"Belligerent little bugger" is perfect, Godders. I love that. I remember as a teenager being told about the club signing Steve Williams as a young lad. Lots of scouts were watching a "superstar" kid play and clammering for his signature, but the saints scout was interested in the enthusiasm from a skinny kid who was running up and down the touch line as a sub and came in and gave everything with a touch of swagger. Allegedly the scout wanted to meet his parents and Williams said he could come back for dinner but would have to eat fish n chips out of the paper like they did!! Hope that's true. *if your post has any hint of you being related to him, rather than you saying you're a belligerent old bugger, when you reference the same genes, then I insist that you take me to meet him
http://metro.co.uk/2015/01/24/forme...fa-cup-shocks-with-horrendous-hairdo-5035088/ Denis wise having a bad hair day
Yes, saw this the other day. Quite incredible. As a stuntman friend of mine said, he's not naturally the coolest man in the world, but being able to shoot an arrow through another moving arrow HAS to get you laid.
Indeed, with that level of commitment to a skill, there must be an element of nerd about him. Nevertheless, astonishing ability, and an insight into the true historical reasons behind the effectiveness of the war bow and arrow.
Astonishing stuff.Mind you, I'd like to see him shoot 3 arrows in 0.6 seconds from an English War bow,with a draw weight of 200 lbs.
Well indeed, but that is the side of archery that has come down through the years in our minds. The archery skill that he majors in was eastern European and has been lost in Britain. Horse riders wouldn't be drawing long bows, but they could use the type he has. I was also impressed by the placing of the arrow on the opposite side of the bow. It meant that aiming was done two-eyed, because the archer looked either side of the bow, and loosing the arrows was a much quicker procedure, as he proves. And he was able to quickly swap hands and hold the bow in the other hand and shoot. And according to the narration, the soldiers would have been better better athletes and shooters than Lars Anderson anyway. All backed up by historical pictures and text. Watching that video, it felt like I'd discovered a piece of working history that had been completely wiped from the text books. I had no idea.
