Just saw that on the BBC site. Can't decide if it's a misunderstanding around country of birth or plain racism.sandman wrote:https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football ... 149160.amp
Anyway.
The Pog in a spot of bother.
We're talking about Russia, won't cause a ripple.lewesroyal wrote:Just saw that on the BBC site. Can't decide if it's a misunderstanding around country of birth or plain racism.sandman wrote:https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football ... 149160.amp
Anyway.
The Pog in a spot of bother.
He'll be hung out to dry as an example no doubt anyway to show that Russia really isn't racist at all!!
And yes, Edinburgh Live - you can quote me on that, as I am sure you asked the other posters if they could be quoted in your articleThe name is a reference to the town's association with biscuit making: for many years, the town of Reading was home to the Huntley & Palmers biscuit factory, makers of HobNob biscuits.
...and just as importantly, that "to hobnob" means to have a chat.Hendo wrote:I like how they are not sure on why the name.
If they took the time to do a 10 second wiki search, they would've found out.
The name is a reference to the town's association with biscuit making: for many years, the town of Reading was home to the Huntley & Palmers biscuit factory, makers of HobNob biscuits.
Quite right!Platypuss wrote:...and just as importantly, that "to hobnob" means to have a chat.Hendo wrote:I like how they are not sure on why the name.
If they took the time to do a 10 second wiki search, they would've found out.
The name is a reference to the town's association with biscuit making: for many years, the town of Reading was home to the Huntley & Palmers biscuit factory, makers of HobNob biscuits.
Drop a note to Wikipedia, they need to update our page!Royal & Ancient wrote:Hate to throw a spanner in but Hob Nobs are,and were,made by McVities,no connection to Huntley and Palmers.
H &P were well known for ginger nuts or more appropriately for the broken biscuits which seemed to be part of employees perks and fed most of Reading. Those were the days.
Wikipedia is an open source website where anyone can edit the pages. Feel free to make any necessary changes yourself Hendo.Hendo wrote:Drop a note to Wikipedia, they need to update our page!Royal & Ancient wrote:Hate to throw a spanner in but Hob Nobs are,and were,made by McVities,no connection to Huntley and Palmers.
H &P were well known for ginger nuts or more appropriately for the broken biscuits which seemed to be part of employees perks and fed most of Reading. Those were the days.
Posting on here is like a madman shouting on the street. You can't complain when a local newspaper reports on what you've been saying, although you might question what they consider newsworthy.Hendo wrote:
And yes, Edinburgh Live - you can quote me on that, as I am sure you asked the other posters if they could be quoted in your article
Nice quote in that article from Athletico Spizzsuper darren caskey wrote:https://www.edinburghlive.co.uk/sport/football/what-reading-fans-make-marc-15999219
Athletico Spizz wrote:Gotta agree with this, even Kevin Doyle got given a decent run to get his scoring boots on.
“And Hibs are way above Div2 standard.
He’d been in the team that replaced Lee HodgesJohn Smith wrote:Michael Meaker given the old tin tac as no. 2 at Truro
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