The 20 events that shaped YCCC’s decade
January 23, 2010 
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At the start of the year (2010) I decided to mark the passing of the previous decade by recording the major events that had effected YCCC’s fortunes during that time. The following twenty articles are based on those events – chosen by myself, voted into order with the help of ForwardDefensive and Richard Watts of the CoU Yorkshire Fan Site. There are also three excellent articles by ForwardDefensive about his experiences as a member between 2000-2009.
A decade of watching Yorkshire cricket – Part 1
A decade of watching Yorkshire cricket – Part 2
A decade of watching Yorkshire cricket – Part 3
#1 The 2001 Championship
#2 Darren Lehmann’s runs
#3 2005 Promotion
#4 2002 Relegation
#5 Talent moves away
#6 We sign Jacques Rudolph
#7 Ajmal Shahzad becomes the first Yorkshire born player of Asian descent
#8 Financial crisis – The General Committee is replaced by a Management Board
#9 Hove 2008: The great escape – Rashid & Wainwright bat us to safety
#10 2007-2009 A new team emerges
#11 Overseas bowlers fail to give a cutting edge
#12 A home to call our own – YCCC buy Headingley
#13 The Barnsley connection – Gough and Moxon return
#14 The arrival of Colin Graves and Stewart Regan
#15 Wayne Clark comes and goes
#16 Ground improvements
#17 The 2002 C&G Trophy Triumph – Brief highlight for a team of one day also-rans
#18 The failuire to register Rafiq costs us dear
#19 The Chris Adams U-Turn
#20 Capped players lose form
Championship Averages 2000-2009
With hindsight born from writing the articles, if I could, I’d go back and turn the Wayne Clarke post into something more general about behind the scenes staff, merge ‘Buying Headingley’ and ‘Ground Improvements’ into one, making room for a seperate peice about David Byas, someone central to much that happened between 2000-2006.
I’d almost certianly vote for a slightly different order too.
Si’thee later,
Len
