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Post by timbo on Nov 27, 2013 21:36:25 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Nov 27, 2013 22:35:35 GMT
Spot the difference between this and the 1979 programme. But why change a winning formula?
Classic copywriting for the "C Nottingham" advert. Why need to go to one of those swanky London agencies when there's such talent in North Lincolnshire?
"Management structure" sounds ahead of its time for the late 1970s, doesn't it?
A quarter-past-the-hour was always the time for football in Sunny - the days of the 3.15pm and 7.15pm kickoff.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 28, 2013 10:47:01 GMT
A true classic from C.Nottingham, dreamt up no doubt while watching Blankety Blank one Friday night. But of course the Scunthorpe United programme of the time was being used just as much as a political football as a sporting one. It seems that being match ball donor for the key local derby victory over Grimsby on March 3rd provided the necessary feel good factor as well as proving what a long standing and committed fan of The Irons, Prospective Conservative Candidate Michael Brown was; thereby helping him to win the seat in the following years General Election. In addition C.Nottingham, although looked upon as the Screaming Lord Sutch of the local area, got enough people chortling their way to the Polling Station as they recalled his 'See Naples And Die' ad, that he took enough votes off the official Labour candidate to allow Michael Brown to scrape home with a majority of 486. m Brown Conservative 31,130 43.42% J Ellis Labour 30,644 42.74% m Beard Liberal 7,764 10.83% C Nottingham Democratic Labour 2,042 2.85% m Nottingham Ind 123 0.17% LINK - Vote Nottingham - Get Tory Brown went on to remain MP for the area until the mid 1990's, when a few minor difficulties cropped up: 'During the Cash for Questions parliamentary scandal, Brown admitted to, and apologised for, accepting money to lobby on behalf of US Tobacco without declaring it.
He resigned in 1994 after The News of the World published pictures of him on holiday in Barbados with a 20 year old gay man. At the time, the age of consent for gay sex was 21 so the paper ran the story under the headline "Lawmaker as lawbreaker". He subsequently acknowledged his homosexuality.
LINK - Michael Brown Brown attempted, without success, to get back into Parliament in 1997, but Luton Town's chairman David Evans came forward to help out: 'Brown lost the election for the new Cleethorpes seat at the general election on 1 May 1997. Initially he struggled to find employment, working for David Evans contract cleaning firm'
Evans himself was one of the more 'colourful' characters around at the time: LINK - David Evans . Now who's that in the role of Trainer/Coach, not former West Brom legend John Kaye surely ?  Back in the days of Left Halves and side partings John Kaye was quite a player. Kaye had played for The irons before going on to make his name at The Hawthorns. A spell as Manager of Hull, before coaching at the Old Showground, and then some other varied activities: Player's name: John KAYE Clubs played for: Scunthorpe United, West Bromwich Albion, Hull City (1960-1973). Biography: Appointed Hull boss before retiring to go into the hotel business. Then became a welder, working on gas rigs both onshore and offshore. LINK - Where Is John Kaye ?
Ian 'Beefy' Botham also makes mention of Kaye in his autbiography, pointing out that it was Kaye who informed Irons Manager at the time, Ron Ashman, that Beefy wouldn't look out of place in the 1st team: LINK - Botham Plays For Scunthorpe |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 28, 2013 17:15:19 GMT
Ah Alpine Joe, that's a flash back to a rather murky political sideshow: turncoat Dick Taverne and his traitorous and treacherous mob. I'm sure Comrade Felix could give us the full SP. The C stood for Cyril as in the well-known Scunthorpe butcher who, in the fashion of the times, was described as a Labour "moderate". Was he actually a slightly less right-wing Lincolnshire version of Bob the Burnley Butcher? That's the politics of the meat cleaver for you; enough to make CF a vegetarian.
A reference in AJ's post to Ian Botham who, of course, famously played for The Iron. I'm pretty sure that Beefy was living on the Isle of Axholme at the time. That's somewhere I'm hopeful of persuading Felix to visit on our way eastwards on Saturday (more's the pity that the trolley bus museum is now closed for the winter). Home these days to Lesley Garrett the opera singer, another member of the 1955 club along with ITB and myself.
Meanwhile, back on the S6 front, I'm counting the days to next Tuesday's game between the Owls and Leicester. I hope it'll be better fare than what was seen at the Lane on Tuesday. Sort it out, Nigel. Forty days gone and it's still rubbish.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 29, 2013 16:47:26 GMT
A true classic from C.Nottingham, dreamt up no doubt while watching Blankety Blank one Friday night. But of course the Scunthorpe United programme of the time was being used just as much as a political football as a sporting one. It seems that being match ball donor for the key local derby victory over Grimsby on March 3rd provided the necessary feel good factor as well as proving what a long standing and committed fan of The Irons, Prospective Conservative Candidate Michael Brown was; thereby helping him to win the seat in the following years General Election. As much as I warmly appreciate Alpine Joe's offbeat posts I fear there are dark forces who are not so enthusiastic. Witness the feverish attack on this site which has suddenly appeared elsewhere on the Internet this afternoon. This assault, deeply satirical in nature (and bordering on the dangerously humorous), takes the good name of the TFF in vain together with that of a leading Fleet Street title. This, I know, will appall AJ when he learns of it. My only fear is that he'll seek further succour in the arms of Dick Taverne's extreme-moderate sect. They're more controlling than the Maoists from what I hear. The main allegation is that TFF is over-concerned with trivialities such as investigating postponed matches from the 1951/52 season. Whereas this could be inaccurate reporting - was there even a postponed match in that season? - we await the history supremo's findings as to any games called off in those distant times of slow post-war recovery. We cannot leave any stone unturned in our quest for resolving such matters and maintaining the good name of this site. We have a reputation to live up to. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 30, 2013 21:54:13 GMT
I was very disappointed to learn of this Barton. Seems it was one young rogue reporter who became over eager when he thought he had an exclusive on his hands, and failed to check whether the story had already been covered elsewhere.
With Torquay fans in general looking for anything to take their minds off the current season, we have more reason than ever to thank Timbo for the fascinating old programmes he enables us to enjoy here.
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Post by gullone on Dec 1, 2013 12:12:34 GMT
The main allegation is that TFF is over-concerned with trivialities such as investigating postponed matches from the 1951/52 season. Whereas this could be inaccurate reporting - was there even a postponed match in that season? On consulting the programme collection it does seem that there were indeed no first team postponments that season. [/quote] |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 2, 2013 8:59:06 GMT
No postponements during 1951/52? Thanks for that, gullone. That's one less thing to worry about.
A Timbo of the future would be kept extremely busy by Saturday's programme from Scunthorpe. A chunky little 88-page effort with very little advertising and a remarkable amount of reading. "Pocket sized" and ideal for storage. Other clubs take note even though, if you're anything like me, you'd need good light and a magnifying glass to read it.
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