Classics from the BBC.

ferrarilover · Post by **ferrarilover** » 08 Sep 2014, 13:36

I thought I'd start a thread for a bit of fun. This place is for us to share in the glory of the BBCs indescribably inaccurate reporting of events which don't concern the Premier **** League. Such is their contempt for anyone earning less than £300,000/week, they very often don't even get player's names right.

From the Braintree game alone:

"Ben Young struck a brace for Torquay"

and

"Andy Brown tries a through ball, but Andy Brown is caught offside."

That Andy Brown (whose real name is probably Simon Westfield, or something similar) must be **** quick, maybe we should look at signing him up?

Matt.

CP Gull · Post by **CP Gull** » 08 Sep 2014, 13:44

ferrarilover wrote:I thought I'd start a thread for a bit of fun. This place is for us to share in the glory of the BBCs indescribably inaccurate reporting of events which don't concern the Premier f**king League. Such is their contempt for anyone earning less than £300,000/week, they very often don't even get player's names right.

From the Braintree game alone:

"Ben Young struck a brace for Torquay"

and

"Andy Brown tries a through ball, but Andy Brown is caught offside."

That Andy Brown (whose real name is probably Simon Westfield, or something similar) must be f**king quick, maybe we should look at signing him up?

Matt.

Terrible reporting that. They couldn't even get the name of the team we were playing right either ... I mean Braintree? WTF? :slap:

ferrarilover · Post by **ferrarilover** » 08 Sep 2014, 14:56

Got Braintree on the... Eerm... Brain.

Who did we play at the weekend?

Matt.

CP Gull · Post by **CP Gull** » 08 Sep 2014, 15:29

'Twas Nuneaton Town, formerly Nuneaton Borough.

Dutchgull · Post by **Dutchgull** » 08 Sep 2014, 20:22

Seeing how crap ITV are at football presentation they are certainly no alternative !

Andy Townsend Adrian Chiles Clive Tydesley AAAAGGGGHHHH !

ferrarilover · Post by **ferrarilover** » 08 Sep 2014, 21:06

Nuneaton, got it, cheers CP.

You're absolutely right, Dutch. That lot reads like a version of my own personal hell. Awful people, the lot of them. Yewtree should be raiding their homes as we speak.

Matt.

Post by **happytorq** » 09 Sep 2014, 15:16

Dutchgull wrote:Seeing how crap ITV are at football presentation they are certainly no alternative !

Andy Townsend Adrian Chiles Clive Tydesley AAAAGGGGHHHH !

Still. This might cheer you up a bit.

ethantufcbaker · Post by **ethantufcbaker** » 09 Sep 2014, 18:54

Offside, Torquay United. Duane Ofori-Acheampong tries a through ball, but Duane Ofori-Acheampong is caught offside.

Post by **Scott Brehaut** » 09 Sep 2014, 19:40

The live text updates are not controlled by the BBC.

ethantufcbaker · Post by **ethantufcbaker** » 09 Sep 2014, 19:43

Scott Brehaut wrote:The live text updates are not controlled by the BBC.

Oh didnt know that :Oops:

Post by **Scott Brehaut** » 09 Sep 2014, 19:46

Yep - it's a feed that most media subscribe to. Sky have identical errors.

The "Ben Young" issue though is a BBC mistake.

Post by **Trojan 67** » 10 Sep 2014, 21:50

ferrarilover wrote: This place is for us to share in the glory of the BBCs indescribably inaccurate reporting of events which don't concern the Premier f**king League. Such is their contempt for anyone earning less than £300,000/week, they very often don't even get player's names right.

"Ben Young struck a brace for Torquay.

Matt.

Ben Young

BEN YOUNG ?

WHO THE F*CK IS BEN YOUNG !!!

(I know who Ben Yon is . . . falls over a lot, gets caught offside, has added to his game in arguing with officials and rarely scores)

Post by **Scott Brehaut** » 13 Sep 2014, 15:42

Offside, Torquay United. Thomas Cruise tries a through ball, but Thomas Cruise is caught offside

chippygull · Post by **chippygull** » 16 Sep 2014, 11:34

BBC strike again. Duane has schizophrenia!

Forwards
7 Briscoe 9 Bowman 14 Yeoman 23 Benyon 26 Sullivan n.n. O'Achie n.n.Ofori-Acheampong

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/tea ... uay-united (scroll to bottom)

ferrarilover · Post by **ferrarilover** » 20 Sep 2014, 20:34

"Torquay defence have now gone 556 minutes without conceding a goal after five successive clean sheets."

Matches are 90 minutes long. 90 x 6 is 540. How the **** have we supposedly gone 556 minutes in 5 games?

The answer, for those who care, is that we have gone 526 minutes without conceding.

90 v Dover (90)
90 v Woking (180)
90 v Grimsby (270)
90 v Chester (360)
90 v Nuneaton (450)
76 v Lincoln (526) - their pen came in the 14th minute.

Matt.

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