And when I left home in the late 70's, my Dad posted the Pink to me each week without fail for the next 15 years or so. Read it in the same style as you but usually on a Tuesday night.Ah, for the days when you got home from the match and then went up to the newsagents to get the Pink. Somehow it was even better if you had to wait a few minutes in the dark for the black CET van to pull up, and for a bundle of Pinks tied up with string to be chucked on the pavement with a satisfying thud.
In our area that was about 6 o’clock, so not much more than an hour after the match finished you could read an unpretentious report of all the things that happened in the game, in straightforward chronological order. In the middle pages, you’d get proper articles and interviews about the club, and you’d read them several times because that was your only source of information.
Maybe we were less well informed, but it wasn’t as stressful as today’s minute-by-minute stream of words from every person on the planet, all wasting their time under the illusion that they are influencing events.
I'm not knocking today's journos - to me, most of them are good writers operating in an impossible environment.
Bring back the 20th Century
Same here, From the day I headed off to Uni to the last one they printed (still got that one somewhere).my Dad posted the Pink to me each week without fail for the next 15 years or so.
I'd give it a go too. It was always the focal point for news about the City, Cov Rugger, Nuneaton Boro, Bedworth, AP Brakes etc, Sunday league footy, Bees speedway and plenty more. As Calista said, articles were written factually and we were probably spoilt by the quality of reporting from Derek Henderson, Neville Foulger, Roger Draper and others. The earliest Pink I have is from 1964 when we beat Colchester 1-0 for the 3rd Division title, and the match report was written by Nemo (Derek Henderson).Same here, From the day I headed off to Uni to the last one they printed (still got that one somewhere).
In a few places previously closed down sports papers have been resurrected, I'd give a new version of the Pink a go. The actual sports writing in the CT is OK if they stuck to just writing about that.
lets make our own pink
sbt posters write article and nick pays for publishing
job done
There's that online news website that was advertised on here by someone. They were looking for writers so could easily be used as an alternative to the telegraph seen as they basically print stories that we've all seen somewhere before. Was it called Coventry today or something like that?
Sw88's dad?Glad I’m not the only nostalgic one.
Printing within the hour wasn’t always foolproof mind you – I remember in the early 70’s a match report on the front page said something like “ … and in the 56th minute, David Cross hooked a shit just over the bar”
I'd give it a go too. It was always the focal point for news about the City, Cov Rugger, Nuneaton Boro, Bedworth, AP Brakes etc, Sunday league footy, Bees speedway and plenty more. As Calista said, articles were written factually and we were probably spoilt by the quality of reporting from Derek Henderson, Neville Foulger, Roger Draper and others. The earliest Pink I have is from 1964 when we beat Colchester 1-0 for the 3rd Division title, and the match report was written by Nemo (Derek Henderson).
Sw88's dad?
We didn't have the luxury of being on a Pink round. Had to wait in a queue outside the newsagents until the van turned up and then a mad scramble to make sure you got a copy. Talk about hot off the press, the poor old newsagent Bill Sutton couldn't get the string cut quick enough.I used to have a Pink round. Used always have a load left over which I'd sell in the bar of the Albany pub!
Maybe you could use the pen name King Tony? Nobody would ever know :happy:oh yeah.
i wouldnt mind doing that if didnt have to give real name
Maybe you could use the pen name King Tony? Nobody would ever know :happy:
The coloured lad was "Morris" he had learning difficulties and went to a a special care centre every weekday. He was always at Highfield Rd in the cut away section between the mainstand and the West terrace. He used to pop in the Open arms selling a few left over ones bless him. He always got a free pint!remember the fella selling them at the station, first stop after piling off the train after an away game if it was fairly local he'd be there. Used to see him at the game sometimes as well, black lad, think he was from Cheylesmore.
Mad to think that unless someone had a little tranny radio or was stood close to someone who did you wouldn't know any scores until you got hold of the pink.
Now everyone's on there phones, monitoring dream teams and cashing out bets!
If they could just get things factually correct on CCFC it would be a welcome start.
Right then Eugene, can we put you down for the centre spread on all CCFC news and inside information from the previous 7 days? Shouldn't be too difficult, just need to copy and paste from SBT and you'll have more than enough copy. Maybe we could get King Tony covering the Manager's press conferences (one up on the CT) and persuade SW88 to do the match reports? Perhaps Godiva for Editor? Clint looking after distribution from the Albany? Could be onto a winner here.Mine is definitely Eugene Aloitious Barracuda the third, been itching to use that nom-de-plume for years.
As for the Pink, I too have fond memories of it, even at 17 I used to read up my nan's on a sunday after a roast dinner, lovely. I've still got the issue from 1997, our Great Escape at Tottenham, it's in a plastic seal bag in the attic, where the children of doom cannot tear it's lovely pink pages.
oh yeah.
i wouldnt mind doing that if didnt have to give real name
Their restaurant reviewer is called "grumbling appendix" so I think you might be alright.
Can understand why you'd want to hide with your views
Billy Sutton was a school mate of mine. He was a bloody good cycle speedway rider.We didn't have the luxury of being on a Pink round. Had to wait in a queue outside the newsagents until the van turned up and then a mad scramble to make sure you got a copy. Talk about hot off the press, the poor old newsagent Bill Sutton couldn't get the string cut quick enough.
Used to go to the Blackhorse in Spon End after the games when we were in Highfield Rd and the newsagent across the road used to come in and sell them to us but the uptake was never any good when we got beat lol.
not the views. just dont want a psycho from here after me
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The only person on here who has ever got personal and gone psycho is you mate, so I think you're safe.
Small world. I only knew him to say hello to, seemed a nice bloke and ran Winsford News for many many years.Billy Sutton was a school mate of mine. He was a bloody good cycle speedway rider.
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