Quote of the Week
"So Lottie's definately not here then?"
Dunk, trying to gather the team list (after the game) was about to be proved wrong (again).
09 November 2008 v Sheffield
"How many do I need?"
Sale Sharks player and AK women's coach, Sean Cox, when asked to put flags out on the pitch.
09 November 2008 v Sheffield
"What? So you're claiming neighbourhood rights?"
Apparently he lived near the border of Hampshire, and she lived near the border of Dorset...
12 October 2008 v Hartlepool
"If you look down, you'll go down."
Going into contact with the ball, or Lovers Guide technique?
05 April 2008 v Preston Grasshoppers
"I'm head of fizz!"
Spaghetti, gleefully waving around several bottles of champers.
17 February 2008 v Sheffield
"Manue would have played on."
Not the most sympathetic response from the sidelines as Becky Hewson trudged off with a broken wrist (on her birthday).
17 February 2008 v Sheffield
"Training's worked! Training's worked!"
Happy new year Seamus
13 January 2008 at Scunthorpe
"Slide it in Kersal"
Katy Hart explaining scoring technique
13 January 2008 at Scunthorpe
"Up her arse!"
Seamus' coaching. Definately not related to Katy's comment.
13 January 2008 at Scunthorpe
"I'm just SO unfit!"
Anna wondered if Tasha knew what being unfit REALLY felt like?
06 January 2008 v York RI
"Oh... I'm nowhere near the try line."
Becky Hewson after finding herself disappointingly far from scoring.
25 November 2007 at Leigh
"Would now be a good time to tell you to run it off?"
Dunk enjoyed his revenge over Becky H.
11 November 2007 at Sheffield
"Miss"
Rhino's whispers to the Sheffield Hooker bordered on sportsmanship.
11 November 2007 at Sheffield
"There's no room in the team for primadonnas."
Souce protected. Accuracy questioned.
11 November 2007 at Sheffield
"Alice, who the **** is Alice?"
Great minds think alike in the continuation of "Name that player"
28 October 2007 at Preston Grasshoppers
“I think Trinny brought in the clothes that were left on the sideline”
So that must make Jen Susannah!? New recruit Helena inadvertently re-names the Twinnies after the famous ‘What Not to Wear’ duo.
28 October 2007 at Preston Grasshoppers
"Wommers?!?"
News travels fast
14 October 2007 v Scunthorpe
"You're not having any water, you don't deserve it."
Even the AK players thought the York coach was a bit mean with that one.
07 October 2007 at York RI
"Forget the zoo on the sidelines York"
The opposition players really shouldn't encourage us.
07 October 2007 at York RI
"What do you mean not straight? It was straighter than ME!"
Rhino, still stating the obvious.
25 March 2007 v Leigh
"Tasha is just not happy with the weather conditions."
Spag - continuing the fan club's fine tradition of stating the obvious.
04 March 2007 at Sheffield
"Today we were reff'd through the medium of interpretive dance."
Niki after watching a mysteriously balletic performance from the man in the middle.
21 January 2007 at Carlisle
"A woman had to wash me!"
After Cookie got taken to hospital in an ambulance, it wasn't clear if this was said with a smile or not?
07 January 2007 at Hartlepool
"I saw Bessie run across the pitch, I WAS THERE!"
JFK getting shot? Pah!
07 January 2007 at Hartlepool
"Go back to Prem 1!"
Some Hartlepool fans seemed to remember Tasha from seasons gone by.
07 January 2007 at Hartlepool
"I don't normally like bananas in winter."
One of many of Becky Hewson's special phrases.
10 December 2006 at Leigh
"What's Becky saying now Dunk? Write it down"
Quote of the week had never been so easy.
10 December 2006 at Leigh
"Time off...........Time on."
The Kenyan exchange referee obviously had great expectations of the watching fans.
26 November 2006 v Sheffield
"It's my birthday soon, do I have to throw a party?"
Anyone giving Nadine the wrong answer to this question will be shot!
15 October 2006 v Carlisle
"Nice Snake"
Snakes on a bus day
01 October 2006 at Scunthorpe
"It's f***ing you again isnt it!"
Ninja suggests that the Scunthorpe No.9 stops cheating
30 April 2006 at Scunthorpe
"The army lost out when Spud didn't join."
Anna - as Spud created an assault course over the childrens playground.
23 April 2006 at Northwich
"Rhino, you've over-committed!"
Spaghetti: Tactical observation or unresolved personal issues? You decide.
26 March 2006 v Sheffield
"I thought you lot had checked this pitch?"
Vic as she removed the dead seagull from the snow.
04 March 2006 v Northwich
"Can you smell mud?"
Twinny Jen proving that there is such a thing as a stupid question.
12 February 2006 at the mud-spa (rugby pitch) in Carlisle
"Rici's just demonstrated the benefit of running forwards"
Anna after Rici's great solo try. [Should there be a comma after 'running'? - Ed]
22 January 2006 v Hartlepool
"Bessie are you OK? Get here then!"
Anna proving that the art of the rhetorical question is still alive and well.
15 January 2006 v Leigh
“I’m really sorry I can’t play on Sunday… I’ve qualified for the European Ice Climbing Championships.”
Multi-talented international athlete, Guinness, explains why she will be unable to make the home match against Scunthorpe.
11 December 2005 v Scunthorpe
"Rici only wears a scrum cap to keep her hair neat."
Rici's dad providing ammunition for the team.
27 November 2005 at Sheffield
"If you want to slow them down just shout 'Car Radio'"
Racial stereotyping, still alive and well.
29 October 2005 v Waterloo
"When you gave me this list, you didn't take into account the colour of my hair."
Silver explaining why she was in Chester, not AK
02 October 2005 on a phone a loooong way from Cheshire Training
"My body feels twisted. You know, like those jeans in the commercial."
Spud. Fashion Guru
25 September 2005 at Leigh
"I can't wear this it's not breathable"
Spud, clothing secretary and fashion guru.
11 September 2005 at Cheshire County Championships
"Whales Flags"
Written on the side of a box of merchandise before the 3rd NZ v Lions test.
09 July 2005 Barmy Army stall in Auckland
"You can run but you can't hide,
We can hide but we can't run"
to Chester
12 June 2005 at Lancaster 7's
"Are you available on Sunday?"
Rhino and Spaghetti discussing possible speed-dating questions.
10 April 2005 at Scunthorpe
"Never attack your enemies upstream"
Sun Tzu's Art Of War had a lot to answer for that day.
03 April 2005 at Doncaster Shield Tournament
"Aaaahhh stop cheating"
A Kersal player in response to Carlisle's, "Me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me Sir".
06 March 2005 v Carlisle
"I thought we might play with a bit of flair this week Kersal"
Rhino, half an hour before kick-off explaing the game plan.
23 January 2005 at Waterloo
"It wasn't going to come out of there without tears".
Aaah, isn't it nice to see the ref doesn't want any of these little girls to get hurt playing this nasty rough game?
16 January 2005 v Leo's
"I hope that padding has a kite mark."
The ref checking Bessie's equipment pre-game
21 November 2004 v Scunthorpe
"Hello, my name's ****** and I got a ****"
So, how big is it?
31 October 2004 at Novocastrians
"She's gone down with sympathy pains"
After one Leo's player accidentally trampled on her own team-mates head, Barbie explained why Rhino was the last player to stand up.
10 October 2004 at Leo's
"****'s ******* ***** Kersal"
Rhino's motivational speaking had lost none of it's edge.
26 September 2004 v Sheffield
"Zoe, THIS is our bus"
Vicky chaperoning the ever-alert Zoe B.
19 September 2004 at Hartlepool
"What do you mean there's no lager?"
No bottles, no draught, quite a commotion.
02 May 2004 at Colne and Nelson
"Stop kicking the ******* ball to them"
A Leigh player after Tasha ran around them for the 3rd time.
04 April 2004 v Leigh
"Sorry Sir"
Duncan eating humble pie.
29 February 2004 at Leigh
Rhino: "We're playing over on the Kersal 4th team pitch"
Everyone else: "The what? Where?"
08 February 2004 v Angels of the North
"Come on Gloss, on me Gloss"
Old habits die hard eh Wommers?
25 January 2004 at Halifax
"I still work in yards, not metres. That's why they were short"
The ref after Colne and Nelson complained about Kersal not being back 10.
18 January 2004 v Colne and Nelson
"I just slidded"
Barbie's explanation as the ref penalised her for boring into the scrum.
14 December 2003 at Greyhound
"I'm sorry, you must think we're supporting you"
Kiwi explaining cheering rights to a Carlisle player.
09 November 2003 at Carlisle
"You didn't buy that travel outfit for nothing"
Rhino talks dress codes as Spaghetti comes on as sub.
19 October 2003 at Angels of the North
Zoe: "Rhino, can I come off?"
Rhino: "Why, are you injured?"
Zoe: "No, I'm knackered"
No pain, No gain
21 September 2003 v Halifax