Last night I had the strangest dream I ever dreamed before,

I dreamed the world went back in years by half a score,

The season was ninety-seven then,

A very fine time for all good men,

With the exception of those who struggled for calm,

Because their bloody footy team was coached by Balme,

It was a time when the boys stood on the burning deck,

Playing ring a ring a rosy ...

Last night I had the strangest dream I ever dreamed before,

I dreamed the world went back in years by half a score,

The season was ninety-seven then,

A very fine time for all good men,

With the exception of those who struggled for calm,

Because their bloody footy team was coached by Balme,

It was a time when the boys stood on the burning deck,

Playing ring a ring a rosy ...

My thoughts exactly... I feel like Bill Murray.

This is an extract from a forthcoming chapter of A HIGHWAY OF DEMONS which relives those heady days of Neale Balme and the mid '90's game plan. It's part of a radio transmission picked up in deep space on the Tardis as it plummets its way through the space/time continuum.

Sound familiar?

"And Umpire Robinson bounces the air conveyance. It hits the rubber knob and Jimmy Stynes palms the ball beautifully to his left where Todd Viney runs onto the ball, grabs it and handballs back to Dyson who goes to his right and finds Brett Lovett who chips it out to Glenn Lovett who handballs backwards and into the hands of the running Neitz who comes out of the centre half back position and spots Steven Febey on a wing. Febey accepts the lead and kicks the ball to the half-forward flank and finds Garry Lyon on his own. The captain marks and plays on kicking to the space between centre and centre half forward which Jimmy Stynes has run into. The Irishman's by himself and turns around to find Todd Viney who runs onto the ball, grabs it and handballs back to Dyson who goes to his left and finds Brett Lovett. Lovett chips it out to the other Lovett - Brett. He handballs left to the running Prymke who's come out of the centre half back position and he goes to the opposite wing where he spots Matthew Febey. The Mouse turns around and shoots the ball across to half forward where Shaun Smith takes an absolute speccy. He plays on and spots Jimmy Stynes by himself in the space between centre and centre half forward but, oh no... it's been intercepted!"