Rounding Up A New Posse

And so it came to pass, the Three Musketeers became two, and then became one.

The game against the Sheffield Steelers on 28th October was the last game on the mic for Mike. He and his bride-to-be are stepping down from Phoenix duties to concentrate on their own business, and the end of an era has been reached. First it was Fishcake, stepping down at the end of last season, and now Landers has gone, leaving The Rev to soldier on alone. Sort of.

Well, not really alone at all. Andy Costigan has stepped up to take the mic for the time being, until a new announcer is appointed, but the Three Musketeers has become a fully-fledged posse now. With the new visual aspects of the match night came a few additions to the team, and now that these new faces are becoming more and more familiar, the match night operation as a whole is really coming into full swing.

The camera crew has been expanded, and we have had an up and coming young talent added to our cohort of lensers. Joining Peter Pallister (callsign "Millhouse") and Jennie Fenton (callsign...er..."Fenton") on the cameras is James Walkling (callsign "Garth"), who joined us as a runner but quickly graduated to camera operator and has so far shown quite a knack for it. The vision mixing duties are being predominantly done by Jon Galione (callsign "Lion" among other things), the music playout is done by Tracey Allan (callsign "Tracey" - not much imagination there I'm afraid) and Carl Johnstone has expanded his repertoire to include our video and graphics playout. He doesn't get a callsign. We don't even let him have a headset.

So, what started out as a three person operation has grown into an eight person operation, and we're still bringing on board some new faces to serve as runners. The job continues, the roles get bigger, and the new crew members are keen to make their mark on the match night. And they will. The legacy of Landers and Fishcake will never be forgotten, it will be built upon.