Jim Britten Runs The Line

In this episode we talk about the success of the inaugural Scott Sarson memorial cup match & Scotts ultra run. We also discuss Adam’s new job & we place sanctions on our only Russian listener.

In this special edition Craig is joined by Adam Watts & Dave Coleman to talk about the upcoming Scott’s Ultra run, the charity Rock2recovery recovery & some of the good things that can be achieved going forward. A big thank you to Dave for opening up & talking about his mental health issues from his time in the marines & Afghanistan, it’s very brave of you to do so.

We review some of the previous matches for the 1st team, discuss the purples flying start to the season & have the food review from what has been on offer at away venues. We mark Remembrance Day accordingly as we once again remember Scott, who is never far away from our thoughts. Lest we forget

With the big derby fixture of Campion this weekend, the boys discuss their favourite moments from matches of years gone by, & also we find out what really happened to make Ray Flowers get punched last Friday night.

The boys discuss the opening game of the season, give a thorough review of the post match food, but... there is something missing!?

Excitement is building for the Pre-season double header home fixture, we have the exclusive line ups for both teams. Billy goes over the food that was served at the away trip to Harrow, & we hear a food review from Sam John from what was served at Standford. In other news Craig is sad about the end of the cricket season, & Adam tells us the Stuart Duckett story.

Billy tells us about his new game, which in all honesty couldn’t be more pointless, we also talk about Adam’s fantastic commentary, & Craig should really learn not to duck. We would like to dedicate this episode to Scott Sarson, the greatest player to ever play for our club, but to many of us so much more than just a rugby player, a loyal friend who we will carry in our hearts forever. Thank you for every moment shared with us Scott, may you rest in peace for eternity x x x

In this episode we have a very special guest in professional heavyweight boxer the Romford bull Johnny Fisher. We chat to Johnny about his rugby days, the start of his boxing career & even give his big right hand a nickname. We also talk about the return to rugby coming up & discuss the life & times of the next Old Cooperians captain John Dunn.

In this our first episode of 2021, we manage to discuss what little rugby has been going on & give you our ultimate 6 nations sexual fantasy XV. Thank you to heavyweight boxer & ex Cooperian Johnny Fisher for the intro to this episode.

In this Christmas special we talk about the famous Christmas curry’s of years gone by, Billy names his Christmas XV & we have another game of guess the Cooperian. From all of us at the podcast Merry Christmas & happy new year

We talk about rugby returning in January, concussion in the sport as well as our regular features, guess the Cooperian, life & times of the next captain & the food review. In this episode as Adam couldn’t make it due to abhorrent excuses, we have a guest host in 1st team veteran hooker Ray Flowers.

Just a quick update from us to let you know our plans for Christmas.

In this episode we tell you the life & times of the next captain, discuss current global events, & we bring the food review back - we end this podcast with the playing of The Last Post. Lest We Forget

In this our tenth episode we talk about the touch game against Upminster & also the upcoming touch game. We have another game of guess the cooperian, & Adam tells us about the present he got for pushing through a deal at work.

Adam gives us all the update on his back, we talk about the update on the start of the rugby season & we have a brand new game to play.

Adam tells the story of his only ever red card, Billy gives the update on how the touch tournament went & we have another game of Fiji centre or Kama Sutra.

We look forward to the upcoming touch tournament, Billy wins a quiz & we answer the listeners questions

Craig & Adam catch up with club legend Simon Powell a.k.a. Pig, then Billy & Adam team up with Sam John to go to The Balti Cottage for this weeks food review

Refreshed & ready, after 4 weeks without an episode we finally see Adam return from annual leave

We have a chat with club captain Tony Bly, Adam had a tough night, Billy has got a big competition coming up & we find a hidden gem for the food review

More updates on the fixtures, another food review & we build our ultimate Old Cooperian

Excitement about the new season is slowly starting to build with the announcement of the league fixtures, & we discuss the recording that just didn’t cut our Dijon....

Our inaugural podcast. We’d like to dedicate this episode to Martin Hennessy, who sadly passed away last week. Thanks for the memories Martin