ecuk268 Posted September 22 Share Posted September 22 Former Saints reporter for the old Football Echo (The Pink). His death was announced at half-time yesterday. In the pre-internet days the Footy Echo was required reading on a Saturday evening. I grew up in Romsey and used go with my dad to the newsagent and it was usually there by 7.00pm. In later years used to do the same with my son until they moved it to Sunday and, not long after, it ceased publication. I always found Bob's reports to be a bit through rose-tinted glasses. We'd get stuffed 0-3 at home and the headline would be "Unlucky Saints". 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Kraken Posted September 22 Share Posted September 22 Ah that’s a shame. Many years ago I used to know his son Mick, he used to post on here as SonOfBob. RIP. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wade Garrett Posted September 22 Share Posted September 22 Used to love the Football Echo. RIP Bob. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gloucester Saint Posted September 22 Share Posted September 22 Sad news, a key part of the matchday experience early 1980s onwards for me and our family. Remember Bob’s articles well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derry Posted September 22 Share Posted September 22 RIP, I miss the Football Echo. I remember Bob well, Peter East was always ringing me up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric The Red Posted September 22 Share Posted September 22 Yes very sad news, I always thought Bob gave a pretty measured view of things, though I'd agree with a bias towards Saints. That was OK by me though as I'm biased towards Saints as well! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted September 22 Share Posted September 22 Shame to hear this. As others said the Sports Echo was an essential part of your football routine in a bygone era, and standing outside newsagents waiting for it 6.30 onwards as I recall, was part of the Saturday ritual very often. One recollection was how due to printing times, the match report was heavily weighted to the first half (perhaps two thirds on the report ) then the second half would be condensed into a couple of paragraphs no matter what happened and who won ( final paragraph : Saints then scored five goals in the last ten minutes to win 5-4 after multiple sendings off in the 80th minute for opponent . Okay, that's an exaggeration but an indication of how little detail of the later stages was provided). 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Kraken Posted September 22 Share Posted September 22 Genuinely remarkable how they got it written, printed and delivered to newsagents all over the area within a couple of hours of the game finishing. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkshire Saint Posted September 22 Share Posted September 22 (edited) 41 minutes ago, Badger said: Shame to hear this. As others said the Sports Echo was an essential part of your football routine in a bygone era, and standing outside newsagents waiting for it 6.30 onwards as I recall, was part of the Saturday ritual very often. One recollection was how due to printing times, the match report was heavily weighted to the first half (perhaps two thirds on the report ) then the second half would be condensed into a couple of paragraphs no matter what happened and who won ( final paragraph : Saints then scored five goals in the last ten minutes to win 5-4 after multiple sendings off in the 80th minute for opponent . Okay, that's an exaggeration but an indication of how little detail of the later stages was provided). Yes, thats how I remember it. Sometimes the Pink was being sold as you walked back in to town and as a young lad, I could not always get my head around this futuristic ability. RIP 🙏 Edited September 22 by Yorkshire Saint 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveGc Posted September 22 Share Posted September 22 Always enjoyed the Pink and Bobs reports, RIP Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Bateman Posted September 22 Share Posted September 22 Very sad, loved reading his articles Condolences to his family Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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