The new Moseley “bloopers” book formally launches on April 12 at the final home game of the season, against Sale.

And, appropriately, it will be on sale as Moseley Players’ Association members and guests head into the Reddings Suite for their annual reunion, available in the old clubhouse and shop, and, dependent on the weather, we hope to market it round the ground as the match progresses.

And, for those even eager to obtain one, it can already be purchased from the club.

To order, contact the club office, Birmingham Moseley Rugby Club, Billesley Common, Yardley Wood Road, Billesley, Birmingham, B13 0HN. Phone: 0121 443 3631.  info@moseleyrugby.co.uk

The price is £10 for paperbacks and £16 for hardbacks, plus £3.50 postage and packaging.

All profits will be going towards the MPA’s key project to mark the 150th anniversary of the club, the replacement of the old floodlights with new (and far more economical) LED versions.

It is hoped the book will produce a substantial four figure sum towards the target of £28,000 to turn a new spotlight on the main pitch.

Edited by Birmingham Moseley member John Duckers, it is titled Rugby Cheek: Birmingham Moseley Bares All, and is a fun collection of anecdotes recording the amusing, outrageous, strange and idiotic (in some cases bordering on the illegal), plus printable sexual shenanigans, that have happened in the life of Moseley/Birmingham Moseley down the years.

In short, a wide eclectic mix.

Here’s a taster, in tribute to Colin McFadyean who recently passed away.

Pole-axed

The team had been to the West Country to play Bristol, good humour on the return coach journey and somehow England three-quarter Colin McFadyean persuades the driver to let him take charge of the last 200 yards from Alcester Road into Reddings Road and back to the clubhouse.

Except McFadyean has never driven a 42ft coach before and botches the left turn manoeuvre, bringing the vehicle into contact with a telegraph pole.

But he’s in luck.

John White recalls: “He clipped the pole perfectly and took it clean out of the ground while hardly damaging the coach at all.”

Conspiracy of silence from all concerned (especially the driver) and days before baffled workmen got round to putting it back up.

Lots of you got into the spirit and blabbed tales – names recorded in a special Snitches list.

So, please get purchasing, the more we sell the more money we can raise for the club.

We’ve ordered 300 and it would be nice to shift the lot. And hopefully if we do, nobody will miss out, because, being produced on a print-on-demand basis, we will simply order a load more. Though it would mean a short wait.

Available too from Amazon and in an ebook version albeit the profits produced via this route are much reduced compared to direct club sales.

Birmingham Moseley chairman and benefactor Dave Warren said: “It’s a very funny book which I am sure young and old will find entertaining. I commend it to you. Receipts will give the floodlights appeal a significant boost.”