Now this must be a joke. Ex York City chairman John Batchelor has made a bid for Mansfield Town. The fact anyone would bid for Mansfield Town is pretty funny but that's not the joke.
The man wants to change the name of the team to ...wait for it.....Harchester United. Yes that's right, he wants to name the team after a fictional side that appears in the cheesy soap opera 'Dream Team'. Maybe he has fantasies of bending Mrs Block over the board room table?
So what could they do to bring the crowds in....? Maybe they could have daily bust ups at the training ground and invite fans to watch. Or they could stage a weekly murder in the boardroom. Maybe send a hooker to the managers office then call the tabloids. I know I know. Hire a stalker to follow home the kit mans wife! Can you imagine all those purple shirts at motorway service staions up and down the M1 every Saturday? John Batchelor obviously thinks the sleepy town of Mansfield needs some drama. If they lose to Nott's County on Saturday there will be plenty of that. They are currently embroiled in a relegation battle in League Two and their local rivals County are sitting one place above them.
Whatever the reason, this is one of the most absurd things I have heard in a while. Does he hope that he can piggy back on the shows success and all of the teenagers of the north will turn up on a Saturday afternoon hoping to see Fletch, the womanizing alcho-pop adicted striker. Maybe get a glimpse of his team mate Jamie Parker the gambling goalkeeper?
-Bigus
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Bigus, you know far too much about that soap opera.
I have seen it a few times. Not since I left England though!
Up the City!
Reruns are on FSC....Although according to the Fiver production was canceled last year.
Reruns are on FSC....Although according to the Fiver production was canceled last year.
Congrats, Ian - our first double post ever!
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