| The Sporting (Green un) 20:04 - Feb 27 with 3638 views | builthjack |
Who used to wait outside the newsagents at 6pm on a Saturday evening for the green un? | |
| Swansea Indepenent Poster Of The Year 2021. Dr P / Mart66 / Roathie / Parlay / E20/ Duffle was 2nd, but he is deluded and thinks in his little twisted brain that he won. Poor sod. We let him win this year, as he has cried for a whole year. His 14 usernames, bless his cotton socks.
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| The Sporting (Green un) on 20:11 - Feb 27 with 2976 views | Kilkennyjack |
Used to get walked around the pubs in town.
Covered Swans, rugby, welsh league football ht reports as well as all the Football League results.
Better than the internet. | |
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| The Sporting (Green un) on 20:16 - Feb 27 with 2966 views | 1983 |
Sporting Post I used stop the taxi to get it in the Texaco garage by Dyfatty flats on the way home after a night in town then read it with a coffee, bacon bap and a hangover on the Sunday morning. Kids today would never understand | |
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| The Sporting (Green un) on 20:23 - Feb 27 with 2950 views | KeithHaynes |
Wasn’t it the pink un as well ? | |
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| The Sporting (Green un) on 20:27 - Feb 27 with 2940 views | STID2017 |
Think that was the Sporting Echo.
Sporting Post was one of our own back then | |
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| The Sporting (Green un) on 20:31 - Feb 27 with 2931 views | swan65split |
Yep, Saturday night Bethany Square Port Talbot, from the seller, an old man with one arm Eeeeeening Pooost
Pink one was the Cardiff rag. | | | |
| The Sporting (Green un) on 21:15 - Feb 27 with 2882 views | KeithHaynes |
I remember the Haverfordwest lads running up to the station after the game to catch the 5.10pm train otherwise it was an hour wait. When we missed it the few Cardiff fans had the pink un. Some of the rows we had on that train were memorable, paper everywhere. 😂
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| The Sporting (Green un) on 21:57 - Feb 27 with 2841 views | builthjack |
Scummers had the pink un yes | |
| Swansea Indepenent Poster Of The Year 2021. Dr P / Mart66 / Roathie / Parlay / E20/ Duffle was 2nd, but he is deluded and thinks in his little twisted brain that he won. Poor sod. We let him win this year, as he has cried for a whole year. His 14 usernames, bless his cotton socks.
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| The Sporting (Green un) on 22:10 - Feb 27 with 2833 views | Dewi1jack |
Used to get it at the newsagent at Penllergaer on the way home from the Vetch...
Or if we were home early because all the crowds had gone, would send the kids up the newsagent to get it, or drive back up myself if it was foul weather.
Check the results on Ceefax or teletext if we'd played that badly that I couldn't be arzed to get the green 'un.
Bought the pink thing on the way back from somewhere one day. Probably because the bus had broken down or whatever
Warraloadofcrap loo paper | |
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| The Sporting (Green un) on 00:34 - Feb 28 with 2800 views | SwaneeRiver |
I used to buy the Sporting Post regularly
Loved to read about our wins, not so welcome when lost
Cant remember if the other one was a Cardiff based paper so biased towards them ? | | | |
| The Sporting (Green un) on 09:38 - Feb 28 with 2731 views | trampie |
Swansea had the Sporting Post, Cardiff had the 'Pink' echo and Newport had the Argus, Im not sure but the Argus might have had a sports newspaper pullout as well. | |
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| The Sporting (Green un) on 13:20 - Feb 28 with 2666 views | Sirjohnalot |
Loved The Sporting, used it get it outside the Park in Neath, by the bus stop. Always had brilliant write ups on Neath rugby | | | |
| The Sporting (Green un) on 13:26 - Feb 28 with 2656 views | trampie |
They would typically give match reports up to half time then possibly a paragraph after that and the full time score. | |
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| The Sporting (Green un) on 13:32 - Feb 28 with 2643 views | Sirjohnalot |
Ha, yes, forgot about that | | | |
| The Sporting (Green un) on 13:39 - Feb 28 with 2631 views | trampie |
The football league tables did not include Saturdays results, so you had to work it out.
The results on the fixture lists was up until the previous week.
They would often have interviews with coaches etc conducted in the week about the upcoming weekend game.
Those sports papers were great, I have always missed them and still do miss them.
If Swans were up in the North East and we didn't go and went to Cardiff v Chelsea/Birmingham/Hereford etc or Newport v Bristol Rovers/Exeter etc, I would always get their version after the game.
I think I have had a West Midlands version in the past, coming back from Lancashire or the Midlands and stop off in Droitwich, Bromsgrove, Worcester etc I think but can't be sure if a Black country type paper did it.
Crikey those English shire towns weren't happy to see a transit load of Valley Commandos jumping out and hitting local pubs on a Saturday night I know, lol. | |
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| The Sporting (Green un) on 16:10 - Feb 28 with 2583 views | blackpooljack |
Used to have " The Green" down in Blackpool. Got the legend that is John Toshack to sign mine the day we beat Blackpool 3-1 in '79 my first live Swans match. | | | |
| The Sporting (Green un) on 16:15 - Feb 28 with 2578 views | Catullus |
It was a ritual for us, they'd come in the Sandfields pubs and we'd always get one. The crossword, I always tried and usually failed. | |
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| The Sporting (Green un) on 16:49 - Feb 28 with 2541 views | KeithHaynes |
What was astonishing was the quick way they got those results in the paper minutes after the games ended. Then on the streets. | |
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| The Sporting (Green un) on 16:58 - Feb 28 with 2525 views | trampie |
Yes impressive. | |
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| The Sporting (Green un) on 17:12 - Feb 28 with 2521 views | Andyconky |
Used to get it at the train station before heading home to Bristol | |
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| The Sporting (Green un) on 17:14 - Feb 28 with 2511 views | KeithHaynes |
Hello mate, how are you ?
Tozer.
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| The Sporting (Green un) on 22:22 - Feb 28 with 2416 views | felixstowe_jack |
The result page had all the scores from all four divisions and up to date tables | |
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| The Sporting (Green un) on 22:33 - Feb 28 with 2394 views | Treforys_Jack |
A much lamented publication, anyone under the age of 30 wouldn't understand. | | | |
| The Sporting (Green un) on 07:29 - Mar 1 with 2331 views | trampie |
I can't remember if it had the goalscorers, it might have, it had updated tables from the day before, games on the day finished at 4.40/4.50 and it was on the streets at what 5.15/5.30 so you had to work out if Swans were top the league and if Cardiff was back in the relegation zone. | |
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| The Sporting (Green un) on 07:53 - Mar 1 with 2318 views | builthjack |
It was pretty amazing the speed in which they did it.
Half time mini reports from Welsh League games, local rugby, and final results at the end of these reports.
No internet so all done by phone/fax.
Then printed and delivered within the hour.
Amazing fair play. | |
| Swansea Indepenent Poster Of The Year 2021. Dr P / Mart66 / Roathie / Parlay / E20/ Duffle was 2nd, but he is deluded and thinks in his little twisted brain that he won. Poor sod. We let him win this year, as he has cried for a whole year. His 14 usernames, bless his cotton socks.
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| The Sporting (Green un) on 07:57 - Mar 1 with 2315 views | trampie |
I know excellent, much missed by me anyway. | |
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