Your views on BWFC welcome… as long as they’re completely stupid
Tuesday October 6th, 2009
How to interview a Bolton Wanderers fan, courtesy of striatic
Just in case anyone cares what we think…
Following on from my post the other day about the use of silly analogies, I stumbled across another – albeit over a week old – article that shows how generalisations and misrepresentations are being used to bash Bolton Wanderers fans and their dislike of Gary Megson.
It comes from The Sun (disclosure: I used to work for The Sun), whose reporter Neil Custis wrote:
LISTEN to some Bolton fans and you would think Gary Megson had taken the club down two divisions and into administration.
In the 25 paragraphs that follows Custis then quotes a sum total of 0 Bolton fans, which can only lead us to the conclusion that, despite the word being in capital letters in the first paragraph, Custis didn’t actually LISTEN to any Bolton fans at all, other than the ones booing in the stands.
If The Sun would like a more articulate reasoning of our dislike for Megson, I’d be more than happy to set out my reasons, which are infinitely more complex than an over-simplisitc analysis of league tables and balance sheets.
I suspect, though, that the mainstream media doesn’t want an articulated response. It doesn’t suit the story they’ve already decided on (Megson = victim, Bolton fans = big bullies), so instead Sky Sports goes and finds as many idiots as they can on Bolton market (not normally a hot bed of footballing intellectuals) who all failed to get the point across properly.
If I’m wrong about this then The Sun, Sky and other mainstream media outlet is more than welcome to contact me here.
And to prove this isn’t just an excercise in vanity, I’m sure the good people over at Burnden Aces, BWFC24, the Bolton Wanderers fancast and all the other independent fan site would be equally willing to share their thoughts, some of which may even Pro-Megson (fine by me as long as they’re well articulated). In fact that only goes to show that things at Bolton are not as black and white as The Sun and others would have you believe.
Comments, suggestions, criticisms, jokes all welcome below…
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1 Comment to Your views on BWFC welcome… as long as they’re completely stupid
While watching the Tottenham match here, the local Brazilian commentators came out with an interesting stat re-Bolton’s average attendance. While noting it was low by Prem standards, they said ONLY 4 Brazilian top teams beat that ! They were I believe, Flamengo, Corinthians, Sao Paulo and Cruzeiro.
Like the look of Lee and Tamir – nice to see a bit of creative talent.
Brazilians again singled out Gardner as BWFC’s best player…….
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