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« Reply #80 on: November 21, 2023, 11:46:12 am »

Already been done, years ago. Anybody know him. I don't recognise him.

https://youtu.be/p1wUAUHIzVs?si=Gozdwb38b4rbVtmA

I got 10.
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« Reply #81 on: November 21, 2023, 11:49:44 am »

I got 10.

I didn't count but must have been similar. It's a hard one to revise for with so much history but they threw a few easier ones in for the 'common' fan.
I'm sure I saw DYL post on here not too long ago, so maybe he can remind us of his experience.
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« Reply #82 on: November 21, 2023, 11:59:53 am »

The next time you come over me and you are meeting up mate, Chapel Street or Southbank you decide?
Love too mate 😉
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« Reply #83 on: November 21, 2023, 12:22:27 pm »

Already been done, years ago. Anybody know him. I don't recognise him.

https://youtu.be/p1wUAUHIzVs?si=Gozdwb38b4rbVtmA
And theres one who posts on here, having had several different user names in the past, who appeared on "Deal or no deal". I cant recall if he won owt though.  Cheesy
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« Reply #84 on: November 21, 2023, 13:14:20 pm »

Fcuking hell you’re bleating like a stuffed koala, you and your like have been bullying Beds for years.
How’s the weather in Melbourne 😂😂😂😂

Don’t really want to drag this out but can I just make one point. Many years ago when I joined this forum there were some fairly vociferous opinions being banded around regarding the owners. I somewhat unusually put up some innocuous comments in defence and Dave and Derek rounded on me like a pair of chattering hyenas. So as far as I am concerned that made them fair game, and if anyone doesn’t like it tough. If you can’t take it, don’t give it out. You won’t ever see me complaining.
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« Reply #85 on: November 21, 2023, 13:38:25 pm »

Love too mate 😉
That’s a date then, not in a sexual way obviously.
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« Reply #86 on: November 21, 2023, 17:42:35 pm »

I didn't count but must have been similar. It's a hard one to revise for with so much history but they threw a few easier ones in for the 'common' fan.
I'm sure I saw DYL post on here not too long ago, so maybe he can remind us of his experience.

It was a long time ago. 15 years I reckon. So I'm not surprised people don't recognise me from the video.

I originally wanted to do 1960-2000 but they told me they wanted me to do the entire history of the club. So that's what I did. I went through every book I could find pulling out facts that could plausibly be asked about and turning them into questions to practice. Frank Grande was a great help in providing context and clarifications. By the time I went on I had pushing 1000 questions written. Haven't watched it back for a while but from memory I missed a cup shock, which was simply down to the pressure of trying to recall it at speed, and a player of no significance who hadn't crossed my radar

After all that prep it felt like an easy ride. But the reason you do all of that prep is to be able to answer at speed when you need to. I lost in the semis that year. A few years later I got to the semis again and did Herbert Chapman as my subject. Alas I lost on a tiebreak. I had one more stab at it, and again lost in the semis. A couple of years later after success on 15 to 1 I got asked to write for 15 to 1, and when the questions team moved to Mastermind I went with them. So now that I write for the show I won't be able to go on it again.

But it is a scary and exhilarating experience to go on Mastermind. I'd recommend it to anyone.

As a postscript, when I was prepping The Cobblers, unbeknowns to me the question writer was struggling to get his hands on the centenary history. I'm known in quiz circles for being a Cobblers fan, so even though he didn't know me I got a private message on a message board asking if I had a copy he could borrow. I didn't reply and told the show's producer immediately and that was that. Many months later when the show was due to be broadcast the Mail on Sunday ran a full page article headed "mastermind contestant asked to write his own questions" which of course was not what happened. They made no attempt to contact me before publication. In the course of pursuing a complaint against them they initially claimed that they couldn't find a way of contacting me. When I told them I was in the phone book (that's how long ago it was) the Managing Editor had to admit fault. He also admitted that I was collateral damage in an attack on the BBC. That's who they were really after. The story was repeated by the Independent and Telegraph almost word for word, and thereafter went worldwide. The only place it was taken down was on the Mail's website after my complaint. It was a real eye opener.


I saw mention elsewhere of Deal or No Deal. I haven't done that. I stick to quizzes. I think that was Glen Cousner.

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« Reply #87 on: November 21, 2023, 18:33:08 pm »

It was a long time ago. 15 years I reckon. So I'm not surprised people don't recognise me from the video.

I originally wanted to do 1960-2000 but they told me they wanted me to do the entire history of the club. So that's what I did. I went through every book I could find pulling out facts that could plausibly be asked about and turning them into questions to practice. Frank Grande was a great help in providing context and clarifications. By the time I went on I had pushing 1000 questions written. Haven't watched it back for a while but from memory I missed a cup shock, which was simply down to the pressure of trying to recall it at speed, and a player of no significance who hadn't crossed my radar

After all that prep it felt like an easy ride. But the reason you do all of that prep is to be able to answer at speed when you need to. I lost in the semis that year. A few years later I got to the semis again and did Herbert Chapman as my subject. Alas I lost on a tiebreak. I had one more stab at it, and again lost in the semis. A couple of years later after success on 15 to 1 I got asked to write for 15 to 1, and when the questions team moved to Mastermind I went with them. So now that I write for the show I won't be able to go on it again.

But it is a scary and exhilarating experience to go on Mastermind. I'd recommend it to anyone.

As a postscript, when I was prepping The Cobblers, unbeknowns to me the question writer was struggling to get his hands on the centenary history. I'm known in quiz circles for being a Cobblers fan, so even though he didn't know me I got a private message on a message board asking if I had a copy he could borrow. I didn't reply and told the show's producer immediately and that was that. Many months later when the show was due to be broadcast the Mail on Sunday ran a full page article headed "mastermind contestant asked to write his own questions" which of course was not what happened. They made no attempt to contact me before publication. In the course of pursuing a complaint against them they initially claimed that they couldn't find a way of contacting me. When I told them I was in the phone book (that's how long ago it was) the Managing Editor had to admit fault. He also admitted that I was collateral damage in an attack on the BBC. That's who they were really after. The story was repeated by the Independent and Telegraph almost word for word, and thereafter went worldwide. The only place it was taken down was on the Mail's website after my complaint. It was a real eye opener.


I saw mention elsewhere of Deal or No Deal. I haven't done that. I stick to quizzes. I think that was Glen Cousner.



Nice story Gareth.
Yeah it was Glen Cousner who went onto a career in towel manufacturing, although he almost lost his pension.
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« Reply #88 on: November 21, 2023, 19:45:28 pm »

That’s a date then, not in a sexual way obviously.
Oh you tease
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« Reply #89 on: November 21, 2023, 19:51:27 pm »

Oh you tease
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« Reply #90 on: November 22, 2023, 08:20:20 am »



But it is a scary and exhilarating experience to go on Mastermind. I'd recommend it to anyone.




Great story Dyl. But I have to take exception to the above comment. Have you read most of the comments on here? You'd struggle to piece together a salient answer from hardly any of us.  Grin
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« Reply #91 on: November 22, 2023, 18:07:57 pm »

Great story Dyl. But I have to take exception to the above comment. Have you read most of the comments on here? You'd struggle to piece together a salient answer from hardly any of us.  Grin
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« Reply #92 on: November 22, 2023, 18:47:00 pm »

Great story Dyl. But I have to take exception to the above comment. Have you read most of the comments on here? You'd struggle to piece together a salient answer from hardly any of us.  Grin

There is someone on here who knows all the FACTS. They would be great on it. They could even tell Magnus Magnusson if he was wrong.
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« Reply #93 on: November 22, 2023, 19:21:49 pm »

There is someone on here who knows all the FACTS. They would be great on it. They could even tell Magnus Magnusson if he was wrong.
Manny has many contacts in this world. But unless he has a medium in his little black book, that could prove tricky.
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« Reply #94 on: November 23, 2023, 08:30:04 am »

Manny has many contacts in this world. But unless he has a medium in his little black book, that could prove tricky.
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« Reply #95 on: November 23, 2023, 13:46:19 pm »

There is someone on here who knows all the FACTS. They would be great on it. They could even tell Magnus Magnusson if he was wrong.

I'm surprised old hubris central hasn't told us that he knows him already..
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« Reply #96 on: November 28, 2023, 19:42:10 pm »

The way things are going, this will have very little interest to us.
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« Reply #97 on: November 28, 2023, 21:43:48 pm »

I really hope your right
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« Reply #98 on: February 03, 2024, 18:24:31 pm »

I thought I'd better dig this back up on the basis of providing balance.

We still look fairly safe, Cheltenham in 22nd are still massive 17pts behind us. Reading are 12pts behind in the final relegation position.

In the table I've been providing Kevin Wilson had 1 point more than Brady at this point, however Wilson only won 4 of his last 17 matches and only 1 of his last 10 but still finished in 18th spot and still 6 pts clear of the team in 21st so we'd have to go on an unprecedented bad run to become involved. The downside is the manager doesn't seem very content, we've an horrendous injury list and once you get in a losing streak it's very difficult to break free of it. We've still got 5 home games against teams currently below us so that's a bonus however 3 of them come in our final three games at Sixfields and I wouldn't want the pressure of entering that run needing the points. Hopefully we'll pick up some extra points along the way.
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Managers like Bowen and Wilder* are rare to come by! Whether we like it or not Jon Brady is the only recent Manager who can possibly follow in their* footstops!

We should stick with him, as at the moment he is our only hope of survival as a EFL Club!
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« Reply #99 on: February 03, 2024, 18:51:15 pm »

Bookies running at 100-1. I’ll run the book at 150-1 if anyone wants a flutter.
Never gonna happen.
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