Michael Spinks....... What was he like then?

The bloke came in for some stick on a lot of occasions. Having said that, i can well remember the bloke coping with a disgruntled mob at the back of the main stand following the Middlesbrough game after we initially thought we had made the play-offs. There were angry blokes there wanting to lynch the PA chap. I'll never forget when we thought we were in the play-offs - the players were in the stand throwing their kit into the cheering crowd and the champagne corks were popped - and then the announcement came through that Brighton had scored deep into injury time and thus securing their place in the play-offs. The look of disappointment on the faces of everyone around (players, fans) was a memory that jars in my head.

 

Don't remember them going into the stand

I remember the announcement about the play offs but I'm sure they scored just after that - i'd got my walkman and told a few around me that Brighton had scored and i nearly got lynched! Can't see how any of it was spinks' fault though or mine for that matter!

 

absolutely gutting

Iwas on the pitch celebrating in front of the tunnel,one minute up in the clouds, the next minute abject misery. The walk up Grove street was like a funeral march.

 

Mick Spinks, sup with him most sundays, a builder from Wombwell

 

RE: Don't remember them going into the stand

They were definitely in the stand were the players. As for Mr Spinks i know it wasn't his fault, but he he was walking from the office towards the stand when he was accosted by an angry group of blokes about the annoucements at the end of the match. I thought he handled himslef very well............... Apparently; the Brighton game had kicked off late and there was a fair bit of injury time too, and that is why the score was announced as 1-1 originally, and then later as Brighton winning 2-1.

 

remember it well, the days before mobile phones!

old lady behind me in the west stand was roaring when everyone was celebrating - she had wireless pinned to her ear - brighton had just scored.

 

They probably did mate

I was too busy running away from disgruntled supporters!

 

RE: Mick Spinks, sup with him most sundays, a builder from Wombwell

I was working for a groundworks company prior to the 1-0 home defeat against West ham when that **** Clive Allen scored after the rumours about 'why he didn't want to sign for Barnsley' because of his personal prestige. Anyhow; there i am, grafting away when Mr Spinks walked by and recognised me and said after a brief chat: "just poop in te
he office and there'll be a couple of tickets for you". True to his word; they were there, so tell him thanks from me.

 

RE: Mick Spinks, sup with him most sundays, a builder from Wombwell

For 'pooping' in his office - might pop ion their myself on saturday - usually pretty windy after a night out on the friday!

 

RE: remember it well, the days before mobile phones!

"Rooering". To rooer. ex. When I trapped my finger under the chip oil counter i dint half rooer.

 

Pooping in the office.........

Sodding fingers! Ahem! Say cheers to him from me anyway

 

Back to your original question....

When he was Club Secretary was a reyt miser... could nip an ha'penny...

Saying that we could do with him someone like him now.

I can remember coming up with the idea for the "Just like watching Brazil T Shirts" I went to see him and he said "we'll have 50"

He was on the phone 30 minutes later ordering more... went onto out sell everything else in the club shop put together. Unfortunatley getting paid for them was a nightmare and nearly put me out of business at the time... The excuse was that the Directors only came to the club on matchdays to sign cheques !!!!

 

Barnsley Fan through and through

You cannot question his loyalty to the club or his commitment when on the board, he has been a fan always even when he lost his job at the club i saw him at many away games, i did not always agree with his business applications for the club but as a fan he cannot be doubted

 

Score from Brighton had come through on BBC before announcement

of play-off dates. I was on the cricket pitch at the back that day listening to the radio and could hear the announcements too.

 

T*sser, had no qualms in shitting on ....

.... the loyal fans, most noticebly when we got promoted to the prem and they started selling season tickets (one plus two extras if required) before the last match at Oxford and before lots of the existing season ticket holders had got their renewal packs.

I went down on the friday night before the last match at Oxford (when I finally got my renewal notice) to find that most of the ponty had already been sold out, probably to 'fans' who had never been to a match for years, and the queues were massive. It was bedlam, Mr Spinks was marching up and down with a big smirk on his face. I said "What the fook are you playing at? because of this '1+2' policy, some fans who haven't been down for years are getting season tickets in the best seats before existing season ticket holders". He just laughed and said "don't worry, everybody who wants one will get one and we are trying to maximise the panic to sell as many as possible as fast as possible". Hence me and my mates were in the bottom right hand corner of the ponty from the West Ham match onwards, whilst all the best seats in the upper middle section went to lots who had jumped on the band wagon of success.

His other great move was his decision to start selling tickets for the Tottenham away (4th round cup match) on the Saturday that we played West Ham away in the league. So again the daft loyal sods who were travelling away, at great expense, were at the back of the queue for the cup tickets, w*nker. Same excuse, "there's enough to go round", not the point though is it Mr Spinks.

I laughed my c*ck off when he got the push!

 

RE: T*sser, had no qualms in shitting on ....

Agree about the shambles for the Prem season ticket!!! Me and the 'old man were pushed down into the left hand corner of the Ponty end..... Queued from 6am on the Saturday morning (down nr training pitch) and at 4pm we got round to ponty end and Spinks decided that we could leave all the details in a envelope and they would process the request for us. Couldn't gurantee where we would sit, just we would get a ticket.

 

Amen

My season ticket renewal form came on the morning the club put tickets on sale - despite assurances existing st holders would be advised early - obviously had to go to work - when I rang up to buy tickets I was told they were selling st's to people &quot; who could be bothered to come and queue&quot; - the arrogant b'stard.</p>

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Any stick he got was usually well deserved.
He lost interest in the "Lottery Tickets" and all the agents who used to sell them and all the fans who used to buy them, when we got into the Premiership, because in his words " we won't need them anymore". Total ******!

 

RE: Amen

I'd have been banned.</p>

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