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Title: Thames Valley Royals Post by: Honkytonk on Friday, June 14, 2013, 12:36:07 Interesting Article on the BBC about maxwell's attempted merger.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/22862495 Title: Re: Thames Valley Royals Post by: TownEnders.com on Friday, June 14, 2013, 15:36:03 (https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BMuxhCJCAAAxehL.jpg:large)
Title: Re: Thames Valley Royals Post by: Amir on Friday, June 14, 2013, 16:01:47 There was another great quote from Cecil Green at the time, 'We don't need anyone just out of the Southern League telling us what to do', or something along those lines.
Title: Re: Thames Valley Royals Post by: Simon Pieman on Friday, June 14, 2013, 16:50:40 That small article is terribly written
Title: Re: Thames Valley Royals Post by: Nemo on Friday, June 14, 2013, 17:20:44 "Maxwell can take a running jump" borders on the prophetic though.
Title: Re: Thames Valley Royals Post by: Honkytonk on Friday, June 14, 2013, 17:27:56 One of my favourite comments on the article went something like:
"Good businessman, questionable ethics, shit yachtsman." Title: Re: Thames Valley Royals Post by: Arriba on Friday, June 14, 2013, 21:51:43 Cecil Green lived in the flat next door to my nan. Never knew he was associated with stfc until he had died.
Title: Re: Thames Valley Royals Post by: mystical_goat on Saturday, June 15, 2013, 09:01:00 A shiver went down my spine the other day when I noticed that the toll bridge I regularly cross is called Swinford Bridge.
Title: Re: Thames Valley Royals Post by: Amir on Saturday, June 15, 2013, 09:05:05 Makes sense for our part to come first though.
Title: Re: Thames Valley Royals Post by: StfcRusty on Saturday, June 15, 2013, 14:58:17 (https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BMuxhCJCAAAxehL.jpg:large) And they say standards of spelling and grammar have fallen? I guess when you didn't have spell-check and auto-correct, you just printed any old shit you typed... Title: Re: Thames Valley Royals Post by: leefer on Saturday, June 15, 2013, 16:45:16 Maxwell can go and take a running jump says Green....brilliant.
Title: Re: Thames Valley Royals Post by: Mother Brown on Saturday, June 15, 2013, 17:00:02 Cecil Green lived in the flat next door to my nan. Never knew he was associated with stfc until he had died. Didnt he used to own a light bulb shop on Vic hill ?Title: Re: Thames Valley Royals Post by: Reg Smeeton on Saturday, June 15, 2013, 18:26:36 Didnt he used to own a light bulb shop on Vic hill ? No a painters and decorators in Armstrong Street. You're thinking of Moran's. Title: Re: Thames Valley Royals Post by: Arriba on Saturday, June 15, 2013, 18:31:33 I might have the wrong bloke as he was a butcher. Deffo town's Chairman too
Title: Re: Thames Valley Royals Post by: Sir Pissalot on Saturday, June 15, 2013, 18:52:28 I might have the wrong bloke as he was a butcher. Deffo town's Chairman too You might be thinking of Eric Lane http://www.gazetteandherald.co.uk/archive/2004/01/13/Wiltshire+Archive/7290096.Final_farewell_for_soccer_chairman/ Title: Re: Thames Valley Royals Post by: Arriba on Saturday, June 15, 2013, 18:56:50 You might be thinking of Eric Lane yeah that's him. My mistake and thankshttp://www.gazetteandherald.co.uk/archive/2004/01/13/Wiltshire+Archive/7290096.Final_farewell_for_soccer_chairman/ Title: Re: Thames Valley Royals Post by: mystical_goat on Tuesday, June 18, 2013, 09:20:01 Makes sense for our part to come first though. Always end on a high, yeah. Get the bad news out of the way first. Title: Re: Thames Valley Royals Post by: 4D on Tuesday, June 18, 2013, 09:26:37 Oxdon would sound really daft.
Mind you, so would Headingdon :) Readington would sound ok though. Title: Re: Thames Valley Royals Post by: mystical_goat on Tuesday, June 18, 2013, 11:15:51 Mind you, so would Headingdon :) How about Headington? Title: Re: Thames Valley Royals Post by: 4D on Tuesday, June 18, 2013, 11:16:48 Nah.
Title: Re: Thames Valley Royals Post by: Amir on Tuesday, June 18, 2013, 14:52:14 Always end on a high, yeah. Get the bad news out of the way first. Touche ! Or perhaps we could say you're the arse end of the word, but then one of your players may stick a banana up it. |