Nigel Martin on 'A View From The Boundary' (Oh, do stop it, Aggers)

[Jack Dawe]

A bloke in a carpet shop down St. Blazey "knew the tea lady at Bristol Rovers." So there we have it: the tea lady is central to success/failure at every club, and the old bints deserve both barrells and should take a long, hard look at herself in the mirror  (once she's cleaned it) when recruitment is shambolic and we go on long, winless runs. 

Gerry Francis paid him "£10 a week more than I was getting at St. Blazey."

Incidentally, Nige said he prefers cricket to football. 

[EmissionImpossible]

Ohhhh Nigel Martyn. I see

[Jack Dawe]

6 minutes ago, EmissionImpossible said:

Ohhhh Nigel Martyn. I see

Never mind that, 'mish, what about our tea lady? Who/how many blokes does she know? How many class keepers has she brought in? This is what you should be concerning yerself with. Tch!

[Major Isewater]

Isn't the term ' tea lady ' a bit derogatory in this day and age ?

Surely it should be beverage lady .

[Lanterne Rouge]

46 minutes ago, Major Isewater said:

Isn't the term ' tea lady ' a bit derogatory in this day and age ?

Surely it should be beverage lady .

It should. And to truly bring the position up to date it should be `Your beverage lady sponsored by Paddy Power is......`

[ZiderEyed]

Can't believe you lot. We need to really modernise the term Tea Lady. It should be Unspecified Hot or Cold Beverage Person of Unnamed Gender.

[screech]

Gender neutral hydration technician would be better.

[Lanterne Rouge]

2 minutes ago, screech said:

Gender neutral hydration technician would be better.

Surely we must ask said person to find out how they self-identify before making judgements like this.

I`m de-platforming you and going to spend some time in my safe space now.

[Son of Fred]

1 hour ago, Major Isewater said:

Isn't the term ' tea lady ' a bit derogatory in this day and age ?

Surely it should be beverage lady .

At Reid's recently 'we had a tea fella....

I remember Mrs Bruce was very complementary about the bun's..

[Big C]

Is our tea lady Swedish by any chance?

[B1ackbird]

Martyn probably the best Rovers player I saw play City. 

[pongo88]

1 hour ago, Major Isewater said:

Isn't the term ' tea lady ' a bit derogatory in this day and age ?

Surely it should be beverage lady .

 

1 hour ago, ZiderEyed said:

Can't believe you lot. We need to really modernise the term Tea Lady. It should be Unspecified Hot or Cold Beverage Person of Unnamed Gender.

Whilst I admire your intentions @ZiderEyed, I feel that saying that someone might be “hot or cold” has certain implications that might be interpreted in the wrong way. 

PS - please can the football season start soon, then we can get back to the usual “Johnson out” / “Johnson is a genius” posts 

[Lanterne Rouge]

7 minutes ago, pongo88 said:

 

Whilst I admire your intentions @ZiderEyed, I feel that saying that someone might be “hot or cold” has certain implications that might be interpreted in the wrong way. 

PS - please can the football season start soon, then we can get back to the usual “Johnson out” / “Johnson is a genius” posts 

You virtue-signaller you.

[Davefevs]

2 hours ago, Jack Dawe said:

A bloke in a carpet shop down St. Blazey "knew the tea lady at Bristol Rovers." So there we have it: the tea lady is central to success/failure at every club, and the old bints deserve both barrells and should take a long, hard look at herself in the mirror  (once she's cleaned it) when recruitment is shambolic and we go on long, winless runs. 

Gerry Francis paid him "£10 a week more than I was getting at St. Blazey."

Incidentally, Nige said he prefers cricket to football. 

It was probably out of Gerry’s own pocket.  Didn’t he give Rovers £10k of his own money to buy Billy Clark from Bournemouth.

[pongo88]

1 minute ago, Davefevs said:

It was probably out of Gerry’s own pocket.  Didn’t he give Rovers £10k of his own money to buy Billy Clark from Bournemouth.

I’m sure he did. He also had a clause in his contract that gave home a percentage of every transfer fee Rovers received. He was obviously a shrewd businessman