Sunday Times Barrow AFC article

[Barrow Lad New]

Small Rod Liddle article about Barrow AFC on Page 6 of the Sports section of the Sunday Times today.

[capman]

Like to have a look at it

[Bombadel]

Like to have a look at it

The quality isnt brilliant but should still be readable. Nice article in a national paper

[Arvo]

Well, he's conveniently missed out a season: "very nearly relegated last May" and "a campaign of dire struggle that featured the comings and goings of three managers" were, as we all know, the season before last, but, as they say, let's not let the truth get in the way of a good story.

[Moribund]

He also bangs on about Barrow's location - it's football writing by numbers.

Interestingly, Gregor Robertson, who also has a column in The Times, was in the Cross Bar yesterday - presumably this week's column is also about Barrow.

[Jonty]

How old is that article? A campaign of dire struggle? We finished 10th. It’s the little old Barrow perception thing again isn’t it. Red bricks, whippets, barren bleak peninsular. We are 2 hours from Manchester, 2 Hours from Liverpool, 3 and half hours to London/ Edinburgh, yet these articles make out we are on the moon.

[capman]

I thoughtt it was a good read .he is doing what we want ,talking about are football Club

[Bombadel]

He also bangs on about Barrow's location - it's football writing by numbers.

Interestingly, Gregor Robertson, who also has a column in The Times, was in the Cross Bar yesterday - presumably this week's column is also about Barrow.

Yeah didn't Barrow rugby play Toronto? now that's a bad location.

[Mr Zebedee]

An otherwise good article ruined by being a year out with some of his facts

Lazy writing, methinks

[barrowfan]

Have an idea he used to work for Radio Cumbria.

[cromwells ghost]

I am old enough to have been at Barrow's last games in the League and the article hit a note just hope I live long enough to see Barrow back in the league, just maybe-----------------

[Jim]

I thought the article was generally positive and supportive, though a pity he got the chronology wrong. It's great that we are being noticed. As the saying goes, there is no such thing as bad publicity.

[Arvo]

He also bangs on about Barrow's location - it's football writing by numbers.

In fairness, I suppose if you are writing about Barrow for a general audience, it's hard to avoid what we think of as the old cliches about location, remoteness and such, though I thought "many southerners cannot comprehend how big the north is" was somewhat overblown. Hardly the frozen arctic wastes, trudging across the tundra mile after mile, is it? But, generally, I agree with Jim: a positive article, no such thing as bad publicity (Prince Andrew might disagree with that one).

[Moribund]

He also bangs on about Barrow's location - it's football writing by numbers.

In fairness, I suppose if you are writing about Barrow for a general audience, it's hard to avoid what we think of as the old cliches about location, remoteness and such, though I thought "many southerners cannot comprehend how big the north is" was somewhat overblown. Hardly the frozen arctic wastes, trudging across the tundra mile after mile, is it? But, generally, I agree with Jim: a positive article, no such thing as bad publicity (Prince Andrew might disagree with that one).

It's more that most of it could be copied and pasted from any article on Barrow AFC that's been written in the national press. Would love, just once, for the focus to be on the football we're playing.

[majorjonnyd]

It’d have been nice had it not being written by a racist, misogynistic wife beater.