LauriestonBairn Posted January 24, 2023 Share Posted January 24, 2023 On 16/01/2023 at 12:33, lennyzer0 said: Wait, how many times has he been capped? Luiyi de Lucas: Livingston complete signing of former Haka centre-half - BBC Sport I was going to give this a greenie, but it has 8! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirkieRR Posted January 24, 2023 Share Posted January 24, 2023 Re 'Darwen' above. The BBC site has opened a forum - 'Have Your Say' - on Darvel and one thing noticeable about the ha-ha-bleedin-Jock-football-is-a-pub-league-innit Premier League armchair fanboys who are HYS's core market is that they can't handle the word 'Darvel' even when it's written on the screen they're looking at. 'Derval' and 'Darwel' are the most common variants. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G_&_T Posted January 24, 2023 Share Posted January 24, 2023 There's no excuse for reputed publications not spelling Darvel correctly, however it does demonstrate just how big of a shock that victory was last night. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted January 25, 2023 Share Posted January 25, 2023 There actually was a football club called Darwen who took the first (illicit) professional footballers from Scotland down to England in the 1870s. They once even faced a Scottish club competitively, when they thrashed Hearts 7-1 in Lancashire in FA Cup. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afc_blockhead Posted January 25, 2023 Share Posted January 25, 2023 3 minutes ago, HibeeJibee said: There actually was a football club called Darwen who took the first (illicit) professional footballers from Scotland down to England in the 1870s. They once even faced a Scottish club competitively, when they thrashed Hearts 7-1 in Lancashire in FA Cup. I think thats on the Hearts honours list: Lancashire cup runners up Just below the tennents sixes 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingjoey Posted January 25, 2023 Share Posted January 25, 2023 8 hours ago, KirkieRR said: Re 'Darwen' above. The BBC site has opened a forum - 'Have Your Say' - on Darvel and one thing noticeable about the ha-ha-bleedin-Jock-football-is-a-pub-league-innit Premier League armchair fanboys who are HYS's core market is that they can't handle the word 'Darvel' even when it's written on the screen they're looking at. 'Derval' and 'Darwel' are the most common variants. Not sure if you’re taking the piss or not, but to quote an error in getting a team’s name wrong, and then getting the wrong name wrong, has given me a laugh to start my day. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leith Green Posted January 25, 2023 Share Posted January 25, 2023 9 hours ago, G_&_T said: There's no excuse for reputed publications not spelling Darvel correctly, however it does demonstrate just how big of a shock that victory was last night. Aye, but if you are an English journalist, it probably scans as "Daavil" because the useless twonks dont care about pronunciation of towns further north than St Albans and throw the "R" away (per The Proclaimers). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted January 25, 2023 Share Posted January 25, 2023 It could've been worse if they left the intern to source photos. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirkieRR Posted January 25, 2023 Share Posted January 25, 2023 3 hours ago, kingjoey said: Not sure if you’re taking the piss or not, but to quote an error in getting a team’s name wrong, and then getting the wrong name wrong, has given me a laugh to start my day. I'm not sure what you're referring to, old boy. I haven't spelt anything wrong, but if thinking I had brings you joy, who am I to quibble? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Master Posted January 25, 2023 Share Posted January 25, 2023 1 hour ago, Sergeant Wilson said: It could've been worse if they left the intern to source photos. "Go find us a picture of the skipper of that side that just beat Aberdeen". 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G_&_T Posted January 25, 2023 Share Posted January 25, 2023 3 hours ago, Leith Green said: Aye, but if you are an English journalist, it probably scans as "Daavil" because the useless twonks dont care about pronunciation of towns further north than St Albans and throw the "R" away (per The Proclaimers). Just notice that I wrote 'reputed', when I meant 'reputable'. The quality of journalism nowadays is rubbish, generally. I can only speculate whether this would've happened twenty or forty years ago, but I reckon it wouldn't have. Nowadays with the availability of the internet, there's less excuse for it, too. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirkieRR Posted January 25, 2023 Share Posted January 25, 2023 Just spotted a new one by a BBC HYS poster - 'Darvell'. Which looks quite classy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted January 25, 2023 Share Posted January 25, 2023 1 minute ago, KirkieRR said: Just spotted a new one by a BBC HYS poster - 'Darvell'. Which looks quite classy. They call it that in the bought houses. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingjoey Posted January 25, 2023 Share Posted January 25, 2023 2 hours ago, KirkieRR said: I'm not sure what you're referring to, old boy. I haven't spelt anything wrong, but if thinking I had brings you joy, who am I to quibble? Darwen. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirkieRR Posted January 25, 2023 Share Posted January 25, 2023 7 minutes ago, kingjoey said: Darwen. Look a few posts earlier. I was referring to someone's previous post who mentioned Darwen. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren Posted January 25, 2023 Share Posted January 25, 2023 4 minutes ago, KirkieRR said: Look a few posts earlier. I was referring to someone's previous post who mentioned Darwen. Yours is the first mention of Darwen. MotD tweet said Darwin. You've made an arse of it. Move on. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raidernation Posted January 25, 2023 Share Posted January 25, 2023 At east no one called it "Darren" 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingjoey Posted January 25, 2023 Share Posted January 25, 2023 13 minutes ago, KirkieRR said: Look a few posts earlier. I was referring to someone's previous post who mentioned Darwen. Having a bad day? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirkieRR Posted January 25, 2023 Share Posted January 25, 2023 Goodness, Darwen and Darwin? That's pub-emptying pedantry, laddie. But yes, if you insist, I'm having a terribly bad day. I'll live the rest of my life, which won't be very long, in a deep slough of utter shame and all my joys will be ashes, all my pleasures pains, and there will be no future, no aspiration, no relief. I am in a bad place. You, by contrast, are an Aberdeen supporter. Hang on... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cptn Hooch Posted January 27, 2023 Share Posted January 27, 2023 On 24/01/2023 at 23:14, KirkieRR said: Re 'Darwen' above. The BBC site has opened a forum - 'Have Your Say' - on Darvel and one thing noticeable about the ha-ha-bleedin-Jock-football-is-a-pub-league-innit Premier League armchair fanboys who are HYS's core market is that they can't handle the word 'Darvel' even when it's written on the screen they're looking at. 'Derval' and 'Darwel' are the most common variants. See also Livvie, Livy or Livvy On 25/01/2023 at 08:34, Leith Green said: Aye, but if you are an English journalist, it probably scans as "Daavil" because the useless twonks dont care about pronunciation of towns further north than St Albans and throw the "R" away (per The Proclaimers). The Poclaimers? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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