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Many years ago, I used to be a member of the Legends Bar - a mezzanine level bar at the park end of the Dolman. Cheesley was the regular match day host. Tony Robinson was also member and I’d occasionally get to chat with him. He was a really nice bloke, very ordinary, chatty and loved the City!

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6 minutes ago, East End Old Boy said:

I remember Tony being on the pitch once at half time trying to lead the singing, guess that’s why he doesn’t do musicals!🫣😬

I believe it was against Rovers where in response to them singing “Can you hear Baldrick sing” he responded on the mike “Yes you ****ing can”….!

Anyway, clip:

 

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For one season  2003/2004 him and his daughter had his season ticket seats next to me and my 3 year old son in the Dolman. We often chatted mainly about History stuff but I remember him telling me he had grown up as a Spurs fan before moving to Bristol. Great chap and lovely that he just sat with the rest of us rather than the prawn cocktails opposite..

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1 minute ago, Marina's Rolls Royce said:

For one season  2003/2004 him and his daughter had his season ticket seats next to me and my 3 year old son in the Dolman. We often chatted mainly about History stuff but I remember him telling me he had grown up as a Spurs fan before moving to Bristol. Great chap and lovely that he just sat with the rest of us rather than the prawn cocktails opposite..

Surely it would have been prawn cocktail crisps at that time.

I think I saw him sat in the Dolman once, but thought it would be rude to stare or take a second pass. So I guess I could just be remembering someone who vaguely looked like him.

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I sat behind him in the Dolman once when we played Everton in the cup. 
As per usual we battered them without scoring (some things never change) and they scored with their first proper attack. 
I said to him ‘Baldrick we need one of your cunning plans’ to which he turned to me and said ‘crap isn’t it’!

We lost 1-0. 

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Just been on Talksport. 
Wasn’t too much said about City that was any different to the Sky clip above. 
Semenyo. 13th place. 
Said he doesn’t know of many lower league managers but that he had heard of Manning before he arrived. 
Then they talked about John Wayne’s wig 

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9 minutes ago, Glen hump said:

Had a pee next to him , in the dolman toilets once’ his thingy was shaped like a turnip 

I remember peeing next to you in MacDonalds once. At least I had a Big Mac and not a Junior Burger like yourself.

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As we're all trotting out our Tony stories, I bumped into him at Wycombe when we got promoted in ??96/7 season. Just wondering up to the ground, walked past him and said "Hiya, Tony" like we'd know each other for years. I did something similar when I bumped into Cotts down town once. 

Must get really tiresome after a while if you're famous.

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17 minutes ago, SecretSam said:

As we're all trotting out our Tony stories, I bumped into him at Wycombe when we got promoted in ??96/7 season. Just wondering up to the ground, walked past him and said "Hiya, Tony" like we'd know each other for years. I did something similar when I bumped into Cotts down town once. 

Must get really tiresome after a while if you're famous.

But Cotts first name is Stephen?

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3 hours ago, Harry said:

Doing the rounds today. He’s on talksport in a minute 

Must be a book coming out or new series happening sometime soon! 

Great chap and superb broadcaster, and all the better for being a genuine City fan. 

At least we’ve won more trophies than Spurs, so he clearly made the right choice. 

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It was hilarious when he was on the pitch and speaking on the tannoy in the role of Baldrick in that game against the fewers. 

My completely fascinating Tony Robinson story is that on the day I moved to uni in Cardiff my parents took me for something to eat in a pub and he was on a nearby table, presumably with his family. We only ended up at that pub because we got lost on the way to my halls. I also have a distant memory of seeing him on the terrace at an away game, but have no idea which one or where it was. 

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4 hours ago, Eddie Hitler said:

He's a genuine fan, I saw him a couple of times in the 90s on open terraces at away grounds.

And Time Team remains one of my favourite TV series.

And on one season video I had he said that Alan Dicks, despite being sacked, had the consolation of having a young son, Julian.

Hahahaha I bumped into him at the old manor ground.

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4 hours ago, Rudolf Hucker said:

Many years ago, I used to be a member of the Legends Bar - a mezzanine level bar at the park end of the Dolman. Cheesley was the regular match day host. Tony Robinson was also member and I’d occasionally get to chat with him. He was a really nice bloke, very ordinary, chatty and loved the City!

Sat infront of me block B Dolman .with massive attack .

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1 hour ago, Offside said:

It was hilarious when he was on the pitch and speaking on the tannoy in the role of Baldrick in that game against the fewers. 

My completely fascinating Tony Robinson story is that on the day I moved to uni in Cardiff my parents took me for something to eat in a pub and he was on a nearby table, presumably with his family. We only ended up at that pub because we got lost on the way to my halls. I also have a distant memory of seeing him on the terrace at an away game, but have no idea which one or where it was. 

Can you hear Baldrick sing, yes you ******* can :laugh:

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1 hour ago, Mike Hunt-Hertz said:

I saw him once when we were at Fulham, with that bird from Eastenders who had a face like a welder's bench.

That's narrowed it down to about 20 possibilities

8 minutes ago, Mike Hunt-Hertz said:

No. I was with the fat blonde one.

Phil ?

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We sat by him in the away seats at Watford probably about 30 yrs years ago, when we were put along the side of the pitch.

During the first half the lady he was with took out a blanket from the basket she was carrying and wrapped it over his legs.

Needless to say we ripped it into him a bit and he loved every minute of the banter.

Good bloke

 

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2 hours ago, Lorenzos Only Goal said:

Hahahaha I bumped into him at the old manor ground.

 

I think that was the same game.

A couple of city fans walked across the front and threw a gas shirt into the air, and there was a school kids stand for Oxford which kept up a high pitched chant of "Oxford Oxford", repeat ad nauseum,  which was so bloody annoying that there were regular shouts of "Shut up!".

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5 hours ago, Davefevs said:

Does he have a cunning plan for tomorrow night?

(I bet he gets cheesed off with that)

If you listen to his podcast he talks about cunning plans at least once every single episode, so I doubt he's that fed up with it!

tbh I think he fully realises just what a gift Baldrick was to his life and career and embraces it fully,

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The day he was on the pitch dressed as Baldrick (or as the Bountyhunter put it ‘dressed as a Gashead’) he didn’t say “yes you ******* can” in response to “can you hear Baldrick sing?”….he responded “can you hear Rovers sing? no I ******* can’t” with the sweary bit mumbled into the microphone. 

 

 

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3 minutes ago, Peter O Hanraha-hanrahan said:

The day he was on the pitch dressed as Baldrick (or as the Bountyhunter put it ‘dressed as a Gashead’) he didn’t say “yes you ******* can” in response to “can you hear Baldrick sing?”….he responded “can you hear Rovers sing? no I ******* can’t” with the sweary bit mumbled into the microphone. 

 

 

Memories fade.

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12 minutes ago, Peter O Hanraha-hanrahan said:

The day he was on the pitch dressed as Baldrick (or as the Bountyhunter put it ‘dressed as a Gashead’) he didn’t say “yes you ******* can” in response to “can you hear Baldrick sing?”….he responded “can you hear Rovers sing? no I ******* can’t” with the sweary bit mumbled into the microphone. 

 

 

That sounds right.

I think it was the .96 derby where Ago scored and they equalised towards the end promting pitch invasions wasn't it? Having said that, I also think it was maybe the early 2000s so my memory is messed up a\round this one.

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4 minutes ago, richwwtk said:

That sounds right.

I think it was the .96 derby where Ago scored and they equalised towards the end promting pitch invasions wasn't it? Having said that, I also think it was maybe the early 2000s so my memory is messed up a\round this one.

Pretty sure it was 1998, the Saturday 3pm derby game we won 2-0. 

The 96 Derby was the Sunday Sky televised game on Joe Jordan’s birthday, it wasn’t that game.

 

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I used to see him a lot at away games back in the 90s

He did the half time draw at Brentford with Susan Tully (Grange Hill, she is quite successful directing and producing) one mid week game. I particularly remember him fist pumping in the car park at Wycombe Wanderers. We had just beaten them and I think we went on to win promotion that season. 
 

Top bloke! 

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