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I always remember Manning telling the "joke": "An Irish library has been burned down but they managed to save the one book in it". This from a moron like him really got under my skin.
His career went down hill when racist jokes were no longer pc. What a shame for him :D
Bernard manning, horrible, horrible man. Always got him confused with Bernard Mathews of Turkey products fame when I was a kid.
Bit of a suprise.
Manning was born into an Irish Catholic family in 1930 in Ancoats, one of Manchester's poorest suburbs, the second of three brothers and two sisters.
I suppose he did well for himself considering his background but to make a successful career on the back of racist jokes, well we've all laughed at them on occasions but that doesn't make it right.
Manning To wife: "Pack your case, I've won the Lottery".
Mannings Wife: "Brilliant. Where are we going".
Manning: "I'm going nowhere. Now get the f*ck out and don't come back". :D
Mildy amusing. He obviously diversified into mysogyny at times. Multi talented!!! :rolleyes:
Derek Dougan, Northern Ireland international and one of the driving forces behind the 1973 Shamrock Rovers Select vs Brazil that featured a joint North South international team.
Dougan never played for Northern Ireland again......:mad:
Not sure that had anything to do with it though. Was nearing the end of his career I think at the time but may be wrong.
R.I.P.
Coincidence that he was repeatedly warned not to go ahead with the game or he would never be capped again by world class bigot and (alleged) crooked football administrator Harry Cavan (Head of IFA) and then subsequently wasn't capped?Quote:
Originally Posted by OwlsFan
Seems you were right about the game costing Dougan his international career, although he did retire totally from football a couple of years later anyway.Quote:
Originally Posted by OneRedArmy
http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com...m?id=183212004
Not sure why you would describe Cavan as a "bigot", though. Unionist and IFA supporter does not necessarily = bigot.
DO a bit of reading into his treatment of Derry City and make up your own mind.Quote:
Originally Posted by OwlsFan
Came across this on an old foot.ie post
http://foot.ie/archive/index.php/t-7818.html
Does a bias against Derry City = bigotry? Did Derry City at the time = Catholicism? I doubt it so without wishing to engage in semantics, I am not sure you can call Cavan a bigot because he didn't like Derry City or the nationalist following which it predominantly had. Did he try and do down Cliftonville as well ? It was interesting though that the Glentoran Chairman supported the Derry move to the LoI because he didn't like the treatment handed out to Derry.
That is a very good post, were they all of that quality back then?Quote:
Originally Posted by OwlsFan
Chris Benoit, WWE wrestler. Found dead in his home today. RIP.
it wasn't just him, it was his wife and son too - http://www.wwe.com/inside/news/benoitdead
Benoit was always one of my favorite wrestlers. Not the best on the mike, but fantastic in the ring.
****. He was always underused by the WWE and was the best wrestler in the business IMO. RIP.
Jupp Derwall, coach of the German side which won the European Championship in 1980 and got to the World Cup final two years later. Also coached Galatasaray.
George Melly, jazz singer and author.
English Actor/Comedian Mike Reid star of Runaround & Eastenders died of a heart attack today in Spain aged 67.
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One of my fav Mike Reid jokes
went back to this birds house the other night f--k me she had freakin teddy bears and dolls all around her bed on shelves 100s of the things anyways, i giv it a good seeing to,and after were aving a fag
and i says to her,How was it for you,
She turned around and said you can ave anything off the bottom shelf.
... Ingmar Bergman, all the ticking clocks in his movies over the years finally caught up with him.
Mike Reid, apparently he will be buried at the same time as two other people.
The three coffins will be carried solumnly to the side of a grave and then the priest in charge will shout "Run Around".
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=4HRs6DGeLbw