bcfc01 Posted August 30, 2019 Report Share Posted August 30, 2019 https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/sport/football/obituary-peter-godsiff-former-evening-3264872 Thanks for the memories Peter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ska Junkie Posted August 30, 2019 Report Share Posted August 30, 2019 Oh dear. I remember PG's columns about City in the Green un, the EP, when it was good, and latterly the Sunday independent and they were always a good read. R.I.P Mr G. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Never to the dark side Posted August 30, 2019 Report Share Posted August 30, 2019 So many classic head lines John Galleys fourth game for Bristol City GOAL A GAME GALLEY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Posted August 30, 2019 Report Share Posted August 30, 2019 Good decent reporter, knew his football R.I.P. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Port Said Red Posted August 30, 2019 Report Share Posted August 30, 2019 A proper writer and knowledgeable sports journalist from a previous generation, we won't see many like him again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atyeo's lift Posted August 30, 2019 Report Share Posted August 30, 2019 Great reporter and super human being as well, RIP Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOTBLUE Posted August 30, 2019 Report Share Posted August 30, 2019 From the days when reporters,reported on the game not the personalities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B1ackbird Posted August 30, 2019 Report Share Posted August 30, 2019 Took me right back to Dyers, Strode Rd waiting for the Green un to be delivered on Sat night.. RIP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted August 30, 2019 Report Share Posted August 30, 2019 RIP Peter, I grew up with your reports and articles which were always informed and interesting. You were a proper journalist back when being a reporter for a local paper was an honourable profession. In those pre social media days you were our only reliable source of news about our beloved club and I thank you for it. You will be fondly remembered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Isewater Posted August 30, 2019 Report Share Posted August 30, 2019 My thoughts are with his family and loved ones. A true journalist and gentleman. RIP . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archie andrews Posted August 30, 2019 Report Share Posted August 30, 2019 Not much more can be added what hasn't been said already rip Peter...... Journalist legend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacki Posted August 30, 2019 Report Share Posted August 30, 2019 Really sad news, I remember his work well. Thoughts with his family and friends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REDOXO Posted August 30, 2019 Report Share Posted August 30, 2019 Remember him well. Sad news. Sad day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CliftonCliff Posted August 30, 2019 Report Share Posted August 30, 2019 Very sorry to hear this. Very much part of my memories of supporting City as a kid. Used to eagerly devour his match reports, regardless of whether I had actually seen the game for myself or not. He made a great contribution to local sports journalism and deserves all the respect he's being shown on the forum, which is good to see. Condolences to his family and friends. He will be fondly remembered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHILINFRANCE Posted August 30, 2019 Report Share Posted August 30, 2019 Very Sad. Like many on here, I am sure, I always used to look forward to his articles and match reports in the The Evening Post and, in particular, in Saturday's 'The Green'Un'. Just like his late Bristol Rovers reporting colleague, Robin Perry, his articles were always well-researched and the match reports devoured with enthusiasm. GregorMcG would do well to approach his standards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1bristolcity Posted August 30, 2019 Report Share Posted August 30, 2019 Very sad, he was a credit to Bristol and journalism. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin phantom Posted August 30, 2019 Admin Report Share Posted August 30, 2019 Not a name that I am familiar with but RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CodeRed Posted August 30, 2019 Report Share Posted August 30, 2019 For those of us who started supporting City in the 1960's he was THE definitive Bristol City reporter, knew what was going on and wrote a column everyday in the Post and of course - the Green 'un - which was our only source of. CITY news in those days.....no internet, no Radio Bristol, no OTIB !, no club media P R. RIP Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cidered abroad Posted August 30, 2019 Report Share Posted August 30, 2019 As one who, like many others, will have read at least 95% of that which he wrote, it's sad news. Thanks Peter and RIP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redrascal2 Posted August 30, 2019 Report Share Posted August 30, 2019 A very sad day indeed. Part and parcel of the days you read the Evening Post and in a strange way a part of my life. Thoughts and condolences to his family at this time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lichfield eastend Posted August 30, 2019 Report Share Posted August 30, 2019 RIP Mr Godsiff , great reporter for BCFC , had a picture taken by Peter on the front of the Green Un in about 1968/9 we had travelled away to mighty Tranmere Rovers by steam train from Bristol Temple Meads and on arrival it was chucking it down with snow , my cousin and I were walking out of the station unknowingly by the side of his two sons just to confirm the game was cancelled , Peter took some photos and they made the front page ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hampshire reds Posted August 30, 2019 Report Share Posted August 30, 2019 R. I.P. Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Geoff Posted August 30, 2019 Report Share Posted August 30, 2019 Great memories of many of his wonderful articles and match reports in both the EP and Green Un. RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolman Original Posted August 30, 2019 Report Share Posted August 30, 2019 Can only echo other thoughts here. Waiting for the Green’un 6:00 on a Saturday. A proper journalist along with Robin Perry who covered our friends in blue. RIP Peter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bristolcitysweden Posted August 30, 2019 Report Share Posted August 30, 2019 Especially like the always a good story up the sleeve thing. And you appointed my boy hood journalist. RIP Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
handsofclay Posted August 30, 2019 Report Share Posted August 30, 2019 He interviewed me once in 1981 when he was Sports Editor at the Evening Post. I took along my copy of his History of Bristol City for him to sign. Great bloke. I grew up reading his reports on the City. Another figure from my past that has departed. RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southport Red Posted August 30, 2019 Report Share Posted August 30, 2019 Used to run to Sea Mills shops Saturday evenings to get the Greenun and read Peter’s excellent match reports. RIP Peter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
handsofclay Posted August 30, 2019 Report Share Posted August 30, 2019 He never learned shorthand, a prerequisite for journalists back in the day, and wrote everything in longhand. Yet, still managed to carve out a successful, and for us iconic, career as a sports reporter on our patch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slartibartfast Posted August 30, 2019 Report Share Posted August 30, 2019 1 hour ago, Lichfield eastend said: RIP Mr Godsiff , great reporter for BCFC , had a picture taken by Peter on the front of the Green Un in about 1968/9 we had travelled away to mighty Tranmere Rovers by steam train from Bristol Temple Meads and on arrival it was chucking it down with snow , my cousin and I were walking out of the station unknowingly by the side of his two sons just to confirm the game was cancelled , Peter took some photos and they made the front page ! Would have been a lot earlier than that , steam died in 67-68 and we last played them in 1961 until we next played them in 1982 . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackofromSanJavier Posted August 30, 2019 Report Share Posted August 30, 2019 Godsiff of the Green'un. Happy memories of my Dad sending me out to wait by the paper shop in Charfield for the van to turn up on a Saturday evening. Mr G always painted a good picture of events and had no hidden agenda for or against any team. RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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