Well played the North West

[cashman]

Originally Posted by Wynonie Harris

Apologies yet again ...was EVERYBODY on this forum born in Blackburn?

heres one that wasn't.

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by Wynonie Harris

In that case, I take it all back and apologise for calling you "plastic"...

...however, Bee's still coming round to see you tomorrow.

Oh Noooooooooo

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by Wynonie Harris

Sometimes yes, sometimes no, Ossy Kid.

It works like this...if you were born or grew up in Accy and district, you must be a Stanley fan first and foremost, although I allow people to have other teams as second clubs. If your principle club is other than Stanley, you're a plastic.

However, if you were born outside Accy and district, you're perfectly free - in fact, I positively encourage you - to adopt Stanley as your club and this does not make you plastic in any way whatsoever.

Quite logical really, isn't it?

You must have studied hard to attain a degree in gobbledigook Wyn

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by cashman

heres one that wasn't.

Well there are those of us that question whether you were born at all cashy

[DaveinGermany]

Originally Posted by ossy kid

explain what a "plastic" is if you don't mind.

Here we go, best professors hat on & let's begin with the dissertation shall we ? Here's how I see it The suffix Plastic relates to an imitation of the original, as synthetics (plastics) became more readily available, cheaper & easier to use "Plastic" replaced the original material.

So in Footballing terms the original supporter would've been someone from that Town or City, born there & usually living there in later life. For the bigger clubs no big issue but smaller clubs would tend to struggle to get punters through the gates. Through the advent of public transport & the Auto-mobile this made journeys to far away places more readily available so people had the chance to travel to experience "better footy" & so they did. Initially a few hardy souls would travel to one of the nearby big Cities to watch the big clubs, thereby neglecting their Town teams & the like.

Then further inventions such as wireless & television hit the market, opening the sport to an even wider audience of non locals who would then at some point flock to these far flung outposts of sport to enjoy the titillation of a big club winning games ! The locals at first accepted the influx in revenue & commerce from these outsiders, but soon becoming swamped by them they rather derogatorily started to refer to them as "Plastic" (non originals). This sobriquet was then by extension carried across into other activities & sports ensuring its use as a colloquialism in the present day vernacular & it appears that this appellation is mightily alive & well in this modern day & age.

Thereby endeth this particular homily, please place your chairs up on the desk before you leave, the cleaning woman has better things to do than run round after you lot, exit quietly as other lectures are still in progress & just one moment Johnson ! ...... I'd like a word with you ! Young Mancie ! Put that can back in the bag ! Until you leave the confines of this room you're still on my time thank you very much ! And you boy ! "Who Sir ? Me Sir ?" Yes you sir ! less of your chit chat Master Jaysay & tuck your shirt tails in you, you scruffy little Homunculus !

Hopefully that makes everything as clear as mud now ?

[ossy kid]

Wish I'd never asked??

[DaveinGermany]

Originally Posted by ossy kid

Wish I'd never asked??

There's just no pleasing some Folk !

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by DaveinGermany

Here we go, best professors hat on & let's begin with the dissertation shall we ? Here's how I see it The suffix Plastic relates to an imitation of the original, as synthetics (plastics) became more readily available, cheaper & easier to use "Plastic" replaced the original material.

So in Footballing terms the original supporter would've been someone from that Town or City, born there & usually living there in later life. For the bigger clubs no big issue but smaller clubs would tend to struggle to get punters through the gates. Through the advent of public transport & the Auto-mobile this made journeys to far away places more readily available so people had the chance to travel to experience "better footy" & so they did. Initially a few hardy souls would travel to one of the nearby big Cities to watch the big clubs, thereby neglecting their Town teams & the like.

Then further inventions such as wireless & television hit the market, opening the sport to an even wider audience of non locals who would then at some point flock to these far flung outposts of sport to enjoy the titillation of a big club winning games ! The locals at first accepted the influx in revenue & commerce from these outsiders, but soon becoming swamped by them they rather derogatorily started to refer to them as "Plastic" (non originals). This sobriquet was then by extension carried across into other activities & sports ensuring its use as a colloquialism in the present day vernacular & it appears that this appellation is mightily alive & well in this modern day & age.

Thereby endeth this particular homily, please place your chairs up on the desk before you leave, the cleaning woman has better things to do than run round after you lot, exit quietly as other lectures are still in progress & just one moment Johnson ! ...... I'd like a word with you ! Young Mancie ! Put that can back in the bag ! Until you leave the confines of this room you're still on my time thank you very much ! And you boy ! "Who Sir ? Me Sir ?" Yes you sir ! less of your chit chat Master Jaysay & tuck your shirt tails in you, you scruffy little Homunculus !

Hopefully that makes everything as clear as mud now ?

No tails on my shirt Dave, I always wear Rovers shirts

[shillelagh]

Originally Posted by Wynonie Harris

Apologies yet again ...was EVERYBODY on this forum born in Blackburn?

nope ... born northfield road, rising bridge ....

[Bernard Dawson]

Originally Posted by shillelagh

nope ... born northfield road, rising bridge ....

Born in Hyndburn I see.

[shillelagh]

Originally Posted by Bernard Dawson

Born in Hyndburn I see.

nope ... rossendale bernard .. dont you start moving the boundaries ....

[lancsdave]

Originally Posted by Wynonie Harris

Apologies yet again ...was EVERYBODY on this forum born in Blackburn?

Don't tar us all with the same bog brush

[cashman]

Originally Posted by lancsdave

Don't tar us all with the same bog brush

You tell him Dave, give him 6.

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by cashman

You tell him Dave, give him 6.

Rotten sod ya beat me to that one

[Mancie]

Well seening as it's all gone quite from the bitter twisted Scousers.. I'll start the ball rolling... here's to UTD and it is soon to be......NNN..NNN..N..NINETEEN .that's 19!