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[buryaway]

I was listening to radio 5 this morning and Mark Pougatch (or however you spell it) and Terry Alderton spent 5 mins talking about Southend in the early 90's when Pougatch was working for BBC Essex.

One of them mentioned a player called village, named after village idiot, and told a story about when the team went away for xmas, and a player didn't have a passport, so he took a southend programme, with him on the front to prove it was him....... he didn't get on the plane!

Anyone know who this was?

 

[Xàbia Shrimper]

Yes ... but I can't for the life of me remember the name!! Gimme a minute ...

 

[buryaway]

thanks!

Mark Pougatch seemed to have a soft spot for us, and went to the anglo italian cup games, i'll listen to five live results with even more interest now when he talks about us!

 

[EastStandBlue]

A similar incident happened with Adameno at Blackpool this season IIRC

 

[southendstrett]

Didn't this happen to someone like Cheryl Tweedy. Forgot her passport , so popped into the airports WHSmiths store and bought a CD with her on it as proof of I.D.
Seems like a hoary old FOAF story if you ask me.

 

[Ron Manager]

I've heard a few stories about Adam Locke being as thick as two short planks (see kids, sun beds are bad for you) could be him maybe?

 

[blueritethru]

Think you will find it was Steven Clarke.

 

[Xàbia Shrimper]

In the early 90s?!

 

[The Eternal Optimist]

Quote[/b] (Ron Manager @ July 22 2006,15:06)]I've heard a few stories about Adam Locke being as thick as two short planks (see kids, sun beds are bad for you) could be him maybe?

Locke's daughter was clever, 10 GCSE's, lots at A* or A and 4 A levels at B or above, if I remember from when I taught at the grammar school she attended.

Certainly not a chip of the old block if you get my drift!