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High Class Journalism?
Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2024 11:33 am
by Kevin Thurlow
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/sport/footbal ... edc2&ei=23
copied from the Daily Mirror, which starts
"Aston Villa's 7-0 victory over Sunderland in the Conti Cup could be overturned after Carla Ward's side fielded an illegible player,"
I think that's harsh - if the player had been "ineligible", then fair enough.
Many years ago, an interviewer asked The Corrs (a popular Beat Combo, my Lord), "How did you meet?"
Re: High Class Journalism?
Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2024 11:46 am
by NickFaulks
At least the player wasn't illiterate - unlike the journalist.
Re: High Class Journalism?
Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2024 11:59 am
by John Upham
Kevin Thurlow wrote: ↑Thu Jan 25, 2024 11:33 am
the Conti Cup could be overturned after Carla Ward's side fielded an illegible player,"
In the days of match cards being reported via handwriting, post cards and The Royal Mail we witnessed a number of instances of illegible players.
Even in 2024 I get nonsense names being reported via the LMS that require investigation.
Re: High Class Journalism?
Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2024 3:05 pm
by Reg Clucas
John Upham wrote: ↑Thu Jan 25, 2024 11:59 am
Even in 2024 I get nonsense names being reported via the LMS that require investigation.
And via email!
Re: High Class Journalism?
Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2024 3:58 pm
by Kevin Thurlow
"And via email!"
well, yes. I mentioned elsewhere the multiple spellings of my name in the "Sorry Error", excuse me, "Surrey Mirror". When they got handwritten reports, there was some excuse, but when I sent them Word files, they still did it. And they managed to mention people more than once and not even spell the name the same way twice.
Re: High Class Journalism?
Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2024 4:56 pm
by NickFaulks
Then there were the headlines which the writer of the piece submitted was not trusted to draft - this could only be done by a professional journalist. On occasion they bore no obvious relation to the text, or did but somehow got the whole thing upside-down. That's Bermuda not Surrey, by the way.
Re: High Class Journalism?
Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2024 5:14 pm
by LawrenceCooper
Kevin Thurlow wrote: ↑Thu Jan 25, 2024 11:33 am
Many years ago, an interviewer asked The Corrs (a popular Beat Combo, my Lord), "How did you meet?"
Donna Air, I believe.
Re: High Class Journalism?
Posted: Sat Jan 27, 2024 1:02 pm
by Richard Thursby
One might have thought Aston Villa would know better, having been on the opposite side of a similar issue in 1999
https://www.theguardian.com/football/19 ... tory.sport which, incidentally spared Gareth Southgate's blushes after he again missed a penalty in the shoot-out.
Seriously though, I don't understand how/why eligibility isn't something that is checked as part of the pre-match process by officials.