It started on July 26th. First, heart breaking news that live tweeted a sixth division team’s preseason match would be difficult because they couldn’t use trialists’ names. Then, an ingenious solution.
Hyde FC naming trialists after revolutionaries and actors
Hyde FC can’t use their trialists names, so when they live tweet friendlies they use the names of left wing revolutionaries and Hollywood actors.
Can't tweet trialists real names today, so they shall all be named after left-wing revolutionaries. #DasKapital
— Hyde FC Official (@hydefclive) July 26, 2014 Problem solved. Go get ‘em, Lenin, Castro and crew.
Hyde: Thewlis, Brizell, Fidel Castro, Vladimir Lenin, Karl Marx, Leon Trotsky, Hughes, Maximilien de Robespierre, Thurston, Tony Benn, Tames
— Hyde FC Official (@hydefclive) July 26, 2014 Hyde subs: Day, Friedrich Engels, Mahatma Ghandi, Andreas Baader, Che Guevara, Aneurin Bevan, Tony Blair...
— Hyde FC Official (@hydefclive) July 26, 2014 But the real key was the commitment to the cause. This wasn’t just a matter of picking up some names. It was about the full, immersive experience.
Hyde looking strong down the left today 0-0 so far.
— Hyde FC Official (@hydefclive) July 26, 2014 Tony Benn looking dangerous for Hyde. Some might even say the most dangerous man in Britain...
— Hyde FC Official (@hydefclive) July 26, 2014 Fidel Castro is dictating play today. 1-0 to Hyde, 60mins gone.
— Hyde FC Official (@hydefclive) July 26, 2014 Tony Blair keeps drifting out to the right wing. To be expected I suppose.
— Hyde FC Official (@hydefclive) July 26, 2014 It was a good time, but that was it. One match, one schtick and the end. Except not.
Four days later, they had another friendly, and more trialists. Once again, they couldn’t use their names so they did what any sensible club would do -- they named the trialists after Hollywood actors.
George Michael,Humphrey bogart,Arnold Schwarzenegger,Clark gable,ron Jeremy,tom hanks,Patrick Swayze,Anthony Hopkins.austin powers
— Hyde FC Official (@hydefclive) July 29, 2014 Well maybe not all Hollywood. Some are San Fernando Valley.
Ron Jeremy is the first player to have a shot inside the box no surprise there.
— Hyde FC Official (@hydefclive) July 29, 2014 And then it became a quote-off.
Roy Schneider up against a big defender think he's "Gonna need a bigger boat"
— Hyde FC Official (@hydefclive) July 29, 2014 Corner to Hyde Patrick Swayze shouts for someone else to take it "Nobody puts baby on corners"
— Hyde FC Official (@hydefclive) July 29, 2014 Nice feet by Austin Powers "Oh groovy baby"
— Hyde FC Official (@hydefclive) July 29, 2014 Sylvester Stallone shouting for the ball "Yo Adrian
— Hyde FC Official (@hydefclive) July 29, 2014 Bad challenge on Clark Gable but "Frankly dear he doesn't give a damn"
— Hyde FC Official (@hydefclive) July 29, 2014 The revolutionaries got a win on penalties, but it all went wrong for the actors as Burnley triumphed, 3-2. Most importantly, it happened, and Hyde FC was relevant, if only for five minutes of Internet fame (that is equal to 6.2 seconds in real time).
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