Halifax 0 Fulham 8

[Stoneleigh Loyalist]

Going back to earlier comments we had a newspaper seller called 'Old Charlie' and on a Saturday evening he would walk his route from Fulham Road, down Parsons Green Lane, and over Parsons Green to the corner of my road, Peterborough Road.
With his loud voice you could hear him coming from quite a distance, but by the time he had reached my road he had very often sold out of the Evening Standard.
It was not be chance that his route passed several pubs!

[cmg]

The Saturday 'Classified' (News, Standard and, up to 1960, Star) was something of a marvel.
Leave the ground at full-time and without undue hanging about (pubs didn't open until 5.30 anyway) you could buy a classified at Wimbledon station. It contained all the results, league tables and a full(-ish) report of the match you had just been watching.

[b+w geezer]

The Saturday 'Classified' (News, Standard and, up to 1960, Star) was something of a marvel.
It contained all the results, league tables and a full(-ish) report of the match you had just been watching.

As you say, detailed about the first first and then increasingly rushed. Extraordinary feats of compilation, production and distribution. Believe they lasted longer in some provincial cities than in London. When we won at Villa in the cup under Keegan, there was certainly such a paper available to gloat over by the time we'd got back to Birmingham New Street.

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I went to the next away game. 'We' won 4-1 at Stockport and Steve scored another 3. He could have had another 5 but for their keeper...Alan Ogley...he was outstanding that long gone day.

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I bid for that prog but stopped at £5...cos my wife was about.... :022: :dft001:

[Sir Alec of good Stock]

The Saturday 'Classified' (News, Standard and, up to 1960, Star) was something of a marvel.
It contained all the results, league tables and a full(-ish) report of the match you had just been watching.

As you say, detailed about the first first and then increasingly rushed. Extraordinary feats of compilation, production and distribution. Believe they lasted longer in some provincial cities than in London. When we won at Villa in the cup under Keegan, there was certainly such a paper available to gloat over by the time we'd got back to Birmingham New Street.

Happy memories of waiting at Ealing Broadway station with my grandfather on a Saturday evening waiting to see which van would arrive first, News or Standard, and fling their pile of papers at the seller. Simpler times!

[Sir Alec of good Stock]

If I remember correctly Steve Earle got 5 and they wouldn't give him the ball after the game.

As I remember it he got five and took the ball into the Halifax changing room and asked the players to sign it. This may, of course, be folk law as I was "very young" at the time!

Not too young to be in the pub the next day celebrating the win with yours truly

E for B and Stevie Earle.

[Jem]

If I remember correctly Steve Earle got 5 and they wouldn't give him the ball after the game.

As I remember it he got five and took the ball into the Halifax changing room and asked the players to sign it. This may, of course, be folk law as I was "very young" at the time!

Not too young to be in the pub the next day celebrating the win with yours truly

E for B and Stevie Earle.

You were there too!

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I bid for that programme and just found out that I already have an immaculate one....it must be an age thing.... :dft001:

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[sunburywhite]

You used to have a news seller who sold the Standard and one who sold the News

I loved asking the Standard man if he had the News and vice versa