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Alty on BBC Radio
« on: October 06, 2009, 10:23:32 AM »
We were on the BBC Non-League Show last night.

They have a bit of the show where a Cockney cabby tells us about some the best places to visit in Non-League in a ludicrous Dick van Dyke accent - this week he suggested Moss Lane, mentioning our good value for money, our FA Cup tradition, the fact the Barnet game was the first outside the FL to be televised, and the fact we used to put a pig on the wall  ;D
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« Reply #1 on: October 06, 2009, 10:30:48 AM »
Quote from: fuertes on October 06, 2009, 10:23:32 AM
We were on the BBC Non-League Show last night.

They have a bit of the show where a Cockney cabby tells us about some the best places to visit in Non-League in a ludicrous Dick van Dyke accent - this week he suggested Moss Lane, mentioning our good value for money, our FA Cup tradition, the fact the Barnet game was the first outside the FL to be televised, and the fact we used to put a pig on the wall   ;D

I have no memory of this. Please tell me more!

I do remember the Fantasy Football League spoof of the Norwegian commentator (Maggie Thatcher, your boys took one hell of a meeting!) for when Norway beat Holland: "The boy who put his finger in the dyke, Dick van Dyke, Martina Navratilova...your boys took one hell of a beating...!"
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fuertes

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Re: Alty on BBC Radio
« Reply #2 on: October 06, 2009, 10:47:49 AM »
Apparently in our really early days, we used to put a pig on the wall to let the locals know we had a home game. I really hope it's true, I love quirky little stories like that.
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« Reply #3 on: October 06, 2009, 10:54:53 AM »
Quote from: fuertes on October 06, 2009, 10:47:49 AM
Apparently in our really early days, we used to put a pig on the wall to let the locals know we had a home game. I really hope it's true, I love quirky little stories like that.

Time to bring that tradition back methinks!
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Re: Alty on BBC Radio
« Reply #4 on: October 06, 2009, 11:26:01 AM »
Quote from: fuertes on October 06, 2009, 10:47:49 AM
Apparently in our really early days, we used to put a pig on the wall to let the locals know we had a home game. I really hope it's true, I love quirky little stories like that.

Just how old IS Ian Tunnacliffe then?  :D
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"While we're in the North, we might as well take on the Cheshire League Champions and give them a good hammering" Bill Leivers, 1967 (before Altrincham 7, Cambridge United 1)

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Re: Alty on BBC Radio
« Reply #5 on: October 06, 2009, 02:16:29 PM »
Quote from: Saughall Robin on October 06, 2009, 11:26:01 AM
Quote from: fuertes on October 06, 2009, 10:47:49 AM
Apparently in our really early days, we used to put a pig on the wall to let the locals know we had a home game. I really hope it's true, I love quirky little stories like that.

Just how old IS Ian Tunnacliffe then?  :D

Saughall,

Hang your head in shame at such blasphemy.

Tunna - still the man with a better goals per game ratio than Dale Johnson.....
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Re: Alty on BBC Radio
« Reply #6 on: October 06, 2009, 05:54:27 PM »
And the skill to match. I still remember a sublime little back heel the big man played in a one-two move down our right flank at Canal Street in one of his early matches (shooting down the slope).
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« Reply #7 on: October 06, 2009, 06:49:08 PM »
Shooting on canal street - oh please !!!
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Re: Alty on BBC Radio
« Reply #8 on: October 06, 2009, 09:19:49 PM »
Quote from: TheCultOfIanTunnacliffe on October 06, 2009, 02:16:29 PM
Quote from: Saughall Robin on October 06, 2009, 11:26:01 AM
Quote from: fuertes on October 06, 2009, 10:47:49 AM
Apparently in our really early days, we used to put a pig on the wall to let the locals know we had a home game. I really hope it's true, I love quirky little stories like that.

Just how old IS Ian Tunnacliffe then?  :D

Saughall,

Hang your head in shame at such blasphemy.

Tunna - still the man with a better goals per game ratio than Dale Johnson.....



Sorry Cult, Just saw the 'pig on the wall' thing and went off on one as the saying goes! Have a 'G' as reparation  ;)
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Re: Alty on BBC Radio
« Reply #9 on: October 07, 2009, 08:23:48 AM »
I bet that the pig would spend more time in those offices than on the wall if it we still did something like that.  No posters up for the Mansfield game yet when I walked past last night.  Poor effort.
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Re: Alty on BBC Radio
« Reply #10 on: October 07, 2009, 09:13:53 AM »
It's at 41 mins 10 secs

Here's the link:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/nonleague/
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george

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Re: Alty on BBC Radio
« Reply #11 on: October 07, 2009, 09:24:29 AM »
In reply to David Sneddon, we are always looking for volunteers.
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Re: Alty on BBC Radio
« Reply #12 on: October 07, 2009, 09:43:11 AM »
Quote from: Chiswick Alty on October 07, 2009, 09:13:53 AM
It's at 41 mins 10 secs

Here's the link:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/nonleague/


To be fair, the London gentleman is pretty complimentary about his visit to Moss Lane, can't help being reminded of this though:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bb_Pfgu-wg

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Re: Alty on BBC Radio
« Reply #13 on: October 07, 2009, 06:33:02 PM »
was this pig dead? or alive at the time, how did it stay on the wall?
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Re: Alty on BBC Radio
« Reply #14 on: October 07, 2009, 08:12:00 PM »
Quote from: ellisapple on October 07, 2009, 06:33:02 PM
was this pig dead? or alive at the time, how did it stay on the wall?

Who cares? all in all it's just another pig on the wall.
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