Oh Louie louie Posted September 20, 2019 Report Share Posted September 20, 2019 We have some staunch badge collectors at our club dont we. Ive seen a older lady and a older gentlemen with a great collection. The best one though was bob the badge from the east end in the 80s. He always wore a denim jacket plastered in badges, and had a real dislike for refs. When he used to surge foward to shout at the ref, all the noises the badges made, was like a recycling wagon coming down the road. Bob wasnt a puritan in this field he also had heavy metal band badges. Anyway the east end went and i didnt see him for years, then about 1999 he got pulled out the atyeo to take a penalty. His jacket had ran out off space for badges it seemed, he was now wearing a hat, which was also covered in badges. He still put the penalty away despite wearing a full metal jacket. Anyone know if this guy is still about? He would be in his 60s now i think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrt55555 Posted September 20, 2019 Report Share Posted September 20, 2019 I quite often see a guy at the Gate with a cap plastered in badges - sits in the Dolman I think. Never looks very comfy to wear! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
handsofclay Posted September 20, 2019 Report Share Posted September 20, 2019 Sorry, have just read this and would've replied earlier. Bob took his Ford Fiesta to a scrapyard in, iirc, St Philip's in the early 1990s. Unfortunately, the crane's electromagnet picked him up instead and he was last seen swinging about 60 feet above the Fruit Market. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glen humphries Posted September 20, 2019 Report Share Posted September 20, 2019 8 minutes ago, handsofclay said: Sorry, have just read this and would've replied earlier. Bob took his Ford Fiesta to a scrapyard in, iirc, St Philip's in the early 1990s. Unfortunately, the crane's electromagnet picked him up instead and he was last seen swinging about 60 feet above the Fruit Market. Pretty sure he used to have a city scarf tied round his wrist, proper old school if it’s the bloke I’m thinking of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin phantom Posted September 20, 2019 Admin Report Share Posted September 20, 2019 5 minutes ago, glen humphries said: Pretty sure he used to have a city scarf tied round his wrist, proper old school if it’s the bloke I’m thinking of. If its the guy I am thinking of he sat near me in the Atyeo many years ago. I can't recall seeing him for a while now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sturman 1 Posted September 20, 2019 Report Share Posted September 20, 2019 When I was a kid I remember a bloke in the Williams wearing a Red and White suit and I think he wore a hat that had a white feather to every game, I remember he had a strong dislike to refs! I think he is still about but I'm not sure? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudolf Hucker Posted September 20, 2019 Report Share Posted September 20, 2019 14 minutes ago, Sturman 1 said: When I was a kid I remember a bloke in the Williams wearing a Red and White suit and I think he wore a hat that had a white feather to every game, I remember he had a strong dislike to refs! I think he is still about but I'm not sure? Stoney? Legend! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sturman 1 Posted September 20, 2019 Report Share Posted September 20, 2019 2 minutes ago, Rudolf Hucker said: Stoney? Legend! That's the one!! I was trying to remember his name for the last 20 mins! My old man would always point him out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZiderEyed Posted September 20, 2019 Report Share Posted September 20, 2019 3 minutes ago, Sturman 1 said: That's the one!! I was trying to remember his name for the last 20 mins! My old man would always point him out. Last saw him asleep in the away end at Bramall Lane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledAjax Posted September 20, 2019 Report Share Posted September 20, 2019 9 minutes ago, Rudolf Hucker said: Stoney? Legend! Absolute legend. Stood near him at Brentford away couple of seasons ago - the one where Reid scored in the last minutes and nabbed us the most undeserved 2-2 I've ever seen. I absolutely loved his lengthy yet polite tirades at our players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Exile Posted September 20, 2019 Report Share Posted September 20, 2019 6 minutes ago, ZiderEyed said: Last saw him asleep in the away end at Bramall Lane He was at Stoke on Saturday - as was the chap with the badges on his hat... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slartibartfast Posted September 20, 2019 Report Share Posted September 20, 2019 6 hours ago, glen humphries said: Pretty sure he used to have a city scarf tied round his wrist, proper old school if it’s the bloke I’m thinking of. Not Flagship ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted September 20, 2019 Report Share Posted September 20, 2019 34 minutes ago, slartibartfast said: Not Flagship ? That`s who I thought of. I`ve not seen him since the move to the SS from the Atyeo. He was walking with a stick last time I did see him (still had the bandana, denim waistcoat and the 18 hole docs mind!) I did hear he wasn`t in the best of health sometime back though? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glen humphries Posted September 20, 2019 Report Share Posted September 20, 2019 50 minutes ago, slartibartfast said: Not Flagship ? ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cidered abroad Posted September 20, 2019 Report Share Posted September 20, 2019 17 hours ago, Oh Louie louie said: We have some staunch badge collectors at our club dont we. Ive seen a older lady and a older gentlemen with a great collection. The best one though was bob the badge from the east end in the 80s. He always wore a denim jacket plastered in badges, and had a real dislike for refs. When he used to surge foward to shout at the ref, all the noises the badges made, was like a recycling wagon coming down the road. Bob wasnt a puritan in this field he also had heavy metal band badges. Anyway the east end went and i didnt see him for years, then about 1999 he got pulled out the atyeo to take a penalty. His jacket had ran out off space for badges it seemed, he was now wearing a hat, which was also covered in badges. He still put the penalty away despite wearing a full metal jacket. Anyone know if this guy is still about? He would be in his 60s now i think. He was living in Bath last time I spoke to him. He had just finished working on the bin lorrie's due to poor health. This was around 2015 when I still lived in Frome and travelled to/from City by train. After I moved to S22 when it was opened, I remember seeing him in that block. But haven't seen him now for I guess, three years. I knew him since we stood in the same spot in the Covered End from 1980 through to about late 1980's. I then got a seat in Williams and only saw him occasionally until the train journeys referred to above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PooPants Posted September 20, 2019 Report Share Posted September 20, 2019 5 hours ago, Rudolf Hucker said: Stoney? Legend! Was on a silent bus on the way to the game last season with a couple of mates. Stoney gets on and tells jokes the whole way to the ground, bus is in stitches. Great lad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudolf Hucker Posted September 20, 2019 Report Share Posted September 20, 2019 8 minutes ago, Diddlydonkey said: Was on a silent bus on the way to the game last season with a couple of mates. Stoney gets on and tells jokes the whole way to the ground, bus is in stitches. Great lad. It must have been on a summer Saturday evening around 35 years ago that Stoney Garnett was booked to perform his comedy act at our cricket club during which he asked the audience for a clean handkerchief so that he could perform a magic trick. My mate, who still sits next to me at AG, offered his. Stoney took it from him, dropped it into a paper bag, doused it in lighter fuel then, telling him not to worry, set it on fire. The bag went up in flames; so did my mate’s hanky. To roars of laughter from everyone else, Stoney apologised profusely telling him that he’d never, ever managed to get that trick to work. As I said earlier, legend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oh Louie louie Posted September 21, 2019 Author Report Share Posted September 21, 2019 He did indeed wear a scarf around his wrist. Hope he is ok. When stoney used to ref games he would sometimes offer the player a red card, yellow, or 6 of clubs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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