peanuts Posted April 25, 2017 Share Posted April 25, 2017 On 4/24/2017 at 3:55 PM, lalalajpkalala said: Joined in 1986 according to the FourFourTwo article on him last year. thank you just thinking would it be worth getting him some sort of honour for his services to the club and local football ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oafcprozac Posted April 25, 2017 Share Posted April 25, 2017 (edited) Celebrating five of the English game’s most loyal servants FourFourTwo 1 Dec 2016 GORDON LAWTON 62 Oldham Athletic Media manager AT THE CLUB SINCE 1986 “My job title at the moment is media manager. It’s basically a glorified name for programme editor. I first arrived 30 years ago to launch a lottery in the commercial department. At the time, club lotteries did not really exist in football, but we managed to build it up to 14,000 members. Shops, old people’s homes, hospitals – everybody got on board with it. I know the on-pitch success came at that sort of time, but to get 14,000 people to stump up a pound every single week, in a place like Oldham, was absolutely phenomenal. When the National Lottery came into force [in 1994] it sort of killed every football club’s lottery, so I moved on to become the programme editor. But if you work at a football club that’s not Manchester United, you end up mucking in and getting involved with all sorts of jobs. I was booking hotels and looking after team travel while at the same time doing the programme. I’m a lifelong Rochdale fan, but after 30 years working here, your allegiances start to turn. I go to every match without fail – I do the commentary, that’s why! In 1994 the hospital radio was broadcasting across a 10-mile radius, and one time the commentators couldn’t do it, so they asked if anyone else could. Nobody was going to do it, so I stepped in. From that day to this, I’ve been on virtually every game. ‘The voice of Oldham,’ they call me. How would I describe my place at the club? Well, just this weekend a fan came up to me, pointed and said, ‘Do you know something? Not all legends kick a ball’, and then walked off. I thought that was quite apt.” Edited April 26, 2017 by Ackey Formatting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlossopLatic Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 Gordon Lawton - "Because not all footballing legends kick a ball" Can someone turn that into a meme? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opinions4u Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 Testimonial? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
View Of Golden Gate Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 This may sound sarcastic but in all honesty he should have been given a Gold Brick, also would be great if he wrote a book when he retires. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peanuts Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 On 4/26/2017 at 10:49 AM, opinions4u said: Testimonial? ^this^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave_Og Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 On 24/04/2017 at 3:01 PM, deyres42 said: Bit of creative accounting from Simon there I'd say. Maybe committed rather than spent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deyres42 Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 1 minute ago, Dave_Og said: Maybe committed rather than spent Yes, 500k over the length of their contracts sounds more realistic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest davidshaw Posted April 28, 2017 Share Posted April 28, 2017 Good, positive video - credit where it's due. Really looking forward to next season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deyres42 Posted May 2, 2017 Share Posted May 2, 2017 http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39779729 Powerful Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diego_Sideburns Posted May 4, 2017 Share Posted May 4, 2017 On 5/2/2017 at 7:46 PM, deyres42 said: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39779729 Powerful Will Vale's stand be completed before BP's North Stand? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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