Off Topic It's a Knockout - 1981

It's a knockout 1981 and the teams are Hull, Whitby, and Filey. Hull play their joker and two lads come forward representing the city, one dressed in FC kit, the other in Rovers. Disgusted.

 

The year after they played at Wembley, were dominating RL (which was a feature of BBC's sports coverage) and City were playing in front of 3-4,000 of us hardy souls it is hardly surprising.

 

Bloody kids today with their nokias and nuntendo hand held gameboys and electric gizmos and whatnot don't know how to have real fun anymore, not like we did back in the day, and no mistake.

Throwing sand over a sheet for your mate to catch it in his vest. Classic entertainment for both participants and audience.



Real water cooler TV.

The talk of the playground.




And all compared by a frigging great pervert.

Send that treatment to Channel so called Four now and see what reaction you'll get.





Bastards.

 

I've just noticed even worse is the lads are holding a mascot which has a shirt split in two, half Rovers, half FC. Of course they had to do that to be 'fair'. What a lot of thought when into creating that fairness.

That period of modest success for the rugby teams did nothing for the city. It just projected reinforced stereotypes of the north of England onto Hull.

 

Stuart probably got stuck into the pair of them & their mothers.

 

Didnt Eddie Waring get done for some sex offences anarl?

 

doubt it - he was dead while kiddie fiddling was still seen as a dirty old man pastime that was mostly greeted with rolled eyes .

 

Was an up an' under involved?

 

An under & up Ernie.

 

Well the Europeans didnt call it Its a Knockout. Justin yourfront area or summat

 

Hans plays with Lotte, Lotte plays with Jane
Jane plays with Willi, Willi is happy again.

If looks could kill, they probably will
In games without frontiers-war without tears.

 

I thought Hans played with Willi?

 

Just for reference ..... Hull won with 24 points Filey second with 21 points and last Whitby 19 points.I know you all wanted to know this.

 

So a Hull team got into Europe before City. I doubt they took much support though.

 

Beverley beat them to it. Winning the first heat of the 1977 It's a Knockout, beating Calderdale and Wakefield.

In the European funfest later that year, held in Italy, they finished a distinctly discreditable sixth out of seven.


Unbelievably, so I've just discovered, Jeux Sans Frontières, was actually broadcast live across the continent at the time.

At least we had the sense to just broadcast the edited highlights months later.

 

I thought JSF was live in the UK too. Are you sure it was only highlights?

 

I have a vague memory of going to see it live with my mam, gran-ma and brother, early 1970's. Saw it whilst on holiday in Scarborough, it was held at the north end of town where the steam train is. No idea which towns were competing but my how we laughed. Life was much simpler then.

 

I'm not sure of anything, except that thinking of my existence proves that there must be a me to do the thinking.

Or something. It's a long time since I read Descartes.


Anyway, I cite this site to back up the claim of non-live funnery in the UK, mid to late 70s style.

http://www.hiddentigerbooks.co.uk/jsf/series_1977_jsf.htm

From memory both IAKO and JSF were broadcast at about 8 o'clock on a Friday night.

Possibly.


But I'm not sure.


Edit: As the website I've just linked says it was broadcast on a Wednesday then I'm now not only definately not sure, but possibly sure that I'm definately wrong.

****, I'm confused.


Help.

 

Actually, Bridlington were the first.

First team to represent us in Europe at Jeux Sans Frontieres was Bridlington. I was there as they stormed to victory in the final.

All the enthralling details are here. http://www.hiddentigerbooks.co.uk/jsf/series_1966_iak.htm

East Yorks leading the way again.