For those in the know, Hyde FC's Twitter account punches well above its weight in terms of popularity. Anyone who hasn't had the pleasure of seeing it, we officially recommend it as 'a cracking good read'. A few days ago the account had a bit of fun with the names of trialists who couldn't be officially listed. Rather than naming them 'Trialist', they were given the names of characters in Game Of Thrones.
While that's worth a chuckle, it pales in comparison to the live tweeting that went on for the club's friendly with Altrincham. Again, the trialist problem was overcome in a graceful manner and it only got better from there.
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...
GOAL: Hyde 1-0 Altrincham. Tames. That's right, Hyde are winning!!!!
— Hyde FC Official (@hydefclive) July 26, 2014
— Hyde FC Official (@hydefclive) July 26, 2014
Sub: Mahatma Ghandi on for Hyde. Have to question his decision to play in flip flops.
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
— 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
GOAL: Hyde 2-1 Altrincham. WHATEVS. — Hyde FC Official (@hydefclive) July 26, 2014
GOAL: Hyde 2-2 Altrincham. Who's surprised, really?
— Hyde FC Official (@hydefclive) July 26, 2014
The game petered out to a draw but thankfully that wasn't the end of the fun.
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
SCORED!! 3-3 after 5 pens each. We go to sudden death. THE TENSION IS UNBEARABLE — Hyde FC Official (@hydefclive) July 26, 2014
The quality of the penalties descended quickly from there. Our intrepid social media pioneer was growing restless.
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
They did score and the tension had taken it's toll. All we can say is bravo and thank you.
Full time: Hyde 2-2 Altrincham. Hyde win 5-4 on penalties! I need a lie down. — Hyde FC Official (@hydefclive) July 26, 2014
