Following on from the Complete Record and On This Day (which comes out in October, apparently), I've also been commissioned to write third book about the Mighty Yellows, to be entitled Miscellany. The deadline for completion of the manuscript is 31 March 2010.
I'm compiling a list of suitable topics, but wouldn't mind some added inspiration, so if any of you good people have a topic that they wish to see that could come under the Miscellany heading, put it in this thread.
In addition, if any of you are sitting on some wonderfully obscure OUFC trivia that they think is worthy please let me know. I will credit sources where used, but also respect any requests for anonymity.
Thx dudes.
Admin edit: just going to stickify this for a wee while...
Write my next book for me
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All the bands that performed at the Manor, Hall & Oates etc.
Manorettes
The wall falling down.
Pre/post match music. Who can forget Pilot "Oh, oh, oh it's magic" evertime we won.
Local watering holes, The Butchers, The Vikings, The Standard, The Brit.
Hard men, Briggs, Rougvie, Fashanu, Vinny Jones.
Thames Valley Royals and the Maxwells although they were probably done to death in other publications.
Manorettes
The wall falling down.
Pre/post match music. Who can forget Pilot "Oh, oh, oh it's magic" evertime we won.
Local watering holes, The Butchers, The Vikings, The Standard, The Brit.
Hard men, Briggs, Rougvie, Fashanu, Vinny Jones.
Thames Valley Royals and the Maxwells although they were probably done to death in other publications.
The exorcism of the Kassam Stadium in 2001?
The curse of Firoz Kassam.........and.........
how about (wearing your Town Planning Hat) the affect the new housing proposals could have on the club once the land opposite the Kassam Stadium is developed. Could it scupper the clubs plans to build a West End facility at Grenoble Road for example ?
The curse of Firoz Kassam.........and.........
how about (wearing your Town Planning Hat) the affect the new housing proposals could have on the club once the land opposite the Kassam Stadium is developed. Could it scupper the clubs plans to build a West End facility at Grenoble Road for example ?
My favourite ever Manor moment ever, ever, was sneaking drunk onto the Manor about five hours after the last ever match (the charity game v QPR) with someone else who shall remain nameless, and recreating all our favourite goals from years gone past (with various degrees of success).
I'll knock out a piece about that.
I'll knock out a piece about that.
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Re: Write my next book for me
Now you are talking."boris" wrote:Following on from the Complete Record and On This Day (which comes out in October, apparently), I've also been commissioned to write third book about the Mighty Yellows, to be entitled Miscellany. The deadline for completion of the manuscript is 31 March 2010.
I'm compiling a list of suitable topics, but wouldn't mind some added inspiration, so if any of you good people have a topic that they wish to see that could come under the Miscellany heading, put it in this thread.
In addition, if any of you are sitting on some wonderfully obscure OUFC trivia that they think is worthy please let me know. I will credit sources where used, but also respect any requests for anonymity.
Thx dudes.
Sample chapter titles
Tears in the Rain - May 2006.
Relegated in an East London Desert- Spring 1976.
Meeting Brian Talbot in the Kassam Car Park -February 2006.
Chatting up Mrs. Karen Atkins - late 2002.
Man next to me has heart attack - Oxford v Notts County - last game of 1993/94 season.
Kicked, punched and abused by Coventry skinheads - FA Cup Fifth Round -February 1982.
But I digress....
Youth System - eg. an all-time homegrown XI // success stories (went on to play in top flight/internationals) // {I have somewhere a list of all YT players first team appearances by season}
Fans XI - a follow up to the vote that OxVox ran to name the Conference Rooms at the stadium - top 5 or XI per decade perhaps.
Behind the Scenes - features on key figures in the history of the club (beyond players and managers) - eg. Ken Fish, Rosie, Les Taylor, Mick Brown, the groundsmen, Dawn, Chris W, even Mike Ashley, or is the chance to get the full FOUL story into print? ...
Where are they now - what players did or are still doing after they stopped playing - who ran pubs/managed/did what/etc
Links/Connections to other Oxon clubs
Fans XI - a follow up to the vote that OxVox ran to name the Conference Rooms at the stadium - top 5 or XI per decade perhaps.
Behind the Scenes - features on key figures in the history of the club (beyond players and managers) - eg. Ken Fish, Rosie, Les Taylor, Mick Brown, the groundsmen, Dawn, Chris W, even Mike Ashley, or is the chance to get the full FOUL story into print? ...
Where are they now - what players did or are still doing after they stopped playing - who ran pubs/managed/did what/etc
Links/Connections to other Oxon clubs
"My favourite ever Manor moment ever, ever, was sneaking drunk onto the Manor about five hours after the last ever match (the charity game v QPR) with someone else who shall remain nameless, and recreating all our favourite goals from years gone past"....................................
Strange that, after the number of penalties you missed, I would have thought you'd prefer to forget
That really was the perfect end to The Manor years.
Strange that, after the number of penalties you missed, I would have thought you'd prefer to forget
That really was the perfect end to The Manor years.
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What would be fabulous is:
For those of us that were posting on the original Mzuri site (is that the right name?) do you recall, we all posted up our memories of The Manor? It was a wonderful piece. By using few words, just about every aspect of the experience and events were captured.
I'd hate for those words to be lost and not reproduced, albeit I guess they went down with the site. However, I do know Chris Brewer kept a copy of it all at the time. Probably long gone.
Remember?
Other topics
- London Road coach: Classic breakdowns
- Fans forums: The worst of, unedited
- Popular 80's terrace chants: The pianoist's choice
- Infamous fans: Pluggy's choice
For those of us that were posting on the original Mzuri site (is that the right name?) do you recall, we all posted up our memories of The Manor? It was a wonderful piece. By using few words, just about every aspect of the experience and events were captured.
I'd hate for those words to be lost and not reproduced, albeit I guess they went down with the site. However, I do know Chris Brewer kept a copy of it all at the time. Probably long gone.
Remember?
Other topics
- London Road coach: Classic breakdowns
- Fans forums: The worst of, unedited
- Popular 80's terrace chants: The pianoist's choice
- Infamous fans: Pluggy's choice