There have been lots of mentions about pink papers, but none about what we used to buy . . . . The Green Final, the main one as far as I can remember
As a kid we lived in the suburbs of Gateshead, not far from the Heworth Metro Station for those who know it. We got the Fooball Pink which was the Newcastle version. The Football Echo was Pink but changed to Green when the club dropped a division, which seemed quite frequent in the sixty's. You could pick up a copy after the match, we used to get one outside Whitburn station as we used the trains before cars were invented into our household. There used to be a column for late scores down the right side of the front page iirc. Always wondered as a kid how the papers appeared so quickly. For away games a guy used to walk down our street selling them, and he was there well before 6pm.
We used to get off the supporters bus at Annfield Plain and queue up at Gregson's paper shop for the Football Echo, there was near riots on if they sold out and only had Newcastle Pinks available. I will never know how they got them out so quickly
aye, seem to remember they got them printed and in the shops very fast, considering there was no tinterweb or computer aided type setting...did not really think about it as a kid but all i could think was that they were on the old landline and it was put into print as they said it, still remarkable when every north east game had a section. 'Argus' had a way of reporting that could transport you back inside the ground while MotD still had the exact same bias as it has now.
I've also got the Sheffield Green equivalent from the semi against Arsenal somewhere. The better half and I, both have the pink Football Echo from the final. Both went but met the year after.
Story was Football Echo turned green when we were relegated to Division 2 for the first time. I believe the truth was there was a shortage of pink newsprint but a great story.
