The Barmy Army

Anna-Marie, Daz, me and Andy

The Borat's - getting kicked out, good comedy value

As the game warmed up (quite literally as well – we were roasted in the sun with nowhere to hide), the alcohol consumption increased, having a direct effect on the Barmy Army’s singing abilities. They launched into their first song a few hours into the game and after that were just the best entertainment I’ve experienced! Before long we were all singing and clapping along and gradually learning the words to the anthems and chants. Apart from the Barmy Army area (of around 1000 I’d say) the rest of the ground was a mixture of English, Australian and other supporters. At a football match I can imagine this would cause absolute chaos and fighting, but here it was just really good fun. There was a lot of banter between us and the Aussie fans but it was very good-natured and witty rather than aggressive. The songs were really loud and you can tell why the Barmy Army are referred to as the ‘12th Man’, the players loved it (the Australian players copped it though and I’m not sure Warney really loves his special song!).