No he wrote Only Fools and Horses.
Quote from: steamer on November 17, 2017, 10:41:25 AMI was an apprentice and took the opportunity to earn a few extra pounds by working that saturday as there was no real game on.No social media then, but the days events were being played out on BRMBI went into town after work and as class of 82 says, a lot of villa around Hole in the wall and costermonger.There were a few scores settled in town, as guys who had been on the lash for two days were picked off.In hindsight a crazy fixture, Doug trying to make a few shekels on an International weekend.You only have to remember the mayhem at the England Scotland games at Wembley, to imagine what was going to happen, this was Braveheart, Carnival time with everyone invading the land of the sassenachs, for a drunken replay of Bannockburn.As an aside I think it was Sean (RIP) who was wearing his Celtic shirt and waving at them from the lower Trinity that raised the odds a bit.Do you mean John SullivanI did not realise his name was john, (Sean or Shaun was how i knew him) but his surname was Sullivan.
I was an apprentice and took the opportunity to earn a few extra pounds by working that saturday as there was no real game on.No social media then, but the days events were being played out on BRMBI went into town after work and as class of 82 says, a lot of villa around Hole in the wall and costermonger.There were a few scores settled in town, as guys who had been on the lash for two days were picked off.In hindsight a crazy fixture, Doug trying to make a few shekels on an International weekend.You only have to remember the mayhem at the England Scotland games at Wembley, to imagine what was going to happen, this was Braveheart, Carnival time with everyone invading the land of the sassenachs, for a drunken replay of Bannockburn.As an aside I think it was Sean (RIP) who was wearing his Celtic shirt and waving at them from the lower Trinity that raised the odds a bit.
Quote from: West Derby Villan on November 19, 2017, 12:00:29 PMQuote from: steamer on November 17, 2017, 10:41:25 AMI was an apprentice and took the opportunity to earn a few extra pounds by working that saturday as there was no real game on.No social media then, but the days events were being played out on BRMBI went into town after work and as class of 82 says, a lot of villa around Hole in the wall and costermonger.There were a few scores settled in town, as guys who had been on the lash for two days were picked off.In hindsight a crazy fixture, Doug trying to make a few shekels on an International weekend.You only have to remember the mayhem at the England Scotland games at Wembley, to imagine what was going to happen, this was Braveheart, Carnival time with everyone invading the land of the sassenachs, for a drunken replay of Bannockburn.As an aside I think it was Sean (RIP) who was wearing his Celtic shirt and waving at them from the lower Trinity that raised the odds a bit.Do you mean John SullivanI did not realise his name was john, (Sean or Shaun was how i knew him) but his surname was Sullivan.If it's my mate, I met up with him in an Antwerp pub before the match, tall lanky guy then about seventeen year old ?
That's the fellow.His surname was actually O'Sullivan, real first name John but known to everyone, including his family, as Sean.
Quote from: Bernie on November 20, 2017, 04:48:24 PMThat's the fellow.His surname was actually O'Sullivan, real first name John but known to everyone, including his family, as Sean.Thanks for the sad confirmation, you're right it was John O'Sullivan. First mate I had at Handsworth Grammar school back in 1969, lost touch over the years but remember him fondly, Holte Ender in the SkyRIP John/ Sean
Quote from: West Derby Villan on November 20, 2017, 05:03:16 PMQuote from: Bernie on November 20, 2017, 04:48:24 PMThat's the fellow.His surname was actually O'Sullivan, real first name John but known to everyone, including his family, as Sean.Thanks for the sad confirmation, you're right it was John O'Sullivan. First mate I had at Handsworth Grammar school back in 1969, lost touch over the years but remember him fondly, Holte Ender in the SkyRIP John/ SeanMy uncle was at HGS at the same time. I'm also an old boy.
Quote from: Rory Christopher on August 28, 2020, 10:45:46 AMQuote from: West Derby Villan on November 20, 2017, 05:03:16 PMQuote from: Bernie on November 20, 2017, 04:48:24 PMThat's the fellow.His surname was actually O'Sullivan, real first name John but known to everyone, including his family, as Sean.Thanks for the sad confirmation, you're right it was John O'Sullivan. First mate I had at Handsworth Grammar school back in 1969, lost touch over the years but remember him fondly, Holte Ender in the SkyRIP John/ SeanMy uncle was at HGS at the same time. I'm also an old boy.Small world, Sean and I started HGS in 1969
Have to say the Irish League and to be fair, the fans of local teams here have really got their act together in regards to dealing with the sectarianism that has blighted the local game here throughout the decades. It's still there among some moronic fans but it's on its way out. Belfast Rangers fans though are a different breed. I've been among them at Windsor Park and I've taken in an Old Firm match at Ibrox. Never again. I detest generalising, but it's a horrible, horrible club with fans to match. What happened at Villa Park forty years ago should have been consigned to history but Manchester showed it's still in them. Oh, and I've no affinity for Celtic whatsoever.
Quote from: Cliftonville Villain on November 06, 2017, 10:31:58 PMHave to say the Irish League and to be fair, the fans of local teams here have really got their act together in regards to dealing with the sectarianism that has blighted the local game here throughout the decades. It's still there among some moronic fans but it's on its way out. Belfast Rangers fans though are a different breed. I've been among them at Windsor Park and I've taken in an Old Firm match at Ibrox. Never again. I detest generalising, but it's a horrible, horrible club with fans to match. What happened at Villa Park forty years ago should have been consigned to history but Manchester showed it's still in them. Oh, and I've no affinity for Celtic whatsoever.From what I've witnessed over here, they're chalk and cheese. Celtic have played in Lisbon numerous times over the last 30 years and it's always a friendly atmosphere, lots of drinking, laughing and mixing with the locals. Rangers turned up for the first time a few years ago and you could almost touch the level of hatred among their supporters. It was like their whole existence is based on hate. The banners, the tattoos, the songs, rudeness and shitty attitude to everybody - women included, the need for violence, the most horrible, evil bunch of supporters I've ever seen over here.
Quote from: West Derby Villan on August 28, 2020, 02:05:31 PMQuote from: Rory Christopher on August 28, 2020, 10:45:46 AMQuote from: West Derby Villan on November 20, 2017, 05:03:16 PMQuote from: Bernie on November 20, 2017, 04:48:24 PMThat's the fellow.His surname was actually O'Sullivan, real first name John but known to everyone, including his family, as Sean.Thanks for the sad confirmation, you're right it was John O'Sullivan. First mate I had at Handsworth Grammar school back in 1969, lost touch over the years but remember him fondly, Holte Ender in the SkyRIP John/ SeanMy uncle was at HGS at the same time. I'm also an old boy.Small world, Sean and I started HGS in 1969You might've just missed my uncle, he started in '65 (I think). I started in 2000.We're old Edwardians now, of course, the proud HGS name done and dusted.
Quote from: Rory Christopher on August 28, 2020, 02:36:30 PMQuote from: West Derby Villan on August 28, 2020, 02:05:31 PMQuote from: Rory Christopher on August 28, 2020, 10:45:46 AMQuote from: West Derby Villan on November 20, 2017, 05:03:16 PMQuote from: Bernie on November 20, 2017, 04:48:24 PMThat's the fellow.His surname was actually O'Sullivan, real first name John but known to everyone, including his family, as Sean.Thanks for the sad confirmation, you're right it was John O'Sullivan. First mate I had at Handsworth Grammar school back in 1969, lost touch over the years but remember him fondly, Holte Ender in the SkyRIP John/ SeanMy uncle was at HGS at the same time. I'm also an old boy.Small world, Sean and I started HGS in 1969You might've just missed my uncle, he started in '65 (I think). I started in 2000.We're old Edwardians now, of course, the proud HGS name done and dusted.Another old boy.I started in 74