Bonce's own personal thread. Volume VIII

Ten Bobsworth wrote:
There is a Wanderer in that photo, Boncey. Did you not spot him?

I think this was the England team that played against Scotland whose side included Denis Law and Ian St John.

Yes indeed. I should have named the team, but couldn't be bothered. Ray Parry for anyone interested.

boltonbonce wrote:
Sadly, The Grauniad isn't what it was. I'm still waiting for a new Neville Cardus. Might be a long wait.

Bonce, Have you tried the i newspaper?

okocha wrote:
Bonce, Have you tried the i newspaper?

I'm an on and off reader. Great grab and go paper if you don't have a lot of time, but newspapers on the whole are dying a death of a thousand cuts. By the time they hit the news stands they're pretty much out of date.
I sticks to mags these days. Private Eye and When Saturday Comes being my two regulars.

boltonbonce wrote:
Yes indeed. I should have named the team, but couldn't be bothered. Ray Parry for anyone interested.

For anyone interested, Boncey? One of the magnificent eleven, can't be bothered and whose interested!!!! Dear oh dear!!!!!

Ten Bobsworth wrote:
For anyone interested, Boncey? One of the magnificent eleven, can't be bothered and whose interested!!!! Dear oh dear!!!!!

No one cares about anything if it's in black and white, apart from old codgers that is. Football began with the Premier League apparently.
I no longer try to enlighten the younger family members. Last week one of them asked me to value my memorabilia, so they'd have a rough idea of how much they might get for it when I'm gone.
He's supported the Whites for ten years , but has never heard of Wyn Davies or John Byrom. The past is another country, and it's deemed a no fly zone.
I sometimes wonder why I bother myself. Mind you, at least I solved one of my picture puzzles after emailing Marc Iles a couple of years ago.

https://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/sport/17539004.wanderers-archives-amazing-story-behind-picture-man/

boltonbonce wrote:
No one cares about anything if it's in black and white, apart from old codgers that is. Football began with the Premier League apparently.
I no longer try to enlighten the younger family members. Last week one of them asked me to value my memorabilia, so they'd have a rough idea of how much they might get for it when I'm gone.
He's supported the Whites for ten years , but has never heard of Wyn Davies or John Byrom. The past is another country, and it's deemed a no fly zone.
I sometimes wonder why I bother myself. Mind you, at least I solved one of my picture puzzles after emailing Marc Iles a couple of years ago.

https://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/sport/17539004.wanderers-archives-amazing-story-behind-picture-man/

Nostalgia ain't what it used to be, Boncey, but don't go calling Lady B an old codger if you don't mind.

Ten Bobsworth wrote:
Nostalgia ain't what it used to be, Boncey, but don't go calling Lady B an old codger if you don't mind.

Don't worry Bob. 'Codger' is male. She doesn't have to feel insulted. Not sure about you though.
I myself am a proud codger. A codger stuck indoors waiting for the new freezer to arrive. Between 7am and 7pm they say.
It might be a long day.

Here's an article that might interest you, Boncey. First written five years ago, the title is even more apt today.

https://web.archive.org/web/20170717022737/http://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/jack-parry-had-the-sense-of-humour-that-would-be-useful-at-derby-county-nowadays/story-29887235-detail/story.html

Ten Bobsworth wrote:Here's an article that might interest you, Boncey. First written five years ago, the title is even more apt today.

http://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/jack-parry-had-the-sense-of-humour-that-would-be-useful-at-derby-county-nowadays/story-29887235-detail/story.html

Bob, the link takes me to a page saying, 'Sorry you can't find what you're looking for'.

What are they trying to hide?

boltonbonce wrote:
Bob, the link takes me to a page saying, 'Sorry you can't find what you're looking for'.

What are they trying to hide?

Try this one, Boncey.
https://web.archive.org/web/20170717022737/http://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/jack-parry-had-the-sense-of-humour-that-would-be-useful-at-derby-county-nowadays/story-29887235-detail/story.html

Good article. So many great characters back then. We've got a pretty bland lot at the moment, far too fearful of social media to open their mouth. On anything.
Always had a soft spot for Derby, and it's a shame to see them in their present predicament.
Simon Jordan, a fan, and a friend of Mel Morris, said Morris really only had himself to blame, and had told him so. He explained further, but it was way over my head.

https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/derby-county-mel-morris-jordan-5945162

boltonbonce wrote:Good article. So many great characters back then. We've got a pretty bland lot at the moment, far too fearful of social media to open their mouth. On anything.
Always had a soft spot for Derby, and it's a shame to see them in their present predicament.
Simon Jordan, a fan, and a friend of Mel Morris, said Morris really only had himself to blame, and had told him so. He explained further, but it was way over my head.

https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/derby-county-mel-morris-jordan-5945162

I'd have to do a bit more delving to give an opinion but I do think that Simon Jordan is a bit of a motormouth.

If reports of Mel Morris' personal wealth are at all accurate he'd have a lot more left than Eddie had when he decided he could no longer keep funding BWFC.

Eddie would have got around £125m from selling his shares in Strix but spent nearly £200m on BWFC. The difference will have come from investment gains but how much was left is anyone's guess. Not a lot is mine.

Championship clubs lost over £300m in aggregate in 2019/20 and, whilst some of that would be COVID-related, most of it wouldn't be. Its been a case of over-spending to try to gain promotion or avoid relegation for virtually all Championship clubs and it has been getting worse year-on-year. 

Blackburn depend on the Venky's, Preston on Trevor Hemmings, but for how long?

Looks like Reading are next in line for a points deduction.

boltonbonce wrote:Looks like Reading are next in line for a points deduction.

#ReadingFC set for heavy deduction of up to 9 points after breaching financial rules. Like Derby, Reading are in talks with the EFL over an "agreed decision" as per regulation 85. https://t.co/uIf7ndlJbD

— John Percy (@JPercyTelegraph) September 21, 2021

boltonbonce wrote:Good article. So many great characters back then. We've got a pretty bland lot at the moment, far too fearful of social media to open their mouth. On anything.
Always had a soft spot for Derby, and it's a shame to see them in their present predicament.
Simon Jordan, a fan, and a friend of Mel Morris, said Morris really only had himself to blame, and had told him so. He explained further, but it was way over my head.

https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/derby-county-mel-morris-jordan-5945162

I was one of the 34,000 at Burnden Park to see Franny Lee line up alongside Nat Lofthouse in Franny's unforgettable debut against Man City on Bonfire Day 1960.

 https://web.archive.org/web/20170717022737/http://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/jack-parry-had-the-sense-of-humour-that-would-be-useful-at-derby-county-nowadays/story-29887235-detail/story.html

Ray Parry had been sold to Blackpool and Tommy Banks, nearing the end of his career, was not playing in that match. Tommy was a top class player who, having spent his summers hod carrying on building sites, had campaigned successfully against the maximum wage in football.

 It was hard not see his point. I was only a kid at the time but I well remember worrying where it would all end up for clubs like Bolton Wanderers.

I wouldn't put a bottle top on this .

Cajunboy wrote:I wouldn't put a bottle top on this .

Trying to put me off eh? You cunning devil. Right!

Just received an ad for a Chinese watch. Probably give it a miss.  

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