Media Thread - 2021/22

[oakiecokie]

It is but you'd never think so by the way the media and in particular match commentators build up 'the Theatre of Dreams' a name pulled out of the hat by rags themselves. You get the impression that it really is something special.
The hype is even bought by people like the Rugby League who hold their show piece matches as if it gives them some sort of kudos.
It's rarely mentioned that many of the improvements in the past were funded by tax payers and little has been done by United other than to cram more mugs into tight corners.

I think it was that little shit Stuart Hall, who used to do the match reports for BBC Radio, who came up with that gem,
As for his beloved City I think he called Maine Road The Theatre of Nightmares.

 

[Zapcity]

I think it was that little shit Stuart Hall, who used to do the match reports for BBC Radio, who came up with that gem,
As for his beloved City I think he called Maine Road The Theatre of Nightmares

I think it was that little shit Stuart Hall, who used to do the match reports for BBC Radio, who came up with that gem,
As for his beloved City I think he called Maine Road The Theatre of Nightmares.

Did he not used to refer to Maine Road as 'The Theatre of Base(or Based?) Comedy'.
Think my mum bought me his book as a Christmas present one year. Suffice to say it was moved from the bookshelf to the bin some years ago!!

 

[its grim up north]

Sky Sports: ‘Liverpool could be top of the league tomorrow night if they beat Leeds, and depending on how City get on at Newcastle’. Factually correct but so wrong to infer unless you’re pushing the club you’re promoting to the fore.

Oh, that was followed by TAA answering questions on United.

Thought Dirty Leeds were playing Arsenal

 

[The Future’s Blue!]

Thought Dirty Leeds were playing Arsenal

Yeah, minor detail ;-)

 

[johnevans]

Did he not used to refer to Maine Road as 'The Theatre of Base(or Based?) Comedy'.
Think my mum bought me his book as a Christmas present one year. Suffice to say it was moved from the bookshelf to the bin some years ago!!

Indeed, Stuart Hall took his lead from the nonsensical, marketing-led description of OT as 'The Theatre of Dreams' by referring to Maine Road as 'The Theatre of Base Comedy'

However, be careful because as 'any fule no', the legendary label applied to OT actually came down from Heaven on high in a moment of Arthurian inspiration that touched Sir Robert de Charlton as he gazed across the lake at Longford Park.. The Lady of The Lake arose out of the water, her body covered in shimmering samite, proffering the very Holy Grail itself to the bewitched Sir Robert, saying 'Take thou this and store it in thy trophy room and let thy ground forever be known as the Theatre of Dreams.. oh and there's a couple of Cup Final tickets in there.. can you use your connections to flog them for me? I'm a bit short this month and I've got the Lecky bill due..'

Any Red Filth fan will tell you all this is true; it's nothing at all to do with early 1990s Stock Market flotations and marketing plans aimed at gaslighting the venal UK sports media and the gullible Joe Public.

And if you want the evidence, just pop down to John Ryland's Library. It has, alongside one of the only two surviving, extant copies of Sir Thomas Malory's 'Le Morte d'Arthur' printed by William Caxton, a copy of Malory's other major work 'La Legende de Sir Bobby' which gives a full account of just how the name came about..

 

[Big Swifty]

A propos of nothing, he Sky Documentaries channel this morning has "Football Legends - Gary Neville", and this evening it has a two-hour portrayal of Sir Matt Busby (or "Mr Busby", as Bobby Mancini would have called him).

This is not a sports channel, but it has two and a half hours of scum fandom.

 

[Bollo]

Did he not used to refer to Maine Road as 'The Theatre of Base(or Based?) Comedy'.
Think my mum bought me his book as a Christmas present one year. Suffice to say it was moved from the bookshelf to the bin some years ago!!

I remember it as the Theatre of Base Comedy.

When various TV schlebs we’re being outed as paedos, nonces and rapists nearly every name you heard you just thought “yep, always thought he was dodgy”, but I was genuinely saddened when Hall was pulled up. As a kid coming back from matches (either a long drive from Maine Rd or for reasons too complicated to go into here Loftus Road) Hall’s match reports were always a highlight on crackly medium-wave Sports Report.

Still, informing plastic rags of the possible origin of their ground’s bullshit nickname is always a treat.

 

[Bonzo Nododo]

I think it was that little shit Stuart Hall, who used to do the match reports for BBC Radio, who came up with that gem,
As for his beloved City I think he called Maine Road The Theatre of Nightmares.

I've always thought that Charlton said it and the marketing men seized upon it.
I remember Stuart Hall referring to Maine Road as the 'Theatre of Base Comedy' in his flowery twats style of reporting but l cannot recall him bigging the rags up as United were a mid table cup team on his radio days and not receiving the media worship they got once the PL started.

 

[Bonzo Nododo]

Indeed, Stuart Hall took his lead from the nonsensical, marketing-led description of OT as 'The Theatre of Dreams' by referring to Maine Road as 'The Theatre of Base Comedy'

However, be careful because as 'any fule no', the legendary label applied to OT actually came down from Heaven on high in a moment of Arthurian inspiration that touched Sir Robert de Charlton as he gazed across the lake at Longford Park.. The Lady of The Lake arose out of the water, her body covered in shimmering samite, proffering the very Holy Grail itself to the bewitched Sir Robert, saying 'Take thou this and store it in thy trophy room and let thy ground forever be known as the Theatre of Dreams.. oh and there's a couple of Cup Final tickets in there.. can you use your connections to flog them for me? I'm a bit short this month and I've got the Lecky bill due..'

Any Red Filth fan will tell you all this is true; it's nothing at all to do with early 1990s Stock Market flotations and marketing plans aimed at gaslighting the venal UK sports media and the gullible Joe Public.

And if you want the evidence, just pop down to John Ryland's Library. It has, alongside one of the only two surviving, extant copies of Sir Thomas Malory's 'Le Morte d'Arthur' printed by William Caxton, a copy of Malory's other major work 'La Legende de Sir Bobby' which gives a full account of just how the name came about..

That certainly gets a prominent place on the Flowery Twats shelf in the Rylands. ;)
As l say above I think that it was Charlton who first used it 'accidentally' in normal discussion and the market men have done it to death since.

 

[Bonzo Nododo]

A propos of nothing, he Sky Documentaries channel this morning has "Football Legends - Gary Neville", and this evening it has a two-hour portrayal of Sir Matt Busby (or "Mr Busby", as Bobby Mancini would have called him).

This is not a sports channel, but it has two and a half hours of scum fandom.

Getting to BBC documentary heights.
I still see the trailers for Robbie Savages Macclesfield documentary.several weeks after it was on live TV.

 

[blueju]

Sky Sports: ‘Liverpool could be top of the league tomorrow night if they beat Spurs, and depending on how City get on at Newcastle’. Factually correct but so wrong to infer unless you’re pushing the club you’re promoting to the fore.

Oh, that was followed by TAA answering questions on United.

On a different planet they could have said “City have what looks like an easy game against Newcastle and could go 4 points clear if Liverpool lose to Spurs”. Sometimes I think hating these wankers takes up too much of my time. It was bad enough growing up with smug never go rags everywhere giving it the big one.

 

[Bozzie]

I remember it as the Theatre of Base Comedy.

When various TV schlebs we’re being outed as paedos, nonces and rapists nearly every name you heard you just thought “yep, always thought he was dodgy”, but I was genuinely saddened when Hall was pulled up. As a kid coming back from matches (either a long drive from Maine Rd or for reasons too complicated to go into here Loftus Road) Hall’s match reports were always a highlight on crackly medium-wave Sports Report.

Still, informing plastic rags of the possible origin of their ground’s bullshit nickname is always a treat.

My sister's school mate won a competition to meet him at the BBC when they were 15 or 16, so close on 50 years ago now, our kid went along with her. His behaviour was, shall we say, 'inappropriate' towards two teenage girls and made them both feel very uncomfortable in his presence. So no real surprise in our family when the allegations started.

 

[LongsightM13]

Isn’t this clown supposed to be a blue? Another one pushing the state owned lie. I guess principles don’t pay the bills or satisfy the demands of the cunts at The Athletic.



Thankfully it may not be around much longer. All the chat in the industry is that they are on their uppers and their owners are desperately looking to sell, and if that fails, drastically scale back or even shut down its UK operations

 

[Prestwich_Blue]

@mat posted a picture of the outside of the Main Stand which runs parallel to the railway tracks a couple of months ago. I was shocked how decrepit it looked. It looks like it's going to fall down at any moment

Most of their players look like they're going to fall down any minute as well.

 

[East Level 2]

On a different planet they could have said “City have what looks like an easy game against Newcastle and could go 4 points clear if Liverpool lose to Spurs”. Sometimes I think hating these wankers takes up too much of my time. It was bad enough growing up with smug never go rags everywhere giving it the big one.

On a different planet Spurs wouldn't be Spursy, but on this planet they'll spread their cheeks for the dippers as they do for all top teams except one. Please take the piss if I'm wrong.

 

[moomba]

Isn’t this clown supposed to be a blue? Another one pushing the state owned lie. I guess principles don’t pay the bills or satisfy the demands of the cunts at The Athletic.

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Thankfully it may not be around much longer. All the chat in the industry is that they are on their uppers and their owners are desperately looking to sell, and if that fails, drastically scale back or even shut down its UK operations

They marketed themselves as something different, but they're just the same as the rest.

I took out a years subscription when it first started, stopped reading after a month.

 

[1961_vintage]

Credit to Football Focus - nice piece on 100m man Grealish, then Ellen White and then Sergio.

 

[canyerdogputoutafire]

Credit to Football Focus - nice piece on 100m man Grealish, then Ellen White and then Sergio.

Great closing sequence too.

 

[SilvaisSkyBlue]

Isn’t this clown supposed to be a blue? Another one pushing the state owned lie. I guess principles don’t pay the bills or satisfy the demands of the cunts at The Athletic.

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Thankfully it may not be around much longer. All the chat in the industry is that they are on their uppers and their owners are desperately looking to sell, and if that fails, drastically scale back or even shut down its UK operations

Think your being unfair to Jack Pitt-Brooke.
This fella is right up there with John Pilger, Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward, risking life and limb, breaking stories through sheer grit and determination, years of dedication and thorough investigation to bring the world cutting edge journalism.

On the other hand he could be yet another sports journalist delving into thinking his opinion counts for anything writing absolute bollocks for a up it’s own arse online fùckwit publication such as The Athletic, which had initially promised to be different, but has failed miserably due to the vast majority of its journalists writing the same clickbait nonsense aimed at the same mainly red audience the rest of the fuckwits seem intent to chase at any and all costs at the exclusion of every other clubs supporters.

They had their chance to be different, some form of honesty and integrity would of been a start and publishing articles which didn’t have a heavily slanted bias to the minority of readers of those two same clubs.

An article on the rise of American owned football clubs, their two attempts to drastically alter football in this country at the behest of the two in red teams owners and what can be done to stop this ever growing cartel of clubs infecting the game in this country would be a start!

 

[bluwes]

Isn’t this clown supposed to be a blue? Another one pushing the state owned lie. I guess principles don’t pay the bills or satisfy the demands of the cunts at The Athletic.

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Thankfully it may not be around much longer. All the chat in the industry is that they are on their uppers and their owners are desperately looking to sell, and if that fails, drastically scale back or even shut down its UK operations

It turned itself into a Liverpool fanzine, so I and many others cancelled our subscriptions. They made their own bed, now they have to lie in it