Never to the dark side Posted March 12, 2020 Report Share Posted March 12, 2020 I know most people have a smart phone and can keep up to date with most footy related happenings. BUT not everyone, so if you may have difficulty looking at your phone at work Drop your mobile number to e-mail johngreatwestern@aol.com and I'll keep you up dated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristol Rob Posted March 12, 2020 Report Share Posted March 12, 2020 Send me a pigeon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Never to the dark side Posted March 12, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2020 Where do I collect the pigeon from? Story from Bobby Gould when his Father took him to his first football match. HIs Father took two pigeons from the "pigeon house" B.G. said what you taking them pigeons for. To release one pigeon at haf time with the score and then release the pigeon and do the same at full time. Circa 1950's when very few people had a wireless let alone a portable one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristol Rob Posted March 12, 2020 Report Share Posted March 12, 2020 38 minutes ago, Never to the dark side said: Where do I collect the pigeon from? Story from Bobby Gould when his Father took him to his first football match. HIs Father took two pigeons from the "pigeon house" B.G. said what you taking them pigeons for. To release one pigeon at haf time with the score and then release the pigeon and do the same at full time. Circa 1950's when very few people had a wireless let alone a portable one. Get a pigeon from Bobby Gould*. *who probably 'still has a house in the area'. Which is how he was linked with the City job every time it became available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbored Posted March 12, 2020 Report Share Posted March 12, 2020 42 minutes ago, Never to the dark side said: Where do I collect the pigeon from? Story from Bobby Gould when his Father took him to his first football match. HIs Father took two pigeons from the "pigeon house" B.G. said what you taking them pigeons for. To release one pigeon at haf time with the score and then release the pigeon and do the same at full time. Circa 1950's when very few people had a wireless let alone a portable one. So where did the pigeons fly to? Not much point flying straight back home....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Never to the dark side Posted March 12, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2020 Well I thought it was a case of "Gran-fer" kept pigeons in the pigeons loft? So they were homing pigeons,affix the score on a peice of paper with a rubber band to the leg of the pigeon so they would make their own way home with the scores. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Betty Swallocks Posted March 12, 2020 Report Share Posted March 12, 2020 Have I woken up in 2004? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Never to the dark side Posted March 12, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2020 No you have woken up at 08:04am Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pongo88 Posted March 12, 2020 Report Share Posted March 12, 2020 @Never to the dark side - don’t take any responsibility if the message doesn’t make it. Just say: “There's nothin' I can do if it don't get through, Just blame it on the pony express. There's nothin' I can say if it goes astray, Blame it on the pony express.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nogbad the Bad Posted March 12, 2020 Report Share Posted March 12, 2020 4 hours ago, Never to the dark side said: Where do I collect the pigeon from? Story from Bobby Gould when his Father took him to his first football match. HIs Father took two pigeons from the "pigeon house" B.G. said what you taking them pigeons for. To release one pigeon at haf time with the score and then release the pigeon and do the same at full time. Circa 1950's when very few people had a wireless let alone a portable one. A young Dick Dastardly and his puppy Muttley would have been after them in a flash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murraysrightplum Posted March 12, 2020 Report Share Posted March 12, 2020 Quite tempted to see what constitutes news in the NTTDS world. Could be incredibly interesting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Never to the dark side Posted March 12, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2020 Mainly fixture changes due to Sky,drop your number to johngreatwestern@aol.com and see if it comes up to your expectations Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norn Iron Posted March 12, 2020 Report Share Posted March 12, 2020 10 hours ago, Never to the dark side said: Where do I collect the pigeon from? Story from Bobby Gould when his Father took him to his first football match. HIs Father took two pigeons from the "pigeon house" B.G. said what you taking them pigeons for. To release one pigeon at haf time with the score and then release the pigeon and do the same at full time. Circa 1950's when very few people had a wireless let alone a portable one. This is actually true but from a Stoke City point of view. So that the half time score could be printed in the Stoke Sentinel (their version of the BP), a pigeon was used to get the information from the Victoria Ground to their offices up to the late 50s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
054123 Posted March 13, 2020 Report Share Posted March 13, 2020 On 12/03/2020 at 07:52, Never to the dark side said: I know most people have a smart phone and can keep up to date with most footy related happenings. BUT not everyone, so if you may have difficulty looking at your phone at work Drop your mobile number to e-mail johngreatwestern@aol.com and I'll keep you up dated You are without a shadow of a doubt, one of my favorite posters on the forum. This place is far better for your contributions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun Taylor Posted March 13, 2020 Report Share Posted March 13, 2020 On 12/03/2020 at 07:52, Never to the dark side said: I know most people have a smart phone and can keep up to date with most footy related happenings. BUT not everyone, so if you may have difficulty looking at your phone at work Drop your mobile number to e-mail johngreatwestern@aol.com and I'll keep you up dated There is no football news until April 4th Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
054123 Posted March 13, 2020 Report Share Posted March 13, 2020 11 minutes ago, Shaun Taylor said: There is no football news until April 4th Or is there? How will you know unless you subscribe to Jon’s SMS service??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun Taylor Posted March 13, 2020 Report Share Posted March 13, 2020 8 minutes ago, 054123 said: Or is there? How will you know unless you subscribe to Jon’s SMS service??? Local BBC radio & news bulletins, Sky sports, all major news channels, local & national newspapers failing that Johns SMS service and get moaned at work when the sneaky sods start reading your emails!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
054123 Posted March 13, 2020 Report Share Posted March 13, 2020 5 minutes ago, Shaun Taylor said: Local BBC radio & news bulletins, Sky sports, all major news channels, local & national newspapers failing that Johns SMS service and get moaned at work when the sneaky sods start reading your emails!! I’m not taking any chances. SMS update service for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun Taylor Posted March 13, 2020 Report Share Posted March 13, 2020 4 minutes ago, 054123 said: I’m not taking any chances. SMS update service for me You've convinced me I'm in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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