kellys_discopants Posted September 17, 2008 Share Posted September 17, 2008 only just had time to read the latest match report in the chron. Bit of change in style since the start of the season, but I like it. What does everyone else think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeicesterCity Posted September 17, 2008 Share Posted September 17, 2008 ...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghostofcecere Posted September 17, 2008 Share Posted September 17, 2008 only just had time to read the latest match report in the chron. Bit of change in style since the start of the season, but I like it. What does everyone else think? Yeah I like it to, it's much better than the factual style reporting we've had in the past. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guernica Posted September 17, 2008 Share Posted September 17, 2008 Yeah I like it to, it's much better than the factual style reporting we've had in the past. He'll do well to surpass the Huddersfield report from last season. Went along the lines of :"IF every Roses battle was as one-sided as this one then the county of Yorkshire would be wiped off the map.." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BP1960 Posted September 17, 2008 Share Posted September 17, 2008 Anyone remember Jim Williams, a brilliant Latics match reporter who told it as it was ?. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest oa_exile Posted September 17, 2008 Share Posted September 17, 2008 ...... Is that how you type in Leicester is it some form of secret code ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaticsPete Posted September 17, 2008 Share Posted September 17, 2008 Anyone remember Jim Williams, a brilliant Latics match reporter who told it as it was ?. An excellent analogy. His style was so OTT it was brilliant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigfinLatic Posted September 17, 2008 Share Posted September 17, 2008 Anyone remember Jim Williams, a brilliant Latics match reporter who told it as it was ?. I know the Jim Williams who is the papers editor, the same guy methinks?....and a damn good guy all round! Oldham through and through - one of the genuine good guys at the chron... Yarwood's reports have been legendary this season... the one from saturday about freaky childrens names... - genius! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GFBunn Posted September 17, 2008 Share Posted September 17, 2008 Yarwood has gone from formulaic to off the wall. This week it was 7 paragraphs before he got to the footy. Maybe he's having a mid-life crisis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scapegoat Posted September 17, 2008 Share Posted September 17, 2008 Maybe he's been sent on a creative writing course? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astottie Posted September 17, 2008 Share Posted September 17, 2008 Thought a couple have been quite funny but that on Monday he got a bit carried away. Would prefer a more factual style of reporting (tricky for the Chron I know) Misery guts. Sorry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martjs Posted September 17, 2008 Share Posted September 17, 2008 He'll do well to surpass the Huddersfield report from last season. Went along the lines of :"IF every Roses battle was as one-sided as this one then the county of Yorkshire would be wiped off the map.." Yardwood's report made me think of Jim Williams. Didn't he famously describe an airborne, tangerine-shirted Jim Fryatt as "like a big orange UFO" or something? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyPimp Posted September 17, 2008 Share Posted September 17, 2008 Call me old fashioned but I prefer the old way of reporting football matches. Either that or make the 7-paragraph off-the-wall intro interesting or more relevant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zorrro Posted September 17, 2008 Share Posted September 17, 2008 Miserable bleeders. That goes for the two people who commented on the Chron site as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meatpaste Posted September 18, 2008 Share Posted September 18, 2008 Jim Williams is/was a God. I've got loads of examples e.g "Beardall went down the wing like a drunk falling down an escalator" but for me, this takes some beating. Taken from the match report when we beat Bristol Rovers 3-2 in September 1971, this was the opening paragraph of his report:- "Boundaries snare all our lives. The borders of talent or the twin ties of apathy and indifference lie hidden, like the unseen trip-wire in the fog of everyday life, to hold us to our alloted course. The frontiers of personal achievement are hard to find and even harder to conquer. Occasionally, the frontiers are crossed, the shackles removed and, for all too brief moments, there is fresh territory to explore, new horizons to gaze upon. When one of these occasions graces professional football - at any level - the effect is totally magnetic, demanding the attention and holding it with an unseen yet almost tangible force." If my memory serves me correctly, he was referring to David Shaw's match winning performance! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
outoftheblue Posted September 18, 2008 Share Posted September 18, 2008 Jim Williams is/was a God. I've got loads of examples e.g "Beardall went down the wing like a drunk falling down an escalator" but for me, this takes some beating. Taken from the match report when we beat Bristol Rovers 3-2 in September 1971, this was the opening paragraph of his report:- "Boundaries snare all our lives. The borders of talent or the twin ties of apathy and indifference lie hidden, like the unseen trip-wire in the fog of everyday life, to hold us to our alloted course. The frontiers of personal achievement are hard to find and even harder to conquer. Occasionally, the frontiers are crossed, the shackles removed and, for all too brief moments, there is fresh territory to explore, new horizons to gaze upon. When one of these occasions graces professional football - at any level - the effect is totally magnetic, demanding the attention and holding it with an unseen yet almost tangible force." If my memory serves me correctly, he was referring to David Shaw's match winning performance! Nah! It was referring to Dick Mulvaney crossing the half-way line. A search party was very speedily arranged which resulted in his safe return. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThaiLatic Posted September 18, 2008 Share Posted September 18, 2008 Jim Williams opening paragraph from his match report after we'd beaten M*n U*d in '74 was a classic. I used to know it off by heart but the ageing process seems to have wiped most of it from my memory! Does anyone have a copy of it they can post? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hometownclub Posted September 18, 2008 Share Posted September 18, 2008 Anyone remember Jim Williams, a brilliant Latics match reporter who told it as it was ?. I remember reading Jim Williams' reports really well, excellent report and analysis, much better for me than the modern day equivalent IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BP1960 Posted September 18, 2008 Share Posted September 18, 2008 (edited) Maybe someone can compile a book of Latics best match reports, particularly the Jim Williams gems ? It would have a natural publisher in the Oldham Chron and I'm sure it would sell well to many nostalgic fans. I for one would love to see the report again on the Liverpool v Latics cup tie from the 1970s, when Alan Groves wowed even the Anfield supporters with a magical display on the left wing. Edited September 18, 2008 by BP1960 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghostofcecere Posted September 18, 2008 Share Posted September 18, 2008 I'm probably wrong but didn't the Fanzine Beyond the Boundary do something about him? Maybe if any of the contributors to that post on here they could pin something up for us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boboafc Posted September 18, 2008 Share Posted September 18, 2008 bob young was a good latics repoter from the chron too, and could hold his drink too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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