The Pink (8 Viewers)

[Gibbo]

I thought

Bring Back Nemo ! (For us oldies who remember his reports in the Pink - much better than Derek Henderson !)

it was a pseudonym for DH which they did away with. Nimrod for rugby, Nemo for football

 

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[Sky Blue Harry H]

Loved the pink, still do :0
seriously though, would love to see back in the shops, whilst your at it, ask him about moving the telegraph back to it rightful place as an evening.

This. Warm glow when I saw the title thread!

 

[bawtryneal]

When I was a kid in Dunchurch used to deliver the CET and the pink on Saturdays all around the area. Can still remember the round in detail 43 years later.
When I first got married it used to be a great excuse to nip out after the match and tell the wife "just going out to get a pink". Always involved a couple of beers down the Green Man or Dun Cow. Happy days !
Always used to blame the delivery of the pink for being late home

 

[clint van damme]

remember it, I used to deliver it!
Used to sell all my 'spares' at the side door of the Albany pub as well.

As I got older remember the fella selling them on Cov station and everyone piling off the train to get one after an away day. No internet and instant access to the results in those days!

edit - just read West countrys post, that's the guy I'm on about as well.

 

[standupforcity]

Great to look forward after the game ... loved it

 

[Magwitch]

Think the Pink died before social media really got going and I’m not sure at all it could make a successful comeback, newspapers are not popular anymore, I have three kids from 42 down to 32 all married none or their partners ever buy a newspaper. But the old pink was great especially in the Jimmy Hill days but that was also on the back of success,

 

[SkyBlueCharlie9]

I thought

it was a pseudonym for DH which they did away with. Nimrod for rugby, Nemo for football

NEMO becomes OMEN ......?

 

[robofcov]

remember it, I used to deliver it!
Used to sell all my 'spares' at the side door of the Albany pub as well.

I used to deliver it for the newsagents opposite the side door of the Albany Pub
Eventually getting sacked from the round for not getting back from Highfield Road on time to deliver it

 

[OffenhamSkyBlue]

There was an equivalent in Bristol, where i grew up, called The Green 'Un. It never failed to amaze me how it got to the newsagents before i could after a Rovers match!

 

[eastwoodsdustman]

remember it, I used to deliver it!
Used to sell all my 'spares' at the side door of the Albany pub as well.

As I got older remember the fella selling them on Cov station and everyone piling off the train to get one after an away day. No internet and instant access to the results in those days!

edit - just read West countrys post, that's the guy I'm on about as well.

The little Black bloke, Winston I think his name was, was always there when you got off thr train from away games. I always walked back from HR to walsgrave and got one on the way home to read on the walk. That was when CET was a proper newspaper none of the shit they put out now.

 

[CCFC54321]

It would work if NO WASPS coverage was in it. Soon as they are mentioned in it then no way would the Coventry people read it or even think of buying it.

 

[fellatio_Martinez]

I can't really remember it much but my mother used to go on about it all the time "I can't wait to finger the pink tonight" I'd hear her say. She didn't even like football so it must have been a good read.

 

[coop]

Used to love the pink all the local scores as well. I got it one week and I was on the back page in the wall defending a free kick and let me tell you it puts weight on you.

 

[oscillatewildly]

Anyone remember the guy at Cov train station selling it when we got back after an away game,Black/Half cast guy?
Also in Cov city centre with the telegraph shouting “City Final” always made me laugh and smile!!!

That was Maurice.

 

[christonabike]

That was Maurice.

Maurice is still about. Many moons ago he would pop into the Open Arms bar and sell the last few. Well he would t sell it he would give you one and when you went to pay him he would say “just get me a pint!”.
He can be found in Greggs on the Daventry rd most Sunday mornings having an coffee and speaking to everyone that walks in bless him.

 

[eastwoodsdustman]

That was Maurice.

That was him!

 

[chiefdave]

If the Telegraph fancied some easy money I'd definitely but a 'best of the Pink' book. Go back through he archives and dig out the match reports from our biggest games.

 

[pipkin73]

Still love reading a proper paper rather than internet. On the internet I skim read but with a paper copy in my hands I read it properly. If the pink ever came back I would pay to get it delivered to Gran Canaria if it was still in the original format. Loved it. Bet they cant get it here for 6 on a Sat though lol.

 

[Rodders1]

LOVED the pink..... fills me with happy memories of my childhood

 

[tisza]

Used to go to the pub with my grandfather for about an hour after the game then hurry him up so we'd walk down to that little newsagent shop on the corner on the way to the ticket office (probably gone now). He'd pick up a box of cigs, some chocolate for me and the Pink 'un. He'd read it as he had his tea. One of the warmest memories i have of the man. Really was a part of the matchday experience back then.

 

[olderskyblue]

If the Telegraph fancied some easy money I'd definitely but a 'best of the Pink' book. Go back through he archives and dig out the match reports from our biggest games.

There is a book full of headlines. More than just the pink I think. I have it somewhere....

 

[Evo1883]

Was in the pink many times through the 90s as I used to score alot of goals for whitley juniors.. Used to love seeing my name in the paper

 

[olderskyblue]

Was in the pink many times through the 90s as I used to score alot of goals for whitley juniors.. Used to love seeing my name in the paper

They did have some good players. Always tough when my lads team played them, especially when happy reffed.. (cough*homer*cough)

 

[westcountry_skyblue]

There is a book full of headlines. More than just the pink I think. I have it somewhere....

I’ve got this,It’s mainly Mirror match reports

 

[Johhny Blue]

Bring Back Nemo ! (For us oldies who remember his reports in the Pink - much better than Derek Henderson !)

The Pink was quality and a must buy on a Saturday evening.

However, with the internet offering instant match reports I would fear that there wouldn't be the take up needed to make it a profitable venture.

Maybe just a one off when we win the F. A. Cup in May

 

[Evo1883]

They did have some good players. Always tough when my lads team played them, especially when happy reffed.. (cough*homer*cough)

Which team was that bud

 

[Johhny Blue]

I was away at board school as a kid and my mum used to post me a copy of the pink every week. I used to love getting it every week, brilliant great memories

Mine was religiously mailed to Canada and took about 10 days to arrive

 

[Johhny Blue]

The Pink used to be a ritual when I was a lad - there'd be about 30 of us all waiting at our local newsagents, and we all used to pay for it in advance. Then when the delivery driver screeched to a halt and offloaded the bundle, we'd carry it into the shop - the newsagent would cut the string and hand them out. Sometimes it was even delivered before 6.00. The first half report was usually longer than the second half, because it was 'phoned through from the ground at half-time. The second half had to be 'phoned through and typeset before printing - a headline also had to be composed. Happy memories of better times for CCFC!

I picked mine up at Dale’s newsagent in Hen Lane ( a spit from the Ricoh) the queue was often up to about thirty by the time it arrived

 

[Gint11]

I used to love the pink but only because it covered Saturday/Sunday football and my name would appear in it regularly

 

[Houchens Head]

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[Kneeza]

I thought

it was a pseudonym for DH which they did away with. Nimrod for rugby, Nemo for football

It was. And the rugby equivalent was Nimrod, who was Michael Austin (mostly, but others too). The Speedway guy was Broadside, but I can't recall the real name.

 

[Malaka]

I remember waiting in the newsagent for it around six o'clock, there were always at least half a dozen waiting, usually to check the pools. Never bought it if we lost tho

 

[Kneeza]

I remember waiting in the newsagent for it around six o'clock, there were always at least half a dozen waiting, usually to check the pools. Never bought it if we lost tho

Me and me dad always bought it from the newsagent in Bell Green. Win or lose.

 

[SkyBlueCharlie9]

Great memories waiting for Pink delivery after being at HR or watching my old man play footy for Wickmans or Matrix/Highway Working Men's Club and eating faggot & pea batches with sports report in background. What Saturday evenings were made of.

 

[bawtryneal]

Simple days
No internet bollox or social media shit.
The players were all approachable and no prima donnas.