The football reporters had to phone through the bulk of their report at half time. "Phoning through" meant calling their newspaper and dictating their report to a copy-taker - someone who typed it out. That would then be passed to a printer, known as a setter, who would type it out again in the form of metal print. All this took so long that there was only time for another few words from the reporter at halftime. That was how the Saturday evening papers did things. I used to report matches for the Sunday Times which meant phoning my report through as soon as possible after the end of the match. I would be writing the report as the match went along. The worst thing was if a team scored near the end and altered the result, which meant rewriting your opening. The first edition of the ST went to press soon after 5pm, just enough time to print the football results. Other editions went to press later, which gave you more time. It was also possible to make corrections to a 5pm report for later editions. Those were the days of "hot metal", my friends, when the printers and their unions ran the show. All gone now, thanks to the new technology which Rupert Murdoch led the way in bringing into the newspaper industry. The printers are no longer required. The reporter writes his report on a laptop and sends it direct to the newspaper for printing.

The right place at the right time

Thats a new one Dazza , Thanks for the update .

My two big memories was the smell of pipe tobacco and bovril around the ground and the noise of rattles down at the front.
Plus standing in all sides except the back of the Main stand......both ends uncovered.

Yes, it’s definitely not new news. Our interest has been all over the internet and social media for the last few days and he is a player we have reportedly courted for some months now.

It's incredible people still give that fella any credibility - anyone with a twitter account could provide the 'insight' he does to Hol.

I am sure he is posting with good intentions, that people who can’t be bothered with Twitter are kept up to date.
Anyone with any sense, knows that football is full of rumours and gossip, nothing to be believed until a player is smiling in the shirt after signing.