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Title: Town May Pull Out Of TV Special Post by: Elsterap on Friday, December 30, 2005, 00:45:59 If you believe evertything you hear in the WDP (dont):
Quote Plans to make a fly-on-the-wall documentary about Swindon Town, fronted by Ron Atkinson, may have been scuppered by yesterday's farcical launch. The six-part series, provisionally titled Big Ron Manager, was due to start filming today and be screened on Sky One at the end of the season. However, the manner in which the project was promoted in the national media yesterday has now put its future in jeopardy. The football club are unhappy that the show has been portrayed as a vehicle to get former Manchester United boss Atkinson back into the g ame. Atkinson, 66, resigned from his job as an ITV pundit in 2004 after he made a racist comment about Chelsea defender Marcel Desailly while he thought he was off-air. Swindon officials will meet with Atkinson and the production company, North One, this morning to try and salvage the project. Town manager Iffy Onuora was particularly upset by suggestions that Atkinson will be involved in the running of the team. "It's come out the wrong way for me today and I'm disappointed, " said Onuora following last night's 1-1 draw at Chesterfield. "The situation is that Ron Atkinson was coming to front a TV programme, and I say 'was' because the way things have gone today has put the project in jeopardy as far as I'm concerned. "He was not coming as a coach, a director of football or any title as provided by the club. "His role was to look at all aspects of the club, not just the team. He was supposed to look at the commercial side and the stadium issue. "Obviously he is a guy with vast experience and you'd be stupid not to accept advice, but that does not mean to say he has any say in team affairs. "And to be fair to Ron, he knew that and that was not his brief. But the way it has come out has been unfortunate and it has left a sour taste, because it's a long way from what was discussed with Ron and the programme makers. "The initial idea was to start this week but whether that is still feasible I don't know. We will discuss it on Thursday morning and go from there." I dont think too much of it to be honest - but it may be true. Link (http://www.westerndailypress.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=150309&command=displayContent&sourceNode=150308&contentPK=13748662&folderPk=76224) Title: Town May Pull Out Of TV Special Post by: Johno on Friday, December 30, 2005, 09:12:37 WDP are sometimes right...but more likely to not be. There like our local version of the sun.
Title: Town May Pull Out Of TV Special Post by: DV on Friday, December 30, 2005, 09:25:28 apparently its going ahead now after a name change to the show....
Title: Town May Pull Out Of TV Special Post by: Johno on Friday, December 30, 2005, 09:30:13 'Lets all laugh at Swindon' ??
Title: Town May Pull Out Of TV Special Post by: Barnard on Friday, December 30, 2005, 09:40:58 'The Twilight zone'?
'Tales from the crypt' ? Title: Town May Pull Out Of TV Special Post by: Sade on Friday, December 30, 2005, 13:58:21 Back of the western daily press today - ' Camera's are ready to roll' :D
Title: Town May Pull Out Of TV Special Post by: Spud on Friday, December 30, 2005, 13:59:41 The WDP is a pile of shite, if i run out of loo paper thats what i'll use.
Brizzle Paper. :evil: Title: Town May Pull Out Of TV Special Post by: Sade on Friday, December 30, 2005, 14:26:37 It depends on what you get. The somershet edition or the wiltshire edition. If my dad buys the somershet edition I go mad, nothing worse than seeing one of those ugly cider heads on the back of the paper first thing in the morning :?
Title: Town May Pull Out Of TV Special Post by: Spud on Friday, December 30, 2005, 14:28:49 Just get The Daily Sport instead Sade, lots to *cough* read *cough* in there.
Title: Town May Pull Out Of TV Special Post by: Johno on Friday, December 30, 2005, 19:27:18 the programme according to the wdp...dunno if this was right then was gunna be called. 'big ron manager' that name is wrong!
Title: Town May Pull Out Of TV Special Post by: DV on Friday, December 30, 2005, 20:14:51 correct johnson...the club didnt like that name because it implied Ron is the manager and he isnt.
Title: Town May Pull Out Of TV Special Post by: OOH! SHAUN TAYLOR on Friday, December 30, 2005, 20:59:49 Apart from being very misleading, 'Big Ron Manager' are also just random words that I imagine were dreamt up by a retard.
It might as well have been called 'Football Atkinson Gaffer'. Or something. Title: Town May Pull Out Of TV Special Post by: reeves4england on Friday, December 30, 2005, 21:05:29 Potential new names:
Down down, deeper and down It'll be all-white on the night Title: Town May Pull Out Of TV Special Post by: my-velocity on Saturday, December 31, 2005, 15:03:58 This isn't true, the cameras were here today at the Swansea game we got filmed so thats cool.
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