Setting the record straight - the ex announcer

lol don't waste your time picking him up on his maths, that can be forgiven, but when your job is to read out team sheets and you've not even bothered to learn how pronounce the players names correctly that's just sloppy paid a match ticket, a hourly rate, or nothing at all, it's unprofessional.

 

Yes 100% I do it to fit in with the likes of you

 

Not sure why you felt the need to include this. I'm not part of the supporters trust, I don't like it when fans run on the pitch, I do think it spoils it for everyone, and I can't remember ever posting a critical word about your work before, so it's not like I'm coming from a biased position. Like yourself, the supporters trust are volunteers, so I don't know why you're attacking them while defending yourself.

I tried out your math. Our average home attendance last season was 10,327 and even though that includes away fans I think it's a fair figure to work on.

0.001% of 10,237 is 0.10237. I don't know how many members the supporters trust have, but I'm pretty sure it's more than a tenth of a person.

 

No. They were idiots and deserved being called idiots.

 

I have written confirmation that Gally's elbow has left the Supporters Trust.

 

I'm glad the team didn't come back out - they were dog toss.

 

If you disagree with someone you should reply with a reason why, not resort to calling them names.

 

Thanks for reading and for some of the comments.
On reflection I would like to say the following:
- I'm not a fan of the BFCST - personal opinion and its not what the threads meant to be about.
- Neither is the "idiotgate" thing - which I would do again tomorrow.
- My maths is sh!te
- Matts music taste is impeccable

The idea was to give the background to what the "new team" will come up against if things don't change.

Me? - Ill be in Chennells before game....
Thanks for replying

 

I don't disagree with him, I just think coming on here putting record straight makes him a Bellend . Who gives a toss ?

 

You're a ****ing disagrace.

 

Cheers pal

 

Well since you replied, you obviously do.

 

You're welcome.

 

I seem to recall the old scoreboard coming from NY Mets and paid for by Chris Harrison at the time.

 

Bedsides keeping Timerider, it'd be nice for Matt to make up to 23 CDs

 

Thanks for the 10 years service Dave, I'd only started going to Oakwell last season and I thought you did a good job

The personal insults towards you are pathetic and to be honest I'd have called those adults that ran onto the pitch last season a lot worse than just 'idiots'

 

First off, I'd like to thank you for coming on and giving your version of events. Not that I needed to read em or owt, but ere, we all like a bit of gossip and that. And, I'd like to thank you for giving a decades service - voluntarily. The matchday announcer to me is pretty irrelevant in truth. I don't get to Oakwell until about 2.58pm (at the earliest) so I miss the majority of the announcements. Half time, I'm chatting with folk and smoking. I know, bad habit. But again, I don't hear what is announced. So the only things I do hear announced are the substitutions, the timed added on (if I've hung around... depends on how badly we're being beaten), the man of the match (which is always fun) and in your ten years, that ******* cringeworthy 'CAM ORRRRRN!' you shouted at 3pm. On that, did it say 'CAM ORRRRN!' on your clipboard?

That may read as criticism, but I'm only being honest. It's not the intention I had issue with. Nowt wrong with saying summat upbeat at that point. But it was just the way you said it.

I will also say that I couldn't have done your job. I like my ale too much. Going sober to Oakwell is my idea of hell. I also swear too much. I'd have read the man of the match announcement like this:

"...and the man of the match award sponsored by West Stand Bogs goes to.. HAHAHA! THA ******* WHAT?! they've given it Dawson again?!"


But ar, well in on your ten years of work, pal. Sounds like you're a big tarn supporter anyway so now you can be just that, a supporter, and not someone's whipping boy or whatever. Pretty thankless task working for BFC I think. My good friend and another sober Oakwell goer, Matt Bailey, he gets stick for commentary despite in my opinion being pretty ******* amazing at it. And the fee he gets for doing it is a piss take in truth. So I can imagine some of what you've hinted at is bang on, regards the hierachy and what not.

The music played at the game doesn't affect me. As I said, I'm not listening. The goal music though, that does bother me. Were it up to me, there'd be none played. We've scored a goal, the fans cheer etc. No need for ******* Chelsea Dagger or Madness or whatever **** they blurt out. It's football, not soccer.

Disagree with you on quietest stadium. Think that's as false as your 0.00001% theory on supporters trust members. But so what. Nowt wrong with different opinions. Although I don't think your dig at the trust was needed, especially in context of the thread you've started. As for the 'idiot' comment, I think most of us hold that same opinion on those same fans who spoil it every year for the vast majority. However, to broadcast it like you did was a tad silly. I mean, I don't particularly care for a number of my colleagues at work but I stop short of calling em knobheads or whatever choice adjective I'm calling em in my head..


All in all, thanks for this post and good luck in the future.

You Reds.




PS - NIGHTMARE, thar the bellend.

 

I dont necessarily disagree with the description. Though calling daft kids idiots isnt clever. The big but is though we arent employed by the club as PR reps. You wouldnt get Tescos calling their customers idiots over the tannoy in store because it would look shoddy and unprofessional. same rules apply if you want their money you treat them with courtesy

 

you would if they were knocking stuff off the shelves and charging about