon by the industrious Booth who threw 3 dummies, 2 side-steps, kick and chase, and two hand-offs before ploughing over from 2 inch. The full house in the visting stand went ballistic as their own 'prop idol' emerged from the pile of bodies with the ball in hand. Skip knocked the kick over to end the game in a draw. Its a slippery slope from here

FULLTIME VISCOUNTS 7-7 ENSIANS

NEW MAN IN PLACE

The board have acted swiftly to the departure of Mr. Somers, announcing his replacement as no other than ex-Viscount international, MICK PEEL. Micky comes with glowing references, the board bought into his vision of 'heads-up rugby' and such offered him a 2-year deal. However, the minimum requirement is Inter-toto rugby.

Peel's first task was choosing his on field leader. There were two outstanding candidates for the coverted role, the evergreen JAMIE CHAPPELL, and JOCK. Both candidates rallied round for vital votes in their X-Factor style tour bus. CHAPPELL won at a cantor and became Viscount skipper for a record equalling 34th season.

ALL CHANGE AT THE TOP!

Its with great sadness that the 1st post in the new blog is the annoncement of a change in management within the Viscount ranks. DAVID SOMERS has left his post as director of rugby. The board of directors felt that David has taken the team as far as he can, and although he didnt 'lose the dressing room', flet that David was unable to deliver the european rugby that the board craves. We wish David all the best with his future coaching career.

WELCOME!

Welcome to the all new Otley Viscounts Blog!!



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