By Chris Wright
Hyde FC’s Ewen Fields home ground in all its glory
Unwilling to name their proper line-up for a recent pre-season friendly for fear of advertising their various trialists to other potentially interested parties, Conference North side Hyde FC came up with an ingenious solution to the problem.
Instead of revealing their trailist players’ identities, Hyde’s Twitter account simply subbed in the names of left-wing revolutionaries and politicians, meaning Fidel Castro, Karl Marx and Leon Trotsky all started while Mahatma Ghandi, Che Guevara and Tony Blair all had to make do with a place on the bench…
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
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
The left-wing puns then came thick and fast as the club’s official Twitter account live-Tweeted the game in its entirety…
Hyde looking strong down the left today 0-0 so far.
— Hyde FC Official (@hydefclive) July 26, 2014
Sub: Mahatma Ghandi on for Hyde. Have to question his decision to play in flip flops.
— 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
Sub for Hyde: Friedrich Engels on to provide some much needed support for Marx
— 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
GOOOOOAAAALLLL: Hyde 2-0 Altrincham. Engels with the goal. Emerging from the shadow of Marx. The crowd goes mild.
— 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
Tony Blair clearly unhappy with some managerial decisions. Really hoping he doesn’t try an initiate a regime change…
— Hyde FC Official (@hydefclive) July 26, 2014
The game then went to penalties…
We are now going to have…A PENALTY SHOOT OUT!!!! Nothing says tinpot pre-season friendly more than this.
— Hyde FC Official (@hydefclive) July 26, 2014
Hyde’s 2nd pen… SCORED!! Like a young Pirlo.
— Hyde FC Official (@hydefclive) July 26, 2014
SCORED!! 3-3 after 5 pens each. We go to sudden death. THE TENSION IS UNBEARABLE
— Hyde FC Official (@hydefclive) July 26, 2014
BLASTED OVER THE BAR! Longest penalty shoot out ever! 8 pens each so far, 4-4…
— Hyde FC Official (@hydefclive) July 26, 2014
Altrincham miss again! Hyde score this one, they win… Please someone end this
— Hyde FC Official (@hydefclive) July 26, 2014
Full time: Hyde 2-2 Altrincham. Hyde win 5-4 on penalties! I need a lie down.
— Hyde FC Official (@hydefclive) July 26, 2014
Phew.
Thanks for all the love today comrades. I’ve been your host @bobbymoo. Pleasure. Keep the red flag flying high, ‘cos Hyde Utd will never die
— Hyde FC Official (@hydefclive) July 26, 2014
Now that’s how you live-Tweet a football match!
(Via BBC Sport)