The Ravers v The Blood & Sand
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Topic: The Ravers v The Blood & Sand
Posted By: Big Eddie
Subject: The Ravers v The Blood & Sand
Date Posted: 11 May 2024 at 09:16
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Today the two lowest ranking sides in the Championship will meet at Paton Field. Many watching from Caldy's elevated bank are likely to be more sun baked than sun kissed as the breeze from the Dee estuary will disguise the strength of the UV. Long ago I was told by Camquin or someone else from Cambridge where "The Blood & Sand" reference came from but regretfully I have forgotten. I think it comes from the First World War but I would appreciate it if someone from Cambridge could remind me. Caldy's nick name "The Ravers" (Not the Ravens as Hull RFC once called them) doesn't have such a heroic genesis as The Blood and Sand but it is nevertheless an amusing story. Back in the 2005/6 season Caldy had just reached the dizzy heights of North 1 and the rugby was getting serious. The form team in North 1 was Morley but as the North 1 newbies Caldy were very firmly in the relegation mix. On the Thursday before the 11 February clash at Paton Field between Caldy and Morley, the Caldy squad eschewed the Thursday training session and instead went to Liverpool's Echo Arena for a night of Premier League Darts with all the madness and revelry that involved. Word spread about Caldy's unusual training session and an away win for Morley was considered to be a given by participants in the North 1 prediction league .....there was no chance that the Caldy 'Ravers' could match the mighty Morley. Caldy 24 - Morley 24
------------- ''The future isn't what it used to be'' |
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Posted By: FHLH
Date Posted: 11 May 2024 at 16:47
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Caldy 28 Cambridge 21 ------------- "My father told me big men fall just as quick as little ones, if you put a sword through their hearts." |
Posted By: Camquin
Date Posted: 12 May 2024 at 10:50
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The Cambridge colours come from the main colours on the City's the coat of arms - which the club used as a badge until this season, when we adopted a simplified version as a badge that belongs to the club. I am not sure for sure, but Valantino's film about bull fighting Blood and Sand was the hit film of 1923. So it makes sense that the term was in the Zeitgeist. Hence, the avatar. Had a great day up at the little wooden shack, so an excellent game of running rugby, which either side could have won. 28-all would have been a fair result, but we lost to the final kick, a well taken long range penalty. Will be back next year, and might try to get there in time for lunch.
------------- Sweeney Delenda Est |
Posted By: cheshire exile
Date Posted: 12 May 2024 at 17:39
| Blood and Sand also the colours of Perpignan, and of rugby league side Catalans Dragons. |
Posted By: Mark W-J
Date Posted: 12 May 2024 at 20:13
| Maybe (definitely?) a bit pedantic, but aren't Perpignan Sang et Or - blood and gold? |
Posted By: seagoon
Date Posted: 12 May 2024 at 22:04
I'm glad that you enjoyed your visit to sunny Paton Field Have to agree that 28 a piece would have been fair It was one hell of a kick to seal it, though When you come next season it would be good to meet and have a beer  ------------- Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana |
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