20 Questions - victim no4: Tony Taff

By Large
June 13 2003

He works oop north, comes from Wales, drinks lots of alcohol, wears Douglas Hurd glasses and has a semingly endless supply of coats. Tony Taff is victim no4 in the 20 Questions series.

Real Name
Tony Davies.

Location
East Morton, West Yorkshire. Occasionally, Potters Bar.

Occupation
Intermittently self-employed consultant/interim manager.

Favourite: Movie(s)
Apocalypse Now.

TV Programme(s)
Have I Got News For You.

Book(s)
Any Dalziel & Pascoe novel by Reginald Hill, eg 'The Rugby Club', an
early
one. The later ones have more taxing plot lines, eg Dialogues of the
Dead. The
TV episodes are dumbed down to an alarming extent.

Music
The Jam, Genesis.

Radio Station(s)
4 for comedy, 2 for music, 5Live for sport.

Food(s)
Steak Tartare - Mad cow disease, in humans, was a myth, and you
wouldn't be
able to tell the difference if I was mad, anyway.

Drinks(s)
Real ale, ideally; also claret and champagne, though, not mixed.

Place(s) to visit
The Yorkshire Dales take some beating. Grenada, Yosemite and any French
Town
where we are playing.

How long supporting Sarries
Since 1987.

First ever Sarries game
Bristol away, in, I think, 1983 (I used to live near The Memorial
Ground).

Best ever Sarries game (Excluding 1998 cup final)
Leicester, in the sun, at Enfield.

Favourite Sarries experience off pitch (Excluding 1998 cup final)
Last season's Toulouse/Colomiers trip, featuring an all-night rugby bar
and a
bonus game (Toulouse-Edinburgh).

How did you start supporting Sarries
I've always been into rugby. I moved to Potters Bar in '87, headed
straight
for Bramley Rd. and adopted Saracens.

What are your non-rugby pastimes
Appreciating real ale, and supporting it's availability.

Most likely to say
'Offside!'

Least likely to say
'I would rather not consume alcohol on a matchday, as it impairs one's
enjoyment of the game'.

Tell us something about you we don't know.
Heretically, I quite like Rugby League.