An A-Z Tour of Ireland


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By Kimmy
August 5 2011

Kimmy catches up with Anthony Ireland. So much to ask so little time.   Kimmy decides to bases her questions round the alphabet.    Some cricket based , others will give you an insight into the life and interests of our very likeable player. 

ANTHONY IRELAND
 
A = Achievement.....What is your greatest achievement to date?
Playing in the 2007 World Cup for Zimbabwe..

B - Book.....What was the last book you read?

Henry Olonga's book called BLOOD, SWEAT AND TREASON..

C = Cartoon character.....What is your favourite cartoon character and which character are you most like?

Simba from the lion king, the lads call me Mufasa the ugly one though haha..

D = Drive.....What was your first car and what is your current car?

A beaten up old Datsun Pulsar 120Y - a proper bird magnet back home in Zim.... And current car is a BMW..

E = Education.....What was the highest level of exams passed?

Level 1 Cricket Coaching Certificate..

F = Funny.....What the funniest 'sledge' you've heard?

Steve Kirby- Coming round the wicket ump, call for an Ambulance..(Yorkshire accent even funnier)..

G = Gourmet.....Can you cook and what's your favourite meal?

Yes and it's Sadza and Beef Stew... (Zim Meal)..

H = Hero.....Who's your hero (doesn't have to be cricket)

My Brother who is in the British Army..

I = Injury.....What's the worst injury you've had and the worst you've ever seen on a cricket field?

Broke a bone in my left hand diving to stop a ball, had a plate and six pins in hand for 2years, and also broke my nose in the World Karate Championships. 

Craig Spearman got hit in the face batting, ball went through the grill and fractured cheek bone etc etc..

J = Japanese.....Can you speak any other languages?

Yea Shona,  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shona_people   The link which saves me trying to explain..

K = Kerfuffle.....What's your favourite word/phrase at the moment?

Come on the Snake in the lake.. (Crooky started it)..

L = Lottery.....Do you play the National Lottery? Have you won anything? What would you buy with £5m?

Every now and then il waste a quid, my Grandfather has won the Zimbabwean one in the early 80's though... I'd spend it on packing up and moving back to Africa, who'd wanna stay here with that much money???? #neverstopsraining..

M = Middlesex.....Who's your best team mate?

Don't have one yet, if I had to choose it'd be Malan, but only because I live with him haha

N = Nandos.....What's your favourite restaurant?

Anything Italian.. 

O = Occupation.....If you didn't play cricket what would your job be?

Lion Tamer.. Grew up doing it anyway. Or professional hair stylist obviously

P = Pop Music.....Favourite band/singer:? Best gig you ever went to?

Match Box 20.. Best gig was Red Hot Chilling Peppers in Hyde Park..

Q = Quiet.....Where do you go for a bit of peace and quiet and what do you do to unwind?

Bristol Harbour, V chilled place.. If I was back home I'd go fishing..

R = Rhubarb and Custard.....Do you have a sweet tooth, what's your favourite?

Any ice-cream..

S = Suitcase.....Where is your favourite holiday destination and why?

All my holidays I go back home, so I'd say Zim because I get to see family and friends..

T = Tottenham Hotspur.....What football team do you follow?

Haven't really got into football, but if any team it'd be Villa, although I hear Brighton and Hove Albion are quite magnificent too!!!

U = Undercoat.....Are you any good at DIY? Any disasters?

Nope am rubbish at it, I like to think I'm good though.... 

V = Venue.....Apart from Lords which is your favourite cricket ground and why?

St Vincent in the Caribbean, probably because it's literally next to the ocean and it's not a big stadium like most grounds these days.. 

W = Wicket.....What is your personal favourite cricket moment?

Anytime I score more than 10 runs..

X = Xylophone.....Do you play any instruments?

No - utterly talentless in the musical arena!

Y = Yesterday.....If you could replay any day (or moment) in your life, which one would it be?

Final school rugby game for Plumtree.. 

Z = Zodiac.....What star sign are you and do you read your horoscope?

A Virgo.. No I don't read it...

An A-Z Tour of Ireland
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Date: 05/08/2011 11:44

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2011:08:09:13:19:55 by BarmierKev.

Re: An A-Z Tour of Ireland
Posted by: Coops (IP Logged)
Date: 05/08/2011 12:11

Kimmy, very clever technique and a good way of doing an interview. It makes good reading. Well done.

Shame the T has been TAINTED.

Re: An A-Z Tour of Ireland
Posted by: pantherlike (IP Logged)
Date: 05/08/2011 13:08

This was a fun read. I reckon Anthony would be a very interesting chap to share a pint or three with. Lion taming!

Reminds me of that Zimbabwean opening bat of yesteryear, Guy Whittle...off the field he was a wildlife tour guide! What a place to grow up!

Re: An A-Z Tour of Ireland
Posted by: Frank Zappa (IP Logged)
Date: 05/08/2011 13:31

Red Hot Chilling Peppers? Obviously a fan then!

Re: An A-Z Tour of Ireland
Posted by: BeefyRoberts (IP Logged)
Date: 05/08/2011 14:39

Great way to find out about the player,not sure about lion taming though! Come on the snake in the lake,very interesting phrase,give some wide space seeing that Ireland has been in the World Karate championship but an interesting interview,well done.

Re: An A-Z Tour of Ireland
Posted by: chunkyinargyll (IP Logged)
Date: 05/08/2011 14:54

Well done Kimmy.

Asking questions that wouldn't normally get asked in interviews always brings out good responses.

I hope this is the first of many.

Re: An A-Z Tour of Ireland
Posted by: adelaide (IP Logged)
Date: 05/08/2011 17:02

Come on the Snake in the lake? Wt's that all about?

Noticed that Juliet the Sun was not his favourite band...


Adelaide

Re: An A-Z Tour of Ireland
Posted by: kimmy (IP Logged)
Date: 06/08/2011 00:09

It was great fun to do the interview... I have some others coming up too!! (watch this space!)

Coops... I actually got the idea of the a to z from the spurs mag so sorry!!

He is a lovely chap, hope he stays next year!!

Kimmy

Re: An A-Z Tour of Ireland
Posted by: The Diamond ruled ok (IP Logged)
Date: 06/08/2011 07:49

What a good format for an interview. Probably made the interviewee less guarded about his answers too which made for a cracking read. Well done Kimmy.

I take it from the time of this posting and one @2:30am your on nights at present?

Re: An A-Z Tour of Ireland
Posted by: j harry (IP Logged)
Date: 06/08/2011 12:11

Very entertaining reading this. It would be a good idea to do this with other players as well - say a different player each week.

Re: An A-Z Tour of Ireland
Posted by: BarmierKev (IP Logged)
Date: 06/08/2011 12:23

I'm glad this has proven to be so popular and well done to Kimmy as was her initiative.

We have another interview completed that will be up at some stage. I think this maybe better for winter months to keep message board ticking over when things are quieter.

Barmy Kev
I'm only here for the tele

Re: An A-Z Tour of Ireland
Posted by: kimmy (IP Logged)
Date: 07/08/2011 02:13

Thanks for all your compliments! It's the players that shine really!!

Yep nights.....

And J It's quite difficult to pin those players down during the season, but I'll see what I can do!!

Any suggestions anyone??

Kimmy

Re: An A-Z Tour of Ireland
Posted by: Jonathan Winsky (IP Logged)
Date: 21/12/2011 23:29

Anthony Ireland said he supports Aston Villa, and he is clearly a bigger supporter than someone who just claims to support the club because of past glories or someoene who never attends matches. Proof of this is that he attended tonight's match v Arsenal, and submitted proof of that on Twitter.

Re: An A-Z Tour of Ireland
Posted by: Jonathan Winsky (IP Logged)
Date: 27/12/2011 19:19

Oh dear. Anthony Ireland's latest Tweet will offend a fair amount of Middlesex's supporters!

Hopefully 2012 will go well for him.

Re: An A-Z Tour of Ireland
Posted by: The Diamond ruled ok (IP Logged)
Date: 28/12/2011 05:55

No offence taken JW........just 3 vital points.

Re: An A-Z Tour of Ireland
Posted by: kimmy (IP Logged)
Date: 30/12/2011 20:22

JW... he has a family connection to Villa.... Doesn't get there as often as he would like tho....

And as for his tweet... I replied to it... Teehee......


Kimmy

Always look on the bright side of life... de dum de dum de dum de dum dum

Re: An A-Z Tour of Ireland
Posted by: The Diamond ruled ok (IP Logged)
Date: 30/12/2011 20:58

I too have a "family" connection to the Villa , the daughters boyfriend is a supporter (even though he's a scouser? explain that,I can't).

Now if the Welsh would like to be as generous as both the Villa and Norwich have been of late tomorrow I would be most pleased.

Re: An A-Z Tour of Ireland
Posted by: Jonathan Winsky (IP Logged)
Date: 30/12/2011 21:09

The reason why I dredged up this article and wrote about football, which are two things frowned upon, was in an effort to increase the post count on this site, as the volume of posts has been below-average over the last couple of weeks. I was in a win-win situation, as the only two possibilities which could result from this would be no reaction from posters - which would mean I would not receive any complaints - or it would increase the post count on this site.

Considering not many posts were made today, I can't believe that since my previous visit to MTWD a poll about celebrating the new year had been started and had drawn several posts. There seems to be a tendency that whenever I check on a regular basis for new posts, hardly any new posts are made, yet whenever I turn my attention to other activities, lots of posts are made.

Hopefully the majority of posts about Anthony Ireland in 2012 will be praising his performances.

Re: An A-Z Tour of Ireland
Posted by: The Diamond ruled ok (IP Logged)
Date: 30/12/2011 21:26

Keep telling you JW,don't worry about the post count. As to the poll it's a bit of fun,takes about 20 mins to put one together,is usually topical and gets a fair response. Just not possible to put it up during the day while your checking our hit rates as typing and driving on the M11 are frowned upon by the old bill.

Here's to Ant and all the other lads having a great 2012.

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