Never to the dark side Posted July 30, 2020 Report Share Posted July 30, 2020 As its Summer time and things go a bit quiet. Around the time of the 3-0 win over Bolton in the freight Rover cup way back in May 1986 A city fan in Australia could not get back to the U.K. to see the game. So the City fan in Oz made arrangements to dial his friend in Bristol and have the game broadcast down the phone line with the handset next to the radio. Not sure if it was a radio bristol commentary or the Jonathan pearce GWR broadcast There was an article in the evening post, and not in the green un, as the green un was not being published at the time. Phone costs back then were approx £1.25p a minute and economy fare to Australia approx £600 pounds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onlyotib Posted July 30, 2020 Report Share Posted July 30, 2020 Wow that’s dedication. Wonder what the minimum wage was then. Fair play Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ciderhead433 Posted July 30, 2020 Report Share Posted July 30, 2020 I found a cassette of Jonathan Pearce GWR broadcast at a car boot sale bought back a few memories Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oh Louie louie Posted July 30, 2020 Report Share Posted July 30, 2020 Now thats what, i call a find, at a carboot ciderhead. Only away game i missed, when we got promotion under joe. was crewe away. Cost me 90p in tenps to listen, to the second half, and there was only 1 phone box. It was at littlesea caravan park in weymouth, and there was a line of about 20 people when i came out. They didnt look to happy tbh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
italian dave Posted July 30, 2020 Report Share Posted July 30, 2020 My brother, who'd been a season ticket holder next to me, moved to the US not long before our league cup semi final against Forest. When I got back from the game and called him to give a report, he knew it all. He'd spent the whole second half and extra time on the phone to a friend in the UK who'd been giving him a commentary from the TV. I never found out how much that cost! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sglosbcfc Posted July 30, 2020 Report Share Posted July 30, 2020 When I was on an annual holiday for 2 weeks in North Wales during the 80s, I'd ask one of my school mates to cut out any news report concerning City that appeared in the Evening Post. When I got home I'd eagerly read everything to 'get up to speed'. Very, very different days now, when you can simply click on the website and get to know everything about City's managerial search . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Portland Bill Posted July 30, 2020 Report Share Posted July 30, 2020 I was actually living in New Zealand at the time, I didn’t ( unfortunately) have the fortune of listening to the game live. But, I woke up to a phone call from my Dad, I answered it and he played me the tape of Bobby Hutchinson lifting the cup, and the commentary of the goals going in. RIP Dad! I was here in the UK for the following years final against Mansfield, but unfortunately we lost. I didn’t see us win at Wembley until the Walsall final a few years ago! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AirlieBeachRed Posted July 30, 2020 Report Share Posted July 30, 2020 3 hours ago, Ciderhead433 said: I found a cassette of Jonathan Pearce GWR broadcast at a car boot sale bought back a few memories I have the cassette for the game also Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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