The Takeover Thread - Recon Group - NOW WITH NEW POLL

[Small Rodent]

These days people only believe something if they see it on television.  I have two sons, a real one who is on television and a virtual one who is not. So we need to have a documentary made called The Birth of the Beautiful Game with William McGregor played by Timothy Spall in Mr Turner dress but with whiskers.   Then they will believe us.

Considering the meeting happened in London in 1888, we need a Hollywood fictionalisation in which William McGregor, played by Tom Hardy, helps Sherlock Holmes (Domnhall Gleason) in trying to crack the Jack the Ripper case.
The Ripper (the sinister James Nesbitt) is assisted by a cabal of Freemasons  led by Anthony Hopkins and Christopher Waltz in his escape and passage to the USA to start a new life. In return for his majority share-holding in the Manchester Ship Canal, of course.

[pauliewalnuts]

File alongside lawn tennis being invented in Birmingham. That's one you never, ever hear about when they're blathering on about the traditions of tennis during Wimbledon.

The photo in the famous 70s wall art of the tennis lady and her nice arse - taken in Birmingham

[waringpongo]

50% of all inventions were invented in a 50 mile radius around Birmingham. It might be patents but is something like that.

[Jimbo]

File alongside lawn tennis being invented in Birmingham. That's one you never, ever hear about when they're blathering on about the traditions of tennis during Wimbledon.

The photo in the famous 70s wall art of the tennis lady and her nice arse - taken in Birmingham

Oh, I say.

[cdbearsfan]

Brummie Ann Jones is also the most succesful British ladies' player since the end of the First World War, nine Grand Slam Finals, winning three.

[paul_e]

I keep having to check the title of this thread to make sure i haven't stumbled into 'birmingham news' from the OT section, this feels a lot like that thread right now.

[cdbearsfan]

Public transport is a fucking shambles.

[cdbearsfan]

Bring back King Kong.

[Pete]

In that Guraidan 'alt-culture in Birmingham' article where Percy and a one or two of us have left comments, someone came on to 'point out' that Aston Villa 'were co-founders' . When told/reminded of McGregor's role in instigating the meeting the reply was 'but the first meeting was in London though'. A perfect example of people trying to steer the narrative away from its rightful focus.

That was me - and was in no way intended to steer the narrative from its focus. Percy said McGregor called the meeting in Manchester - as a dedicated pedant, I had to point out that it was London (the Manchester meeting was a follow-up to finalise details). I in no way contradicted the point that the meeting was instigated by McGregor, just its location.

[eamonn]

Come on Pete, we need pro-Brummies not pedantic-Petes.

[andrew08]

It was played first in Edgbaston but moved to Leamington.

8 Ampton Road in Edgbaston by Harry Gem and Augurio Perera. Even back then in 1859 Birmingham was multi-cultural.

My sons used to go to school with the sons of the current owners of 8 Ampton Road. As fellow followers of the greatest game that is played on grass you'll be pleased to know that that famous piece of grass has a footy net on it now which I've taken penalties into.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

It was played first in Edgbaston but moved to Leamington.

8 Ampton Road in Edgbaston by Harry Gem and Augurio Perera. Even back then in 1859 Birmingham was multi-cultural.

My sons used to go to school with the sons of the current owners of 8 Ampton Road. As fellow followers of the greatest game that is played on grass you'll be pleased to know that that famous piece of grass has a footy net on it now which I've taken penalties into.

I note with interest you never mentioned whether you actually scored. Southgate, Vassell, Mellberg, Vlaar, Andrew08. Typical Villa. Bloody useless!

[nigel]

It was played first in Edgbaston but moved to Leamington.

8 Ampton Road in Edgbaston by Harry Gem and Augurio Perera. Even back then in 1859 Birmingham was multi-cultural.

My sons used to go to school with the sons of the current owners of 8 Ampton Road. As fellow followers of the greatest game that is played on grass you'll be pleased to know that that famous piece of grass has a footy net on it now which I've taken penalties into.

I note with interest you never mentioned whether you actually scored. Southgate, Vassell, Mellberg, Vlaar, Andrew08. Typical Villa. Bloody useless!

I think the key word is 'Into' 😊

[Percy McCarthy]

These days people only believe something if they see it on television.  I have two sons, a real one who is on television and a virtual one who is not. So we need to have a documentary made called The Birth of the Beautiful Game with William McGregor played by Timothy Spall in Mr Turner dress but with whiskers.   Then they will believe us.

Considering the meeting happened in London in 1888, we need a Hollywood fictionalisation in which William McGregor, played by Tom Hardy, helps Sherlock Holmes (Domnhall Gleason) in trying to crack the Jack the Ripper case.
The Ripper (the sinister James Nesbitt) is assisted by a cabal of Freemasons  led by Anthony Hopkins and Christopher Waltz in his escape and passage to the USA to start a new life. In return for his majority share-holding in the Manchester Ship Canal, of course.

Great as that sounds, I'm not watching anything with James Bastard Nesbit in.

[cdbearsfan]

Correct. The only thing I'd watch with him in would be his execution.