NFLE99 Week 7: vs Thunder

WEEK 7 - CLAYMORES 10 THUNDER 28

And so the scene moved to Glasgow, for the first ever visit of the Thunder to Scotland. A quiet Saturday night in the Cambridge Bar was had (due to the lack of any Thunder fans) and we watched the Galaxy beat the Fire 21-20 and the Dragons knock off the Admirals 28-17. This meant we had to win to keep pace with Barcelona who are 5-2.

On GameDay, the 3 Cambridge Barmy Army buses left Edinburgh full of hope, liquor and optimism. Only 1 would take the direct route to Hampden! The bus that carried the Cheddarheads would embark on the "stadium tour of Glasgow". And it didn't get any bigger than Shawfield Stadium our first stop on our tour! After recovering from that buzz, we set sail into the deepest Celtic country as we sailed past Parkhead. Speed was at a premium here - as the sight of blue shirted football fans in Celtic land was not likely to be well received given the result of the Cup Final the day before

And then, eventually we hit newly built Hampden Park, No more changing rooms in Portacabins in the end zone!

Among the guests at the backfields was Troy "I'm so excited" Aikman, who had flown in from Dusseldorf the night before. We decided to spare the Troy any further anguish by a possible cheddaring. We were far more excited to meet Dirk - who had flown in from Dusseldorf also (A Galaxy fan from Berlin)!

Gametime!

WEEK 7 CHEDDAR AWARDS

MVP - Mmmm. We could offer this one to the officiating crew, but that would sound like sour grapes, and we'd probably get flagged for pass interference. So step forward LB Matt Finkes, who made 6 tackles - including a couple of great mid-air goal-line stops on RB Justin Watson.

LVP - TE Shon Bell. What the hell was Shon doing out there on Sunday? In the first half he gets flagged for 2 false starts. Not content with that, he drops an easy pass on 3rd down that might have gone for a TD with the Claymores down 18-10. Then to finish the game off he lets another pass goes through his hands for an INT by LB Vernon Strickland.

Hero and Heroin - WR Scott Couper makes a dream TD catch in the 1st quarter to score in his hometown. Then in the 2nd half he appears to develop an addiction for white lines. Keep off 'em Scott!

Missing in Action - Berlin K Axel "Missed his flight, and probably would have missed some of those extra points" Kruse.

Lost in Frankfurt - Dameyune's magic. Those 600 yards seemed like a long way away. It got so bad that Dameyune ditched the headband in the 4th quarter!

So the joke was finally on us ...

The can of whoop ass that we had making fun on for weeks at Berlin's expense (see week 2), finally turned up in Scotland. And Berlin GM Michael Lang read the operating instructions correct! It got so back that in the 4th quarter German national RB Kim Kuci was running for first downs against our dispirited defense. 28-10 was our 2nd worst ever home defeat! Suddenly next week in Barcelona is a must win!