Re: R: How about Sisters?

Please, let me know if this gets to the newsgroup. Google seems to be
at least 24 hours behind real time and I'm not sure if our work
newsreader (xvnews) allows us to post - it has been blocked in the
past.

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Victoria Barrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>On 2 Dec 2003 12:54:37 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Stephen
>Halchuk) wrote:

>Out of curiosity, who was the first true Canadian (born and raised) to
>play in England, anyone know?
>
This isn't the definitive answer but I think it will be hard to beat.
Canada made its first tour of the Ireland and Great Britain in 1888.
The played 23 games, W9 D5 L9. Amongst their victories was a 2-0 win
over Newton Heath (who've since changed their name, perhaps you've
heard of them - Manchester United). 4 of the losses came at the end of
the exhaustive tour (23 games in 2 months!) when the team was decimated
by injuries. The 17 man squad, with the exception of Scottish born
David Forsyth (Known as "the father of Canadian Soccer" who moved to
Canada when he was 1), was supposedly Canadian born. Players had such
colourful nicknames as:

"Silent City Dave" - David Forsyth
Alex "Zip-Zip" Gibson
William "Graveyard Bill" Mustard

One of the half-backs, Walter Bowman, remained in England and played for both 
Accrington and Manchester City, who he scored 3 goals for in 47 appearances.

I think this may be the first Canadian born and raised player to ply
his trade in England.


>>You'll appreciate this Veronica, 

D'oh, my sincere apologies, perhaps I had the Elvis Costello ditty
rolling around my head - some of the lyrics almost apply here

"Is it all in that pretty little head of yours?
      What goes on in that place in the dark?"
"And they call her a name that they never get right..."
"You can call me anything you like, but my name is Veronica"


>
>Hehe. Common enough mistake, Stephen, I get that all the time. I think
>Gaborzinho once called me Virginia. :)

wishful thinking no doubt

>>(and Steve Yzerman and I went to highschool together - although he was
>>five years younger and I probably wouldn't have given him the time of
>>day at the time, a situation that is now surely reversed)
>
>*LOL!* That's awesome. And now I know you're age. *g*

Yes, I've recently just left my mis-spent youth behind and am settling
uncomfortably into "middle" age.

>(Was he a geek?)
Not particularly, although his hockey skills were obvious even at that
tender age (14)

>>Nepean, Ontario
>
>Is that near Willowdale? :)

west end of Ottawa

Stephen
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S. Halchuk, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
"the players will on this occasion be laboratory rats, which the scientist
Scolari will use to test possible antidotes which his team needs to emerge
from the lethargy in which it is submerged." Aug 2001 editorial in the Panama 
daily El Universal, commenting on the "prestigious" Brazil Panama friendly