Whatever happened to Mr Meadows?

[Cerberus Blade]

Back in the day (80's) there used to be regular announcements at the Lane like the following:

"Would Mr Meadows please go to South Stand reception, immediately!"

Then, quite often, within a minute or two of this announcement, there would be another like this:

"Mr Meadows is no longer required to go to South Stand reception"

I've not heard these announcements for years now. Could it be that something bad has happened to Mr Meadows? Or did he just get totally fucked off by being messed about and has stopped coming?

 

[SwissBlade]

They put him out to pasture

 

[TonyAgana]

They replaced him with "phase 2" at one point, didn't they?

 

[HighfieldBlade]

I often wondered what all that Mr.Meadows stuff was all about!

 

[seanbeenstattoo]

Now it's "Mohammeds lighting up the place run like fuck"

 

[Lord Bos of Eckington.]

Back in the day (80's) there used to be regular announcements at the Lane like the following:

"Would Mr Meadows please go to South Stand reception, immediately!"

Then, quite often, within a minute or two of this announcement, there would be another like this:

"Mr Meadows is no longer required to go to South Stand reception"

I've not heard these announcements for years now. Could it be that something bad has happened to Mr Meadows? Or did he just get totally fucked off by being messed about and has stopped coming?

Mr Meadows head of security for the gate receipt money who didn't do his job when Paul Woolhouse was around at the match before he absconded and the money went missing .


I remember the announcement , has anyone seen Mike Hunt .

 

[lingsbord]

School of Pedantry:

"Will all stewards go to Phase 5"

This means "Stand up and face the crowd"

Mr Meadows was a source of merriment for a while, with large cheers coming when the annoucement came "Mr Meadows is no longer required"

 

[Pollingtonblade]

Did he leave at the same time as Diplodocus Dave?

Fans calling for an old stadium announcement to return only in S2

 

[lingsbord]

Fans calling for an old stadium announcement to return only in S2

I miss this one: "The omnibus with the destination "Wybourn" will depart from the avenue of Shoreham as soon as the footman has shovelled up the shite dropped by the powertrain, and when the chap with the red flags finally emerges from the hostelry known as the Royal Standard"

 

[ZoneManWilf]

Bramall control iirc

 

[Northyorksblade]

I often wondered what all that Mr.Meadows stuff was all about!

Really?

 

[seanbeenstattoo]

Old bloke ambling to put 2 boards up with the score at half time for match A.

Not an anouncement but the most eagerly awaited prelude to one in the ground.

 

[BushBlade]

Old bloke ambling to put 2 boards up with the score at half time for match A.

Not an anouncement but the most eagerly awaited prelude to one in the ground.

Jackie Charlton's fucked it up again.

 

[Trafford]

Anyone remember when they used to put announcements out for Dr White, which was a brand of sanitary towel at the time? Always used to get a childish cheer....

 

[SW12 to S12 to S18]

Back in the day (80's) there used to be regular announcements at the Lane like the following:

"Would Mr Meadows please go to South Stand reception, immediately!"

Then, quite often, within a minute or two of this announcement, there would be another like this:

"Mr Meadows is no longer required to go to South Stand reception"

I've not heard these announcements for years now. Could it be that something bad has happened to Mr Meadows? Or did he just get totally fucked off by being messed about and has stopped coming?

He was put out to pasture many years ago.

 

[HighfieldBlade]

Really?

Deffo. We need to get Arthur C Clarke on the case.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Mr Meadows was the old chap sat next to me, poor cunt he couldn't watch 20 minutes football without having to trudge around to the south stand. You think his Mrs would remember to give him his sarnis and flask before he set off.

 

[Johnstreetstand]

Wasn't he chief constable back in the day. They used his name as coded message. Meant something like all plod back to the canteen kettles on. Or it's kicking off int car park, come quick and get first pick of the beige loafers flying about.

 

[Cerberus Blade]

School of Pedantry:

"Will all stewards go to Phase 5"

This means "Stand up and face the crowd"

Mr Meadows was a source of merriment for a while, with large cheers coming when the annoucement came "Mr Meadows is no longer required"

Ha-ha! Yes remember that Phase 5 routine as well. Like you said, it meant "coppers stand up and face the crowd". Then there was another announcement which I forget but meant, "coppers sit down again".

We didn't need GCHQ to break them codes eh?

The question is..what were phases 1-4?

 

[Cerberus Blade]

Anyone remember when they used to put announcements out for Dr White, which was a brand of sanitary towel at the time? Always used to get a childish cheer....

Wasn't she that old dear that used to come on P&G after the game and always praise us?

 

[boo radley]

Mr Meadows head of security for the gate receipt money who didn't do his job when Paul Woolhouse was around at the match before he absconded and the money went missing .

Mr Meadows now has a big hall in another part of town.

 

[Newbury Blade]

He moved down south, changed his name to Inspector Sands and got a job on London Underground.

 

[COME BACK CHED]

Mr Meadows head of security for the gate receipt money who didn't do his job when Paul Woolhouse was around at the match before he absconded and the money went missing .


I remember the announcement , has anyone seen Mike Hunt .

Yes my Lord it was wet and moist .

 

[DifferentClass]

Wasn't there once an announcement over tannoy saying summat along lines of "Mr. Smith, please report to South Stand reception as your wife has just given birth"?

 

[bertieblade]

There was indeed an announcement telling a blade that he had just become a father, but the best I heard was at "the" Cardiff Tuesday night match, when a guy was asked to return to his car as he had left the engine running.

 

[djbaldken]

No the best by far was by Gary Sinclair and went along the lines of ' Would the owner of the car parked on the Bramall lane car park in bay 54, please go to bay 44 where his car now is. And would the owner of the car in bay 44 go to his car where it has been involved in an accident'. Or words to that effect.

 

[St Annington]

The message was meant for stewards, not plod. It meant 'stop watching the match, and get back to where you're supposed to be, cos we think the shit's gonna hit the fan'

 

[Blade56]

No phase 2 was Mr Fields, as lingsbord sez its phase 5.

Mr meadows moved to Meadowhall and looks after 150 body bags they keep,there

 

[tyke1889]

Dunno, I'm at the back of the Kop. Never hear a bloody word they say on the Tannoy!

 

[SB_90]

talking about to this with my dad earlier who used to be steward at bramall lane "back in the day" & he says that it got stopped because appartantly a mr meadows actually turned up & asked 1 of stewards where he was required.

bet that was awkward