Thread About Ex Player

[gmfc_craig 3]

Ricki Lamie scored for Livi and Andy Murdoch scored one for Ayr

[RealTonKid 118]

Ricki Lamie scored for Livi and Andy Murdoch scored one for Ayr

I’m still annoyed we let Andy Murdoch go.

 

Cracking wee player.

[port-ton 148]

Tidser doesn't seem to have impressed Falkirk fans much yet this season, and it looks like he's not playing in the same position McKinnon had him flourishing in at Morton. Wee shame.

[vikingTON 3336]

Good to see Sir Richard putting the little people back in their box.

[BishopBrennan 791]

Former Morton manager Jim 'Dim' Duffy's Dumbarton side get absolutely pumped 6-1 in the League Cup.

[so72 19]

Gavin Gunning signs for Billericay Town

[vikingTON 3336]

Kerr Waddell has signed for Montrose.

[TRVMP 3976]

Gavin Gunning signs for Billericay Town

 

They're busily Gretna-ing their way around the southern non-league scene. It will probably end in tears one day, but hopefully Sir Gavin can lead them to promotion in the meantime, because they're an utterly hated outfit down there and this will lead to all kinds of "AMF" wailing and gnashing.

[so72 19]

Kerr Waddell has signed for Montrose.

Yikes

[El gofer 130]

Not really.

Close to home for him. They will be serious top 4 contenders. A chance for him to get a full season under his belt at a level he should cope with. Also a chance to gain a place in the hall of fame by denying Failkirk promotion!!

[Cappiecat 1.2 27]

...this will lead to all kinds of "AMF" wailing and gnashing.

Can someone interpret this for the old of thinking, please?

[TRVMP 3976]

Can someone interpret this for the old of thinking, please?

 

"AMF" is "Against Modern Football", which usually manifests itself in being against all the trappings of the modern game such as weird kick-off times, overseas tours, the relentless televising of everything, the increased globalization of squads and so on...

 

... but the kind of people who are "AMF" also seem to be against everything that isn't flat-caps and the Hovis theme, so it metastasizes into just hating money in football generally. So although people throwing money at vanity clubs is as old as professionalism itself - see Glossop North End for example - when clubs like Billericay get a bit uppity, these guys come out of the woodwork to appeal to the Corinthian spirit of the game.

 

See also: AFC Wimbledon fans, FCUM fans, Celtic fans, St. Pauli fans, SV Austria Salzburg (RIP). Some of them have justifiable grievances but they are generally a bunch of humorless, puritanical scolds.

 

That said, the goings-on at Billericay are pretty hilarious. The owner, Glenn Tamplin, is a "character", and has previously been manager of the club and... well, just have a look at his Twitter: https://twitter.com/glenntamplin

[Cappiecat 1.2 27]

Thanks for that Nacho, very interesting read.

[Charles_Joe 79]

That said, the goings-on at Billericay are pretty hilarious. The owner, Glenn Tamplin, is a "character", and has previously been manager of the club and... well, just have a look at his Twitter: https://twitter.com/glenntamplin

His 15 year old boy is a regular feature in the first team.

The best Glenn moment was the time he gave the homeless alcoholic a job at the club, with big Twitter fanfare, only to catch the guy on CCTV 2 days later clearing the place in bin bags. It’s comedy gold!

[Charles_Joe 79]

His scripted Q&As with the boy in the office as the interviewer are priceless - Gervais quality.

[TRVMP 3976]

His 15 year old boy is a regular feature in the first team.

The best Glenn moment was the time he gave the homeless alcoholic a job at the club, with big Twitter fanfare, only to catch the guy on CCTV 2 days later clearing the place in bin bags. It’s comedy gold!

 

Tamplin's Tomfooleries are absolutely superb. Sacking and then re-hiring himself as manager within 48 hours of each other was another highlight.

[TRVMP 3976]

His scripted Q&As with the boy in the office as the interviewer are priceless - Gervais quality.

 

There are shades of Anglian Lives about them:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i56cRGfVP_s

[Charles_Joe 79]

It’s Glenn on Glenn, it’s Tamplin on Tamplin.

[Charles_Joe 79]

https://youtu.be/ys_jh26Yuxk

 

 

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Edited July 17, 2019 by M4RKO

[EanieMeany 1011]

Are we sure the last half a dozen posts aren't from Alan_Partridge_Ton?