Michael Parkinson on Barnsley

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  1. Terry Nutkins

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    Terry Nutkins, May 16, 2021
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    It says we signed Mads from Brondby when it was Horsens. Apart from that it's a good article.
     
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    Parky must have been gutted when Reading didn’t make the playoffs.
     
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    Well that article reads a bit like the 4 Yorkshire men. Clearly written with an agenda to perpetuate the stereotype . Even has a “Likes of Barnsley “ in it and of course skinner Normanton makes the customary appearance

    Not doubting Parky has a soft spot for us but I take exception to comments like this

    “Of course none of us Barnsley fans think we can get up there “

    I dont think he speaks for me. I don’t know if we will get there but I certainly believe we can

    Still at least he hasn’t got S.M.’s ticket

    One other moan focusing on 3 key players from unfashionable sides but completely missing the 2 that made the difference between top half and playoffs a USA international from Orlando doesn’t fit the script

    Neither does a polish international who got player of the year or Mowett from Leeds etc
     
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    Such a big Barnsley fan that he's been a Reading season ticket holder...

    https://www.readingfc.co.uk/news/2013/october/madejski-meets-michael/

    In the past he's called them his team and I am sure he's made reference that the Barnsley FC he supported was the team he watched as a kid. Looks like he's switched back to us to do an interview to jump on the bandwagon. He's not a Shaun Dooley or Dickie Bird type who actually come to games.
     
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    Barnsley must be in the playoffs, with a chance of getting to Wembley.....
     
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    At least he isn't a glory Hunter choosing to go and watch Reading !
     
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    At least one of our other famous fans knows where Oakwell is.

     
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    He lives in Berkshire. He wanted to take his grandkids, who also live in Berkshire, to football games. He got so much out of supporting football when he was a kid and he wanted them to experience that.

    Many people find themselves in similar positions. Some make the monumental effort of travelling back home to take their kids/grandkids to watch their team. But many take them to their local team. Parky took his grandkids to Reading. I've no doubt he's built an affinity with Reading during this time. But that doesn't mean Barnsley isn't still part of him.

    There are people using this forum who live all over the world, who rarely if ever get to watch Barnsley. They watch other teams, in other sports, does that mean they're no longer Barnsley supporters?
     
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    Took my lad to his first ever game at Lincoln.
    The reasoning was simple, we wasn’t sure if he would enjoy or sit there for nearly 2 hours and it was easier to take him home if he got bored.
     
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    The Tines once nicked my joke about Parkinson’s season ticket. Still waiting for my royalties (pun intended)
     
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    And?
     
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    Predictable pathetic comments. Some folk won't recognise there's life beyond Barnsley and woe betide anybody who moves and becomes successful.
    Absolutely mind boggling. So what if he had a season ticket for Reading. In my lifetime there have been periods where getting to Oakwell was difficult to impossible. I've watched and shown an interest in Norwich, Ipswich, Chester and Witton Albion without losing one iota of loyalty or love for Barnsley. I could get a season ticket here for Cork or Treaty United and probably would if they were closer. I'd still be a Reds fan.
    Get a grip FFS.
     
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    I was reiterating the point Jay was making about a reason why to take someone to a local game.
    Is that OK?
     
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    What was the joke?
    And while you're at it, what was the pun?

    Oh.... royals. Got it. :)
     
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    I’m one of those who has lived away from the town for all of my adult life apart from one year (1979). I never stopped being a Barnsley fan despite forming allegiances with non-league sides like Salisbury, Gloucester and Cheltenham. I followed Borussia Moenchengladbach for three years while living there. The town doesn’t leave you though and I made sure that everyone I met knew I was a Barnsley fan, and always will be
     
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    "But the thing is, he’s not stormed his way there, he’s played his way."

    I don't think Parky has actually watched us play this season.
     
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    Your right, it'll be the same in every other town or city, let's not forget that.
     
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    I've lived in Leeds, Nottingham way, and now Sheffield.

    I've never had any desire to adopt any of their local teams as my second one, be that the league clubs, or smaller ones.

    Strange that I no longer get mocking looks walking around deedar land in my Tarn stuff. The patronising glances have gone.

    If I can't watch us (and it was hard from Notts when I can't drive) I ain't watching anyone else.

    That said, not having any children helps in that regard. There's nobody nagging me to attend games, and so I can stick to my guns.

    But other people can do what they want. So long as Parkinson doesn't get a ticket for tomorrow (assuming he does not have a season ticket) at someone else's expense, then it's fair enough. Some people think it is natural to have two clubs - I do not, but it's hardly the end of the world.
     
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    Similar to myself. I've just moved back to Barnsley a couple of years ago after I moved away in 1990. I still had a season ticket all the years I was living away. I hardly missed a game home and away up until ~2009 when I stopped going to away games. I can't remember missing more than a handful of Home games and the last was in Christmas 1992, when I had food poisoning. We beat Tranmere 3-1 and did Lee Butler save a penalty?
     
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