Meaning Evil. Stirring trouble

[Virgil Caine]

Decades ago, a team I played for, the mighty Hobs Moat United played a friendly against the sports journalists of the Mail when it was an OK paper (I don’t think it’s ever been particularly brilliant). Stafford Hildred who was lead football journalist played and was a decent player if memory serves me right but generally they were a horrible bunch and not very friendly at all. A mildly violent 2-2 draw was the result.

[LeeB]

They’ve taken the piss out of us for years.  Giving us two Smethwick supporters in a row as they men inside Villa Park’ for a start off.  Surprised they didn’t go the whole hog and give us Twattum.  Even before that they had that horrible blue nose twonk Roger someone name escapes me being openly vitriolic about us in The Argus.

Skidmark, sorry Skidmore.

[saunders_heroes]

They’ve taken the piss out of us for years.  Giving us two Smethwick supporters in a row as they men inside Villa Park’ for a start off.  Surprised they didn’t go the whole hog and give us Twattum.  Even before that they had that horrible blue nose twonk Roger someone name escapes me being openly vitriolic about us in The Argus.

Skidmark, sorry Skidmore.

And what a proper bitter, jealous Bluenose he was.

[LeeB]

They’ve taken the piss out of us for years.  Giving us two Smethwick supporters in a row as they men inside Villa Park’ for a start off.  Surprised they didn’t go the whole hog and give us Twattum.  Even before that they had that horrible blue nose twonk Roger someone name escapes me being openly vitriolic about us in The Argus.

Skidmark, sorry Skidmore.

And what a proper bitter, jealous Bluenose he was.

Deep down, aren’t they all?

[remy]

Must have been about 21 years old walking through town one day and we were doing shit at the time. No internet then just Ceefax / Oracle / Argus and this rag when we won.

Anyway the sign on one of the newspaper booths was
'Villa in for new striker'
"Ooh I'll grab that now' said the naive idealistic Remy.

Skimming from the back page er....where the fuck is the article or dare I say pic of a grinning herbert next to Shearer?

Teeny side square- ex player says that 'x' would be a good fit for current team and villa should look closely. Further down he said all human males should use their cock to take a piss.

Roll 2020 and a whip of a smartphone can tell you in 5 seconds how much bull swirls as clickbait.

[Pete3206]

Anyone remember Mercury ray of sunshine George Tyndale? Whatever happened to that bigoted twat?

[Nev]

Anyone remember Mercury ray of sunshine George Tyndale? Whatever happened to that bigoted twat?

Became the Patron Saint of Brexit.

[tomd2103]

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That rag has printed so many negative stories about the whole region over the years.
As I have said before, it must be the only publication that hates its own target market.

One of the worst examples I ever read was a complete hatchet job one of their sports writers did on Allan Donald when he was coming to the end of his career at Warwickshire.  Bearing in mind, he was one of the all-time world greats and a great servant over a long period to the Bears, the writer tore into him basically saying that he should wrap it up because he was over the hill and a shadow of himself.

Totally unnecessary and mean spirited piece about one of the greatest sportsmen to have graced the area.

[kippaxvilla2]

Talking of Skidmore as much as I disliked him I did like this piece that bought back many a comical memory.


https://www.thefreelibrary.com/THE+INCREDIBLE+SULK.-a074855253

[steamer]

Brilliant, I remember watching it and thinking, this can not be true.

[dave.woodhall]

He ended up as a postman.

[remy]

Talking of Skidmore as much as I disliked him I did like this piece that bought back many a comical memory.


https://www.thefreelibrary.com/THE+INCREDIBLE+SULK.-a074855253

Kept me entertained for ages that result. The Barnsley 4-0 at home after the Meaning Evil build up wankfest was hilarious.

[kippaxvilla2]

12 minutes in.  Just hilarious.

https://youtu.be/V67Mx84qIMg

[PeterWithe]

He ended up as a postman.

Well, it’s better than walking the .............no, it wasn’t funny the first 75 times.

[Damo70]

Talking of Skidmore as much as I disliked him I did like this piece that bought back many a comical memory.


https://www.thefreelibrary.com/THE+INCREDIBLE+SULK.-a074855253

Kept me entertained for ages that result. The Barnsley 4-0 at home after the Meaning Evil build up wankfest was hilarious.

I was at a party at The Golden Arrow on the Warwick Road Olton that afternoon. I enjoyed some drunken 'bants' with several noses that day.