1)
1998 NFL EUROPE ALL-CHEDDAR TEAM
2) GLOSSARY OF THE LANGUAGE OF NFL EUROPE
3) NFL EUROVISION OF LEAGUE CITIES
4) THE SEMI-MANIGFICANT SIX
5) THE 1998 CHEDDAR AWARDS
6) 12 ‘IT COULD ONLY HAPPEN IN THE
NFLE’ MOMENTS IN THE 1998 SEASON
7) A BIG CHEDDAR THANKS TO … |
| 1) 1998 NFL EUROPE ALL-CHEDDAR
TEAM |
OFFENSE
WR Kotto Cotton (Bar)
Kotto’s hands gave us our first win.
WR Terrence Davis (Sco) Nothing like a converted
Monarch for 98.
T Ron Florine
(Rhe) Ex-Claymore appreciated
our taunts in Bristol.
T Mike Rockwood (Sco) The tallest player
cheddared in 98.
G Joe Andruzzi
(Sco) The only true Packer
cheddared.
G Pervis Hunt
(Sco) We couldn’t leave
him out!
C Emmett Zitelli
(Sco) First cheddared Claymore.
TE Josh Wilcox
(Ams) For beating up Mike Carlson on
Endzone.
QB Josh LaRocca (Eng) Always a Fire
player in our burning hearts.
RB Dino Philyaw (Sco)
Looked good before he got bundyed
RB Tamon Nakamura (Rhe) Hope your Bristol headache has now
gone. DEFENSE
DE Josh Taves
(Bar)
Sack leader cheddared in Sitges.
DE Robert Flickinger (Sco) We won’t
hold being English against you Flick.
DT Devin Wyman
(Bar) Makes it for being one of Sam
Clancy’s buddies.
DT Brandon Noble (Bar)
Another Sitges cheddar. Another one of Sam’s boys.
LB Emmett Waldron (Sco) Wash that cap
Emmett!
LB Juan Long
(Bar)
Chicken man Juan always a favourite.
LB Antony Doghmi (Rhe) Another
Bar 77 regular.
CB George McCullough (Bar) For offering Preston the choice of
life.
CB Kory Blackwell (Sco) Kory
is of course Fraser’s man, but we’ll take him.
S Eddie Cade
(Sco) Who said
retire #27?
S Kerry Joseph
(Rhe) Nothing like an
ex-Monarch QB doing well.
SPECIAL TEAMS
K Danny Kight
(Rhe) The Fire special
teams were shoe ins thanks totheir
P Nate Cohcran
(Rhe) ability to come out for drinks
before andafter games.
H Willy Tate
(Sco)
For his hold on the game winner vs. England.
KR Ingo Seibert
(Fra) At least
we’ll give him some playing time.
ST Tom Beck
(Sco) As in,
„Whatever happened to Tom Beck?“
COACHING STAFF
HC Jack Bicknell (Bar)
Wake up Jack!
Assist Sam Clancy (Bar) Our
favourite Bruce Clark look-a-like |
| 2) GLOSSARY OF THE LANGUAGE OF NFL
EUROPE |
Ooops
I have slept through the check in for my flight and must pay an extra 150DM
Big Ooops
Our plane cannot land in foggy London and we have to go to work.
For sure
Why not
Why not
For sure
Weichei
Soft egg
Of course
„Show me what is under your kilt“
Not good
„That is what is under your kilt?“
Not bad
Beating Barcelona at home
Very good
Beating England at home
Not so good
Our Cornerback is playing Running Back.
No pictures please I am naked on the beach and would be grateful if you
put your camera away
Sausage
Popular Rhein Fire light snack
Players buffet Free
food for players and Jochen the Legend
Hooters
A bar that serves great food and sensational beer
Lefties
I have to left your company as I’m about to rid myself of last night’s
consumption.
Bundyed
If you’re ribs are sore, or you can’t make FG’s like you used to -
you’ve been bundyed
Cheddared
To have your head covered with Scottish Cheddar and be photographed (see Bill
Peterson
picture)
Sausaged
To have too much sausage (see sausage), which usually results 12-24 hours loss
of
consciousness
Boy band
The Scottish Cheddarheads
Front office
When something goes wrong. e.g. My dog died of gunshot wounds – blame the front
office.
We’re goin’ to win! What we say after we’ve lost.
Schlössered
To have drunk too much Schlösser Alt. Common signs are when ‘YMCA’ compels you
to
get up on a chair and dance the night away.
Fire water
Popular Rhein Fire energy drink
Elo
NFLE greeting welcome in any country.
Prost
Thank you for plying me with beer kind German.
Scones
Kight fodder.
Gracais
The Spanish language can be mastered by using this one phrase.
Mucho gracias For
advanced students only.
Mañana
Tomorrow I will feel much much better
Plaza
Big expendtiture. Such as beer in Hooters (see Hooters)
You wanna live? Your retort when a
cheddarhead tells you that „we kicked your ass last week“
Unbelievable
Claymores hit paydirt in the red zone
Believable
Jim Sochor draw play on 4th down
The beach
Popular playing surface for German fans and Cheddarheads
Festered
Ask a Claymore cheerleader. |
| 3) NFL EUROVISION OF LEAGUE CITIES |
The marks from the Cheddarhead judges are as follows,
· London
Nil points
Poor stadia, poor fans, no-one has heard of NFLE
· Bristol
1
point
Better stadia, no beer, but plenty of Fire fans
· Birmingham 2
points
The worst stadium, shitty town but it has a Hooters!
· Glasgow
3
points
Will be good when its built, tough beer laws
· Amsterdam 4
points
Most improved power party plus the Hooters vote
· Edinburgh 5
points
Backfields good. Cambridge better.
· Barcelona/Sitges 6
points
The beach! The sports bar! Did I say the beach?
· Frankfurt
8
points
Best pre-power party and BBQ anywhere!
· Düsseldorf 10
points
The best power party plus Oldtown afterwards. 
Birmingham: What a shit stadium, but I think Preston just spotted the way to Hooters
! |
| 4) THE SEMI-MANIGFICANT SIX |
Following last years ‘Magnificent Seven’ Claymores fans who attended
all 10 games (plus the World Bowl) we can reveal that this year 6 hardcore fans have
earned the mantle.
¨ Mark and Gillian Smalley (2 straight years!)
¨ Lesley Murray (how does she put us with us?)
¨ The Scottish Cheddarheads (you may have seen them on STV)
¨ Ian Dall (#80 or #23 depending on how he’s feeling) One name you may be
surprised to see that is missing is our cover star, Jochen the Legend. His bizarre
absence from Week 1 in Barcelona led to his omission from the list. However he retained
his legend title in many
other ways, including a record 18 games in 11 weeks this season. You’re still the
legend Jochen! |
| 5) The 1998 Cheddar Awards |
| Roll of Honour Main Awards
The ‘Best Male
Cheddar’……………………………… Jack
Bicknell (Bar)
The ‘Best Supporting Male Cheddar’
………………… Alex Leibkind (Rhe)
The ‘Best Female Cheddar’
…………………………... Yvone (Pyromaniacs)
The ‘Best Supporting Female Cheddar’
……………… Sue Luginbill (Ams)
The ‘Scariest
Cheddar’………………………………...
Keith Webster (First Down)
The ‘Cheesiest
Cheddar’………………………………. Jim
Criner (Sco)
The ‘Only Refused
Cheddar’………………………….. Gia
Milanovich (Sky Sports)
The ‘One We’d Still Like To
Cheddar’……………….. Al Luginbill (Ams)
The ‘Most
Cheddared’…………………………………
Danny Kight (Rhe)
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Bill Peterson - cheddared
Dany cleans up ! |
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Other Awards
The ‘Most Bundyed’
……………………………… Danny Kight
(Rhe)
The ‘Most Phoned At His Hotel
Room’………………. Danny Kight (Rhe)
The ‘Best Scone
Monster’……………………………..
Danny Kight (Rhe)
The ‘Best Cookie
Monster’……………………………. Ben
Torriero (Sco)
The ‘Best Candy Floss
Monster’……………………… Kevin
Cadle (Sky Sports)
The ‘Ball Is My Friend’
Award……………………….. Chris Miller
(Sco)
The ‘Braveheart’
Award………………………………. Carey
Bender (Sco)
The ‘Best Trophy To Drink Beer
From’………………. Scottish Telecom International
Cup
The ‘Tim Scharf Spitting
Conspiracy’………………… Jeff
Beckley (Bar)
The ‘Thanks For
Coming’……………………………..
Kerry Brown (Sco)
The ‘Most Valuable Emergency
RB’…………………. Lee Cole
(Sco)
The ‘Most Missed
Player’……………………………..
Sami Alalampi (Bar)
The ‘Best Clipboard
Holder’…………………………..
Ben Torriero (Sco)
The ‘Best
Cheerleaders’………………………………..
Pyromaniacs
The ‘Best
Non-Streak’…………………………………
Bundy in Birmingham
The ‘Best Sports Bar
Owner’…………………………..
Miguel Matas (Sitges Sports Bar)
The ‘Best Head Coach’s
Wife’………………………... Sue
Luginbill
The ‘Best
Planet’…………….…………………………
Fire.Pl@net
The ‘Best
Sausage’……………………………………..
Thomas Gude (Fire.Pl@net)
The ‘Best Butt On a German
Legend’…………………
Jochen the Legend
The ‘Best TV
Station’………………………………….
Shared by STV and DSF
The ‘Best Front Office Little
Brother’…………………
Fraser ‘Fester’ Bedwell
The ‘Least Missed Arse On
TV’………………………. Fraser
‘Fester’ Bedwell
The ‘Best Male
Trainer’……………………………….
Eric Waters (Eng)
The ‘Best Female
Trainer’……………………………..
Taleen Noradoukian (Sco)
The ‘Best & Most Tolerant Pub
Landlord’…………… John (The
Cambridge)
The ‘Best
Pub’…………………………………………
The Cambridge
The ‘Best Former
Pub’…………………………………
Bar 77, Dusseldorf
The ‘Worst Currency’
……………………………….…ArenA
cards
The ‘Best
Cameraman’…………………………….…..
Ralph Orlob (Fire.Pl@net)
The ‘Best
Flag’………………………………………...
Andreas Wand (Touchdown Dusseldorf)
The ‘Best
Airline’………………………………………
EasyJet
The ‘Best
Hooters’……………………………………..
1) Amsterdam, 2) Birmingham
The ‘Best
Chant’……………………………………….
Super Manny Fussball God!
The ‘Mike Carlson
Award’…………………………….
Mike Carlson
The ‘Best Bus
Driver’………………………………….
Ralf (Bristol-Amsterdam)
The ‘Best
Beer’…………………………………………
Schlosser Alt
The ‘Worst
Security’…………………………….……..
Shared between London, Amsterdam and Scotland
The ‘Best Girl
Group’………………………………….
Girl Guides
The ‘Best Boy
Group’………………………………….
Scottish Cheddarheads
The ‘Best
Condoms’……………………………………
Rhein Fire
The ‘Worst Crazy Golf
Players’……………………..…
Fire.Pl@net
The ‘Best
Superheroes’…………………………………
Shared by Captain Claymore and Fuperman
The ‘Best
Tripleheader’………………………………..
Week 6
The ‘Best Underground with Classical
Music’………... Barcelona
The ‘Best Power Party with no
Beer’………………….. Bristol (no other
contenders)
The ‘Worst Game of
Thirst’……………………………
Glasgow (no other contenders)
The ‘Best Early Morning Wake-Up
Calls’……………. Jacqui
The ‘Worst Early Morning Wake-Up
Calls’…………... Andy Colvin (First Down/The
Sun)
The ‘Worst Late Hit of the
Season’……………………. Tony Watkins
(Eng) on Carey Bender (Sco), W4
The ‘Best Late Hit of the
Season’…………………….. Al
Luginbill on all his players
The ‘Best Teenage Website Wonder &
Scanner’…….. Steve Dalgleish
The ‘Best
Songsheets’………………………………….
Blunt Views
The ‘Most Sung Sinatra
Song’…………………………
New York, New York
The ‘Best Sinatra Cover
Version’……………………..
„My Way“ by Dick Regan
The ‘Best FOX Commentator’…
………………
Paul Kennedy
The ‘Best Play by Play
Man’…………………………..
Ray Bentley
The ‘Best Ex Porn
Star’………………………………..
Dolly Buster
The ‘Best Edinburgh
Accommodation’……………….. House of
Fraser
The ‘Least Sense of
Humour’………………………….
Richard Davies (Eng)
The ‘Front Office Terms of
Service’………………….. Martin
Dodds (Eng)
The ‘Best Glasgow Rangers
Trophy’…………………. No
nominations
The ‘Best E-mail Mailing
List’………………………..
The NFLE Mailing List
The ‘Worst
Navigators’………………………………...
Claymores Stats Crew
The ‘Best Sitges Drinks in
Frankfurt’…………………. Michael
Lang (DSF)
The ‘Be Seein’ Ya’ Award
……………………………. Alton Byrd
(Eng)
From L to R: Best Male Cheddar, Cheesiest Cheddar, Worst Wake Up Calls,
Best Sinatra Cover Version, Candy Floss Monster and The Mike Carlson
Award. |
| 6) 12 ‘IT COULD ONLY HAPPEN
IN THE NFLE’ MOMENTS IN THE 1998 SEASON |
* Fire engines outside the Cambridge get treated to a rousing German version of
‘Fire…Woh!’
* Dick Regan sings ‘My Way’ from atop a table in the Cambridge.
* Eurovision mania in Dusseldorf after the Claymores game.
* Danny Kight gets his scones and comes down to the Cambridge afterwards to say
thanks.
* Cheddarheads flash the Dusseldorf power party (keep your legs together
Preston!).
* The arrival of Hooters, Birmingham 3 days before the Claymores hit town. What
timing!
* The 4th quarter Conga in Amsterdam after the game was long lost.
* The continuing saga of „Steve“ and „Ivy“.
* Preston getting recognised by some girl guides on Girl Power day.
* Getting Champagne from Miguel, the Sitges Sports Bar owner for completion of the
Tripleheader.
* Drinking from the Telecom Cup all night after beating the Monarchs.
* The naked legend ! |
| 7) A BIG CHEDDAR THANKS TO … |
| Thanks to the boys at STV (Graeme and Martin pictured) who put us on our
way in week 1. We couldn’t have done it all without you guys! And good luck as well
to ‘There’s only one’ Martin Giessler in your new Sky job! |
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Thanks also to these two boys who you may know. Wil, for helping to continue
put out a first class organization despite a shreded budget this year (just how much are
ya paying Fester?). Thanks too for paying for that Charing X to Queen St ride. It might
have been our shortest trip of the year but they all count! And John, big big
thanks for letting us do that to your pub!(+thanks to Iain too). „New York, New
York“ must have taken its toll on the furniture by now! Seriously though we would be
lost without it, and some of the nights we’ve had in there are our best memories of
the season. |
| Thanks also to the man they just call ‘Sausage’ now. Thomas and Ralph
who form Fire.Pl@net have over extended their kindness to the boyband all year and
we couldn’t have got away with most of our antics in Europe without them. See you at
the World Bowl baby – this year Fire win! |
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And finally a great big thanks to the coach. Its been a tough tough year for sure, but
Jim never stopped being a
class guy, and appeciated fan support all year both at home and on the road. And let us
not forget that he did win us the only trophy that you can drink beer from (even it did
leak)! In fact its hard to imagine anybody else coaching the Claymores. So we’ll see
you back in 99 coach! |
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