30 years of Praise and Grumble

[Blade for Sale]

I especially liked the bits when not much was happening in a game and so Robert Jackson would play a stirring march.

After a minute or so he would break into it and say, for example, " It's working. Keith Edwards has just scored for Sheffield

United."

I think he used to refer to them as military marches. I recall vividly he played one when we were 3-2 down to Port Vale in a crucial game. He then interrupted the music by saying 'now what would you think if I said the words Brian Deane' .

 

[sitwell]

I thought his real sporting love was crown green bowls. I'm told he chairs some local organisation.

Bradway I would guess

 

[Pinchy]

I thought his real sporting love was crown green bowls. I'm told he chairs some local organisation.

It is mate. My dad played with him before he (my dad) was unfit to carry on. Bob's son Richard was a champion player, winning the Sheffield singles on more than one occasion.

Bob was also a senior Magistrate in Sheffield but retired some years ago. He once handed out a fine that the defendant thought excessive. He called out "Bob, I've got a grumble..."

 

[DifferentClass]

"it was as good as a mk4 Cortina with alloys from Halfords"

So a belter then?

 

[fishpie]

I think old days of P or G, and Bob Jackson's voice comes to mind first. Very closely followed by the lovely lilt of regular caller, the fine lady Dr Hill...UTB

 

[metalblade]

It has indeed got crap over the years, in fact so crap even Brian the Blade is not the worse one that phones in regularly, I think that accolade must surely go to the Pitsmoor pig ........... err if you know what I mean ...... yer know .......er like. The presenters are piss poor too and regularly cut people off if they don't agree with them, that made me laugh a few years back the Unitedite who would ring in pretending to be a dingle and would always finish off by saying "that Billy Sharp is faster than our Kes" ................. I'm not sure they ever twigged on it was a wind up.

 

[bladesadviser]

Jasper Carrot piece about Tony Butler's phone in went like this

Caller- What about the Albion eh Tone?

Butler- What about them?

Caller- Thanks Tone

Listening on the way home (at least until the signal goes at Newark) on a Saturday the quality is very similar to the above

 

[Coily]

I think he used to refer to them as military marches. I recall vividly he played one when we were 3-2 down to Port Vale in a crucial game. He then interrupted the music by saying 'now what would you think if I said the words Brian Deane' .

I remember the military march was in full swing in 1984 when Bob Jackson interupted to say, there's been a goal at Millmoor. Then he left it hanging for what seemed like days before saying Bob Atkins had scored, sending me and my mate ballistic.

 

[Snowman]

It is mate. My dad played with him before he (my dad) was unfit to carry on. Bob's son Richard was a champion player, winning the Sheffield singles on more than one occasion.

Bob was also a senior Magistrate in Sheffield but retired some years ago. He once handed out a fine that the defendant thought excessive. He called out "Bob, I've got a grumble..."

I recall I appeared before him professionally the Monday following our loss in the cup at Norwich one year. I was wearing a Sheffield United tie. The one with stripes at the bottom and the crest in the middle at the top. He spotted that and I think the comment was "Is that a Sheffield United tie Mr x? I hope that's not an attempt to curry favour with the bench". Lovely bloke.

Wasn't there some guy who also had a show, or maybe it was Jackson's show who sadly fell very ill with Motor Neurone Disease or similar?

 

[Pinchy]

I recall I appeared before him professionally the Monday following our loss in the cup at Norwich one year. I was wearing a Sheffield United tie. The one with stripes at the bottom and the crest in the middle at the top. He spotted that and I think the comment was "Is that a Sheffield United tie Mr x? I hope that's not an attempt to curry favour with the bench". Lovely bloke.

Wasn't there some guy who also had a show, or maybe it was Jackson's show who sadly fell very ill with Motor Neurone Disease or similar?

Bob would have Brian Bradley doing a 5 minute local football spot. I think Brian (another Blade) and his missus were killed in a car crash. You may be thinking of a bloke called Wynton Cooper who was also on the sports team and died from an illness?

 

[Revolution]

I recall I appeared before him professionally the Monday following our loss in the cup at Norwich one year. I was wearing a Sheffield United tie. The one with stripes at the bottom and the crest in the middle at the top. He spotted that and I think the comment was "Is that a Sheffield United tie Mr x? I hope that's not an attempt to curry favour with the bench". Lovely bloke.

Wasn't there some guy who also had a show, or maybe it was Jackson's show who sadly fell very ill with Motor Neurone Disease or similar?

You may be thinking of Michael Cook - he had a show on radio Sheffield for years. He succumbed to Parkinson's disease.

 

[Revolution]

Bob would have Brian Bradley doing a 5 minute local football spot. I think Brian (another Blade) and his missus were killed in a car crash. You may be thinking of a bloke called Wynton Cooper who was also on the sports team and died from an illness?

Brian Bradley did a non league slot on Hallam as well in the mid 1980s. He knew his stuff.

Wasn't Bob Jackson the one who originally submitted the shareholders' resolution about Yorkshire quitting Bramall Lane in the early 1970s?

 

[Pinchy]

You may be thinking of Michael Cook - he had a show on radio Sheffield for years. He succumbed to Parkinson's disease.

Yes, that's right. Forgot about him. As for Winton Cooper, it wasn't an illness. He was brutally killed by his own son!.....

 

[Wapping Blade]

Yes, that's right. Forgot about him. As for Winton Cooper, it wasn't an illness. He was brutally killed by his own son!.....

Ah, old Winston Cowpat.

 

[Rodley]

Love a bit of P&G. Radio Sheff's coverage is superb considering they get paid absolute peanuts and use equipment 20 years out of date.

Here's hoping for another 30 years!

 

[Dkc]

I taped Praise or Grumble on the day we beat Leicester to get promoted.

Can you put it online if you still have it?

 

[Snowman]

You may be thinking of Michael Cook - he had a show on radio Sheffield for years. He succumbed to Parkinson's disease.

That's the Badger. Wonder why I associated him with P and G?

 

[HighfieldBlade]

Can you put it online if you still have it?

Might be up in the loft somewhere. I'll have to have a look for it.

 

[Englebert Wincobank]

As a kid, I always thought Radio Hallam's Sportacular, presented by Stuart Linnell and later Alan Biggs provided the best local coverage.

In later years, the Hallam phone-in was awful. I remember it being sponsored by some curry house in Barnsley. Someone would call in to speak about their team and be cut off in their prime and forced to answer a series of football questions. If you answered correctly, they'd announce you'd won something off the menu.

Congratulations! You've won The Pickle Tray!

Hope someone else remembers this. I really hope I haven't dreamt it.

 

[Snowman]

As a kid, I always thought Radio Hallam's Sportacular, presented by Stuart Linnell and later Alan Biggs provided the best local coverage.

In later years, the Hallam phone-in was awful. I remember it being sponsored by some curry house in Barnsley. Someone would call in to speak about their team and be cut off in their prime and forced to answer a series of football questions. If you answered correctly, they'd announce you'd won something off the menu.

Congratulations! You've won The Pickle Tray!

Hope someone else remembers this. I really hope I haven't dreamt it.

It was a nightmare.Best forget matey.

 

[blade too long]

A bit like 606 Graf.
Started by Danny Baker (and the other Danny I whose name I can't quite remember) and essential after game listening with general chat about worst goalkeeping kits or seeing Matt Le Tiss down the bingo. Used to try and listen every show.
Now? Full of dullard premier league supporters whingeing on about the manager, the players, the ref blah blah fucking blah. Absolutely unlistenable and not worth a shite anymore. Straight for the off button when it comes on.

PS. Kelly, Danny Kelly.

the internets killed it ,
most of the intelligent ones who argued well on radio either are on forums or twitter
as they dont cost money to join in

remember calling 606 once and it cost me about 11 quid

 

[away ends always empty.]

Didn't dave seamans ex phone in after we beat arsenal one time ,slagging him off for cheating on her ,maybe somebody knows more or is it just a load of old b×××××ks.

 

[blade too long]

Didn't dave seamans ex phone in after we beat arsenal one time ,slagging him off for cheating on her ,maybe somebody knows more or is it just a load of old b×××××ks.

its a bit of old pony tale


see what I did there

 

[Hodgyman]

Bob Jackson will never be beaten or even equaled. He would let callers have a fair crack at making their point. If he disagreed with them, he didn't try to argue with them or change their mind. If there was a tedious caller who couldn't make a reasonable point he just politely finished the conversation and moved on to the next caller. This approach maintained a more interesting program and more callers getting their P or G in.

The current P or G hosts could learn a lot from him.

 

[LSF]

Robert Jackson also ran a potato merchants in Parkway Market and ran the midweek league football team there too.
He often reffed the games too if no other ref available, but was scrupulously fair in his decision making.... Ahem...
Nothing Robert liked better than jumping in the communal bath with 22 hairy blokes after the game ..

 

[Valleyblade]

I don't mind a bit of praise or grumble. It's on when I drive home from work. Have to tolerate the usual nobheads from the out of city clubs (thats all of em), but the fact is, as a fan who just can't get enough of the mighty blades, where else do you get the coverage that RS provides? If we were in the Prem and covered on mainstream media more, P&G might seem a bit more tedious....

Short of what you see, what you get on channel 5, and what you might find on here, there's little other option.

 

[Sothall_Blade]

As a kid, I always thought Radio Hallam's Sportacular, presented by Stuart Linnell and later Alan Biggs provided the best local coverage.

In later years, the Hallam phone-in was awful. I remember it being sponsored by some curry house in Barnsley. Someone would call in to speak about their team and be cut off in their prime and forced to answer a series of football questions. If you answered correctly, they'd announce you'd won something off the menu.

Congratulations! You've won The Pickle Tray!

Hope someone else remembers this. I really hope I haven't dreamt it.

I remember it. Paul Walker was hosting at the time before switching to Radio Sheffield. I remember him saying "this is to win the popodoms and a pickle tray for two". I think they had a chance to win a full three course meal, with each correct question being one course.

 

[cahill]

I dip in and out of Football Heaven and Praise or Grumble but not same since Bob Jackson and lattelry even though they got criticsed Paul wallker and Seth Bennett. Not as keen on the new guys. It seems to be same callers, that Rawmarsh Mick, the Pitsmoor Owl, Brian the Blade etc. It is obvious they are called up every evening and the station probably has them on commision! (my wife once did a feature on her new book on Radio Sheffield and a few months later for no reason Paulette Edwards rung her to talk about wheely bins asking if she would go on the show!)

As for Baker and Kelly. Some of the funniest things I have ever heard. Football related-ish but on various guises on 606, TalkSport, podcasts. Those two were brilliant. Danny Baker's Saturday morning show is very good but only has some football content but still very funny but probably not same since excellent Lyndsey Hypgrave left to concentrate on c5 and BT.

Anyway have a listen to some of these if you have a spare bit of time; are from a while ago but some are brilliant

http://www.internettreehouse.co.uk/footie.htm

Would recommend these couple of short clips definitely

http://www.internettreehouse.co.uk/audio/bowtie.mp3
http://www.internettreehouse.co.uk/audio/ted.mp3

Danny Baker was brilliant when he was fresh and phone ins were the new thing, unfortunately I think his Saturday morning show is desperately unoriginal and unfunny. Saw him on the Ian Hislop Paul Merton panel comedy programme ( forgot name) and he was so out of his depth and pedestrian

 

[sitwell]

It has indeed got crap over the years, in fact so crap even Brian the Blade is not the worse one that phones in regularly, I think that accolade must surely go to the Pitsmoor pig ........... err if you know what I mean ...... yer know .......er like. The presenters are piss poor too and regularly cut people off if they don't agree with them, that made me laugh a few years back the Unitedite who would ring in pretending to be a dingle and would always finish off by saying "that Billy Sharp is faster than our Kes" ................. I'm not sure they ever twigged on it was a wind up.

I think the worse one is that Carlos bloke they have on every week ,rambles on about fuck all then repeats it 3 times ,pig he is.

 

[The Crab]

I dip in and out of Football Heaven and Praise or Grumble but not same since Bob Jackson and lattelry even though they got criticsed Paul wallker and Seth Bennett. Not as keen on the new guys. It seems to be same callers, that Rawmarsh Mick, the Pitsmoor Owl, Brian the Blade etc. It is obvious they are called up every evening and the station probably has them on commision! (my wife once did a feature on her new book on Radio Sheffield and a few months later for no reason Paulette Edwards rung her to talk about wheely bins asking if she would go on the show!)

As for Baker and Kelly. Some of the funniest things I have ever heard. Football related-ish but on various guises on 606, TalkSport, podcasts. Those two were brilliant. Danny Baker's Saturday morning show is very good but only has some football content but still very funny but probably not same since excellent Lyndsey Hypgrave left to concentrate on c5 and BT.

Anyway have a listen to some of these if you have a spare bit of time; are from a while ago but some are brilliant

http://www.internettreehouse.co.uk/footie.htm

Would recommend these couple of short clips definitely

http://www.internettreehouse.co.uk/audio/bowtie.mp3
http://www.internettreehouse.co.uk/audio/ted.mp3

I always try to catch some of Danny Bakers show on a Saturday morning, love the Sausage Sandwich game.