23rd – 31st July, 2013The next stop on Shyton’s pre-season tour saw them go to the home country of Sheikh Abdullah—Saudi Arabia. All players were on the same flight this time, although Tommy was forced to sit at the back in economy next to the toilets. Bombalbo had an iffy tummy all throughout the flight due to the preserved shark meat he’d taken a liking to back in Iceland. Ben ‘Mystic’ Twaddle wasn’t granted a visa due to his unknown religious beliefs and so didn’t travel. Instead he went on a retreat in the middle of Epping Forest with a few of his lads.
In stifling heat that reached the high 40s they played three games in a week. Each game lasted a lot longer than 90 minutes due to the amount of frequent rehydration breaks. Tommy had drunk so much water that it was a surprise that Sau
