BECKS HAIR TEAM BAN.Byline: ROBIN YAPPA YAPPA Yet Another PHP Photo Album A HEADMASTER banned his top rugby team from a cup match - because their David Beckham  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism. haircuts made them look "yobbish".
Roy Ludlow's under-16 squad shaved their heads Becks style in a display of bonding before they defended their title. But Mr Ludlow was so outraged by their appearance he told told them all to stay at home for two days. As a result, the lads were kicked out of the cup, while the jubilant opposition won the game by default. Yesterday, parents of the devastated dev·as·tate tr.v. dev·as·tat·ed, dev·as·tat·ing, dev·as·tates 1. To lay waste; destroy. 2. To overwhelm; confound; stun: was devastated by the rude remark. rugby boys branded Mr Ludlow's controversial decision "pathetic". But the head was unrepentant. He said: "The team are good lads and did this because they thought it was the right thing to do. But I took a different view. "Their virtually shaved heads made them look aggressive and yobbish. It was a serious error of judgment." Boys from Mr Ludlow's Beechen Cliff School Coordinates: Beechen Cliff School is a boys secondary school in Bath, Somerset, in England. There are around 800 boys in years 7-11 and a co-educational sixth form of over 226 students. in Bath, Somerset, were due to face arch rivals Ralph Allen School Ralph Allen School in Combe Down, Bath, England is a non-denominational, co-educational school with a sixth form. It was built and named in 1957 to commemorate Ralph Allen. It teaches around 1200 pupils. The school recently gained specialist Science College status. in the first round of the Somerset Cup. To show they were united in their desire to retain the title they won last year, they all decided to do a Becks. Squad member Ben Crane, 15, said: "We didn't do it to offend the headmaster." CAPTION(S): COPIED: Beckham |
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