The mighty greysmen
Our club hasn’t become the most beloved, sought after cricket club in the world for nothing. The Mighty Greys (TMGs) is a collection of extra-ordinary individuals. The following link is […]
TMGS vs Poynings C.C. September 7th 2014 by Hat-Rick
CATTY BAT GOES BATTY IN ‘SMARMY SPINNER’ RAGE MELTDOWN… SOLAR ECLISPSE AS WEEBLE APPEAL BLOCKS OUT SUN… JERRY PUTS MUFF FIRMLY BEFORE MATES IN PREMATURE DEPARTURE PRIORITY SHOCKER… KIM-JONG UN […]
TMGs vs Hammerwood 31st August 2014 by Dave “Cowboy” Day
The Hammerwood spring is quelled. “Skippering the Greys is very much like making love to a beautiful woman: you’ve got to organise a place for it to happen; ensure all […]
TMGs vs Staplefield 24th August 2014 by Richie Patridge
A warm August Sunday afternoon , a church bell sounds , occasional swarms of mods buzz past on their way to Brighton and Watts Cookin’ play a rocking set at […]
TMGs vs Warninglid August 15th 2014 by Ian Sewell
Arrested Decline and Fall. Match Report: The Mighty Greys C.C. vs. Warninglid C.C. By Otto von Abysmal. The Mighty Greys are a team of ageing non-athletes, who for years have […]
TMGs vs Selmeston and Alciston 10th August 2014 by Ian Sewell
Decline and Fall. Match Report: The Mighty Greys C.C. vs. Selmeston & Alciston C.C. By Otto von Abysmal. The Mighty Greys, a team of ageing non-athletes, who for years have […]
TMGs vs WG Gracefully 3rd Aug 2014 by Biff Line
Having foolishly spurned Alby Day’s advice to call heads the Greys skipper duly lost the toss and was asked to bat . Padding up alone in the pavilion it slowly […]
TMGs vs Ansty (return match at Ditchling) 27th July 2014 by Terry Burgess
Ansty 27th July 2014. Dear Del, Alex and Jerry, Doncha just think it’s fab the way we talk to each other every week, with the rest of the world looking […]
3.8.14 – A Big Day and a Long Shadow
Come 2pm on Sunday, they will have played 500 matches for the Mighty Greys between them. Tel, who holds the all time record for most capped greysman, will be playing in […]
“He Had To Go 4 It – #4” – The Greys Cricket Club Year Book 1996
And here’s the final one, the 4th, this time from 1996 and it can be viewed by clicking on an image below to then click through the pages, or you can […]
“He Had To Go Free – #3″ – The Greys Cricket Club Year Book 1995
Here’s the 3rd fanzine in the series…they seem to get longer each year…The fanzine can be viewed by clicking on an image below to then click through the pages, or […]
“HE HAD TO GO #2″ – The 2nd Greys Quintannual Year Book 1994
Here’s the 2nd edition of “He Had To Go”, originally published in 1994 (5 years after the first edition). Again, thanks goes to David “Smudge” Smith for his secretarial efforts to […]
“He Had To Go #1” – A review of an OK-ish sort of season 1989
Here is the first ever Mighty Greys fanzine – “He Had To Go – A review of an OK-ish sort of season”, published way back in 1989 by the early forefathers […]
Birth of the Mighty Greys – a special reflection by Terry Burgess
He’s trawled the archives for details, he’s travelled to the ends of the earth to track down our forefathers, he’s born the brunt of having to deal with me to […]
mightygreys.com – we’ve made it!
After all that trouble with Algerian hackers and rebuilding the site and finding all the old content I swore I’d never pay for a web service again. But now all […]
TMGs vs Streat & Westmeston CC – 20th July 2014 by David Hadrill
TMG vs. Streat & Westmeston CC Sunday XI Consultant’s Report Executive Summary Streat won the toss and decided to field. TMG 201 for 9 (45 overs). Streat 203 for 8 […]
TMGs vs Lindfield, the Sequel – by Alan Galagher 13th July 2014
TMG vs Lindfield, The Sequel. It was another glorious day as the greys arrived for the second game of the two match mini-series against Lindfield CC. The previous week had […]
ECB cricket survey (it’s rather long!)
It did take a rather long time to complete, but Alex suggested I post this, so here tis! http://www.ecb.co.uk/playingsurvey2014
TMGs vs Lindfield July 6th 2014 by John aged 22 3/4 years
Match Report: The Mighty Greys C.C. vs. Lindfield C.C. By John, aged 22¾ years. When my Dad first asked if I wanted to play on Sunday i was a bit […]
TMGS VS ANSTY CC – 29th June 2014 By Rick Flynn
To Ansty. No Jerry, no Del, no EO, no Ricky, a crippled Robbie H… and, oh for a third umpire! This time last year we apparently numbered 12 on arrival […]
TMGs vs Brighton & Hove Crescent by Robbie Hoare June 2014
An Adventure with Biffo the Bear & The Grumpy Cowboy. “Yippee!” cried Biffo as he lept from his bed, it was a sunny Sunday morning and that meant he was […]
TMGs vs Luppitt on tour June 2014 by Terry Burgess
“Cricket is a team game played by individuals” – Geoff Boycott. The seventh annual Metro Man Festival of Mind, Body and Spirit rolled up the ramp into Luppitt and found […]
TMGs vs Sidbury by Dave Day June 2014
Match report v Sidbury. TOUR WE BAT JERRY R/O ANGRY BIFF GRAFT DEL CLASS DD ILL BUT GOOD BEN VITAL RUNS 158@T 2R’S OPEN UNLUCKY 1 EACH EO BACK2BEST WITH […]
TMGs vs Brunswick Village by Alex Fenton 8th June 2014
The sun beat down as we approached our destination, the piercing blue sky streaked with sinuous cirrus clouds whisked into feather shapes by the high altitude winds of the English […]
TMGs vs Forest Row CC by Del Covill 1st June 2014
Fearful of the Warning Lid. There was a whiff of expectation in the air as we arrive in the pub on yet another bright, hot, sunny day. Forest Row last […]
TMGs vs Wivelsfield 25th May 2014 by Ian “Wig” Winrow
300. To some, a figure that conjures thoughts of heroic Spartans defying the odds in ancient Greece. For the Mighty Greys, it will spark memories of a rout at Wivelsfield […]
TMGs Tour Party Playlist Requests by Quiet Ben Newland
It’s that time of year again when we line our stomachs and boost our alcohol tolerance levels with some serious real ale training. The tour is only 3 weeks away, and while final […]
TMGs vs Cutter’s Choice 18th May 2014 by Del Covill
Run-cha-a-ase….everybody loves a run-cha-a-ase. 3.23 runs per over. Good cricket wicket, lovely sunshine. No problems. We arrived in the boozer – almost all us uncharacteristically early, to bask in the […]
The Shadow’s Five a Day
The Complete Match Day Diet Even more than a ninety minute game of football, five sets of tennis or running a marathon, a game of Sunday cricket can push an […]
TMGs vs Twineham by Robbie Hoare 11th May 2014
Destination Twineham, weather suspect, pitch plastic. Not words to inspire those amongst us eagerly longing for a day’s riveting cricket… Wet and windy The Mighty Greys arrived at a blowy, […]
TMGs vs Warninglid by Alex Fenton May 2014
The game at Warninglid approached with mixed feelings for those of us who take any notice of the emails from that hard working Professor of bat grips, bicycle frames and […]
TMG vs Hartfield 27th April 2014 by Alan Galagher
TMG vs Hartfield 27th April 2014 It was the first game of the season, and unsurprisingly it was pissing it down in Brighton. Still, undeterred (well, a little deterred) the Mighty Greys […]
The Shadow’s Guide to: Health and Fitness
The Shadow’s Guide to: Health and Fitness That time of the year when we shed our winter coats and wander round in nothing but Bermuda shorts and day-glow flips flops […]
Delbert’s home bodgejob bat repairs
I’ve been doing a bit of repair work on some nice Newbery bats (not this one!) that I’ve smashed up over the last few years (and a broken one that […]
Fixtures up for 2014
It’s gonna be another great season! Many thanks to our super guru fixture secretary big Alex Fenton for his super work in finding such amazing fixtures. A full list of […]
Publisher’s theme of the month: cricket! free access to selected articles…
For the budding young greysman, or the bulging older greysman, Routledge have made cricket their theme of the month and there are some good articles in here which would normally […]
Possible tour party house for 2014
Our man has done it again, Alex (you star!) has found another great tour party venue for 2014. Check it out at: http://www.holidaylettings.co.uk/rentals/blackdown-hills/306064 While there are some that will […]
Minutes from the mighty Gr-AGM 2013 in Biffo’s Bunker
TMGs AGM 2013 in Biffo’s Bunker Quote of the AGM: Tel, as our new Chairman is the “ceremonial guru to the moral compost of the team”. 1. Dinner! A delightful […]
Nets are back! starting Thursday 7th November 2013, 6.25-7.25pm
Oh yes! the old one-two, AGM then BOOM! nets follow up! A reminder that nets start THIS WEEK back at Plumpton, naturally and they are still only a £5er. Very […]
TMGs vs Newick July 2013 by Richie Partridge…finally!
Newick v The Mighty Greys It must have been a steep learning curve for the Newick Sunday side as they strode out on another hot , sunny day to face […]
Some updated details before the AGM…
Well the 2013 AGM is just around the corner (literally for me, I live on the next street!) so I’ve updated the stats page on the website to include the […]
TMGs vs Balcome September 2013 by Robbie Hoare
Balcombe, sunny, picturesque, lovely. Toss, won, bat, boo. Jerry 4, hurrah. Jerry 6, hurrah, ball lost, boo. Jerry 6, hurrah. Jerry 6, hurrah. Skip bowled, boo. Guy in, hello. Jerry […]
Blast from the past: from the wet day against Brunswick Village in 2012…
Here’s one from the shadooow: “Just been sorting out my camera and found this photo, taken of Biff batting against Brunswick Village at St James’s in June 2012″…
The Mighty Grey-GM: Friday 1st November 2013
Roll up, Roll up, here yee, here yee; This year’s Grey-GM is the place to be! It’s set in chez skip, The Harveys we will sip, It’ll be a right […]
TMGs vs Arundel September 2013 by Jerry Brasher
After celebrating Alex “fixtures ” Fenton’s 50th birthday with 2 halves of Harveys and a small roll up TMG felt the best way to blow away the cobwebs was to […]
Post hack recovery update
Firstly to all greysmen, sorry to have clogged your inboxes over the past day or so. It’s been the only way to resurrect the old hacked data. Bloody hackers! I […]
TEL’S TOP FASHION TIPS #3
Terry’s Makeover Challenge! Fellow fashion victims! More hectic weeks for yours truly, a catwalk here, promo shoot there, celeb spot on Makeover programme, designer masterclasses, lunch dates with Gok. All […]
TEL’S TOP FASHION TIPS #2
Brighton Fashion week is always a hectic week for yours truly but regular readers of this column will be delighted to know that I managed to snatch a few blissful […]
Tel’s Top Fashion Tips #1
Tel’s Top Fashion Tips Calling all Metrosexuals! Every Sunday, as I make my serene way around the cricket villages of Sussex, it seems as if I always have to fend […]
TMGs vs Hammerwood September 2013 by DJ Dazzer Darryl with the scoop
And so to Hammerwood……a chance to arrest the slump the Might Greys had fallen into during the long mid summer. An end to the endless debate as to its cause: […]
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