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Barking At The Moon |
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The Unofficial Fanzine of Nottinghamshire
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| Tannoy Announcements |
| Real Announcements From Around The Grounds | |
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From Elland Road last season - the tannoy announcer came on and said, 'Could Blah-Blah please see the nearest steward.... and Keith'. Everyone around me looked around for a few seconds before the guy next to me broke into song - 'who the f***, who the f***, who the f****ing hell is Keith?'" |
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John Harkins: "It was Blackburn v Manchester City in 1995. The game was live on Sky. In the second half the odious Rovers' tannoy man, one Gerald Jackson, made the following announcement, 'Mr Doda of Accrington, please contact you wife urgently. Your whippet has gone into labour and your wife doesn't know what to do'." |
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Alex Thorpe: "In addition to Tom Farrell's story of the Bristol Rovers announcer at Twerton, the very same man once said, 'Today's referee is Gurnham Singh from Wolverhampton. Well, he would bloody well be, wouldn't he?'. That earned him a second lengthy ban from the press box." |
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Howard Elliott: "At half time in an Everton game in the 1970s. The legendary Dixie Dean had recently had his leg amputated and Billy Butler (local DJ) announced that the first prize in the half-time raffle was to be 'Dixie's leg'!! Cue a deathly hush followed by the embarrassed mutterings of 35,000 people. Mr Butler was sacked by the club but continues to this day with such hilarity on BBC Radio Merseyside." |
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Not forgetting the infamous announcer who’s
team were playing Bristol City when City introduced their sub, Junior
Bent.
"Substitution for Bristol City. Here comes Junior Bent. I bet he is." Another announcer out of a job |
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